One Step Closer (The String Cheese Incident album)
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| Rolling Stone | [2] |
One Step Closer is the seventh release and fifth studio album of Colorado-based jam band the String Cheese Incident. Released in June 2005, and containing thirteen original tracks with guest songwriting collaborations, the album was produced by Malcolm Burn at a studio in Boulder, Colorado. One Step Closer was a return to the more roots-based music of earlier String Cheese Incident fare, while still retaining some of the pop sensibility of previous studio albums. It was also the first album to feature new member Jason Hann.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Give Me the Love" |
| 3:33 |
| 2. | "Sometimes a River" |
| 5:20 |
| 3. | "Big Compromise" |
| 4:26 |
| 4. | "Until the Music's Over" |
| 4:48 |
| 5. | "Silence in Your Head" | 3:40 | |
| 6. | "Farther" |
| 4:00 |
| 7. | "Drive" |
| 3:53 |
| 8. | "Betray the Dark" | Kang | 2:28 |
| 9. | "45th of November" |
| 4:26 |
| 10. | "One Step Closer" | Nershi | 3:30 |
| 11. | "Rainbow Serpent" |
| 3:57 |
| 12. | "Swampy Waters" |
| 4:59 |
| 13. | "Brand New Start" |
| 4:12 |
| Total length: | 53:12 | ||
- Bonus 30-minute DVD documentary The Big Compromise
Credits
The String Cheese Incident
- Bill Nershi – acoustic guitar, vocals
- Keith Moseley – bass guitar, harmonica, electric guitar, vocals
- Kyle Hollingsworth – accordion, keyboards, vocals
- Michael Kang – mandolin, violin, viola, guitar, vocals
- Michael Travis – acoustic guitar, bass guitar, drums, vocals
- Jason Hann – percussion
Additional personnel
- Jim Watts – background vocals, E-bow
- Malcolm Burn – vocals
Production
- Malcolm Burn – producer, instrumentation
- Kevin Morris – management
- Dominick Maita – mastering engineer
- Jim Watts – engineer
- Jeremy D'Antonio – assistant engineer
- Jamie Janover – cover photo
- Jeremy Stein – management
- Mike Luba – management
- Jesse Aratow – management
- Nadia Prescher – management
- Breck Alan – vocal coach
References
- ^ Ruhlmann, William. "One Step Closer - The String Cheese Incident". AllMusic. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
- ^ Wild, David (June 20, 2005). "The String Cheese Incident: One Step Closer". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on May 18, 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
