Come Closer (album)
Encyclopedia
Come Closer is the debut English language
album
by Turkish
pop
singer Tarkan. It was released by Universal Records
on April 7, 2006 in Europe
and Central Asia
. Tarkan began recording the album in 1997, following the success of his third Turkish release Ölürüm Sana
that year. Referring to the album's title, Tarkan said:
In August 2005, a number of songs recorded for the album were leaked
onto the internet by a Turkish DJ
. The leaked songs garnered considerable airplay in dance club
s in Turkey, before Tarkan's management took legal action against the DJ's playing the songs.
Tarkan is about to release his U.S Remix album featuring Wyclef Jean
and Miri Ben-Ari
. Pete "Boxsta" Martin remixed the entire album. The album was recorded in L.A at Westlake Studio, N.Y at Sony Music Studio and London at The Matrix Studio Complex. Pete remixed the original versions from his debut English album "Come Closer". There are two new tracks added in as well.
It will probably be released worldwide in 2008.
Confirmed tracks:
* New track
** New guest artist
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by Turkish
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
singer Tarkan. It was released by Universal Records
Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...
on April 7, 2006 in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and Central Asia
Central Asia
Central Asia is a core region of the Asian continent from the Caspian Sea in the west, China in the east, Afghanistan in the south, and Russia in the north...
. Tarkan began recording the album in 1997, following the success of his third Turkish release Ölürüm Sana
Ölürüm Sana
Ölürüm Sana is Tarkan's third Turkish release and his most commercially successful album in Turkey. It sold close to 4.5 million copies..-Track listing:# Şımarık 3:55# İkimizin Yerine 4:42# Ölürüm Sana 4:05# Salına Salına Sinsice 4:23...
that year. Referring to the album's title, Tarkan said:
In August 2005, a number of songs recorded for the album were leaked
Internet leak
An Internet leak occurs when a party's confidential information is released to the public on the Internet. Various types of information and data can be, and have been, "leaked" to the Internet, the most common being personal information, computer software and source code, and artistic works such...
onto the internet by a Turkish DJ
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
. The leaked songs garnered considerable airplay in dance club
Nightclub
A nightclub is an entertainment venue which usually operates late into the night...
s in Turkey, before Tarkan's management took legal action against the DJ's playing the songs.
Track listing
- Come Closer Original Version
- Just Like That (3:39)
- In Your Eyes (3:36)
- Why Don't We (Aman Aman) (3:49)
- Mine (3:19)
- Over (4:22)
- Start the Fire (3:26)
- Shhh (3:34)
- Bounce (3:45)
- Come Closer (4:18)
- Don't Leave Me Alone (4:02)
- Shikidim (3:55)
- I'm Gonna Make U Feel Good (3:54)
- Mass Confusion (4:09)
- Touch (4:18)
- If Only You Knew (3:23)
- Come Closer US Remix Editio
Tarkan is about to release his U.S Remix album featuring Wyclef Jean
Wyclef Jean
Wyclef Jean is a Haitian musician, record producer, and politician. At age nine, Jean moved to the United States with his family and has spent much of his life in the country...
and Miri Ben-Ari
Miri Ben-Ari
Miri Ben-Ari is an Israeli violinist, who currently resides in the United States.Ben-Ari grew up playing classical music; she started training at age 5 and at age 12, she was presented with a violin by Isaac Stern. During her mandatory Israeli military service, she was chosen to play for the...
. Pete "Boxsta" Martin remixed the entire album. The album was recorded in L.A at Westlake Studio, N.Y at Sony Music Studio and London at The Matrix Studio Complex. Pete remixed the original versions from his debut English album "Come Closer". There are two new tracks added in as well.
It will probably be released worldwide in 2008.
Confirmed tracks:
- Just Like That
- In Your Eyes
- Why Don't We? (Aman Aman) (Feat. Wyclef JeanWyclef JeanWyclef Jean is a Haitian musician, record producer, and politician. At age nine, Jean moved to the United States with his family and has spent much of his life in the country...
& Filly **) - Mine
- Over
- Shhh
- Bounce (Feat. Malverde ** & Filly **)
- Come Closer
- Don't Leave Me Alone
- I'm Gonna Make U Feel Good
- Mass Confusion
- If Only You Knew
- Nothing Like You *
- Who's Gonna Love You Now? (Feat. Miri Ben-AriMiri Ben-AriMiri Ben-Ari is an Israeli violinist, who currently resides in the United States.Ben-Ari grew up playing classical music; she started training at age 5 and at age 12, she was presented with a violin by Isaac Stern. During her mandatory Israeli military service, she was chosen to play for the...
) *
* New track
** New guest artist
Credits and personnel
- Lead vocals — Tarkan
- Backing vocals — Anas Allaf, Siedah GarrettSiedah GarrettSiedah Garrett is an American songwriter and singer.-Biography:She appeared as a contestant on Password Plus in 1980.She performed "One Man Woman" on Quincy Jones' Grammy-Award winning "Back on the Block."...
, Billy Mann - KeyboardsMusical keyboardA musical keyboard is the set of adjacent depressible levers or keys on a musical instrument, particularly the piano. Keyboards typically contain keys for playing the twelve notes of the Western musical scale, with a combination of larger, longer keys and smaller, shorter keys that repeats at the...
— Pete "Boxsta" Martin,Devrim Karaoglu, Ozan ÇolakoğluOzan ÇolakogluOzan Çolakoğlu is a Turkish composer, songwriter and music producer; famous for his work with pop idol Tarkan and his various film scores. He co-founded the production company Sarı Ev , but left it in 2010 to work for dB Müzik....
, Brian Kierulf, Lester MendezLester MendezLester Mendez is an American record producer and songwriter. His production/writing credits include a multitude of successful hits including Shakira's "Underneath Your Clothes" and "La Tortura", Jessica Simpson's "A Public Affair", and Nelly Furtado's "Te Busqué".Mendez worked with Carlos Santana... - GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
— Anas Allaf, Marc Copely, Brian Kierulf, Billy Mann, Giles Palmer - DrumDrumThe drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
programming —Pete "Boxsta" Martin, Devrim Karaoglu,Ozan Çolakoğlu - PercussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
— Mehmet Akatay, Cengiz Ercumer - StringsString instrumentA string instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. In the Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification, used in organology, they are called chordophones...
— Grup Gündem - BağlamaBaglamathumb|180px|Cura and bağlamaThe bağlama is a stringed musical instrument shared by various cultures in the Eastern Mediterranean, Near East, and Central Asia....
— Çetin Akdeniz - Programming — Pete "Boxsta" Martin,Devrim Karaoglu,Ozan Çolakoğlu, Brian Kierulf, Lester Mendez
- Executive Producer — Tarkan
- MixedAudio mixing (recorded music)In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...
by Dexter Simmons - MasteringAudio masteringMastering, a form of audio post-production, is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device ; the source from which all copies will be produced...
by Eddie Schreyer - PhotographyPhotographyPhotography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
by Tamer Yılmaz - HairHairdresserHairdresser is a term referring to anyone whose occupation is to cut or style hair in order to change or maintain a person's image. This is achieved using a combination of hair coloring, haircutting, and hair texturing techniques...
by Yıldırım Özdemir - Make-up by Neriman Eroz
- Art directionArt directorThe art director is a person who supervise the creative process of a design.The term 'art director' is a blanket title for a variety of similar job functions in advertising, publishing, film and television, the Internet, and video games....
by Marc Schilkowski
Charts
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| German Albums Chart | 18 |
| Swiss Albums Chart | 43 |
| Austrian Albums Chart | 50 |
External links
- www.tarkan.com — official website.
- www.tarkanmusic.de — official album website.
- http://www.boxstamusic.com — official Pete "Boxsta" Martin website.