Closer to the People

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Closer to the People
Tanita Tikaram - Closer to the People.jpg
Studio album by
Tanita Tikaram
Released11 March 2016
StudioSoho Sound Kitchen, Tiki Toko Studios
Genre Indie pop, folk, rock
Length35:22
Label Ear Music 0210912EMU
Producer Angie Pollock, Goetz Botzenhardt
Tanita Tikaram chronology
Can't Go Back
(2012)		Closer to the People
(2016)
Singles from Closer to the People
  1. "Glass Love Train"
    Released: 22 January 2016
  2. "The Way You Move"
    Released: 22 April 2016
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Closer to the People is the ninth studio album by the British singer Tanita Tikaram. [5] The record was released on 11 March 2016 through Ear Music, an imprint of German-based label Edel Music. [6] The album also produced two singles: "Glass Love Train" and "The Way You Move".

Contents

Background

Closer to the People is Tikaram's first album in four years. Like her previous album Can't Go Back , it was released through Ear Music. Tikaram released a videoclip for the song "Food on My Table" in December 2015, although she stated this record was not the first single of the album. [7] Tikaram said that the record is inspired by the blues compositions she likes to play with her band. [8] Tikaram also explained to HuffPost UK that her latest music began taking form after she read a biography of American jazz singer Anita O'Day, who overcame her problems to perform jazz music for some 60 years. [9]

Reception

Michael Smith of Renowned for Sound wrote "As such, Closer To The People isn’t an album for everybody. Jazz fans, or fans of Tanita Tikaram’s particular style of lyricism and husky vocals, will surely find it easier to get into than the new listener, but even on a cursory listen the album has its charm that makes it enjoyable. Had the scope of its songs been larger the appeal of the album may also have followed suit, but ultimately it remains in a rather subtle position". [4]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Glass Love Train"Mark Cresswell / Tanita Tikaram4:36
2."Cool Waters"Tanita Tikaram / Martin Winning4:05
3."The Way You Move"Bryan Day / Tanita Tikaram2:53
4."Closer to the People"Tanita Tikaram3:36
5."Gris Gris Tails"Tanita Tikaram / Martin Winning3:09
6."The Dream of Her"Tanita Tikaram / Martin Winning2:56
7."Don't Turn Your Back on Me"Tanita Tikaram3:04
8."Food on my Table"Tanita Tikaram4:37
9."Night Is a Bird"Angie Pollack / Matt Radford / Tanita Tikaram / Martin Winning3:54
10."My Enemy"Matt Radford / Tanita Tikaram2:32
Total length:35:22

Credits

Chart performance

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Ö3 Austria Top 40 [10] 68
German Media Control Charts [11] 61
Switzerland Albums Chart [12] 84

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  2. ↑ Butterweck, Kai. "Folk-Melancholie weicht beschwingtem Jazz" (in German). laut.de . Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  3. ↑ McNaughton, Mac (11 March 2016). "Tanita Tikaram - Closer To The People". The Music. themusic.com.au. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  4. 1 2 Smith, Michael (24 March 2016). "ALBUM REVIEW: TANITA TIKARAM – CLOSER TO THE PEOPLE". Renowned for Sound. renownedforsound.com. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Tanita Tikaram -- Closer to the People". Discogs . discogs.com. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
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