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Close to the Fire

Close to the Fire is the 9th studio album by Dutch progressive rock band Kayak, released in 2000. It was a comeback album, the first since their split in 1982. The line-up was almost the same as the one that recorded the album Royal Bed Bouncer in 1975. Only guitarist Johan Slager was not involved. He was replaced by Rob Winter.

Track listing
• "Close To the Fire" (Scherpenzeel/Linders) - 8:11 • "When Hearts Grow Cold" (Scherpenzeel/Linders) - 3:08 • "Dream Child" (Scherpenzeel/Linders) - 3:30 • "Frozen Flame" (Scherpenzeel/Linders) - 6:34 • "Forever" - 4:48 (Koopman) • "Worlds Apart" (Scherpenzeel/Linders) - 5:12 • "Crusader" (Scherpenzeel/Linders) - 4:39 • "Two Wrongs (Don't Make A Right)" (Scherpenzeel/Linders) - 3:35 • "Anybody's Child" - 5:01 (Koopman) • "Here Today" (Scherpenzeel/Linders) - 3:34 • "Just A Matter Of Time" - 3:34 (Koopman) • "Full Circle" (Scherpenzeel/Linders) - 5:55 • "Ruthless Queen (new version)" (Scherpenzeel/Linders) - 5:00 Bonus tracks on Japanese CD release: • "Cried For Love" (Scherpenzeel) - 3:23 • "Love Lies" (Scherpenzeel) - 3:42 ==Members==
Members
Ton Scherpenzeel - keyboards, backing vocals, accordion • Pim Koopman - drums, backing vocals • Max Werner - lead and backing vocals, percussion • Bert Veldkamp - bass guitar • Rob Winter - guitars, backing vocals ==Guest musicians==
Guest musicians
Andrew Latimer - guitar on "Full Circle" • Syb van der Ploeg - lead vocal on "Ruthless Queen" • Sytze Broersma - backing vocals on "Ruthless Queen" • Peter van der Ploeg - acoustic guitar on "Ruthless Queen" • Annet Visser - flute, recorder • Femmes Vattaal - percussion • Lorre Trytten - violin on "Full Circle" • Arthur Polini - additional vocals (miscredited as "Arthur van Pol") • Holger Schwedt - additional percussion ==References==
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