Close as You Get

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Close as You Get
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Studio album by
Released21 May 2007
RecordedOctober 2006–February 2007
StudioSarm Hookend, Sphere Studios
Genre Blues, blues rock
Length51:48
Label Eagle
Producer Gary Moore, Ian Taylor
Gary Moore chronology
The Platinum Collection
(2006)
Close as You Get
(2007)
Bad for You Baby
(2008)

Close as You Get is sixteenth solo album by Northern Irish blues guitarist and singer Gary Moore. [1] The album reunited Moore with his former Thin Lizzy colleague, drummer Brian Downey who played on all the tracks.

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Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."If the Devil Made Whiskey"Moore2:48
2."Trouble at Home"Moore5:00
3."Thirty Days" Chuck Berry 3:16
4."Hard Times"Moore3:04
5."Have You Heard?" John Mayall 5:49
6."Eyesight to the Blind" Sonny Boy Williamson 2:34
7."Evenin'"Royce Swain5:47
8."Nowhere Fast"Moore3:38
9."Checkin' Up on My Baby"Sonny Boy Williamson5:24
10."I Had a Dream"Moore7:16
11."Sundown" Son House 7:08

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References

  1. "Gary Moore – Close As You Get". Goodreads . discogs.com. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  2. Horowitz, Hal. Close as You Get at AllMusic