The Closer I Get

by Hayden

The Closer I Get cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 12 May 1998
  • Label: Hardwood Records
  • Country: Canada
  • Length: 41:53
  • Community rating: 3.24/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Following a major-label bidding war ignited by his critically acclaimed debut, the Toronto songwriter delivered a slightly more polished but still intensely intimate sophomore LP. Featuring production assistance from Steve Fisk, the record maintains his signature lo-fi aesthetic and deeply vulnerable acoustic folk while occasionally incorporating subtle alternative rock dynamics.

Genres

Descriptors: Acoustic

Tracklist

  1. The Closer I Get (3:45)
  2. Stride (2:45)
  3. The Hazards of Sitting Beneath Palm Trees (2:43)
  4. Bullet (5:08)
  5. Waiting For A Chance To See Her (2:41)
  6. Two Doors (5:11)
  7. Between Us To Hold (2:07)
  8. Better Off Inside (3:01)
  9. Instrumental with Mellotron (2:22)
  10. Memphis (3:37)
  11. Nights Like These (2:47)
  12. You Are All I Have (5:40)

Credits

  • Joshua Malinsky - bass, electric guitar
  • Howie Beck - drums, bass, cymbal, timpani
  • Mitch Roth - piano, drums, piano [rhodes]
  • Gavin Brown - drums
  • Mark Goldstein - cymbal
  • Yael Staav - shaker
  • Josh Freese - drums
  • Greg Leisz - pedal steel guitar

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