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The Closer You Get...

1983 studio album by Alabama

The Closer You Get... is the seventh studio album by American country music band Alabama, released in 1983. All three singles from this album — "The Closer You Get", "Lady Down on Love" and "Dixieland Delight" — reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1983. The album itself reached number ten on the Billboard 200, becoming the band's highest-charting album. Considered a stylistic move towards a more pop-friendly sound, the album was described as a mix of "easy listening" country pop and neotraditional country by AllMusic's Vik Iyengar.[1]

For the album by Six by Seven, see The Closer You Get (Six by Seven album).
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The album was certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.[2]

Track listing

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Personnel

Alabama

Additional musicians

  • Shane Keister – keyboards
  • Willie Rainsford – keyboards
  • Jack Eubanks – acoustic guitar
  • George "Leo" Jackson – acoustic guitar
  • Dave Kirby – electric guitar
  • Fred Newell – electric guitar
  • William Adair – bass guitar
  • Larry Paxton – bass guitar
  • Steve Schaffer – bass guitar
  • Hayward Bishop – drums
  • Farrell Morris – percussion
  • Bruce Watkins – fiddle
  • Kristin Wilkinson – string arrangements
  • Nashville String Machine – strings

Production

  • Alabama – producers
  • Harold Shedd – producer
  • Paul Goldberg – engineer
  • Gene Rice – engineer
  • Randy Kling – mastering at Randy's Roost (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Hogan Entertainment – art direction
  • Gabrielle Raumberger – art direction, design
  • Moshe Brakha – photography

Chart performance

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Singles

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Certifications

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References

  1. [1]
    https://www.allmusic.com/album/r105289
  2. [2]
    "Alabama – Gold & Platinum Certifications". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
  3. [3]
    "Alabama Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  4. [4]
    "Alabama Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
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    "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1983". Billboard. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
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    "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1983". Billboard. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
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    "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1984". Billboard. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  8. [8]
    "American album certifications – Alabama – The Closer You Get". Recording Industry Association of America.
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