Closure (Spahn Ranch album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Closure
| type = studio
| artist = Spahn Ranch
| cover = Spahn Ranch - Closure.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2001|2|6}}
| recorded = {{Start date|2000|8}}
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|Electronic}}
| length = 43:48
| label = Cleopatra
| producer = Matt Green
| prev_title = Anthology 1992-1994
| prev_year = 2000
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}
Closure is fifth and final studio album by Spahn Ranch, released on February 6, 2001, by Cleopatra Records.{{cite web |first=MacKenzie |last=Wilson |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0000007354/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Spahn Ranch > Biography |website=Allmusic |accessdate=August 17, 2020}}
Reception
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = Allmusic
|rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic| first=Alex |last=Henderson |class=album| id=mw0000117236 |title=Spahn Ranch: Closure > Review |accessdate=August 17, 2020}}
}}
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." In writing for Electrogarden, critic Michael Casano awarded the album a ten.{{cite journal|first=Michael |last=Casano |url=http://www.electrogarden.com/reviews/spahn-ranch-egnReview_r36.html |title=Spahn Ranch: Closure |journal=Electrogarden |publisher=The Electrogarden Network |date=October 8, 2002 |accessdate=August 17, 2020}}
Track listing
{{Tracklist
| title1 = Reasons
| music1 = {{hlist|Matt Green|Athan Maroulis}}
| length1 = 5:24
| title2 = The River
| music2 = PJ Harvey
| length2 = 4:47
| title3 = Destruction
| music3 = {{hlist|Green|Maroulis}}
| length3 = 4:16
| title4 = The Missing Frame
| music4 = {{hlist|Green|Maroulis}}
| length4 = 5:03
| title5 = Born on a Ray of Sound
| music5 = {{hlist|Green}}
| length5 = 3:41
| title6 = Phase
| music6 = {{hlist|Green|Maroulis}}
| length6 = 4:18
| title7 = The Last Laugh
| music7 = {{hlist|Green|Maroulis}}
| length7 = 3:52
| title8 = Flash Forward
| music8 = {{hlist|Green}}
| length8 = 3:48
| title9 = Mind Over Matter
| music9 = {{hlist|Green}}
| length9 = 4:00
| title10 = A Picture
| music10 = {{hlist|Green|Maroulis}}
| length10 = 4:39
}}
{{Tracklist
| headline = UK CD bonus tracks
| title11 = Swim
| music11 = Madonna
| length11 = 4:34
| title12 = Magellan
| music12 = {{hlist|Green}}
| length12 = 5:20
| title13 = Version Excursion
| music13 = {{hlist|Green}}
| length13 = 3:33
}}
Personnel
Adapted from the Closure liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Closure |title-link=Closure (Spahn Ranch album) |others=Spahn Ranch |year=1998 |type=boolet |publisher=Cleopatra Records |location=Marina del Rey, California}}
Spahn Ranch
- Matt Green – guitar, keyboards, melodica, programming, production, engineering, mixing
- Harry Lewis – percussion
- Athan Maroulis – lead vocals, art direction, photography
Additional performers
- Daniel Bryan Harvey – guitar on tracks 2,4
Production and design
- Mark Blasquez – mix doctor on track 3
- Judson Leach – mastering
- Eunah Lee – design
Release history
| class="wikitable"
! Region ! Date ! Label ! Format ! Catalog |
| United States
|rowspan="2"| 2001 |rowspan="2"| CD | CLP 0420 |
| United Kingdom
| Cryonica Music | CRYCD005 |
References
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External links
- [https://music.apple.com/us/album/closure/155786411 Closure] at iTunes
- {{Discogs master |master=29788 |name=Closure |type=album}}
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