Closer (Susan Ashton album)

Closer
Studio album by Susan Ashton
Released April 20, 1999
Recorded 1998-1999
Genre Country, country pop
Length 46:43
Label Capitol Nashville
Producer Emory Gordy, Jr.
Susan Ashton chronology
A Distant Call
(1996)A Distant Call1996		 Closer
(1999)		 Lost in Wonder-Voices of Worship
(2005)Lost in Wonder-Voices of Worship2005
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Closer is sixth full-length album by Christian music singer Susan Ashton. It was released in 1999 on Capitol Nashville. It was her only disc for the label. It was produced by Emory Gordy, Jr.. The album contains songs written by Diane Warren, Matraca Berg and Kim Richey. Ashton herself only co-wrote one song here, "Think of Me".

Three singles were released, with the Warren-penned "Faith of the Heart" being first. It peaked at No. 51 on the Hot Country Songs chart in the US, while peaking twenty spots lower in Canada. The second single, "You're Lucky I Love You", fared a bit better reaching No. 37 in the US and No. 52 in Canada. The title track didn't chart. The album itself reached No. 34 on the country charts, while failing to find a footing on the Christian music charts.

"Breathless" was later released as a single by River Road in 2001. Both The Jenkins and Hall & Oates released versions of "Getaway Car".

Reception

AllMusic's Heather Phares called Ashton "an emotive vocalist", and said that Closer "finds Ashton hitting her stride as a performer and singer", giving the album four stars out of five.[1]

Track listing

  1. "Come On in Out of the Rain" (Jamie O'Hara) 2:53
  2. "Closer" (Kent Blazy, Neil Thrasher, Kim Williams) 3:23
  3. "Our Little World" (Matraca Berg, Jeff Hanna) 4:37
  4. "You're Lucky I Love You" (Thrasher, Maria Cannon-Goodman) 3:31
  5. "I Ain't Gonna Fall for Love Again" (Kim Richey, Vince Melamed) 3:21
  6. "Breathless" (Blazy, Thrasher, Kelly Shiver) 3:25
  7. "Shot for the Moon" (Berg, Sharon Vaughn) 3:56
  8. "Getaway Car" (Gary Haase, Billy Mann) 4:59
  9. "Supernatural" (Marcus Hummon, Mark Prentice) 3:55
  10. "Think of Me" (Ashton, Gayla Borders, Jeff Borders, J.D. Cunningham) 4:06
  11. "Faith of the Heart" (Diane Warren) 4:17
  12. "Can't Cry Hard Enough" (Marvin Etzioni, David Williams) 4:20

Personnel

Production

Chart performance

Chart (1999) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 34

References

  1. 1 2 Phares, Heather (1999-04-20). "Closer - Susan Ashton". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
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