Closer to the Bone

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Closer to the Bone
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Studio album by
Kris Kristofferson
ReleasedSeptember 29, 2009 (2009-09-29)
Genre Country
LanguageEnglish
Label New West
Producer Don Was
Kris Kristofferson chronology
This Old Road
(2006)		Closer to the Bone
(2009)		 Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends: The Publishing Demos
(2010)
Professional ratings
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Closer to the Bone is the twentieth studio album by Kris Kristofferson. The album was released on September 29, 2009 [3] on the New West record label. [9]

Contents

Kristofferson has said: ''Closer to the Bone is a reflective album. It's about making sense of life at this end of the game." [10] It was originally entitled Starlight and Stone, but Kristofferson changed it to Closer to the Bone as he felt like it was more descriptive of the meaning of the album: "...the closer to the bone you are and the closer to the truth." [11]

The song, "Good Morning John" was written in the 1970s and is about Johnny Cash. [12] Kristofferson wrote "Sister Sinead" as a tribute to Sinéad O'Connor. The album is dedicated to Stephen Bruton.

Track listing

(All songs by Kris Kristofferson, except as noted) [13]

  1. "Closer to the Bone"
  2. "From Here to Forever" (Kristofferson, Stephen Bruton, Glen Clark)
  3. "Holy Woman"
  4. "Starlight and Stone"
  5. "Sister Sinead"
  6. "Hall of Angels"
  7. "Love Don't Live Here Anymore"
  8. "Good Morning John"
  9. "Tell Me One More Time"
  10. "Let the Walls Come Down"
  11. "The Wonder"
  12. "I Hate Your Ugly Face"

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Closer to the Bone
Chart (2009)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [14] 167
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [15] 28
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [16] 29

Notes

  1. ↑ "Allmusic review".
  2. ↑ "American Songwriter review".
  3. 1 2 "BBC review".
  4. ↑ "No Depression review".
  5. ↑ "Now review".
  6. ↑ "Rolling Stone review". Archived from the original on October 4, 2009.
  7. ↑ "Engine 145 review". Archived from the original on 2014-12-18. Retrieved 2014-12-18.
  8. ↑ "Uncut review".
  9. ↑ "Kris Kristofferson". newwestrecords.com. Archived from the original on 2009-02-15. Retrieved 2009-08-26.
  10. ↑ "Kris Kristofferson's latest cuts 'Closer to the Bone". billboard.com. Retrieved 2009-08-26.
  11. ↑ Flippo, Chet (2009-10-01). "Nashville Skyline: A conversation with Kris Kristofferson". CMT. Archived from the original on October 5, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
  12. ↑ Lewis, Randy (2009-04-18). "Kris Kristofferson: Pop and country's semi-tough veteran". latimesblogs.com. Retrieved 2009-08-26.
  13. ↑ "Kris Kristofferson: New album on Jambase". JamBase . Retrieved 2009-08-26.
  14. ↑ "Kris Kristofferson Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 18, 2022.
  15. ↑ "Kris Kristofferson Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 18, 2022.
  16. ↑ "Kris Kristofferson Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 18, 2022.

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