Closer Than Veins

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Closer Than Veins
Studio album by Outlandish
Released October 31, 2005 (2005-10-31)
Genre Hip hop
Label RCA, Sony BMG
Producer Jay-B Bisgaard, Saqib, Outlandish, Maximum Risk, Lucas Secon, Providers, Mintman, Ahsan
Outlandish chronology

Beats, Rhymes & Life
(2004)
Closer Than Veins
(2005)
Sound of a Rebel
(2009)

Closer Than Veins is the third studio album by the Danish hip hop group Outlandish, released on October 31, 2005 by RCA Records.

The singles from this album ("Callin' U", "Look Into My Eyes" & "I Only Ask of GOD") reached the European charts. In 2006 Outlandish won MTV European music award for their album Closer Than Veins and their single "Look Into My Eyes". BBC featured the band prominently describing it as a unique hip-hop R&B band. In 2007 the deluxe edition of Closer Than Veins released in UK for the first time. The album sold 2.8 million copies worldwide.[citation needed]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "Introspective"  Waqas Qadri, Isam Bachiri, Lenny Martinez, Rahul Dev Burman, Jeppe Bisgaard, SaqibJay-B Bisgaard, Saqib, Outlandish 2:27
2. "Any Given Time"  W. Qadri, Bachiri, Martinez, Frederik Nordsø, Louis Winding, Vicente AmigoMaximum Risk 4:37
3. "Look into My Eyes"  Gihad Ali, W. Qadri, Bachiri, Martinez, Omar ShahOutlandish 4:03
4. "Just Me"  Shah, W. Qadri, Bachiri, Martinez, Lucas SeconLucas Secon 3:53
5. "Kom igen" (featuring U$O, ADL and Salah Edin)W. Qadri, Bachiri, Martinez, Bisgaard, Saqib, Ausamah Saed, Adam Baptiste, Abid Tounssi, Otto Francker, Sejr-Volmer SørensenJay-B Bisgaard, Saqib 4:25
6. "Nothing Left to Do" / "The Vessel Interlude"  Shah, W. Qadri, Bachiri, Martinez, Jeppe Federspiel, Rasmus Stabell / Shaykh Abdallah Adhami, W. Qadri, Bachiri, MartinezProviders / Outlandish 3:45
7. "Beyond Words" (featuring Burhan G)W. Qadri, Bachiri, Martinez, Bisgaard, Saqib, Burhan Genc, Christoph Borkowsky AkbarJay-B Bisgaard, Saqib 4:49
8. "Words Stuck to Heart"  W. Qadri, Bachiri, Martinez, Secon, Donald McLeanLucas Secon 3:37
9. "Reggada" (featuring Taibi and Dany Raï)Taib Ouaich, Mohamed Bellajrou, W. Qadri, Bachiri, Martinez, Nordsø, WindingMaximum Risk 4:00
10. "Callin' U"  W. Qadri, Bachiri, Martinez, Carsten MortensenMintman 4:27
11. "Sakeena"  W. Qadri, Bachiri, Martinez, Ahsan QadriAhsan, Outlandish 5:11
12. "I've Seen" (featuring Sami Yusuf)W. Qadri, Bachiri, Martinez, A. Qadri, Sami YusufAhsan, Outlandish 4:32
13. "Una Palabra" (featuring Majid)Shah, W. Qadri, Bachiri, Martinez, Secon, Carlos VarelaLucas Secon 3:28
14. "I Only Ask of God"  W. Qadri, Bachiri, Martinez, Nordsø, Winding, León GiecoMaximum Risk 3:42
15. "Appreciatin'"  W. Qadri, Bachiri, Martinez, Bisgaard, SaqibJay-B Bisgaard, Saqib 4:20
UK edition bonus track[1]
No. Title Length
16. "Redemption Song"   3:46
Notes
  • "Introspective" incorporates a sample from the title music from the movie Shalimar composed by Rahul Dev Burman.
  • "Kom igen" incorporates replayed and re-sung elements of "Dansevise" composed by Otto Francker & Sejr-Volmer Sørensen, and sung by Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann.
  • "The Vessel Interlude" incorporates a sample from the voice recording "The Vessel" of Shaykh Abdallah Adhami.
  • "Beyond Words" incorporates a sample from "Ederlezi" composed by Christoph Bowkowsky.

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart (2005) Peak
position
Danish Albums Chart[3] 3

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[4] Platinum 40,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

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