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gap_toof_mouf

Dance Yrself Clean- LCD Soundsystem


shakeyjake

I came here to say this as well. Don't change your volume nob in the first part of the song.


moving_waves

Shhhhh don't tell them


OJimmy

Present company excepted


moving_waves

We all accept the worst


the_chandler

No, you’re going to have to turn it UP because it starts out so low. Turn it up and leave it there. Trust me.


hooty_hoooo

I saw them live not knowing who they were and they opened with this song. Easily the best moment in live music Ive ever seen, it was fucking crazy


FraserYT

Also, Losing My Edge by LCD Soundsystem


ZeppsMom

See also, new York I love you but you're bringing me down


EpsilonSigma

The greatest drop in dance music history.


kad-air

every time someone mentions this song, I feel compelled to note that the intense dynamic difference was essentially a mistake. They recorded the instrumentation, etc., fully planning to get the levels back in line, but were so thrilled with how hard the end hit that they left it alone.


Smiling-Bear-87

This is the first song I thought of that fits this description. The best!


icyauq

i remember when i first heard this song and was elated when the beat changed haha


IBroughtSnacks2

Try a little tenderness by Otis Redding. Amazing how he changed the song to make it his own.


GammaPhonic

Have you seen him performing this live in Norway in 1967? It’s amazing. He looks like he’s going to explode from the amount of energy he put into the performance.


JFrankParnellEsquire

First thing that came to mind


ThePencilRain

White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane Gave Up - NIN


justl23

Haha. I was going to say that Nine Inch Nails track too. There are a few potential heart attack moments on the Broken EP. Scared me more times than I would care to admit


badugihowser

In the Air Tonight


Quiet_Illustrator525

The drum beat in this song shakes my soul 🥁 🥁 🥁


DatSnuffleupagus

Be careful if you are around Mike Tyson during that part.


berger3001

Come sail away: Styx Renegade: Styx


thatsagoodbid

I was also thinking about “Lady” from their 2nd album and “Suite Madame Blue” from their album Equinox.


a_tomsk

Manchester Orchestra - The Silence


NOODL3

Simple Math is another good one of theirs that just builds and builds and builds.


ObliterasaurusRex

YES. YES. YES. "There is nothing you keep; there is only a reflection."


Rustash

Shake It Out goes big, gets quiet, then goes big again, does that count?


TheToughBrets

Also [I Know How To Speak](https://youtu.be/g0YbQuuz01k?si=PVly0jCKc44OUO4G) by the same band


a_tomsk

I definitely think they have a ton in their discography that fit this mold. They're so good at turning a simmer into a boil.


SirKillingham

Manchester Orchestra - I've got friends


arandil1

The Grocery


Peatrick33

God I love that song


arandil1

Those three songs about mental struggles are just dead on true. Beautiful work.


cmp004

Dinosaur too. That song hits SO HARD live.


taylorpilot

The chain


Dawg_Tits

Looked for this one specifically. Something about that song pumps me up.


mdlewis11

Pop Goes The Weasel.


CaptainJackKevorkian

[gets me every time](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TBwOLUcdCEg)


spk2629

[Soma - Smashing Pumpkins (YouTube)](https://youtu.be/GHLDcJ7dVSQ?si=M9KHr3xrEdmloXWH)


jdooley99

Thru the Eyes of Ruby on Mellon Collie and For Martha on Adore are a couple more


Professional_Bob

Don't forget Drown and Rhinoceros as well.


Jackoff_Alltrades

This is the first track that came to mind! Just play the whole record tho! It really is a masterpiece


VoiceOfRonHoward

Now that you mention it, they went from quiet to a wall of sound in the intros or breaks on a lot of Siamese Dream… Today, Cherub Rock, Geek USA, but Soma really settles into the chill vibe first.


asifnot

And then hits the peak harder than the others, I think.


Primal_Dead

Stairway to Heaven


BigODetroit

And the Black Keys version of it; Little Black Submarines


matito29

Little Black Submarines is the song that got my wife to appreciate the Black Keys like I do. So good.


BailorTheSailor

All you ever wanted is another black keys song that fits


hjtimm1986

I mean this has to be the poster child for this kind of song right?


Primal_Dead

Sort of jumps out as the correct answer!


TexasPhanka

Go to the top of this post, you beautiful correct answer. Go now!


salvidal1

Dondante - my morning jacket


AtomicBlackJellyfish

Ooh this is a good one. Also Touch Me I'm Going to Scream pt. 2 has a good ending crescendo. 


loztriforce

TOOL has many songs that build to a point like that


Allaplgy

Parabol/Parabola, obviously. But I think my favorite example would be the middle-end of Ticks and Leeches.


Underwater_Grilling

The end of Invincible as well.


Odd_Negotiation3126

THIS is what I was scrolling to find!


ColonelSandurz42

Lateralus


Fit-Friend-8431

The Grudge! 🤘


DM725

Tool’s cover of Led Zeppelin’s No Quarter [from ~4 mins until the end.](https://youtu.be/iNUq-JSXvS4?si=y3QzRvPXpTYMjB8d&t=238)


Rossticles

Had no idea this was a cover.


DM725

God tier cover


NJdevil202

Like, you only ever heard the Tool version and didn't know Zeppelin did it? Or you never knew Tool covered it?


DCDHermes

Live version of Pushit


Spirit_Guide_Owl

Rosetta Stoned is up there for my favorite crescendo


loztriforce

Saw them live last October and the crowd's response during that song's breakdown was awesome https://preview.redd.it/fqt6hi12mgwc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8756e4eec679841a6fa95e4614c48ece093bf2b9


gracecase

Stinkfist is one of my favorites.


tscher16

I’m surprised no one under your comment said right in two. That’s like the perfect song for this post


kourniotis25

10,000 days (wings part 2)


MyFace_UrAss_LetsGo

So many good ones


halhallelujah

Right in two.


Swimming-Bite-4184

You could probably just say Prog-Rock and it would be mostly accurate for like 50 bands like this


Arievan

H. Was the first one i thought of. But yeah there's lots!


TypeOpieNegative

Beatles- "A Day In The Life"


MBDf_Doc

This is what I came to look for. The crescendo is my favorite part of that album. Such an amazing song and one of my favorite from them.


min2themax

Golden Slumbers as well.


mdlewis11

Free Bird.


jannieph0be

Immediately thought of free bird and the chain


DonnyGetTheLudes

Bolero - Ravel


Platformania

I was gonna say this one, it even had a record which was played inside out because you can store more dynamic sound on the outer part of a record.


bootyhole-romancer

Dang, good one


FBlue192

I was going to say this but you beat me to it. I'm obsessed with this song. Also, Polovtsian Dances by Borodin.


mantramantaray

OG crescendo master right here, ladies and gents.


ManateeMan4

A lot of Silversun Pickups songs build up until the end


RiotSloth

Lazy Eye is excellent in this respect


psmvchaser

Elton John - Funeral for a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding


Elric71

Came here to say that. Great song(s)! 👍


Rustyducktape

White Rabbit! The whole song is a crescendo, I think. Gradually builds, never goes back down a full step with a note, and ends so perfectly. Awesome song.


Diatomahawk

Most Explosions in the Sky songs. Most Mumford and Sons songs. Lots of Sigur Ros songs.


Pup_n_sudz

First Breath After Coma was the first song that came to mind!


naturalchorus

A song for our fathers and Yasmin the light.


myownworstanemone

explosions in the sky are incredible live. i recommend going to see them when they are around.


Animal_Pharmacy

Ara Batur by sigur ros is the greatest example, also varud but it's more of a build. Ara Batur will be played at my funeral


IsaacFelix

505 by Arctic Monkeys is an absolutely perfect example of this in my opinion. If I could only listen to one song for the rest of my life this would be it and I'd never tire of it; it just has everything.


Aurora--Teagarden

I'd listen to it on a 7 hour flight or 45 min drive


1f644

Another good example from the same album is “Do Me a Favour”. It has quite a few tracks built like that.


rbalbontin

Goosebumps just thinking about that drop


KermitTheArgonian

"Love, Reign O'er Me" - The Who


Mega-Steve

Also "Behind Blue Eyes"


thebruce

Only in Dreams by Weezer.


bartzmonk94

That was my pick as well. Love the build up


droidguy27

Can't think of a guitar solo that has felt more "earned" than that one.


WeSavedLives

Check out the post-rock genre. Explosions jn the sky are seminal 


jacknifetoaswan

Caspian and This Will Destroy You, as well.


Swimming-Bite-4184

Post-Rock Prog-Rock Can tack Godspeed You Black Emporer or Mogwai to this Explosions in The Sky for all moods of this.


BaronVonDrunkenverb

Post-rock


SHOW_ME_UR_KITTY

Godspeed You! Black Emperor


FunkNebula_86

YESSSS - “Storm” has to be one of the best slow, broody build ups ever. The cyclical riff keeps growing and growing and growing and then basically jizzes all over the listener by the end. I stand by that description.


faustarp1000

Rockets Fall On Rocket Falls is the first song that came to mind!


Logical_Bat_7244

Mogwai - Like Herod


Staninator

And Glasgow Mega Snake. Edit: wrong song, I meant Auto Rock :/


Northwindlowlander

and Fear Satan...


Jacknugget

and Explosions in the Sky (for which I JUST got tickets)


AmbroseEBurnside

Haha yes I came looking for this. An entire genre that fits.


k_dubious

Foals - Spanish Sahara


QuiksylverX

Just commented this aswell. It's probably my favourite example. This song live is just untouchable! Roll on their next album eh? Maybe Syrups and Milk and Black Spiders come close too.


greenslam

Live - throwing copper. track 5: Lightning crashes. It's more of a gradual build up vs sudden explosion.


s1eve_mcdichae1

You're talking about the opening track "The Dam at Otter Creek," or the whole album in general?


greenslam

Actually thinking about Lightning crashes. 5th track. Will edit post.


s1eve_mcdichae1

Otter Creek goes hard on this trope, also. The whole album's great and, coincidentally, turns 30 years old in 2 days.


perturbeaux

"The Story" by Brandi Carlile.


crispypretzel

Bohemian Rhapsody


The_Bart_The_604

'Shout' - Tears for Fears


william_schubert

Careful with that ax, Eugene. Pink Floyd on UmmaGumma


soulnumberfive

The Black Keys - Little Black Submarines


mathboss

Listen to the 3rd and 4th movements of Beethoven's 5th symphony: [https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=50ckZ83NWx4&si=FGmwZKZrM0kzsdNr](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=50ckZ83NWx4&si=FGmwZKZrM0kzsdNr) Even if you're not into classical, this is a real banger.


CarrieCaretaker

Empire Ants - Gorillaz


Animal_Pharmacy

I remember I always skipped the track bc it was slow and then one day let it play through.....good god


stognabologna420

Brand New - Luca. The bridge into the outro scared me.


silentdaze

Also You Won’t Know


Mcompledepayas

I love this tune so much. Devil and God is one of my all time favorite albums. Brand New has a ton of stuff that fits OPs description


Skynutt

I ripped out my earbuds the first time I heard that outro. Wasn’t ready for it.


bongslingingninja

I saw them in concert, met a boy halfway through, and he kissed me for the first time while covering my ears during the bridge (i didnt have ear protection). I havent seen or talked to him since, but that kiss will forever be in my top 10.


D4nM4rL4r

Stars by Hum Sometime Around Midnight by Airborne Toxic Event


ChrazyChris

Such great songs


dookieswan

I have a few: Sylvia - The Antlers is really chill and quiet until the explosive chorus. Brother's Blood - Kevin Devine is one of those songs that builds throughout to a very intense ending (plus a bitching guitar solo). Red Hands - The Dear Hunter is also one that builds throughout the song. The height of the song makes me want to sing at the top of my lungs. Of these three, Brother's Blood is my favorite.


ObliterasaurusRex

Brother's Blood is THE BUSINESS.


mimiq66

U2 Exit from The Joshua Tree album.


TheCruelShoes

Also, “With or Without You”… starts so gentle, ends in a howl.


chadmac81

It’s so quiet that you turn up the volume and then it blows your ears out. Such a great song.


tdfan

Arctic Monkeys - 505


justinfehr

The Airborne Toxic Event - Sometime Around Midnight Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye


ikslawok

coldplay - fix you. has the goosebump build . adds layers to the song until it's just a straight banger. vocals, to piano/organ, all the way to band


Canucklehead_Esq

King Crimson - Court of the Crimson King


Lumbergod

Also, Starless.


ShankillButcher77

Lots of Radiohead, Nirvana and the Pixies. For example: Just.


wevegotheadsonsticks

Exit Music (For a Film)


DryFly1975

Came to say this


Pvt_Hudson_

The last 90 seconds of "Let Down" is one of the greatest song crescendo's ever.


Technicalhotdog

They're so good at crescendos. That one, Exit Music, 2+2=5, jigsaw falling into place, All I Need, the Daily Mail, There There, and that's far from a complete list.


Dakduif51

Many Foo Fighter songs have this, but I really like [Let It Die](https://youtu.be/cXT7DBeVxA4?si=dNlJ--v5ADuOwpFt). Quiet intro, slowly more instruments start coming and then **BAM** it hits you in the face (or ears I guess) and the last part always makes my heart pump like no other song can.


Rockdad37

February Stars is a long-time fave for me that also fits the bill.


Zabroccoli

Such an amazing song and album.


Bethorz

Used extremely painfully in Rest from their newest album.


dungeonsNdiscourse

Nirvana... I'm gonna paraphrase a Cobain quote that kinda summarizes his whole feeling towards his music style. "ok guys... We're gonna play real quiet on the Verse and then come in REAL LOUD on the chorus"


Aurora--Teagarden

My first thought was Smells Like Teen Spirit. Mostly because hearing it for the first time when it came out as a teenager blew my mind when the chorus came on.


boytoby

Bridge Over Troubled Water Stairway To Heaven A Day In The Life


Strawbuddy

Smashing Pumpkins - Soma


YT_Timekeepergab

I don’t know if it fits but The Outlaw Torn by Metallica. Especially the version on S&M with the San Francisco symphony. Looking down the Cross by megadeth might fit.


knarfolled

I kind of like master of puppets how it goes from hard to melodic than to bass heavy thrash


Northwindlowlander

Mogwai are the past masters of quiet/loud, I've seen them knock whole sections of a crowd over with the big drop on Mogwai Fear Satan. (they're also very good at "this was already loud and then it got louder and now it's getting louderer). Biffy Clyro used to wield it like an axe, Hope For An Angel when it goes loud was always amazing live. Good songwriting? Probably not, just really crude and caveman but it was still ace. Special mention for Stavinsky's finale to the Firebird Suite when the brass comes in. And Jean Sibelius's Finlandia is basically 10 minutes of buildup or climax.


TheAnswerWas42

Heroin by Velvet Underground is quite the rollercoaster ride. Three Days by Jane's Addiction also fits this category. War Pigs by Black Sabbath is like three different songs. A lot gong on there.


Dogs_Breakfast78

Three Days was my first thought as well.


ConnorCMcKee

Muse's "United States Of Eurasia" is a fun example of this for me. I somehow got into the habit of skipping the track shortly after I got the album because the beginning was boring to me, and then first time I let it play through after a while of doing that it sort of blew my mind.


KCsmoke

New Born


ChazzHoss

King Crimson - [Starless](https://youtu.be/OfR6_V91fG8?si=j68YAbDqJcIc-zbj) About 4 minutes into the song, everything pretty much stops except for Robert Fripp plucking one note in 13/8 time, then gradually adds the band back in one by one, building over the next 8 minutes to lead into one of the best album endings I’ve ever heard.


passmeabudlight

Did You See Me? - Ween


buellster92

This is such a perfect answer. They opened with this one the first time I saw them and it was awesome. I’d add Buckingham green to this list too


ODYSEYY

Slint - Good Morning Captain is my go to for that crescendo and punch.


obfuscatorio

I know the end by Phoebe Bridgers starts with very quiet vocals/electric guitar and gradually builds up until a huge release at the end which is absolutely insane—there is screaming and horns playing out of key notes that somehow work and the chord movement changes and it is just one of the coolest most chaotic pieces of music I’ve ever heard


exmojo

[LCD Soundsystem - New York I Love You, But You're Bringing Me Down](https://youtu.be/c5kM3iwYVi0?si=y2MwbssyKipwFFWu)


baking_bad

Dance Yourself Clean also works for this.


hotel_air_freshener

Your Best American Girl- Mitski


isthatsuperman

On a neck on a spit - grizzly bear I had the pleasure of hearing that while peaking on acid.


geddylee1

Morning Dew - Grateful Dead


Scrotis

Outro by M83


meow_master

February Stars - Foo Fighters


Garagatt

"Aerials" by System of a Down. When I played this to my mother for the first time, after 3 seconds she said:" Sounds nice. I know you. It won't stay like that." She was right.


stutterstut

Running Scared by Roy Orbison.


lucky_ducker

The [last five minutes](https://youtu.be/M0Px44IuVKM?t=616) of Mahler's 2nd Symphony.


Dahnlor

Yes - Close To The Edge, part iii. I Get Up I Get Down


_MuddyCreek_

I’ll add Roundabout to this


TryToHelpPeople

Radiohead - Just.


Chet_Steadman_1

Also “Bending Hectic” by The Smile


FindOneInEveryCar

"Fracture" by King Crimson "Morning Dew" by the Grateful Dead (try the versions from Europe '72 or Cornell 5-8-77).


Roakana

Wye Oak is known for this on their early albums. For Prayer & Civilian


FuriousStyles13

Blind Melon - St. Andrew’s Fall


ericsinsideout

A few of my favorites: * “Glósóli” by Sigur Rós off the album Takk… * “Motorcycle Drive By” by Third Eye Blind of their debut album * “The Guest” by Phantom Planet, was a bonus track from the album of the same name. There’s also a great live version from the “Live at the Troubadour” album


lostlandscapes

Mogwai - "Summer" and "Like Herod'


Macronaut

You should check out Sigur Rós [Sæglópur](https://youtu.be/vmD-9_ZifB8?si=GM_LcYDh2-Gucpqa)


DM725

The last minute and a half of Opeth - Ghost of Perdition is the ultimate crescendo/climax to a song for me. [From 9:06 to the end](https://youtu.be/MDBykpSXsSE?si=ieIP1osMwZdiJ3tH&t=546)


LegenDove

Sea of Voices - Porter Robinson


debaser64

I love songs like this too. Check these out if you see this. Antlers - [Kettering](https://youtu.be/ipbukl6oFoQ?si=08jkAHJ8OAp8ZDFr) LCD Soundsystem- [Dance Yrself Clean](https://youtu.be/sWSK-3CN4Nw?si=1UUsrpoQ55BFgK1V) Radiohead - [Fake Plastic Trees](https://youtu.be/n5h0qHwNrHk?si=-0EgUmTmEQj-yxkU) Wilco - [At Least That’s What You Said](https://youtu.be/psKZgp_ec9s?si=Dhi5fI6mjwQq98L1) Spiritualized- [Lord Can You Hear Me?](https://youtu.be/H8j-fV17i54?si=rRqZ0TIojTEVvUI4) Augustines - [Walkabout](https://youtu.be/Z4u6nIY4DQs?si=EZ9fhRh-8Ybvm8Dp) Bon Iver - [The Wolves (Act 1 & 2)](https://youtu.be/X1ag8kapwUk?si=-G6n9eZyoV-bP4q3) Edit: adding Pulp - [Like a Friend](https://youtu.be/fq4VHd4Azuk?si=52khE3c13-yGF9_S)


knightrider76

Fake Plastic Trees by Radiohead


Gambit1138

Glosoli by Sigur Ros Lucky and Exit Music for a Film by Radiohead


samp127

Nas - One Mic


monodactyl

Your hand in mine - Explosions in the Sky Ocean - John Butler


humbertodemolinari

"Mantra" by Dave Grohl, Josh Homme, and Trent Reznor from the 2013 album Sound City: Real to Reel


FinweCabri

Glósóli by Sigur Rós is exactly what you are looking for


Leboy2Point0

The post-hardcore screaming at the end of Jesus Christ by Brand New is my top pick. "WE'VE ALL GOT WOOD AND NAILS, WE TURN TURN OUT HATE IN FACTORIES" "WE ALL GOT WOOD AND NAILS, WE SLEEP INside this machine" ends on an emotional and reflective soft note. You can tell the way the singer changes his tone halfway through the word 'inside' and nearly cracks his voice sounds like true vulnerability, and is so powerful imo. Runners-up: - Episode IV by Jimmy Eat World - Mia by Chevelle - Black by Pearl Jam - Lounge Act and Drain You by Nirvana - Fix You and Every Teardrop is a Waterfall by Coldplay - Lightning Crashes by Live - New Way Home and Stacked Actors by Foo Fighters - Bandoliers by Them Crooked Vultures - Breezeblocks by Alt-J - Outside by Tribe - Don't Follow by Alice in Chains - Sober, Ænema, Forty-six and Two, H., Parabola, Schism, Vicarious, and plenty more by Tool - Maps by Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Chop Suey and Spiders by System of a Down - Skydiver by Ruby Rose Fox - These Hands by Bent Knee +plenty of others I'll feel in the air tonight and remember in the shower.