Close as You Get

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{{Infobox album

| name = Close as You Get

| type = studio

| artist = Gary Moore

| cover = CloseAsYouGetCover.jpg

| alt =

| released = 21 May 2007

| recorded = October 2006–February 2007

| venue =

| studio = Sarm Hookend, Sphere Studios

| genre = Blues, blues rock

| length = 51:48

| label = Eagle

| producer = Gary Moore, Ian Taylor

| prev_title = The Platinum Collection

| prev_year = 2006

| next_title = Bad for You Baby

| next_year = 2008

}}

Close as You Get is sixteenth solo album by Northern Irish blues guitarist and singer Gary Moore.{{cite web|title=Gary Moore – Close As You Get|url=https://www.discogs.com/Gary-Moore-Close-As-You-Get/release/1122750|website=Goodreads|publisher=discogs.com|accessdate=29 October 2017}} The album reunited Moore with his former Thin Lizzy colleague, drummer Brian Downey who played on all the tracks.

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|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}} {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1039156|first=Hal|last=Horowitz}}

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Track listing

{{tracklist

| title1 = If the Devil Made Whiskey

| writer1 = Moore

| length1 = 2:48

| title2 = Trouble at Home

| writer2 = Moore

| length2 = 5:00

| title3 = Thirty Days

| writer3 = Chuck Berry

| length3 = 3:16

| title4 = Hard Times

| writer4 = Moore

| length4 = 3:04

| title5 = Have You Heard?

| writer5 = John Mayall

| length5 = 5:49

| title6 = Eyesight to the Blind

| writer6 = Sonny Boy Williamson

| length6 = 2:34

| title7 = Evenin{{'-}}

| writer7 = Royce Swain

| length7 = 5:47

| title8 = Nowhere Fast

| writer8 = Moore

| length8 = 3:38

| title9 = Checkin' Up on My Baby

| writer9 = Sonny Boy Williamson

| length9 = 5:24

| title10 = I Had a Dream

| writer10 = Moore

| length10 = 7:16

| title11 = Sundown

| writer11 = Son House

| length11 = 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

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