Length 50:36 Artist Goapele Label Skyblaze Recordings | Even Closer
(2002) Change It All
(2005) Release date 10 September 2002 Genres Soul music, Neo soul | |
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Released September 10, 2002 (2002-09-10) Producer Amp Live, Mike Tiger, Johnson, Soulive, Eric Krasno, Nate Greenberg, Shaka Ramsay, Adam Smirnoff, Jeff Bhasker Similar Change It All, Closer, Break of Dawn | ||
Even Closer is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Goapele. It is essentially an expanded version of her self-released debut album, Closer (2001). Originally released in 2002, it was re-released in 2004.
Contents
Goapele salvation
Reception
Mark Anthony Neal of PopMatters said: "Nothing on Goapele's Even Closer is likely to ever be an MTV buzzclip, but throughout her debut she exhibits striking vocals and solid song writing skills, suggesting that she will be a figure that will be heard from again and again, likely outlasting many of her neo-soul peers and some of the independent labels they record for."
Todd Kristel of AllMusic gave the album 3 stars out of 5, commenting that it treads "a thin line between appealingly eclectic and insufficiently cohesive".
Meanwhile, Cheryl Thompson of Exclaim! felt that "[the] only problem with the album is the one tone Goapele maintains throughout; each track on its own is conceivably thought-provoking, a testament to Goapele's writing abilities but as a commercial package it lacks a certain positive transgression into the realm of something new."
Songs
1Closer3:50
2Ease Your Mind (feat Pep Love)3:37
3Got It3:16