Outside Closer
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{{Infobox album
| name = Outside Closer
| type = studio
| artist = Hood
| cover = Hood_Outside_Closer_album_cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2005|01|17|df=yes}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = {{flatlist|
- Indie rock,{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-best-music-of-2005/Content?oid=920940|title=The Best Music of 2005|work=Chicago Reader|date=5 January 2006|accessdate=31 October 2018}}
- glitch-pop{{cite web |last1=Nelson |first1=Adam |title=Hood Recollected |url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/hood-recollected-81668 |website=The Line of Best Fit |access-date=15 January 2021}}
- experimental pop{{cite journal |last1=Arye |first1=Dworkin |title=Reviews |journal=CMJ New Music Monthly |date=2004 |issue=129 |page=54 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9CoEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22experimental+pop%22+album&pg=PA54 |access-date=16 May 2022}}}}
| length = {{Duration|m=46|s=38}}
| label = Domino
| producer = Hood, Choque Hosein
| prev_title = Singles Compiled
| prev_year = 2003
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Outside Closer
| type = studio
| single1 = The Lost You
| single1date = 2004
| single2 = The Negatives...
| single2date = 2005
}}
}}
Outside Closer is the sixth studio album by Hood. It was released on Domino Recording Company on 17 January 2005.{{cite web|url=http://www.dominorecordco.com/uk/albums/29-01-07/outside-closer/|title=Outside Closer|work=Domino Recording Company|accessdate=31 October 2018}}
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| MC = 80/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/outside-closer/hood|title=Outside Closer by Hood|work=Metacritic|publisher=CBS Interactive|accessdate=31 October 2018}}
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/outside-closer-mw0000141747|title=Outside Closer - Hood|work=AllMusic|first=Andy|last=Kellman|accessdate=31 October 2018}}
| rev2 = Cokemachineglow
| rev2score = 83%{{cite web|url=http://www.cokemachineglow.com/reviews/hood_closer2005.html|title=Hood: Outside Closer|work=Cokemachineglow|first=Clayton|last=Purdom|date=2 February 2005|accessdate=31 October 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060216081022/http://www.cokemachineglow.com/reviews/hood_closer2005.html|archivedate=16 February 2006}}
| rev3 = Drowned in Sound
| rev3score = 9/10{{cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/3165/reviews/11113-|title=Hood - Outside Closer|work=Drowned in Sound|first=Mike|last=Diver|date=21 January 2005|accessdate=31 October 2018|archive-date=31 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031174003/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/3165/reviews/11113-|url-status=dead}}
| rev4 = The Guardian
| rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/jan/07/popandrock.shopping1|title=Hood, Outside Closer|work=The Guardian|first=Betty|last=Clarke|date=7 January 2005|accessdate=31 October 2018}}
| rev5 = Mojo
| rev5score = {{rating|4|5}}There's a slow-burning moodiness... together with a new directness. [Mar 2005, p.101]
| rev6 = Pitchfork
| rev6score = 8.6/10{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/3918-outside-closer/|title=Hood: Outside Closer|work=Pitchfork|first=Nitsuh|last=Abebe|date=20 August 2005|accessdate=31 October 2018}}
| rev7 = PopMatters
| rev7score = 7/10{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/hood-outside-2495930540.html|title=Hood: Outside Closer|work=PopMatters|first=Dominic|last=Umile|date=7 February 2005|accessdate=31 October 2018}}
| rev8 = Q
| rev8score = {{rating|3.5|5}}A modish conflation of acoustic guitars, violins, subtle electronics and artfully detached vocals, located somewhere near Amnesiac-era Radiohead. [Feb 2005, p.104]
| rev9 = Stylus
| rev9score = B+{{cite web|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/hood/outside-closer.htm|title=Hood - Outside Closer|work=Stylus Magazine|first=Sarah|last=Kahrl|date=10 February 2005|accessdate=31 October 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311003814/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/hood/outside-closer.htm|archivedate=11 March 2007}}
| rev10 = Under the Radar
| rev10score = 8/10A beautiful album of white noise married with catchy shoegaze harmonies. It's like Four Tet mixed with Radiohead. [#8, p.106]
}}
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".
No Ripchord placed it at number 14 on the "Top 50 Albums of 2005" list.{{cite web|url=http://www.noripcord.com/features/top-50-albums-2005-part-two|title=Top 50 Albums of 2005 (Part Two)|work=No Ripchord|date=2 January 2006|accessdate=31 October 2018}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title1 = Int
| length1 = 0:39
| title2 = The Negatives...
| length2 = 3:43
| title3 = Any Hopeful Thoughts Arrive
| length3 = 6:55
| title4 = End of One Train Working
| length4 = 5:11
| title5 = Winter 72
| length5 = 6:10
| title6 = The Lost You
| length6 = 4:41
| title7 = Still Rain Fell
| length7 = 4:45
| title8 = L. Fading Hills
| length8 = 4:25
| title9 = Closure
| length9 = 7:33
| title10 = This Is It, Forever
| length10 = 2:36
}}
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
- Hood – music, production, mixing, photography, sleeve design
- I. Haywood – additional drums (3)
- Nicola Hodgkinson – vocals
- Andrew Johnson – vocals
- G. S. Brown – piano, keyboards
- M. Wright – flute, clarinet
- E. Marcasi – trumpet, horns
- Omar Puente – viola
- Choque Hosein – percussion, production, recording, mixing
- C. Adams – recording
- Richard Formby – additional recording
- Julian Scott Wellington – additional recording
- Dallas – mastering
- Matt Cooper – sleeve design
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Discogs master|9177|Outside Closer}}
- {{MusicBrainz release group|mbid=d4aa2f21-a35a-3900-8f89-b558eae234a7|name=Outside Closer}}
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Category:Domino Recording Company albums