Closer is the fifth studio album by the New Orleans–based rock trio Better Than Ezra. It was released on August 7, 2001, by Beyond Music. Closer initially performed better than its predecessor, How Does Your Garden Grow?, peaking at #110 on the Billboard charts. The first single off the album, "Extra Ordinary," placed on both the Billboard Modern Rock and Adult Top 40 charts. A second single, "Misunderstood," was planned, but Beyond Records declared bankruptcy before it could be released. As of early 2007, Closer was out of print due to Beyond Music going out of business and copies were scarce, though some were still in stock in stores. Legal problems resulting from Beyond's bankruptcy meant it would be four years before Better than Ezra's next studio album, Before the Robots. In the meantime, the band would release a live album in 2004, recorded in their hometown at the House of Blues. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closer_...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)