Close to You (25th Anniversary Remastered) Susan Wong

• 1 Killing Me Softly with His Song (2026 Remastered) 04:12
• 2 I'm Easy (2026 Remastered) 03:30
• 3 Fly Me to the Moon (2026 Remastered) 03:56
• 4 Close to You (2026 Remastered) 03:16
• 5 Love Will Keep Us Alive (2026 Remastered) 04:54
• 6 Stay Awhile (2026 Remastered) 03:33
• 7 Do You Wanna Dance? (2026 Remastered) 03:33
• 8 This Masquerade (2026 Remastered) 04:47
• 9 Do That to Me One More Time (2026 Remastered) 03:59
• 10 Desperado (2026 Remastered) 03:25
• 11 I Just Fall In Love Again (2026 Remastered) 02:51
• Total Runtime 41:56

Info for Close to You (25th Anniversary Remastered)

“Close To You”, originally released in 2002, is Susan Wong’s groundbreaking debut. The Chinese-Australian singer quickly established herself as one of the most popular voices on the audiophile music scene: each of her performances is delivered with a natural, captivating presence that showcases her flawless phrasing and emotional depth. Thanks to its intimate atmosphere, tasteful and unpretentious arrangements, and Susan Wong’s distinctive and soulful vocals, “Close To You” remains an absolute favourite among fans. The tracklist is a masterclass in light jazz and soft pop, featuring superb cover versions of classics such as “Close To You”, “Stay Awhile”, “Killing Me Softly With His Song” and “Love Will Keep Us Alive”.

Musically, the album moves between light jazz and soft pop interpretations without ever feeling arbitrary. Classics such as “Close to You” or “Killing Me Softly With His Song” are not given a radical makeover here, but rather a subtle update – understated, stylish and with a keen sense of timing. Susan Wong clearly focuses on emotion rather than spectacle, which lends the songs a special depth. The arrangements are deliberately sparse, leaving space between the notes and allowing room for every detail. It is precisely this clarity that makes the album a real experience – not only musically, but also sonically. Perfect for anyone who likes to listen to music mindfully rather than just letting it play in the background.

Susan Wong

Digitally remastered

Susan Wong
was born in Hong Kong and immigrated to Sydney, Australia with her family at the age of seven. Musically inclined from a young age, she learned to play the piano at age five and later she also learned the violin. At Kambala in Sydney, she sang alto in the choir and appeared in the school dramas (Gilbert & Sullivan & the like) and entered a number of piano competitions. She received an associate diploma (ATCL) in piano from Trinity College London.

Her first break in the music world was at the age of sixteen when her parents entered her for a singing contest in Sydney. It was organized by TVB with the winner to be offered a recording contract with one of the big music companies in Hong Kong. She won the competition and went to Hong Kong, where she met with the TVB producers who wanted her to sign with one of the music labels. After much deliberation she decided that a music career wasn’t right for her at that time and instead returned to Australia to study at University.

After graduating from university, she returned to Hong Kong in 1997 to help run her family’s accounting business; at this time, she gained her CPA certification. One of her students, who she was teaching piano, was working for a Hong Kong independent label, and Wong asked the boss if they wanted a singer. Wong started recording her favourite English songs and made the album Close To You (2002).

In early 2007, Susan Wong signed a new recording agreement with Hong Kong-based Evolution Music Group and released her first album under evosound in August 2007.

The first release under this agreement, Someone Like You, was recorded in Nashville, USA and won critical and commercial success throughout South East Asia.

Wong recorded her second album, 511, for the evosound label in Geneva Switzerland with producer Adrien Zerbini.] It contained bossa nova influenced versions of songs such as Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean and Everytime You Go Away by Hall & Oates. Billie Jean received extensive airplay throughout South East Asia and a version on YouTube received over 450,000 views.

Returning to Geneva in 2010, Wong started work again with producer Adrien Zerbini along with guitarist Ignacio Lamas. The recordings mostly concentrated on sparse acoustic new interpretations of classic pop songs from the late 1960s and early 1970s including California Dreamin’, The Sound of Silence and Have You Ever Seen the Rain?. The ‘studio master’ download of the album peaked at No. 1 on the Linn Records ‘studio master’ download chart and spent over six months in the Top 10.

Five years on from her first visit Susan Wong returned to Nashville to record at Ocean Way Studio. The live in the studio project My Live Storieswas released on CD, SACD, and HQCD in December 2012 with the live DVD/Blu-ray released in 2013.

In 2014, Wong released her fifth studio album, Woman in Love, which is a tribute to great female ballad singers. Susan Wong is currently recording a new album, set for release in 2018.

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