Closer Than Veins

Closer Than Veins is the third studio album by the Danish hip hop group Outlandish, released on October 31, 2005 by RCA Records.

Closer Than Veins
Studio album by Outlandish
Released	October 31, 2005
Genre	Hip hop
Label	RCA, Sony BMG
Producer	Jay-B Bisgaard, Saqib, Outlandish, Maximum Risk, Lucas Secon, Providers, Mintman, Ahsan
Outlandish chronology
Beats, Rhymes & Life (2004) Closer Than Veins (2005) Sound of a Rebel (2009)

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Introspective"	Waqas Qadri, Isam Bachiri, Lenny Martinez, Rahul Dev Burman, Jeppe Bisgaard, Saqib	Jay-B Bisgaard, Saqib, Outlandish	2:27
2.	"Any Given Time"	W. Qadri, Bachiri, Martinez, Frederik Nordsø, Louis Winding, Vicente Amigo	Maximum Risk	4:37
3.	"Look into My Eyes"	Gihad Ali, W. Qadri, Bachiri, Martinez, Omar Shah	Outlandish	4:03
4.	"Just Me"	Shah, W. Qadri, Bachiri, Martinez, Lucas Secon	Lucas Secon	3:53
5.	"Kom igen" (featuring U$O, ADL and Salah Edin)	W. Qadri, Bachiri, Martinez, Bisgaard, Saqib, Ausamah Saed, Adam Baptiste, Abid Tounssi, Otto Francker, Sejr-Volmer Sørensen	Jay-B Bisgaard, Saqib	4:25
6.	"Nothing Left to Do" / "The Vessel Interlude"	Shah, W. Qadri, Bachiri, Martinez, Jeppe Federspiel, Rasmus Stabell / Shaykh Abdallah Adhami, W. Qadri, Bachiri, Martinez	Providers / Outlandish	3:45
7.	"Beyond Words" (featuring Burhan G)	W. Qadri, Bachiri, Martinez, Bisgaard, Saqib, Burhan Genc, Christoph Borkowsky Akbar	Jay-B Bisgaard, Saqib	4:49
8.	"Words Stuck to Heart"	W. Qadri, Bachiri, Martinez, Secon, Donald McLean	Lucas Secon	3:37
9.	"Reggada" (featuring Taibi and Dany Raï)	Taib Ouaich, Mohamed Bellajrou, W. Qadri, Bachiri, Martinez, Nordsø, Winding	Maximum Risk	4:00
10.	"Callin' U"	W. Qadri, Bachiri, Martinez, Carsten Mortensen	Mintman	4:27
11.	"Sakeena"	W. Qadri, Bachiri, Martinez, Ahsan Qadri	Ahsan, Outlandish	5:11
12.	"I've Seen" (featuring Sami Yusuf)	W. Qadri, Bachiri, Martinez, A. Qadri, Sami Yusuf	Ahsan, Outlandish	4:32
13.	"Una Palabra" (featuring Majid)	Shah, W. Qadri, Bachiri, Martinez, Secon, Carlos Varela	Lucas Secon	3:28
14.	"I Only Ask of God"	W. Qadri, Bachiri, Martinez, Nordsø, Winding, León Gieco	Maximum Risk	3:42
15.	"Appreciatin'"	W. Qadri, Bachiri, Martinez, Bisgaard, Saqib	Jay-B Bisgaard, Saqib	4:20

UK edition bonus track[1]

No.	Title	Length
16.	"Redemption Song"	3:46

Deluxe Edition bonus tracks[2]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
16.	"In Good Hands"	W. Qadri, Bachiri, Martinez	3:36
17.	"Angels Lower Their Wings"	W. Qadri, Bachiri, Martinez, Secon	4:21

Notes

• "Introspective" incorporates a sample from the title music from the movie Shalimar composed by Rahul Dev Burman.
• "Kom igen" incorporates replayed and re-sung elements of "Dansevise" composed by Otto Francker & Sejr-Volmer Sørensen, and sung by Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann.
• "The Vessel Interlude" incorporates a sample from the voice recording "The Vessel" of Shaykh Abdallah Adhami.
• "Beyond Words" incorporates a sample from "Ederlezi" composed by Christoph Bowkowsky.

Charts and certifications

Charts Chart (2005) Peak position Danish Albums Chart[3] 3

Certifications Region Certification Certified units/sales Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[4] Platinum 40,000^^ ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

1. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Closer-Than-Veins-Outlandish/dp/B000NJWJK2
2. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Closer-Than-Veins-Deluxe-Edition/dp/B001HAD3DI
3. "danishcharts.dk - Outlandish - Closer Than Veins". Hitlisten. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2012-05-17.
4. "Guld og platin i august og september" (in Danish). IFPI Denmark. 2007-09-28. Archived from the original on 2012-06-07. Retrieved 2012-06-02.