10 Best Rock Music Album Closers Of The 1990s
These great songs bid farewell to some of the greatest rock albums of the 1990s.
The 1990s was a great time to be a rock fan, with albums such as Nirvana's Nevermind, Soundgarden's Superunknown, Pearl Jam's Ten, The Smashing Pumpkins' Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, and Green Day's Dookie just some of the standout records of the decade.
Whilst some albums are just a collection of unrelated songs, some tell intricately-weaved narratives about love, loss, and pain. Or whatever the hell Blink-182 were interested in.
The art of sequencing an album is really important to some artists, especially when it comes to picking what goes last. Nobody wants to go out with a wet fart, in music or just life in general.
Thankfully, no such nappy change was needed for these ten great records. They all end on superb tracks, some of which ended up being the biggest song on the whole thing.
All of these songs are so good that you'll consider skipping the entire album just to get there quicker. Don't actually do that though; that shows complete and utter disdain towards the artists who worked so hard to get the tracklist perfect.
Just kidding, do what you want.
10. Love Is Blindness - Achtung Baby (U2)
U2 were riding high off the back of 1987's The Joshua Tree and hoped to capitalise on that success with a new album one year later. Sadly, that album was Rattle and Hum, and a lot of people hated it.
After taking three years out, the Irish rockers returned with their first album of the 1990s, Achtung Baby.
Inspired by the events of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany, Achtung Baby took a much darker, sombre tone than the band's previous work. Thankfully, it went down a treat with critics.
The final track on this 12-song record is Love is Blindness, which was originally intended to be performed by legendary blues singer Nina Simone. Bono decided to keep the track for himself, and its melancholy reflections on a failed relationship served as the perfect closer to this bleak album.
It may not be one of U2's best-known songs, but Love is Blindness tapped into something visceral that a lot of people could relate to.