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Goapele - Even Closer (2002)

Even Closer is a reworked version of Goapele's limited release debut, Closer, with five additional songs: "Ease Your Mind" (featuring Pep Love), "Got It," "The Daze" (featuring Zion I and Casual), "Back to You," and "Red, White & Blues" (an anti-war song featuring a blistering guitar solo by Errol Cooney). It showcases Goapele's sultry, cascading voice with relatively sparse vocal arrangements and the contributions of producers such as Amp Live, Jeff Bhasker, Eric Krasno, and Mike Tiger, who help create a smooth, tasty mixture of soul, hip-hop, jazz, and occasional touches of other styles. Goapele navigates this potpourri quite adeptly, although the album does tread a thin line between appealingly eclectic and insufficiently cohesive; fortunately, she has enough talent, including a sufficiently distinctive vocal personality, to pull it off. The words tend toward lyrical and enigmatic, but occasionally they are effectively straightforward and to the point (e.g., "'Cause you're so f**k'n romantic/I can't stand it" from "Romantic"); Goapele also manages to tackle social/political issues without getting too preachy. However, some may wish her social protest lyrics were less vague and more incisive; also, the album isn't replete with clever wordplay and the rhymes tend to be conventional combinations such as "friend"/"end" and "same"/"blame." Nonetheless, this album is worth a listen if you enjoy contemporary soul.


Closer
Got It
Romantic
Too Much the Same
Catch 22
Thing's Don't Exist
Childhood Drama
Salvation
Back to You
Butterflykisses
It Takes More
Red White & Blues
Catch 22 Remix
Childhood Drama (ext rmx)
Closer to my Dreams (ext)

Even Closer

Goapele - Even Closer (Favs) 2004

Inesquecivel Sao Paulo Brazil

Diary

I Care 4 U

At Your Best (You Are Love)

The Rebirth of Marvin

Back to your Place

Pop chillout music to relax and feel good.

[Verse]
The sun rolls slow through the sleepy air
Pajamas still on I don’t even care
Coffee whispers steam
It's a quiet affair

[Chorus]
Chill in the morning
Take it slow
No rush
No race
Let the minutes flow
Chill in the morning
Let the calm expand
Rest
Relax
And make new plans

[Verse 2]
Birds hum soft like a hidden choir
The day’s not lit but it sparks desire
Feet on the couch
Dreams climbing higher

[Chorus]
Chill in the morning
Take it slow
No rush
No race
Let the minutes flow
Chill in the morning
Let the calm expand
Rest
Relax
And make new plans

[Bridge]
What’s the hurry
What’s the deal
Let the quiet show you how to feel
Blank pages waiting
No demand
Sketch your life with your own hand

[Chorus]
Chill in the morning
Take it slow
No rush
No race
Let the minutes flow
Chill in the morning
Let the calm expand
Rest
Relax
And make new plans

Goapele - Closer

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