Editing Outside Closer

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{{Infobox album
| name = Outside Closer
| type = studio
| artist = [[Hood (band)|Hood]]
| cover = Hood_Outside_Closer_album_cover.jpg
| alt = 
| released = {{Start date|2005|01|17|df=yes}}
| recorded = 
| studio = 
| genre = {{flatlist|
*[[Indie rock]],<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*[[glitch-pop]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*[[experimental pop]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>}}
| length = {{Duration|m=46|s=38}} 
| label = [[Domino Recording Company|Domino]]
| producer = [[Hood (band)|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 (band)|Hood]]. It was released on [[Domino Recording Company]] on 17 January 2005.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
{{Album ratings
| MC = 80/100<ref name=metacritic>{{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}}</ref>
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{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}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Cokemachineglow]]''
| rev2score = 83%<ref>{{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}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Drowned in Sound]]''
| rev3score = 9/10<ref>{{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}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
| rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{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}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]''
| rev5score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>There's a slow-burning moodiness... together with a new directness. [Mar 2005, p.101]</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev6score = 8.6/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/3918-outside-closer/|title=Hood: Outside Closer|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|first=Nitsuh|last=Abebe|date=20 August 2005|accessdate=31 October 2018}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[PopMatters]]''
| rev7score = 7/10<ref>{{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}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev8score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref>A modish conflation of acoustic guitars, violins, subtle electronics and artfully detached vocals, located somewhere near Amnesiac-era Radiohead. [Feb 2005, p.104]</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Stylus Magazine|Stylus]]''
| rev9score = B+<ref>{{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}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[Under the Radar (magazine)|Under the Radar]]''
| rev10score = 8/10<ref>A beautiful album of white noise married with catchy shoegaze harmonies. It's like Four Tet mixed with Radiohead. [#8, p.106]</ref>
}}
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".<ref name=metacritic/>

''No Ripchord'' placed it at number 14 on the "Top 50 Albums of 2005" list.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==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 (band)|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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