The Run Out Grooves

Rain on me

The Who - 'Love, Reign o'er Me' (Quadrophenia, 1973)

Feb 15 • Mitchell Stirling

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An effigy blessed

Talk Talk - 'Runeii' (Laughing Stock, 1991)

Feb 10 • Mitchell Stirling

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Call Out Your Name

The Replacements - 'Here Comes a Regular' (Tim, 1985)

Feb 8 • Mitchell Stirling

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January 2026

Like Charlamagne in Vietnam

Geese - 'Long Island City Here I Come' (Getting Killed - 2025)

Jan 26 • Mitchell Stirling

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Would you give it all away?

Doves - 'Caught by the River' (The Last Broadcast - 2002)

Jan 18 • Mitchell Stirling

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Shirley, Shirley, Shirley, own

David Bowie - 'Subterraneans' (Low - 1977)

Jan 11 • Mitchell Stirling

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December 2025

The closing tracks on the best albums of 2025

Three years ago, we examined a selection of closing tracks from significant albums from 2022; two years ago, from 2023; and a year ago, from 2024.

Dec 28, 2025 • Mitchell Stirling

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Two sugars would be great

Pulp - 'Bar Italia' (Different Class, 1995)

Dec 23, 2025 • Mitchell Stirling

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What do you mean it’s not in the computer?

Madonna - 'Act of Contrition' (Like A Prayer, 1989)

Dec 19, 2025 • Mitchell Stirling

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Well, the world turns

Elvis Presley - 'In The Ghetto' (From Elvis in Memphis, 1969)

Dec 7, 2025 • Mitchell Stirling

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November 2025

Please Do Not Adjust Your Set

How Boards of Canada end an album.

Nov 30, 2025 • Mitchell Stirling

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The glass is smashed

The La's - 'Looking Glass' (The La's, 1990)

Nov 24, 2025 • Mitchell Stirling

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