I get disappointed with fade out endings on records when it is not musically warranted. Generally, the thought "lazy" comes to mind, or "Zappa (insert POP star here) was in a hurry to get to his next record while tons of money was not being deposited in my bank account." I remember a music professor telling me years ago that the most difficult thing to do in music is to begin or end a musical work. A satisfactory beginning is more difficult than the ending for me, but I find it is really the "stuff" in-between that tells us all whether a work will stand up or, sadly, crash.

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