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I'm always so unsure
Portishead - 'Threads' (Third, 2008)
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Mitchell Stirling
1990s Closing Track Readers’ Poll
Part 3: 75-51
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Mitchell Stirling
1990s Closing Track Readers’ Poll
Part 2: 100-76
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Mitchell Stirling
1990s Closing Track Readers’ Poll
Part 1: The People, the Write-Ins, the Unloved
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Mitchell Stirling
We flip flop and serve hoes like flap jacks
'Bitches Ain't Shit' - Dr. Dre (The Chronic - 1992)
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Mitchell Stirling
There can be only one
After 150+ ballots, the race for the greatest album closer of the 1990s is separated by a single top-four vote
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Mitchell Stirling
I wanna be better at skating
'Futura Free' - Frank Ocean (Blonde - 2016)
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Mitchell Stirling
The 90s poll results are already surprising...
Have Your Say - Your best album closers of the 1990s
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Mitchell Stirling
Reader's Poll - Tonight we're gonna party like it's 1990-9
Have Your Say - Your best album closers of the 1990s
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Mitchell Stirling
What does love smell like?
'Stankonia (Stanklove)' - Outkast (Stanonia - 2000)
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Mitchell Stirling
The Run Out Grooves
The Run Out Grooves
Sometimes, the last song says everything. Essays on the greatest (and not so great) album closers. How they’re made, what they mean, and why endings stick.
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