Closure (Spahn Ranch album)

Closure
Studio album by Spahn Ranch
Released	February 6, 2001 (2001-02-06)
Recorded	August 2000 (2000-08)
Genre	Electronic
Length	43:48
Label	Cleopatra
Producer	Matt Green
Spahn Ranch chronology
Anthology 1992-1994 (2000) Closure (2001)

Closure is fifth and final studio album by Spahn Ranch, released on February 6, 2001, by Cleopatra Records.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

AllMusic awarded Closure four out of five stars, with its review by Alex Henderson saying "'Destruction' and 'Mind Over Matter' are relevant to the industrial-dance and EBM scenes, but, overall, the material is much closer to goth rock's brooding sorrow than industrial's in-your-face anger — and that is true of original songs like 'The Last Laugh' and 'Reasons' as well as an unlikely cover of P.J. Harvey's 'The River,' which is a radical departure from her version and works surprisingly well in a dark wave setting."[2] In writing for Electrogarden, critic Michael Casano awarded the album a ten.[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Reasons"	Matt Green Athan Maroulis	5:24
2.	"The River"	PJ Harvey	4:47
3.	"Destruction"	Green Maroulis	4:16
4.	"The Missing Frame"	Green Maroulis	5:03
5.	"Born on a Ray of Sound"	Green	3:41
6.	"Phase"	Green Maroulis	4:18
7.	"The Last Laugh"	Green Maroulis	3:52
8.	"Flash Forward"	Green	3:48
9.	"Mind Over Matter"	Green	4:00
10.	"A Picture"	Green Maroulis	4:39

UK CD bonus tracks

No.	Title	Music	Length
11.	"Swim"	Madonna	4:34
12.	"Magellan"	Green	5:20
13.	"Version Excursion"	Green	3:33

Personnel

Adapted from the Closure liner notes.[4]

Spahn Ranch

• Matt Green – guitar, keyboards, melodica, programming, production, engineering, mixing
• Harry Lewis – percussion
• Athan Maroulis – lead vocals, art direction, photography

Additional performers

• Daniel Bryan Harvey – guitar on tracks 2,4

Production and design

• Mark Blasquez – mix doctor on track 3
• Judson Leach – mastering
• Eunah Lee – design

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	2001	CD	Cleopatra	CLP 0420
United Kingdom			Cryonica Music	CRYCD005

References

1. Wilson, MacKenzie. "Spahn Ranch > Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
2. Henderson, Alex. Spahn Ranch: Closure > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
3. Casano, Michael (October 8, 2002). "Spahn Ranch: Closure". Electrogarden. The Electrogarden Network. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
4. Closure (boolet). Spahn Ranch. Marina del Rey, California: Cleopatra Records. 1998.

External links

• Closure at iTunes
• Closure at Discogs (list of releases)