Closer to the Bone


Closer to the Bone is the twentieth studio album by Kris Kristofferson. The album was released on September 28, 2009 on the New West record label.
Kristofferson has said: Closer to the Bone is a reflective album. It's about making sense of life at this end of the game." 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."
The song, "Good Morning John" was written in the 1970s and is about Johnny Cash. Kristofferson wrote "Sister Sinead" as a tribute to Sinéad O'Connor. The album is dedicated to Stephen Bruton.

Track listing

  1. "Closer to the Bone"
  2. "From Here to Forever"
  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"

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