The Closer You Get was Six by Seven

Six by Seven

Six By Seven were a Nottingham-based rock band who consisted of Chris Olley on vocals and guitars, James Flower on keyboards, Sam Hempton on guitar and Christian Davis on drums...

's second album. Recorded at The Square Centre in Nottingham

Nottingham

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 with Ric Peet - who'd produced one track on their first album - and John Leckie

John Leckie

John Leckie is a British music producer, notable for producing many high-profile albums such as The Stone Roses's debut and Radiohead's The Bends...

 - who'd worked with many British bands including Radiohead

Radiohead

Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke , Jonny Greenwood , Ed O'Brien , Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway .Radiohead released their debut single "Creep" in 1992...

 and Simple Minds

Simple Minds

Simple Minds are a Scottish rock band who achieved worldwide popularity from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. The band produced a handful of critically acclaimed albums in the early 1980s and best known for their #1 US, Canada and Netherlands hit single "Don't You ", from the soundtrack of the...

. After the album's release and just before playing at Glastonbury

Glastonbury Festival

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 guitarist Sam Hempton quit the band.

The album was critically acclaimed and appeared in several music magazine end-of-year polls, including those by NME

NME

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 http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/2000.html and Melody Maker

Melody Maker

Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was, according to its publisher IPC Media, the world's oldest weekly music newspaper. It was founded in 1926 as a magazine targeted at musicians; in 2000 it was merged into "long-standing rival" New Musical Express.-1950s–1960s:Originally the Melody...

 http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/mmlists_p2.htm#2000.

Track listing

1. "Eat Junk Become Junk" – 3:05
2. "Sawn Off Metallica T-Shirt" – 2:14
3. "Ten Places To Die" – 5:30
4. "New Year" – 3:45
5. "One Easy Ship Away" – 3:04
6. "My Life Is An Accident" – 4:43
7. "Don't Wanna Stop" – 2:00
8. "Slab Square" – 2:34
9. "England And A Broken Radio" – 5:21
10. "Another Love Song" – 5:01
11. "Overnight Success" – 4:28
12. "100 & Something Foxhall Road" – 2:40