Close as You Get

2007 studio album by Gary Moore

Close as You Get

Studio album by

Gary Moore

Released

21 May 2007

Recorded

October 2006–February 2007

Studio

Sarm Hookend, Sphere Studios

Genre

Blues, blues rock

Length

51:48

Label

Eagle

Producer

Gary Moore, Ian Taylor

Gary Moore chronology

The Platinum Collection
(2006)

Close as You Get
(2007)

Bad for You Baby
(2008)

Close as You Get is sixteenth solo album by Northern Irish blues guitarist and singer Gary Moore.^[1] The album reunited Moore with his former Thin Lizzy colleague, drummer Brian Downey who played on all the tracks.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"If the Devil Made Whiskey"	Moore	2:48
2.	"Trouble at Home"	Moore	5:00
3.	"Thirty Days"	Chuck Berry	3:16
4.	"Hard Times"	Moore	3:04
5.	"Have You Heard?"	John Mayall	5:49
6.	"Eyesight to the Blind"	Sonny Boy Williamson	2:34
7.	"Evenin'"	Royce Swain	5:47
8.	"Nowhere Fast"	Moore	3:38
9.	"Checkin' Up on My Baby"	Sonny Boy Williamson	5:24
10.	"I Had a Dream"	Moore	7:16
11.	"Sundown"	Son House	7:08

Personnel

Gary Moore - vocals, guitar, dobro on "Sundown"
Brian Downey - drums
Vic Martin - keyboards
Pete Rees - bass
Mark Feltham - harmonica on "Hard Times" and "Checkin' Up on My Baby"
Produced by Gary Moore and Ian Taylor
Engineered and mixed by Ian Taylor, assisted by Jonathan Tayler-Webb.
Recorded and mixed at Sarm Hookend, except "I Had a Dream" backing track, recorded at Sphere Studios by Franco Cameli, assisted by Joshua Blair.