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((Infobox album
| name       = So Close
| type       = Studio
| artist     = [[Dina Carroll]]
| cover      = Dinasoclose.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 18 January 1993
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = 
*[[Jazz-pop]]<ref name=AllMusic>((allMusic|album|mw0000095027|author=Sharon Mawer|accessdate=10 March 2022|quote=a smooth soft jazz-pop collection of beautiful songs))</ref>
*[[Dance music|dance]]<ref name="Larkin"/>
*[[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]<ref name="Jones"/>
| length     = 53:47
| label      = [[A&M Records|A&M]]
| producer   = Nigel Lowis
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [[Only Human (Dina Carroll album)|Only Human]]
| next_year  = 1996
| misc       = ((Singles
 | name        = So Close
 | type        = Studio
 | single1     = [[Ain't No Man (Dina Carroll song)|Ain't No Man]]
 | single1date = 29 June 1992
 | single2     = [[Special Kind of Love]]
 | single2date = 28 September 1992
 | single3     = [[So Close (Dina Carroll song)|So Close]]
 | single3date = 23 November 1992
 | single4     = [[This Time (Dina Carroll song)|This Time]]
 | single4date = 15 February 1993
 | single5     = [[Express (Dina Carroll song)|Express]]
 | single5date = 3 May 1993
 | single6     = [[Don't Be a Stranger (Dina Carroll song)|Don't Be a Stranger]]
 | single6date = 4 October 1993
))
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((Album ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = ((Rating|4|5))<ref name=AllMusic/>
| rev2      = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev2score = ((Rating|3|5))<ref name="Larkin">Larkin, Colin (2006). ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''. [[Omnibus Press]]. p. 211.|quote=upbeat dance album "So Close" by British R&B and dance diva Dina Carroll</ref>
| rev3      = ''[[Music Week]]''
| rev3score = ((Rating|4|5))<ref name="Jones">((cite magazine|first=Alan|last=Jones|title=Market Preview: Mainstream - Albums — Pick of the Week|magazine=[[Music Week]]|date=23 January 1993|page=25|accessdate=29 January 2023|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-01-23.pdf|quote=set of mediocre R&B songs.))</ref>
| rev4      = ''[[New Musical Express|NME]]''
| rev4score = 5/10<ref>((cite magazine|first=Ian|last=McCann|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/52807856866/|title=Long Play|magazine=[[New Musical Express|NME]]|date=30 January 1993|page=31|access-date=4 May 2023))</ref>
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'''''So Close''''' is the debut album by [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Soul music|soul]]–[[Dance music|dance]] singer [[Dina Carroll]], released in January 1993 on the [[A&M Records|A&M]] label.<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/Dina-Carroll-So-Close/master/107130 Dina Carroll — So Close]</ref> The album made its chart debut at #2 and remained in the top 20 of the [[UK Albums Chart]] for six months.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/archive/official-albums-chart/|title=Official Charts Company|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|accessdate=2010-03-17))</ref> It was shortlisted for the 1993 [[Mercury Prize#Winners and shortlisted nominees|Mercury Prize]]. It ended 1993 as the fourth-best-selling album of the year in the United Kingdom, and its success continued into 1994 as it remained in the top 20 for another three months and again rose to a peak of #2. It eventually sold 1.5 million copies and was the highest selling debut album by a British female singer in UK chart history, a record it held until 2001 when it was overtaken by [[Dido (singer)|Dido]]'s ''[[No Angel (album)|No Angel]]''.

Among the session musicians on the album are the Blues Brothers' horn section, [[Mariah Carey]]'s bass player Anthony Jackson and [[Cissy Houston]]'s New Hope Baptist Choir. On the album release, ''[[Music & Media]]'' wrote, "Here we have a real soul singer, as sophisticated and sensual as [[Lisa Stansfield]], who fits both the trendy club scene as well as the plush surroundings of chic nightclubbing."<ref>((cite magazine|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-02-13.pdf|title=A&M Tries To Break Carroll With First Album|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|date=13 February 1993|page=10|accessdate=21 February 2020))</ref>

==Singles==
Three tracks from ''So Close'' ("[[Ain't No Man (Dina Carroll song)|Ain't No Man]]", "Special Kind of Love" and "[[So Close (Dina Carroll song)|So Close]]") had already been Top 20 hits in the [[UK Singles Chart]] during 1992, before the album was released in January 1993. "[[This Time (Dina Carroll song)|This Time]]" and "[[Express (Dina Carroll song)|Express]]" also became Top 30 hits after the release of the album; then towards the end of 1993 the ballad "[[Don't Be a Stranger (Dina Carroll song)|Don't Be a Stranger]]" was released as a single and turned out to be the album's biggest seller, reaching #3 on the UK Singles Chart.

==Track listing==
*<small>All tracks composed by Dina Carroll and [[Nigel Lowis]] unless stated.</small>
# "[[Special Kind of Love]]" <small>([[David Cole (record producer)|David Cole]], [[Robert Clivillés]])</small> 4:42  
# "Hold On" 4:51  
# "[[This Time (Dina Carroll song)|This Time]]" 5:21  
# "Falling" 3:33  
# "[[So Close (Dina Carroll song)|So Close]]" 4:54  
# "[[Ain't No Man (Dina Carroll song)|Ain't No Man]]" 3:54  
# "[[Express (Dina Carroll song)|Express]]" 4:34  
# "Heaven Sent" 3:46  
# "You'll Never Know" 5:56  
# "[[Don't Be a Stranger (Dina Carroll song)|Don't Be a Stranger]]" <small>(Coral Gordon, Geoff Gurd)</small> 4:22  
# "Why Did I Let You Go?" 3:29  
# "If I Knew You Then" 4:18

==Personnel==
*Arranged by [strings] – Nigel Lowis (tracks: 3 9) 
*Design – Jeremy Pearce 
*Drum programming – CJ Mackintosh (tracks: 4, 6 to 8), Nigel Lowis (tracks: 3 10) 
*Engineer, producer [additional production] – Steve Boyer (tracks: 3, 8) 
*Guitar – Nigel Lowis (tracks: 4 6 7) 
*Keyboards – Nigel Lowis (tracks: 3 4 6 7 10) 
*Leader [strings] – David Nadien (tracks: 3, 8) 
*Mixed by – CJ Mackintosh (tracks: 2 4 6 7 9), Nigel Lowis (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9, 10) 
*Mixed by [Assistant] – [[Howie B]]. (tracks: 6 7 9), Niall Flynn (tracks: 4, 7, 10, 11) 
*Performer [all instruments] – CJ Mackintosh (tracks: 2 9), Nigel Lowis (tracks: 2 5 9) 
*Photography by – [[Simon Fowler (photographer)|Simon Fowler]] (2) 
*Producer – CJ Mackintosh (tracks: 2 9), Nigel Lowis (tracks: 2 to 12) 
*Saxophone – Jimmy Gallagher (tracks: 2 9) 
*Written by – Dina Carroll (tracks: 2 to 9), Nigel Lowis (tracks: 2 to 9)

===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col"| Chart (1993-94)
! scope="col"| Peak<br>position
|-
((albumchart|Netherlands|19|date=19930515|artist=Dina Carroll|album=So Close|rowheader=true|accessdate=5 May 2021))
|-
((albumchart|Germany|69|artist=Dina Carroll|album=So Close|rowheader=true|accessdate=5 May 2021))
|-
((album chart|Scotland|10|date=19940305|rowheader=true|accessdate=5 May 2021))
|-
((albumchart|UK2|2|date=19930130|rowheader=true|accessdate=5 May 2021))
|}

==Year-end charts==
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+1993 year-end chart performance for ''So Close''
!scope="col"|Chart (1993)
!scope="col"|Rank
|-
!scope="row"|UK Albums (OCC)<ref>((cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-01-15.pdf#page=39|title=Top 100 Albums 1993|magazine=[[Music Week]]|date=15 January 1994|page=25|access-date=21 May 2022|via=World Radio History))</ref>
| 3
|}

==References==
((reflist))

((Dina Carroll))

((Authority control))

[[Category:Dina Carroll albums]]
[[Category:1993 debut albums]]
[[Category:A&M Records albums]]

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