| Closure | ||||
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| Released | February 6, 2001 | |||
| Recorded | August 2000 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 43:48 | |||
| Label | Cleopatra | |||
| Producer | Matt Green | |||
| Spahn Ranch chronology | ||||
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Closure is fifth and final studio album by Spahn Ranch, released on February 6, 2001, by Cleopatra Records. [1]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
AllMusic awarded Closure four out of five stars, with its review by Alex Henderson saying "'Destruction' and 'Mind Over Matter' are relevant to the industrial-dance and EBM scenes, but, overall, the material is much closer to goth rock's brooding sorrow than industrial's in-your-face anger — and that is true of original songs like 'The Last Laugh' and 'Reasons' as well as an unlikely cover of P.J. Harvey's 'The River,' which is a radical departure from her version and works surprisingly well in a dark wave setting." [2] In writing for Electrogarden, critic Michael Casano awarded the album a ten. [3]
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Reasons" | 5:24 | |
| 2. | "The River" | PJ Harvey | 4:47 |
| 3. | "Destruction" |
| 4:16 |
| 4. | "The Missing Frame" |
| 5:03 |
| 5. | "Born on a Ray of Sound" |
| 3:41 |
| 6. | "Phase" |
| 4:18 |
| 7. | "The Last Laugh" |
| 3:52 |
| 8. | "Flash Forward" |
| 3:48 |
| 9. | "Mind Over Matter" |
| 4:00 |
| 10. | "A Picture" |
| 4:39 |
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11. | "Swim" | Madonna | 4:34 |
| 12. | "Magellan" |
| 5:20 |
| 13. | "Version Excursion" |
| 3:33 |
Adapted from the Closure liner notes. [4]
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| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2001 | CD | Cleopatra | CLP 0420 |
| United Kingdom | Cryonica Music | CRYCD005 |
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