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Closer is the fifth studio album by the New Orleans-based rock trio Better Than Ezra. It was released on August 7, 2001 by Beyond Records. Closer initially performed better than its predecessor, How Does Your Garden Grow?, peaking at #110 on the Billboard charts. The first single off the album, "Extra Ordinary," placed on both the Billboard Modern Rock and Adult Top 40 charts (it was the eighth and last BTE single to date to place on the Modern Rock charts). A second single, "Misunderstood," was planned, but Beyond Records declared bankruptcy before it could be released.
As of early 2007, Closer is out of print due to Beyond Records going out of business and copies are fairly hard to find, though some are still in stock in stores. Legal problems resulting from Beyond's bankruptcy meant it would be four years before Better than Ezra's next studio album, Before the Robots. In the meantime, the band would release a live album in 2004, recorded in their hometown at the House of Blues.
[edit] Track listing
- "Misunderstood" - 3:46
- "Extra Ordinary" (featuring DJ Swamp) - 3:37
- "Closer" - 4:31
- "Rolling" (featuring Toddy) - 3:31
- "A Lifetime" - 3:36
- "Recognize" (featuring DJ Swamp) - 3:18
- "Sincerely, Me" - 3:53
- "Get You In" - 4:07
- "Briefly" - 4:19
- "Juarez" - 4:26
- "I Do" - 3:44
[edit] Personnel
- Kevin Griffin - Guitar, Piano, Vocals
- Tom Drummond - Bass
- Travis Aaron McNabb - Drums
[edit] Additional personnel
- Mark Mullins - Trombone
- Eric Lucero - Trumpet
- James Arthur Payne - Guitar
- Toddy Walters - Backing Vocals
- DJ Swamp - Turntables
- Chick Wolverton - Keyboards, Scratching
- Michael Goods - Rhodes, Organ
[edit] Quartet Illumina
- Guenevere Measham - Cello
- Leah Katz - Viola
- Daphne Chen - Violin
- Melissa Reiner - Violin
