Close to Paradise

{{Infobox album

| name = Close to Paradise

| type = studio

| artist = Patrick Watson

| cover = Close_to_paradise.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2006|9|26}}

| recorded = Breakglass Studio; Master Cuts, Montreal, Quebec

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Alternative folk

| length = {{Duration|m=48|s=07}}

| label = Secret City

| producer = {{flatlist|

• Patrick Watson
• Jace Lasek
• Jean Massicotte

}}

| prev_title = Just Another Ordinary Day

| prev_year = 2003

| next_title = Wooden Arms

| next_year = 2009

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r868834|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]

|rev2 = Bande à part

|rev2score = (8.4/10){{Cite web |url=http://www.bandeapart.fm/critiques.asp?id=299 |title=Bande à part review |access-date=2007-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228215710/http://www.bandeapart.fm/critiques.asp?id=299 |archive-date=2008-02-28 |url-status=dead }}

|rev3 = Canoë

|rev3score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[http://www.canoe.qc.ca/divertissement/musique/critiques/2006/09/24/1889494-ca.html Canoë review]

|rev4 = CHART

|rev4score = (favourable){{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090323031252/http://www.chartattack.com/reviews/61402/patrick-watson CHART review]}}

|rev5 = Pitchfork Media

|rev5score = (5.2/10)[http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/10917-close-to-paradise/ Pitchfork Media review]

|rev6 = Rockfeedback

|rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}[http://www.rockfeedback.com/article.asp?nObjectID=4977 Rockfeedback review]

|rev7 = Yahoo Music UK

|rev7score = {{Rating|7|10}}{{Cite web |url=http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/070918/33/21l0c.html |title=Yahoo Music UK review |access-date=2007-09-19 |archive-date=2011-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515233348/http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/070918/33/21l0c.html |url-status=dead }}

|rev8 = Q

|rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}Andy Fyfe Q, October 2007, Issue 255.

}}

Close to Paradise is the second studio album by Patrick Watson, released on September 26, 2006. On September 24, 2007, the album won the Polaris Music Prize, after reaching the finals alongside such other albums as Neon Bible (Arcade Fire), Ashtray Rock (Joel Plaskett Emergency), Woke Myself Up (Julie Doiron), and The Reminder (Feist).{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/arcade-fire-feist-on-polaris-short-list-1.636638?ref=rss|title=Arcade Fire, Feist on Polaris short list |access-date=July 10, 2007 | work=CBC News | date=July 10, 2007}}{{cite web|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2007/07/10/4328574-cp.html|title=Feist, Fire get Polaris noms|accessdate=July 11, 2007 |url-status=usurped|archiveurl = https://archive.today/20070623032604/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2007/07/10/4328574-cp.html |archivedate = June 23, 2007}}{{cite news|url=http://www.chartattack.com/news/43988/arcade-fire-feist-and-the-dears-among-polaris-nominees |title=Arcade Fire, Feist And The Dears Among Polaris Nominees |last=Love |first=Noah |date=2007-07-10 |publisher=Chart |accessdate=2008-11-20 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081221221217/http://www.chartattack.com/news/43988/arcade-fire-feist-and-the-dears-among-polaris-nominees |archivedate=2008-12-21 }}