The Closer I Get

The Closer I Get
Studio album by Hayden
Released 12 May 1998[1]
Recorded Adelaide St. W. (Tracks 12, 13);
The Bathouse (Tracks 5, 8);
Bearsville (Tracks 4, 7, 10, 11);
Chemical Sound (Tracks 1, 2, 12);
John and Stu's (Tracks 3, 5, 8, 9);
Louie's Clubhouse (Track 6);
Oceanway (Track 6);
St. John's Rd. (Tracks 4, 5, 9, 10, 11);
Studio Litho (Tracks 3, 5, 8, 9)[2]
Genre Acoustic rock
Alt country
Folk rock
Length 45:07
Label Hardwood Records/Universal Music Canada
Producer Hayden,
Daryl Smith (Tracks 1, 2),
Steve Fisk (Tracks 3, 5, 8, 9),
John Hanlon (Tracks 4, 7, 10, 11),
Scott Litt (Track 6)
Hayden chronology
Everything I Long For
(1995)		 The Closer I Get
(1998)		 Skyscraper National Park
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [3]
Pitchfork Media (7.1/10) [4]
Scaruffi (6/10) [5]

The Closer I Get is an album by Canadian singer-songwriter Hayden. It is Hayden's first international release.[2] In Canada it was released on Hardwood Records/Universal, while in the United States it was released on Outpost Recordings/Geffen/Universal.[6]

Track listing

All songs written by Paul Hayden Desser.

  1. "The Closer I Get" – 3:45
  2. "Stride" – 2:46
  3. "The Hazards of Sitting Beneath Palm Trees" – 2:44
  4. "Bullet" – 5:09
  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" – 3:02
  9. "Instrumental with Mellotron" – 2:23
  10. "Memphis" – 3:37
  11. "Nights Like These" – 2:48
  12. "You Are All I Have" – 5:40
  13. "I'll Tell Him Tonight" – 3:41

Notes

  1. ^ Billboard.com, Retrieved: 25 December 2006
  2. ^ a b wasteyourdaysaway.com Retrieved: 25 December 2006
  3. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r350802
  4. ^ http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/18406/Hayden_The_Closer_I_Get
  5. ^ http://www.scaruffi.com/vol6/hayden.html
  6. ^ Hardwood Records, Retrieved: 25 December 2006
Hayden
Studio albums
In September (1994) • Everything I Long For (1995) • The Closer I Get (1998) • Skyscraper National Park (2001) • Elk-Lake Serenade (2004) • In Field & Town (2008) • The Place Where We Lived (2009)
Live albums
EPs and singles
"Bad as They Seem" (1995) • "Mild" and "Hazy" (1996) • Lunar Landing Confirmed (with Poledo) (1996) • Moving Careful EP (1996) • "Trees Lounge" (1996) • "Carry On Mentality" (1997) • "Better Off Inside" • "The Hazards of Sitting Beneath Palm Trees" (1998) • "The Closer I Get" • "Dynamite Walls" • "Carried Away" • "All in One Move" • "Hollywood Ending" • "Where and When"
Record labels