- indie rock
- 50 min
- 13 tracks
- Secret City Records
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, Ashtray Rock, Woke Myself Up, and The Reminder (Feist).
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Spare, character-led, grave and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
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Tracks
- 1Close to Paradise5:02
- 2Daydreamer4:34
- 3Slip Into Your Skin3:38
- 4Giver3:27
- 5Weight of the World4:40
- 6The Storm3:12
- 7Mr. Tom2:48
- 8Luscious Life3:09
- 9Drifters4:27
- 10Man Under the Sea3:30
- 11The Great Escape3:07
- 12Sleeping Beauty5:34
- 13Bright Shiny Lights2:34
13 tracks, 50 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Patrick Watson
- Label
- Secret City Records
- Released
- September 25, 2006
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Vinyl
- Country
- CA
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