Up Close & Personal (Vicki Genfan album)

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Up Close & Personal
Vicki Genfan - Up Close & Personal.jpg
Studio album by
Released2006
Label Harmonic Touch Records
Producer Ian Melrose
Vicki Genfan chronology
Vicki Genfan Live Up Close & Personal
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Acoustic Guitar Magazine "stunning guitarist" link
CD Baby "her best work yet" link
Minor 7th Webzine"a great CD" link

Up Close & Personal is Vicki Genfan's third available release. The double CD features the first disk of original instrumentals, titled Up Close, and a second, vocal-based disk, called Personal. Each disc contains a QuickTime video, showing clips of recording sessions and snapshots of Genfan as well as of the other recording artists. The double-CD features both Genfan's guitar virtuosity as well as her singer-songwriter abilities. Most of the songs are recorded with accompanying musicians. [1]

Contents

Track listing

Composing credits

All songs by Vicki Genfan, except

Personnel

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References

  1. CD – booklet of Up Close & Personal