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2007 studio album by Gary Moore

Close as You Get

Studio album by Gary Moore

Released

21 May 2007

Recorded

October 2006–February 2007

Studio

Sarm Hookend, Sphere Studios

Genre

Blues, blues rock

Length

51:48

Label

Eagle

Producer

Gary Moore, Ian Taylor

Gary Moore chronology

The Platinum Collection
(2006)

Close as You Get
(2007)

Bad for You Baby
(2008)

Close as You Get is sixteenth solo album by Northern Irish blues guitarist and singer Gary Moore. The album reunited Moore with his former Thin Lizzy colleague, drummer Brian Downey who played on all the tracks.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"If the Devil Made Whiskey"	Moore	2:48
2.	"Trouble at Home"	Moore	5:00
3.	"Thirty Days"	Chuck Berry	3:16
4.	"Hard Times"	Moore	3:04
5.	"Have You Heard?"	John Mayall	5:49
6.	"Eyesight to the Blind"	Sonny Boy Williamson	2:34
7.	"Evenin'"	Royce Swain	5:47
8.	"Nowhere Fast"	Moore	3:38
9.	"Checkin' Up on My Baby"	Sonny Boy Williamson	5:24
10.	"I Had a Dream"	Moore	7:16
11.	"Sundown"	Son House	7:08

Personnel

Gary Moore - vocals, guitar, dobro on "Sundown"
Brian Downey - drums
Vic Martin - keyboards
Pete Rees - bass
Mark Feltham - harmonica on "Hard Times" and "Checkin' Up on My Baby"
Produced by Gary Moore and Ian Taylor
Engineered and mixed by Ian Taylor, assisted by Jonathan Tayler-Webb.
Recorded and mixed at Sarm Hookend, except "I Had a Dream" backing track, recorded at Sphere Studios by Franco Cameli, assisted by Joshua Blair.

References

"Gary Moore – Close As You Get". Goodreads. discogs.com. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
Horowitz, Hal. Close as You Get at AllMusic

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Studio albums	Back on the Streets Corridors of Power Dirty Fingers Victims of the Future Run for Cover Wild Frontier After the War Still Got the Blues After Hours Blues for Greeny Dark Days in Paradise A Different Beat Back to the Blues Power of the Blues Old New Ballads Blues Close as You Get Bad for You Baby
Albums with bands led by Moore	Grinding Stone (w/ The Gary Moore Band) G-Force (w/ G-Force) Scars (w/ Scars)
Live albums	Rockin' Every Night: Live in Japan Live / Live at the Marquee We Want Moore! Blues Alive Live at Monsters of Rock Essential Montreux Live at Montreux 2010 Blues for Jimi
Video albums	Live at Isstadion Stockholm: Wild Frontier Tour Live at Monsters of Rock One Night in Dublin: A Tribute to Phil Lynott Live at Montreux 2010 Blues for Jimi
Compilation albums	Ballads & Blues 1982–1994 Out in the Fields Best of the Blues The Platinum Collection
Songs	"Parisienne Walkways" "Out in the Fields" "Over the Hills and Far Away" "Still Got the Blues (For You)"
Related articles	Discography Skid Row Thin Lizzy Phil Lynott Colosseum II Greg Lake BBM Greeny

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