The Run Out Grooves
Mitchell StirlingThe art and science of the album closer. Weekly essays on the last song on each record, drawn from a database of over 2,200 albums.
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The 2000s poll: My Ballot
Good morning,
Thanks to everyone who has voted so far; the poll is ticking along nicely, and the top of the chart is starting to show a consensus, if you squint hard enough. I've enjoyed reading every ballot so far.
The poll is open for a...
The 2000s poll: A few days in
The Bird’s Nest, Beijing - 2008 Olympic Opening Ceremony
Hi all,
A few days into the polling period for our best album closing track of the 2000s. The kaleidoscope has been shaken. The pieces are in flux. Soon they will settle again.
Sha...
Reader's Poll: Let’s all meet up in the year 2000
Duck and cover; it is the Millennium Bug!
Hi all,
Last year you voted Portishead’s ‘Glory Box’ the best album closer of the 1990s. Time for the next decade.
If you’ve arrived here from BBC Radio 4’s More or Less, welcome. The Run Out Gro...
Lost in the moment of abandon
Last week’s essay on Simply Red’s Stars looked at a behemoth of a cultural record, one that dominated the sales charts for two years but within a decade was looked back on less fondly. This week, I want to talk about a record that beat it t...
The end of an era. Our future no clearer
Simon and Garfunkel’s Bridge Over Troubled Water was the best-selling album in the UK in both 1970 and 1971. That’s a remarkable feat, given that LP buyers in 1971 had records from three former Beatles, David Bowie, T. Rex, Elton John, The...
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