Name: Close to You by Jonathan Butler
Brand: Jonathan Butler
SKU: 181475705833
Price: 9.9 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 3 (77 reviews)

ALBUM

There’s a certain vintage pop perfection in the songbook of Burt Bacharach and Hal David, and South African vocalist-guitarist Jonathan Butler gives it a contemporary spin here, with catchy beats and layered production. He opens with an instrumental, foregrounding his expressive nylon-string guitar and channeling influences like Earl Klugh, an approach he returns to on “I Say a Little Prayer” (scatting with his outro solo à la George Benson). But Close to You is primarily a vocal album. Butler digs in with a silky, soulful delivery throughout, tackling ballads like “Alfie” and “Walk on By,” midtempo numbers like “The Look of Love,” and upbeat cookers like “I’ll Never Fall in Love Again.” In a departure, he also includes his original “Cape Town,” and concludes with a beautifully scaled-down guitar-and-bass rendition of “A House Is Not a Home.”

1. Do You Know the Way to San Jose

by Jonathan Butler

Primary Artist: Jonathan Butler; Main Performer
Composer: Burt Bacharach
Hal David; Composer
Producer: Jonathan Butler; Production

2. I'll Never Fall in Love Again

by Jonathan Butler

Primary Artist: Jonathan Butler; Main Performer
Composer: Burt Bacharach
Hal David; Composer
Producer: Jonathan Butler; Production

3. This Guy's in Love with You

by Jonathan Butler

Primary Artist: Jonathan Butler; Main Performer
Composer: Burt Bacharach
Hal David; Composer
Producer: Jonathan Butler; Production

4. Alfie

by Jonathan Butler

Primary Artist: Jonathan Butler; Main Performer
Composer: Burt Bacharach
Hal David; Composer
Producer: Jonathan Butler; Production

5. I Say a Little Prayer

by Jonathan Butler

Primary Artist: Jonathan Butler; Main Performer
Composer: Burt Bacharach
Hal David; Composer
Producer: Jonathan Butler; Production
Music Publisher: Casa David Lp/bmg Gold Songs
New Hidden Valley Music Co./bmg Gold Songs (ascap); Other