Keep You Close

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Keep You Close
Keep You Close.jpg
Studio album by
Released17 September 2011 (2011-09-17)
Studio
  • Motor Music (Mechelen, Belgium)
  • Reanimator and Vantage Point Studio (Antwerp, Belgium)
Genre Indie rock
Length43:10
Label Universal Music Belgium
Producer David Bottrill
Deus chronology
Vantage Point
(2008)
Keep You Close
(2011)
Following Sea
(2012)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 70/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Clash 7/10 [3]
Drowned in Sound 8/10 [4]
goddeau.comFavourable [5]
HUMO Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Knack Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg
SputnikmusicStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [8]

Keep You Close is the sixth studio album by Belgian rock band Deus. It was released in Belgium on 17 September 2011, in mainland Europe on 19 September and in the United Kingdom on 3 October. On its first day of release, the album was certified gold in Belgium for sales of 10,000 copies. [9] It was eventually certified platinum on 7 October 2011, denoting sales in excess of 20,000 copies. [10]

Contents

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Tom Barman; all music is composed by Deus

No.TitleLength
1."Keep You Close"5:16
2."The Final Blast"4:39
3."Dark Sets In"4:54
4."Twice (We Survive)"4:34
5."Ghost"4:37
6."Constant Now"3:48
7."The End of Romance"4:39
8."Second Nature"4:04
9."Easy"6:40
Belgian iTunes Store bonus track [11]
No.TitleLength
10."Constant Now" (live at Sudoeste, Zambujeira, Portugal)3:48

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Keep You Close. [12]

Deus

Additional personnel

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Keep You Close
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Belgium (BEA) [10] Platinum30,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

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