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Close to Paradise

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Length
  
48:07

Close to Paradise (2006)
  
Wooden Arms (2009)

Release date
  
26 September 2006

Label
  
Secret City

Artist
  
Patrick Watson

Genres
  
Indie rock, Dream pop

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Released
  
September 26, 2006 (2006-09-26)

Recorded
  
Breakglass Studio; Master Cuts, Montreal, Quebec

Producers
  
Patrick Watson, Jace Lasek

Nominations
  
Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year

Similar
  
Patrick Watson albums, Indie rock albums

Patrick watson close to paradise


Close to Paradise is the second 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 (Arcade Fire), Ashtray Rock (Joel Plaskett Emergency), Woke Myself Up (Julie Doiron), and The Reminder (Feist).

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Close to Paradise"
  2. "Daydreamer"
  3. "Slip Into Your Skin"
  4. "Giver"
  5. "Weight of the World"
  6. "The Storm"
  7. "Mr. Tom"
  8. "Luscious Life"
  9. "Drifters"
  10. "Man Under the Sea"
  11. "The Great Escape"
  12. "Sleeping Beauty"
  13. "Bright Shiny Lights"

The song "The Great Escape" was featured on episode 16 of the third season of Grey's Anatomy, which aired on February 15, 2007. It also appears in a commercial for Tropicana Products and the movie One Week. It also features during the credit sequences of The High Cost of Living. The song also appears in the movie "Struck by Lightning".

Songs

1Close to Paradise5:02
2Daydreamer4:34
3Slip Into Your Skin3:38

References

Close to Paradise Wikipedia
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