Outside Closer

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Outside Closer
Hood Outside Closer album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released17 January 2005 (2005-01-17)
Genre
Length46:38
Label Domino
Producer Hood, Choque Hosein
Hood chronology
Singles Compiled
(2003)
Outside Closer
(2005)
Singles from Outside Closer
  1. "The Lost You"
    Released: 2004
  2. "The Negatives..."
    Released: 2005

Outside Closer is the sixth studio album by Hood. It was released on Domino Recording Company on 17 January 2005. [4]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 80/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Cokemachineglow 83/100 [7]
Drowned in Sound 9/10 [8]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Pitchfork 8.6/10 [10]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Stylus Magazine B+ [12]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 80, based on 27 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [5]

No Ripchord placed it at number 14 on the "Top 50 Albums of 2005" list. [13]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Int"0:39
2."The Negatives..."3:43
3."Any Hopeful Thoughts Arrive"6:55
4."End of One Train Working"5:11
5."Winter 72"6:10
6."The Lost You"4:41
7."Still Rain Fell"4:45
8."L. Fading Hills"4:25
9."Closure"7:33
10."This Is It, Forever"2:36

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

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