Closer (Josh Groban album)
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| Released | November 11, 2003 | |||
| Recorded | Late 2001–mid-2003 | |||
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| Length | 58:56 | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Boston Globe | (favorable)[2] |
| The Village Voice | C+[3] |
Closer is the second studio album by vocalist Josh Groban, released in November 2003. Much like his first studio album, half of this album's songs are sung in English, with the remainder sung in other European languages (Italian, Spanish and French). Closer was the top selling classical album of the 2000s in the US, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[4]
The album debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, selling about 375,000 copies in its first week.[5] In January 2004, the album rose from #11 to No. 1 in its ninth week on the chart, selling about 110,000 copies that week. This followed a sales campaign by Target.[6]
Closer reached a peak position of #25 on the ARIA Albums Chart of Australia. On June 13, 2007, it re-entered the chart at No. 39.[7] As of October 2015, the album had sold over 6.1 million copies in the US.[8] The track "You Raise Me Up" charted at No. 73 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. The track "Remember When It Rained" reached No. 15 on the AC chart.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Oceano" | Leo Z, Andrea Sandri, Mauro Malavasi | David Foster, Leo Z, Malavasi | 4:03 |
| 2. | "My Confession" | Richard Page | Foster, Jochem van der Saag[a] | 4:56 |
| 3. | "Mi mancherai (Il postino)" (featuring Joshua Bell) | Luis Bacalov, Marco Marinangeli | Foster | 6:04 |
| 4. | "Si volvieras a mí" | Klaus Derendorf, Mark Portmann, Claudia Brant | Foster, Derendorf[a], Portmann[a] | 4:19 |
| 5. | "When You Say You Love Me" | Mark Hammond, Robin Scoffield | Foster, Hammond[a] | 4:32 |
| 6. | "Per te" | Marinangeli, Walter Afanasieff, Josh Groban | Afanasieff | 4:16 |
| 7. | "All'improvviso amore" | Foster, Paul Schwartz, Frank Musker, Kaballa | Foster, Schwartz[b] | 3:38 |
| 8. | "Broken Vow" | Afanasieff, Lara Fabian | Foster, Afanasieff[b], William Ross[b] | 4:34 |
| 9. | "Caruso" | Lucio Dalla | Foster | 5:07 |
| 10. | "Remember When It Rained" | Groban, Éric Mouquet | Mouquet | 4:41 |
| 11. | "Hymne à l'amour" | Edith Piaf, Marguerite Monnot, Geoffrey Parsons | Foster | 4:04 |
| 12. | "You Raise Me Up" | Rolf Løvland, Brendan Graham | Foster | 4:52 |
| 13. | "Never Let Go" (featuring Deep Forest) | Deep Forest, Groban, Mouquet | Mouquet | 3:52 |
| Total length: | 58:56 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 14. | "She's Out of My Life" | Tom Bahler | 3:46 |
| Total length: | 1:02:42 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 14. | "Mi Morena" | Martin Page | 4:39 |
| 15. | "She's Out of My Life" | Tom Bahler | 3:46 |
| Total length: | 1:07:11 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 16. | "You're the Only Place" | Billy Mann, Afanasieff | 4:55 |
| 17. | "My December" | Linkin Park | 5:02 |
Notes
TV appearances
- Good Morning America – November 11, 2003
- The View – November 13, 2003
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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