Outside Closer

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

Critical reception
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.

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