12 Best Closing Songs On Hard Rock Albums
3. Mosquito Song - Queens Of The Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age's Songs for the Deaf will likely go down as one of the most stunning hard rock concept albums of the modern age. Structured like you're surfing the channels on a California radio dial, the entire record feels like a long drive into the heart of the desert, where you meet people that are willing to love you or maim you at every turn. After the title track puts you through a musical bludgeoning, you're left out to dry on "Mosquito Song."
Officially known as a hidden track on the album's initial pressing, this song is essential for how it frames the musical story that has just unfolded. Instead of making it out with your sanity, you're left sitting in the middle of the desert close to death. With any signs of help long gone, you're only left with the mosquitos to come feasting on you as Josh Homme and co. either wait until your death or start to partake in eating you alive.
With just a brass section and a guitar, this song is just as much of an emotional headtrip as any of the heavy hitters on the record. You probably won't make it through this ride in one piece, but what a ride it was.