''Keep You Close'' is the sixth studio album by Belgian

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. It was released in

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on 17 September 2011, in mainland Europe on 19 September and in the

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on 3 October. On its first day of release, the album was certified gold in Belgium for sales of 10,000 copies. It was eventually certified platinum on 7 October 2011, denoting sales in excess of 20,000 copies.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Keep You Close''. Deus *

Tom Barman Thomas Andrew Barman (born 1 January 1972), is a Belgian musician, film director and photographer. Early life and education Barman is of Norwegian descent from his father's side. He started his studies at the Sint-Lukas film school in Brusse ...

– vocals, guitar, keyboards * Klaas Janzoons – violin, keyboards, vocals, percussion, string arrangements * Stéphane Misseghers – drums, percussion, vocals, keyboards *

Mauro Pawlowski Mauro Antonio Pawlowski (born 24 April 1971) is a Belgian musician. He was born in Koersel. He started his career as frontman of Evil Superstars in 1992. External links MauroworldFuture Archive Networks (Mauro's label)Mauro's podcast met c ...

– guitar, vocals, keyboards, string arrangements * Alan Gevaert – bass, vocals, guitar, mandolin Additional personnel * Els Becu –

marimba The marimba ( ) is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars that are struck by mallets. Below each bar is a resonator pipe that amplifies particular harmonics of its sound. Compared to the xylophone, the mari ...

, vibraphone * Dick Beetham – mastering * Jon Birdsong –

bugle The bugle is a simple signaling brass instrument with a wide conical bore. It normally has no valves or other pitch-altering devices, and is thus limited to its natural harmonic notes, and pitch is controlled entirely by varying the air a ...

, horns, trumpet * C. J. Bolland – additional programming, additional recording * Esmé Bos – backing vocals * David Bottrill – production * Stefan Bracaval – extended flutes *

Greg Dulli Greg Dulli (born May 11, 1965) is an American musician from Hamilton, Ohio. Debuting as a member of the rock band the Afghan Whigs in 1986, Dulli has been a member of the Twilight Singers, Gutter Twins, and in 2020 released his debut solo albu ...

– vocals * Olaf Heine – band photography * Anton Janssens –

Rhodes piano The Rhodes piano (also known as the Fender Rhodes piano) is an electric piano invented by Harold Rhodes, which became popular in the 1970s. Like a conventional piano, the Rhodes generates sound with keys and hammers, but instead of strings, th ...

* Roos Janssens – backing vocals * Trijn Janssens – backing vocals * Sabine Kabongo – backing vocals * Mark Steylaerts Ensemble – strings * Adam Noble – co-production, engineering, mixing * Matthew Oates – cover photography * Charlotte Timmers – backing vocals * Uber and Kosher – artwork * Piet Van Bockstal – oboe * Bram Van Houtte – engineering assistance *

Tim Vanhamel Tim Wessel Vanhamel (born 11 December 1977) is a Belgian rock musician who has been a member of and performed with a number of bands including Evil Superstars, Deus and Eagles of Death Metal. He is also the frontman of his own bands Millionaire ...

– vocals

Charts

Weekly charts

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Certifications

References

{{Authority control 2011 albums Albums produced by David Bottrill Deus (band) albums Universal Music Group albums