Closer to the Bone

Closer to the Bone
Closer to the Bone
Studio album by Kris Kristofferson
Released September 29, 2009 (2009-09-29)
Genre Country
Language English
Label New West
Producer Don Was
Kris Kristofferson chronology
This Old Road
(2006)		 Closer to the Bone
(2009)		 Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends: The Publishing Demos
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[1]
American Songwriter 4/5 stars[2]
BBC (favorable)[3]
No Depression (favorable)[4]
Now 4/5 stars[5]
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars[6]
The 9513 4/5 stars[7]
Uncut 4/5 stars[8]

Closer to the Bone is the twentieth studio album by Kris Kristofferson. The album was released on September 29, 2009 on the New West record label. [9]

Kristofferson has said: ''Closer to the Bone is a reflective album. It's about making sense of life at this end of the game."[10] It was originally entitled Starlight and Stone, but Kristofferson changed it to Closer to the Bone as he felt like it was more descriptive of the meaning of the album: "...the closer to the bone you are and the closer to the truth."[11]

The song, "Good Morning John" was written in the 1970s and is about Johnny Cash.[12] Kristofferson wrote "Sister Sinead" as a tribute to Sinéad O'Connor. The album is dedicated to Stephen Bruton.

Contents

Track listing

(All songs by Kris Kristofferson, except as noted)[13]

  1. "Closer to the Bone"
  2. "From Here to Forever" (Kristofferson, Stephen Bruton, Glen Clark)
  3. "Holy Woman"
  4. "Starlight and Stone"
  5. "Sister Sinead"
  6. "Hall of Angels"
  7. "Love Don't Live Here Anymore"
  8. "Good Morning John"
  9. "Tell Me One More Time"
  10. "Let the Walls Come Down"
  11. "The Wonder"
  12. "I Hate Your Ugly Face" (hidden track)

Personnel

Musicians

Chart performance

Chart (2009) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 29
U.S. Billboard 200 167
U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums 28
Canadian Top Country Albums 19

Notes

  1. ^ "Allmusic review". http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1633956. 
  2. ^ "American Songwriter review". http://www.americansongwriter.com/2009/09/kris-kristofferson-closer-to-the-bone/. 
  3. ^ "BBC review". http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/jb9p. 
  4. ^ "No Depression review". http://www.nodepression.com/profiles/blogs/album-review-kris. 
  5. ^ "Now review". http://www.nowtoronto.com/music/discs.cfm?content=171409. 
  6. ^ "Rolling Stone review". http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/29776963/review/30264344/closer_to_the_bone. 
  7. ^ "The 9513 review". http://www.the9513.com/album-review-kris-kristofferson-closer-to-the-bone/. 
  8. ^ "Uncut review". http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/kris_kristofferson/reviews/13634. 
  9. ^ "Kris Kristofferson". newwestrecords.com. http://www.newwestrecords.com/KrisKristofferson. Retrieved 2009-08-26. 
  10. ^ "Kris Kristofferson's latest cuts 'Closer to the Bone"". billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/news/kris-kristofferson-s-latest-cuts-closer-1003997469.story#/news/kris-kristofferson-s-latest-cuts-closer-1003997469.story. Retrieved 2009-08-26. 
  11. ^ Flippo, Chet (2009-10-01). "Nashville Skyline: A conversation with Kris Kristofferson". cmt.com. http://www.cmt.com/news/nashville-skyline/1622833/nashville-skyline-a-conversation-with-kris-kristofferson.jhtml. Retrieved 2009-10-02. 
  12. ^ Lewis, Randy (2009-04-18). "Kris Kristofferson: Pop and country's semi tough veteran". latimesblogs.com. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/04/kris-kristofferson-pop-and-countrys-semitough-veteran.html. Retrieved 2009-08-26. 
  13. ^ "Kris Kristofferson: New album on Jambase". jambase.com. http://www.jambase.com/Articles/19101/Kris-Kristofferson-New-Album. Retrieved 2009-08-26. 

External links

v · Kris Kristofferson
Albums:
With Rita Coolidge:
With The Highwaymen:
Highwayman  · Highwayman 2  · The Road Goes on Forever
Live:
Live at the Philharmonic  · The Austin Sessions  · Broken Freedom Song: Live from San Francisco
See also:

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