Singer: Patrick Watson
Title: Close To Paradise
Label: Secret City Records ‎– SCR002LPX
Type: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Deluxe Edition, Reissue, Gatefold
Country: USA, Canada & Europe
Date of released: 2015
Category: Pop, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Vocal, Folk
Size MP3 zip: 1301 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1630 mb
Rating: 4.1✭
Format: MP3 ASF XM DXD AUD MP3 DTS FLAC FLAC

Tracklist

A1	Close To Paradise
A2	Daydreamer
A3	Slip Into Your Skin
B4	Giver
B5	Weight Of The World
B6	The Storm
B7	Mr. Tom
C8	Luscious Life
C9	Drifters
C10	Man Under The Sea
C11	The Great Escape
D12	Sleeping Beauty
D13	Bright Shiny Lights
D14	Interference From The Sky

Companies, etc.

• Copyright (c) – Secret City Records, Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Secret City Records, Inc.
• Published By – Secret City Publishing Inc.
• Recorded At – Breakglass Studios
• Recorded At – MasterKut
• Recorded At – The Cottage, Cowansville
• Recorded At – Abandonned Church
• Recorded At – Studio84
• Mixed At – MasterKut
• Mixed At – Breakglass Studios
• Mastered At – Studio Plasma
• Mastered At – Capitol Mastering
• Pressed By – MPO

Credits

• Arranged By – The Close To Paradise Band
• Arranged By [Horn And String Arrangements By] – Jean Nicholas Trottier*
• Art Direction, Artwork [Sculpture], Photography By – Brigitte Henry
• Backing Vocals – Brigitte Henry (tracks: C10), Elizabeth Powell (tracks: A1, D13), Katie Moore (tracks: B6)
• Band [The Close To Paradise Band] – Mishka Stein, Patrick Watson, Robbie Kuster, Simon Angell
• Cello – Anne-Marie Leblanc
• Composed By – Louis Phillipe Nagy (tracks: D12), Mishka Stein (tracks: C8, D12), Patrick Watson, Robbie Kuster (tracks: A2, B4), Simon Angell (tracks: B6)
• Design [With], Illustration [With] – Pierre Jeanneau
• Design, Illustration – Thomas Csano
• Drums, Percussion, Marimba, Backing Vocals, Saw – Robbie Kuster
• Electric Bass, Double Bass [Upright Bass], Glockenspiel – Mishka Stein
• Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar, Banjo – Simon Angell
• French Horn – Louis Pierre Bergeron*
• Horns [Horn Ensemble] – Geneviève Bouffard, Jasmin Frenette, Jean-Nicholas Trottier*, Louis Pierre Bergeron*, Phillipe Legault*
• Lacquer Cut By – IS*
• Mastered By – Carl Talbot
• Mixed By – Jace Lasek (tracks: A1, B4, C9, D13), Jean Massicotte (tracks: A2, A3, B5, C8, D12), Patrick Watson (tracks: B6, B7, C10, C11)
• Mixed By [Additional Mixing] – Amon Tobin (tracks: B7, C10, C11)
• Organ – Jonathan Cayer (tracks: D13)
• Piano – Robbie Kuster (tracks: A2)
• Piano, Vocals, Drum Programming – Patrick Watson
• Producer – Patrick Watson
• Producer [With The Gracious Aid Of] – Dave Smith , Jace Lasek, Jean Massicotte
• Recorded By – Bruchek (tracks: D12), Christelle (tracks: A2), Dave Smith (tracks: A1 to B4, C9, C10, D13), Jace Lasek (tracks: A1 to B4, C9, C10, D13), Jean Massicotte (tracks: B7, C8), Patrick* (tracks: C11), Sebastien Blais-Montpetit* (tracks: B5), The Close To Paradise Band (tracks: A3, B6)
• Strings [String Quartet] – Anne-Marie Leblanc, John Corbau, Marilou Robitaille, Marjolaine Lambert
• Trombone – Geneviève Bouffard, Jasmin Frenette, Jean-Nicholas Trottier*
• Tuba – Phillipe Legault*
• Viola – Marilou Robitaille
• Violin – John Corbau, Marjolaine Lambert

Notes

Sticker:
Deluxe gatefold 2LP with bonus track:
"Interference From The Sky"
MP3 download included

© 2006, 2015 & ℗ 2006 Secret City Records Inc. 4050 Saint Urbain, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2W 1V3
All songs published by Secret City Publishing Inc. All rights reserved. Printed and Manufactured in the EU.
www.secretcityrecords.com / www.patrickwatson.net

Melanie Auclair is credited as a cello player on "One Of These Days" although no track is titled that on this release.

Recorded by:
Jace Lasek & Dave Smith @ Breakglass Studios, Montreal Canada
Close to Paradise, Drifters, Giver, Bright Shiny Lights, Slip into Your Skin, Daydreamer, Man under the Sea

Jean Massicotte @ Studio MasterKut, Montreal, Canada
Luscious Life, Mr. Tom

Us @ The Cottage, Cowansville, Canada
Storm, (The Ghost Choirs) Slip into Your Skin

Sebastien Blais-Monpetit (Linda) @ the Abandonned Church, Montreal, Canada
Weight of the World

Christelle @ Helsinki, Finland
(The Secret Suomi Choirs) Daydreamer

Patrick @ home
The Great Escape

Bruchek @ Studio 84, New York, USA
Sleeping Beauty

Mixed by:

Mixed by Jean Massicotte @ Studio MasterKut, Montreal, Canada
Weight of the World, Daydreamer, Slip into Your Skin, Luscious Life, Sleeping Beauty

Jace Lasek @ Breakglass Studios, Montreal, Canada
Close to Paradise, Drifters, Giver, Bright Shiny Lights.

Patrick Watson @ home, Montreal, Canada
The Storm, the Great Escape, Mr. Tom, Man under the Sea

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 680341020051
• Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, hand-etched): SCR002LPX-A GI IS MPO
• Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, hand-etched): SCR002LPX-B GI IS MPO
• Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, stamped): MASTERED BY CAPITOL
• Matrix / Runout (C-side runout, hand-etched): SCR002LPX-C GI IS MPO
• Matrix / Runout (C-side runout, stamped): MASTERED BY CAPITOL
• Matrix / Runout (D-side runout, hand-etched): SCR002LPX-D GI IS MPO

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SCR002CD	Patrick Watson	Close To Paradise ‎(CD, Album, Dig)	Secret City Records	SCR002CD	Canada	2006
VVR1048598	Patrick Watson	Close To Paradise ‎(CD, Album, Dig)	V2, Secret City Records	VVR1048598	Europe	2006
VVR1048592P	Patrick Watson	Close To Paradise ‎(CD, Album, Promo)	V2	VVR1048592P	Europe	2007
VVR1048591	Patrick Watson	Close To Paradise ‎(LP, Album)	V2 records	VVR1048591	Europe	2006
VVNL20902	Patrick Watson	Close To Paradise ‎(CD, Album)	V2	VVNL20902	Benelux	2009

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