Even Closer was the second album and the first nationally distributed album by singer-songwriter Goapele

Goapele

-Early life:Goapele's South African father Douglas Mohlabane was an exiled political activist who struggled against the Apartheid System. Goapele's New York-born Israeli Jewish mother Noa had been attending protests since the age of 12. Noa attended Friends World College and was studying in...

, which was essentially an expanded version of her début, Closer

Closer (Goapele album)

Closer was the début album of Contemporary R&B singer-songwriter Goapele Mohlabane. It was self-released in a strictly limited run, only available at select brick-and-mortar outlets and Web sites throughout the United States...

. Originally released through Hieroglyphics Imperium, it was picked up by Columbia

Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...

/SME Records

Sony Music Entertainment

Sony Music Entertainment ' is the second-largest global recorded music company of the "big four" record companies and is controlled by Sony Corporation of America, the United States subsidiary of Japan's Sony Corporation....

, which signed her to a recording contract through her family-owned label, Skyblaze Recordings, and picked up this album for international distribution. More tracks were added to the Columbia Records pressing, which replaced the earlier version. However, it was distributed through Relativity Entertainment Distribution instead of through Sony Music Distribution, denoted by the WK prefix instead of the customary CK prefix, by its UPC

Universal Product Code

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, and by the legal copy on the back cover. There were guest appearances by guitarist Errol Cooney, the band Soulive

Soulive

Soulive is a funk/jazz trio that originated in Woodstock, New York, and is known for its solos and catchy, upbeat songs. The band consists of Eric Krasno , Alan Evans , Neal Evans...

, and hip-hop emcees and fellow Hieroglyphics members Casual, Pep Love, and Zion I. The album garnered positive reviews in the US music press and paved the way for an album of all-new material.

Track Listing (230108)

1. Closer
2. Ease Your Mind
3. Got It
4. Romantic
5. Too Much the Same
6. Catch 22
7. The Daze
8. Things Don't Exist
9. Childhood Drama
10. Salvation
11. Back to You
12. Butterflykisses
13. It Takes More
14. Red, White, & Blues

Track Listing (WK 72795)

1. Closer (3:49)
2. Ease Your Mind (3:35)
3. Got It (3:15)
4. Romantic (5:37)
5. Too Much the Same (3:56)
6. Catch 22 (4:09)
7. The Daze (3:07)
8. Things Don't Exist (4:32)
9. Childhood Drama (3:14)
10. Salvation (3:43)
11. Back to You (4:17)
12. Butterflykisses (3:20)
13. It Takes More (3:57)
14. Red, White, & Blues (5:29)
15. Childhood Drama (Remix) (3:24)
16. Got It (Reprise) [hidden track] (0:41)