{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{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,<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 | 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.<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'' | rev5score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>There's a slow-burning moodiness... together with a new directness. [Mar 2005, p.101]</ref> | rev6 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev6score = 8.6/10<ref>{{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}}</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'' | 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'' | 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'' | 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 – 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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