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The Guide #147: A celebration of album closers, from the National to Beyoncé
Last week we asked for your favourite album closers, and received so many responses that we decided to devote a hefty chunk of the newsletter to the topic. The closing track is a mysterious thing, often unlike the rest of the album that precedes it. It can …