Commercial

The album debuted at number seven on the U.S. Billboard 200 and number two on the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums, selling 162,000 copies its first week of release.^[8] As of 4 August 2013, the album has sold 743,000 copies in the US.^[9] The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA for one million units in sales, tracks and streams on 17 April 2017.^[10]

Critical

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Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Boston Globe	(favorable)[11]
Country Weekly	[12]
Entertainment Weekly	(B)[13]
Los Angeles Times	[14]
The New York Times	[15]
Rolling Stone	[2]
Roughstock	[16]
Slant Magazine	[17]
The Washington Post	(favorable)[18]

Close

Upon its release, Get Closer received generally positive reviews from most music critics.^[19] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 76, based on 7 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".^[19]

Jessica Phillips of Country Weekly gave it a four-star rating, saying "the sugared tunes would be easy to dismiss except for the credible guitar riffs, foot-tapping rhythms and fiery passion with which Keith sings".^[12] Andrew Leahey of Allmusic gave it a four star rating, calling it "a lean collection of country-rockers and bedroom ballads".^[1] Sarah Rodman of The Boston Globe gave it a favorable review, describing it as something "lean but enjoyable".^[11] Blake Boldt of Engine 145 gave the album 3½, responding with "On Get Closer, the affable Aussie celebrates life with a group of eight uplifting songs offering one cohesive message: love is grand".^[20]

Matt Bjorke of Roughstock gave it a 3½-star rating, saying "this album is all about happiness with your romantic life. Every song on this short 8 track album discusses matters of the heart with each song discussing various ways that relationships can have on a life".^[16] Bill Friskics-Warren of The Washington Post gave it a favorable review, saying "if you're not in the mood for love, the music here – highly burnished country-rock – affords pleasures of its own".^[18] Jonathan Keefe with Slant Magazine gave it 3½ stars, calling it "vintage Urban" and saying that "Get Closer his is most carefully edited album, if not necessarily his best".^[17] Rolling Stone critic Jon Dolan gave it a 3 star rating, calling it "good-natured country rock".^[2]

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