Outside Closer

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

Outside Closer
Studio album by Hood
Released	17 January 2005 (2005-01-17)
Genre	Indie rock,[1] glitch-pop[2] experimental pop[3]
Length	46:38
Label	Domino
Producer	Hood, Choque Hosein
Hood chronology
Singles Compiled (2003) Outside Closer (2005)
Singles from Outside Closer
"The Lost You" Released: 2004 "The Negatives..." Released: 2005

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	80/100[5]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
Cokemachineglow	83%[7]
Drowned in Sound	9/10[8]
The Guardian	[9]
Mojo	[10]
Pitchfork	8.6/10[11]
PopMatters	7/10[12]
Q	[13]
Stylus	B+[14]
Under the Radar	8/10[15]

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.^[16]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
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.

• 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