Close To Home is Beverley Craven

Beverley Craven

Beverley Craven is a British singer-songwriter best known for her 1991 UK Top 5 hit single "Promise Me". Her most recent album, Close To Home, was released in 2009...

's fourth studio album, her first in ten years.

Craven abandoned her music career in 2000, a mixture of writer's block

Writer's block

Writer's block is a condition, primarily associated with writing as a profession, in which an author loses the ability to produce new work. The condition varies widely in intensity. It can be trivial, a temporary difficulty in dealing with the task at hand. At the other extreme, some "blocked"...

 and the need to take care of her three young daughters. In 2004 she made a slow comeback, doing a handful of live appearances, but was diagnosed with breast cancer

Breast cancer

Breast cancer is cancer originating from breast tissue, most commonly from the inner lining of milk ducts or the lobules that supply the ducts with milk. Cancers originating from ducts are known as ductal carcinomas; those originating from lobules are known as lobular carcinomas...

 shortly after. After receiving treatment and given the all-clear, Craven decided to resume her music career.

Close To Home was released in March 2009 and was wholly written and produced by the singer. Craven released the album on her own label Campsie Music, and initially sold the album only through her website and at concerts. In the summer of 2009 the album was made available to buy through Amazon.com

Amazon.com

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, and digitally through itunes

ITunes

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.

A promo single for "Rainbows" was sent to UK radios, and a videoclip was also recorded for it. The song was later available as a digital download single.

The song "Everlasting Love" was written and recorded in 1995 for the film First Knight

First Knight

First Knight is a 1995 American medieval film based on Arthurian legend, directed by Jerry Zucker. It stars Richard Gere as Lancelot, Julia Ormond as Guinevere, Sean Connery as King Arthur and Ben Cross as Malagant....

(with the title "Legendary Love"), however it was rejected by the film's producers. Two of the songs directly draw from her breast cancer diagnosis: "Rainbows", and "Without Me", which was written for her daughters.

Track listing

1. Rainbows
2. All Yours
3. Without Me
4. Mr Know-It-All
5. Never Be The Same
6. Your Girl, My Man
7. Is It Only Me?
8. Everlasting Love
9. Fun, Fun, Fun
10. Make You Mine