Even Closer

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Even Closer
Studio album by Goapele
Released	September 10, 2002 (first pressing) February 10, 2004 (second pressing)
Recorded	1999–2001
Genre	Neo Soul Trip hop
Label	Hieroglyphics Imperium Recordings (first pressing) 230108 Skyblaze/Columbia/SME Records (second pressing) WK 72795
Producer	Amp Live Mike Tiger Shaka Ramsay Nate Greenberg Jeff Bhasker Soulive Johnson Eric Krasno
Goapele chronology
Closer (2001) Even Closer (2002) Change it All (2003)

Even Closer was the second album and the first nationally distributed album by singer-songwriter Goapele Mohlabane, which was essentially an expanded version of her début, Closer. Originally released through Hieroglyphics Imperium, it was picked up by Columbia/SME Records, which signed her to a recording contract through her family-owned label, Skyblaze Recordings, and picked up this album for international distribution. More tracks were added to the Columbia Records pressing, which replaced the earlier version. However, it was distributed through Relativity Entertainment Distribution instead of through Sony Music Distribution, denoted by the WK prefix instead of the customary CK prefix, by its UPC, and by the legal copy on the back cover. There were guest appearances by guitarist Errol Cooney, the band Soulive, and hip-hop emcees and fellow Hieroglyphics members Casual, Pep Love, and Zion I. The album garnered positive reviews in the US music press and paved the way for an album of all-new material.

[edit] Track Listing (230108)

1. Closer
2. Ease Your Mind
3. Got It
4. Romantic
5. Too Much the Same
6. Catch 22
7. The Daze
8. Thing's Don't Exist
9. Childhood Drama
10. Salvation
11. Back to You
12. Butterflykisses
13. It Takes More
14. Red, White, & Blues

[edit] Track Listing (WK 72795)

1. Closer (3:49)
2. Ease Your Mind (3:35)
3. Got It (3:15)
4. Romantic (5:37)
5. Too Much the Same (3:56)
6. Catch 22 (4:09)
7. The Daze (3:07)
8. Things Don't Exist (4:32)
9. Childhood Drama (3:14)
10. Salvation (3:43)
11. Back to You (4:17)
12. Butterflykisses (3:20)
13. It Takes More (3:57)
14. Red, White, & Blues (5:29)
15. Childhood Drama (Remix) (3:24)
16. Got It (Reprise) [hidden track] (0:41)