Close to Paradise explained

Close to Paradise
Type:	studio
Artist:	Patrick Watson
Cover:	Close_to_paradise.jpg
Recorded:	Breakglass Studio Master Cuts, Montreal, Quebec
Genre:	Alternative folk
Label:	Secret City
Prev Title:	Just Another Ordinary Day
Prev Year:	2003
Next Title:	Wooden Arms
Next Year:	2009

Close to Paradise is the second studio album by Patrick Watson, released on September 26, 2006. On September 24, 2007, the album won the Polaris Music Prize, after reaching the finals alongside such other albums as Neon Bible (Arcade Fire), Ashtray Rock (Joel Plaskett Emergency), Woke Myself Up (Julie Doiron), and The Reminder (Feist).^{[1] [2] [3]}

Track listing

1. "Close to Paradise"
2. "Daydreamer"
3. "Slip Into Your Skin"
4. "Giver"
5. "Weight of the World"
6. "The Storm"
7. "Mr. Tom"
8. "Luscious Life"
9. "Drifters"
10. "Man Under the Sea"
11. "The Great Escape"
12. "Sleeping Beauty"
13. "Bright Shiny Lights"

In popular culture

The song "The Great Escape" was featured on episode 16 of the third season of Grey's Anatomy, which aired on February 15, 2007. It also appears in a commercial for Tropicana Products and the movie One Week. It also features during the credit sequences of The High Cost of Living. The song also appears in the movie "Struck by Lightning".

External links

• Secret City Records album site

Notes and References

1. News: Arcade Fire, Feist on Polaris short list . July 10, 2007 . CBC News . July 10, 2007.
2. Web site: Feist, Fire get Polaris noms. July 11, 2007 . usurped. https://archive.today/20070623032604/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2007/07/10/4328574-cp.html . June 23, 2007.
3. News: Arcade Fire, Feist And The Dears Among Polaris Nominees . Love . Noah . 2007-07-10 . . 2008-11-20 . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20081221221217/http://www.chartattack.com/news/43988/arcade-fire-feist-and-the-dears-among-polaris-nominees . 2008-12-21 .