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Closer to the Bone

Closer to the Bone
Studio album by
Kris Kristofferson
ReleasedSeptember 28, 2009 (2009-09-28)
GenreCountry
LanguageEnglish
LabelNew West
ProducerDon 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
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
American Songwriter[2]
BBC(favorable)[3]
No Depression(favorable)[4]
Now[5]
Rolling Stone[6]
Engine 145[7]
Uncut[8]

Closer to the Bone is the twentieth studio album by Kris Kristofferson. The album was released in the UK on September 28, 2009,[3] and in the US on September 29, 2009[1] 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.

Track listing

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(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"

Personnel

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Charts

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Chart performance for Closer to the Bone
Chart (2009) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[14] 167
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[15] 28
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[16] 29

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