Close to the Edge (Blessid Union of Souls album)

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Close to the Edge
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Studio album by Blessid Union of Souls
Released September 16, 2008
Recorded 2005-2008
Genre Alternative rock
Label Torque Records
Blessid Union of Souls chronology
Perception
(2005)
Close to the Edge
(2008)
Singles from Close to the Edge
  1. "Could've Been With You"
    Released: 2008

Close to the Edge is the fifth studio album (sixth overall) by the American alternative rock band Blessid Union of Souls, released on September 16, 2008.

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Blessid Union of Souls band

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Contents

Music

Close to the Edge contains twelve songs, eight of which are lifted from their previous album Perception . "I'll Be There" is a relatively simple song analogous to the band's earlier work. "Back from the Dead" was written about recovery from addiction. Lead vocalist Eliot Sloan stated of the conception of the title:

<i>Perception</i> (Blessid Union of Souls album) Blessid Union of Souls album

Perception is the fourth studio album by the American alternative rock band Blessid Union of Souls, released in 2005 on Ultrax Records.

Note: The song If You Were Mine was initially recorded by Marcos Hernandez for his debut album C About Me in 2005.

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Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Back from the Dead" (new)4:33
2."Could've Been With You"3:38
3."I Still Believe in Love"4:45
4."Wild Side of Me"4:01
5."I'll Be There" (new)3:32
6."A Thousand and One"4:05
7."If You Were Mine" (new)4:11
8."Healing" (new)3:58
9."Closer"3:47
10."I Have Just Begun to Live"4:03
11."She's the One"4:03
12."Let's Get Out of Here"4:28

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