''Closer than Close'' is the fourth
album
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by American singer
Rosie Gaines, released on June 13, 1995. The album's
title track was
remix
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ed and released as a single in 1997, reaching number four on the
UK Singles Chart
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. "I Want U" was also released as a single, reaching number 70 in the UK.
Prince
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provides backing vocals on the track "My Tender Heart".
Track listing
All tracks composed by Rosie Gaines, Francis Jules and Dana Bailey; except where indicated
;American edition
# "I Want U (Inner City Blue)" (Earth Mama Version) (
Prince
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, Rosie Gaines) – 6:34
# "Are You Ready" – 5:49
# "
Closer than Close" – 5:09
# "Googaga" – 3:55
# "Turn Your Lights Down Low" (
Bob Marley
Robert Nesta Marley (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981; baptised in 1980 as Berhane Selassie) was a Jamaican singer, musician, and songwriter. Considered one of the pioneers of reggae, his musical career was marked by fusing elements o ...
) – 4:29
# "My Tender Heart" (Prince, Rosie Gaines) – 5:10
# "I Almost Lost You" – 2:37
# "Slowman" – 5:33
# "Can You Handle It" – 5:13
# "Concrete Jungle" (Bob Marley) – 7:48
# "Get the Ghetto off Your Mind" – 5:52
# "December 25th" – 3:56
# "I Want U" (Purple Version) – 3:36
*Notes: Tracks 4-7 and 11 are reworked versions from the then-unreleased album ''Concrete Jungle''.
International version
# "I Want U" (Purple Version) – 3:36
# "Are You Ready" – 5:49
# "Closer than Close" – 5:09
# "Googaga" – 3:55
# "Ooh La La" - 4:41
# "Turn Your Lights Down Low" - 4:29
# "My Tender Heart" - 5:10
# "I Almost Lost You" - 2:37
# "Slowman" - 5:33
# "Can You Handle It" - :13
# "Concrete Jungle" - 7:48
# "Get the Ghetto off Your Mind" - 5:52
# "December 25" - 3:56
# "Bubbly World" (bonus track) - 5:05
# "Do What U Wanna Do" (bonus track) - 3:11
References
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1995 albums
Rosie Gaines albums
Motown albums