Albums with Great Opening and Closing Tracks

[Steel Breeze]

I thought this would be a fun thread. Which albums do you think start with a classic song and have another classic to finish the album?

A few albums that readily spring to my mind with a pair of especially memorable bookend tracks:

Machine Head - Deep Purple
(Opener: Highway Star, Closer: Space Truckin')

Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
(Opener: Like A Rolling Stone, Closer: Desolation Row)

IV - Led Zeppelin
(Opener: Black Dog, Closer: When The Levee Breaks)

Meddle - Pink Floyd
(Opener: One Of These Days, Closer: Echoes)

Who's Next - The Who
(Opener: Baba O'Riley, Closer: Won't Get Fooled Again)

[Tkitna]

Pretty much any Beatle album

'Double Vision' - Foreigner (Hot Blooded - Spellbinder)

'Boston' - Boston (More Than A Feeling - Let Me Take You Home Tonight)

'The Cars' - The Cars (Let The Good Times Roll - All Mixed Up)

'Aja' - Steely Dan (Black Cow - Josie)

'Equinox' - Styx (Light Up - Suite Madam Blue)

'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' - Elton John (Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding - Harmony)

'Fragile' - Yes (Roundabout - Heart Of The Sunrise)

'Bad Company' - Bad Company (Cant Get Enough - Seagull)

'Rumours' - Fleetwood Mac (Second Hand News - Gold Dust Woman)

'Turnstiles' - Billy Joel (Say Goodbye To Hollywood - Miami 2017(Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway))

[Foxhound]

Beggars Banquet - Rolling Stones

[Foxhound]

Some Girls - Rolling Stones

[dwill123]

Close to the Edge" - Yes, Open:"Close to the Edge" - Close:"Siberian Khatru"

[D5]

Countdown to Ecstasy (1973)

[Black Night]

Free - Fire and Water.

Starts with the title track, and closes with the long version of All Right Now. Everything in between is just as good too.

[dr wu]

Spirit- 12 Dreams of Dr Sardonicus
should be in everyone's music collection....simply magnificent.

[dwill123]