Closer to It! [Bonus Tracks] Brian Auger's Oblivion Express

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CD - Remastered / Bonus Tracks / Special Edition

  • Release Date: 08/01/2006
  • Original Release: 1973
  • Sales Rank: 30,169
  • Label: VARESE FONTANA
  • UPC: 030206159622

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Closer to It! [Bonus Tracks]

1LISTENWhenever You're Ready 6:24
2LISTENHappiness Is Just Around the Bend 6:34
3LISTENLight on the Path 4:56
4LISTENCompared to What 7:56
5LISTENInner City Blues 4:33
6LISTENVoices of Other Times 6:00
7LISTENHappiness Is Just Around the Bend previously unreleased / Bonus Track 7:26
8LISTENWhenever You're Ready Bonus Track / Alternate Mix 6:20
9LISTENInner City Blues Bonus Track / Alternate Mix 4:25
10LISTENVoices of Other Times Bonus Track / Alternate Mix 6:00

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The strongest studio recording by Brian Auger's Oblivion Express, Closer to It! is Auger's classic. Featuring his best-known composition, "Happiness Is Just Around the Bend," this album soars on the strength of Auger's multiple keyboard attack. Auger himself takes the lead vocal slot for the first time here, and though he relies on multi-tracking to fill out his sound, his vocals fit the music better than former (and later to return) vocalist Alex Ligertwood's did. Side two features covers of jazz classic "Compared to What" and Marvin Gaye's "Inner City Blues," both of which add new depth to the original compositions. Lennox Laington's congas give the music a Santana-type of feel, and the whole album percolates from beginning to end. [The Fuel 2000 reissue adds four bonus tracks made up of alternate mixes of three album tracks and a previously unreleased alternate version of "Happiness Is Just Around the Bend."] Jim Newsom, All Music Guide

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