jquery selector before-last

I have a dynamic list and need to select the before last item.

<ul class="album">
    <li id='li-1'></li>
    <!-- ... -->
    <li id='li-8'></li>
    <li id='li-9'></li>
    <li class='drop-placeholder'>drag your favorites here</li>
</ul>

var lastLiId = $(".album li:last").attr("id"); // minus one?