''Keep You Close'' is the sixth studio album by Belgian
rock
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band
Deus
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. It was released in
Belgium
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on 17 September 2011, in mainland Europe on 19 September and in the
United Kingdom
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on 3 October. On its first day of release, the album was certified gold in Belgium for sales of 10,000 copies. It was eventually certified platinum on 7 October 2011, denoting sales in excess of 20,000 copies.
Track listing
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Keep You Close''.
Deus
*
Tom Barman
Thomas Andrew Barman (born 1 January 1972), is a Belgian musician and film director.
Barman studied at the film school of St.-Lucas in Brussels, but did not finish his studies because he wished to pursue a career in music.
In 1989, he began by ...
– vocals, guitar, keyboards
* Klaas Janzoons – violin, keyboards, vocals, percussion, string arrangements
* Stéphane Misseghers – drums, percussion, vocals, keyboards
*
Mauro Pawlowski
Mauro Antonio Pawlowski (born 24 April 1971) is one of the key figures in the Belgian contemporary music scene. He was born in Koersel and is of Italian and Polish descent.
He started his career as frontman of Evil Superstars in 1992. This grou ...
– guitar, vocals, keyboards, string arrangements
* Alan Gevaert – bass, vocals, guitar, mandolin
Additional personnel
* Els Becu –
marimba
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, vibraphone
* Dick Beetham – mastering
* Jon Birdsong –
bugle
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History
The bugle developed from early musical or communication ...
, horns, trumpet
*
C. J. Bolland
Christian Jay "C. J." Bolland (born 18 June 1971, Stockton-on-Tees, England) is an English-Belgian electronic music producer and remixer with British roots.
Born in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, Bolland's family moved to Antwerp in Flan ...
– additional programming, additional recording
* Esmé Bos – backing vocals
*
David Bottrill
David Bottrill is a Canadian record producer. He has won three Grammys. Formerly, he owned Rattlebox Studios in Toronto, Ontario with producer Brian Moncarz. Moneen, Basia Lyjak, and The Getaway Plan are among the artists to have recorded at th ...
– production
* Stefan Bracaval – extended flutes
*
Greg Dulli
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– vocals
* Olaf Heine – band photography
* Anton Janssens –
Rhodes piano
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* Roos Janssens – backing vocals
* Trijn Janssens – backing vocals
* Sabine Kabongo – backing vocals
* Mark Steylaerts Ensemble – strings
* Adam Noble – co-production, engineering, mixing
* Matthew Oates – cover photography
* Charlotte Timmers – backing vocals
* Uber and Kosher – artwork
* Piet Van Bockstal – oboe
* Bram Van Houtte – engineering assistance
*
Tim Vanhamel
Tim Wessel Vanhamel (born 11 December 1977 in Zonhoven, Belgium) is a Belgium, Belgian Rock music, rock musician who has been a member of and performed with a number of bands including Evil Superstars, Deus (band), Deus and Eagles of Death Metal. ...
– vocals
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
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2011 albums
Albums produced by David Bottrill
Deus (band) albums
Universal Music Group albums