Close As You Get

Gary Moore | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 29, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Eagle Records
• ASIN: B000PFU9UG
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #71,676 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

With his latest studio album Close As You Get, Gary Moore continues in a direction not too dissimilar from his 2006 studio release Old, New, Ballads, Blues. Mixing original tunes with some interesting Blues covers that Gary has rediscovered, Close As You Get showcases Moore's exceptional talent as a guitarist and is destined to be one of the finest blues and guitar albums released this year.

Gary Moore is acknowledged as one of the finest musicians that the British Isles has ever produced. In a career that dates back to the 1960s, there are few musical genres that he has not turned his adroit musical hand to, and has graced the line-ups of several notable rock bands, Thin Lizzy, Colosseum II and Skid Row to name but three.

Customer Reviews

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31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rock & Blues Legend Delivers Again, June 7, 2007

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dknight16 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Close As You Get (Audio CD)

It's a great CD. Each one since the Scars CD seems to get better and better. Gary continues to place more effort on his vocals and is nearly back to the Still Got The Blues and After Hours era when considering the smoothness, dynamics and overall tone of his voice.

The order of the songs is mid/up tempo followed by a ballad. This pattern repeats throughout the entire CD.

If The Devil Made Whisky - A mid tempo, growling tune with a slightly abrasive guitar riff. Nice slide guitar work (which is always a treat for me). It's a great lead off track.

Trouble At Home - Slow bluesy ballad with an organ backing up the melody. Very dark and moody solo.

Thirty Days - Up tempo number with an infectious groove. The solo fits the song perfectly (you'll "whoo" right along with Gary). Fun.

Hard Times - Mid tempo shuffle with harmonica coloring the song throughout. The guitar solo is played with alot of passion and energy. You can almost see Gary making the faces. Great song.

Have You Heard - Back to the ballad, and again with organ backing. The solo is more passionate in this one than Trouble At Home. Nice.

Eyesight To The Blind - A recognizable cover tune. Gary's take is fairly predictable, but engaging. The organ is present, but a bit more in the background as Gary's guitar volume donimates it. Very good solo helps make the song distinctly Gary's.

Evenin' - Another ballad. Starts out with just a percussion beat, then the rest of the band joins in. This one probably has Gary's most vunerable vocal and delicate solo. Dreamy.

Nowhere Fast - Slow tempo song that is essentially a ballad I suppose. Not as delicate as Evenin', but not as dark and moody as Trouble At Home. Here is where I'm beginning to think that this is not the "back to the rock blues" everyone had thought this CD would be. Ha!

Checkin' Up On My Baby - Harmonica driven mid tempo. The harmonica tone is devastating. Gary's extended guitar solo becomes an extention of the harmonica tone and comes on very smoothly. Harmonica comes back together with the guitar for the outro. This would be a great song to see live. Awesome.

I Had A Dream - Very slow tempo ballad with a soaring vocal for the chorus. My buddy always comments on songs like this one. He compares the depression and despair in Gary's voice during the verses to "wanting to slit his wrists". Passionate.

Sundown - A rare treat! This one is an acoustic resonator slide guitar number that is just Gary and his guitar. It is a unique and perfect way to close the CD.

The CD runs just over 51 minutes, which is nearly identical to the last CD, and 10 minutes longer than the "way too short" Power Of The Blues. If you've loved the best of Gary's previous blues work, I have no doubt that you'll love this one too.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Criminally overlooked, June 6, 2007

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LBerg (Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Close As You Get (Audio CD)

Ireland's Gary Moore is one of the great guitarists of any era. He's also a terrific rough and tumble vocalist. It's a shame that he is not more highly regarded here in the States. Part of that might be that he never tours over here anymore for some reason.

Close As You Get is another in a long line of tremendous albums from Moore, and is probably his best recording so far this decade. If you are familiar with his music you already know what you're going to get. If you're not familiar with him, you will be getting brilliant musicianship packed with thrilling six-string exploits and gutsy vocals. Blues rock at its finest.

Moore is the man whom Jack Bruce once referred to as the best guitarist he had ever worked with. Coming from a musician the caliber of Bruce, who also happened to work for a while with a guy named Clapton, that's saying a lot.

If you're a fan of blues/rock and great guitar playing, you can't go wrong with Gary Moore.

20 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GOOD BUT TREADING WATER, July 1, 2007

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Baddstuff "music junkie" (astoria, ny United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Close As You Get (Audio CD)

one reviewer said the Gary never made it on Rolling Stone's 2003 list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. I would have been more shocked if he did make it as that rag is extremely overrated and not nearly as hip as they think they are. I'd probably love that rag if I was 12 years old and clueless.

What attracted me to Gary way back in the day was that his licks were full of fire and passion, he played like he meant it. I absolutely love his hard rock and fusion work and I enjoy his blues playing.
For some odd and unexplainable reason he never caught fire here in the states and that is a damn shame. In his prime he could wipe the floor with the pretty boy posers that some people seem to drool over. I originally gave this disc 5 stars but upon further review I will say it is a 3 star CD if only because Gary seems to be treading water here. His Still Got The Blues disc is way better. I'll always have a soft spot for Gary but it's a shame he doesn't want to dust off the power chords and slash and burn like he used to. Although still a fine player I think his blues stuff is getting a bit stale. Sorry Gary. :(
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