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Close as You Get | ||||
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Released | 21 May 2007 | |||
Recorded | October 2006-February 2007 | |||
Studio | Sarm Hookend, Sphere Studios | |||
Genre | Blues, blues rock | |||
Length | 51:48 | |||
Label | Eagle | |||
Producer | Gary Moore, Ian Taylor | |||
Gary Moore chronology | ||||
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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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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "If the Devil Made Whiskey" | Moore | 2:48 |
2. | "Trouble at Home" | Moore | 5:00 |
3. | "Thirty Days" | Chuck Berry | 3:16 |
4. | "Hard Times" | Moore | 3:04 |
5. | "Have You Heard?" | John Mayall | 5:49 |
6. | "Eyesight to the Blind" | Sonny Boy Williamson | 2:34 |
7. | "Evenin'" | Royce Swain | 5:47 |
8. | "Nowhere Fast" | Moore | 3:38 |
9. | "Checkin' Up on My Baby" | Sonny Boy Williamson | 5:24 |
10. | "I Had a Dream" | Moore | 7:16 |
11. | "Sundown" | Son House | 7:08 |
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