The Closer You Get...

by Alabama

The Closer You Get... cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: RCA
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 40:53
  • Community rating: 2.54/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Harold Shedd, Larry Shell, Teddy Gentry, Mark Herndon, Bud McGuire, Farrell Morris, Robert Byrne, Chris Deal, Jim McBride, Bruce Watkins, Bill Boling, The Nashville String Machine, George Pearce, David Kirby, Hayward Bishop, Mac McAnally, Jack Eubanks, Mark Gray, Willie Rainsford, Fred Newell, Ronnie Rogers, Jeff Cook, Randy Owen, William Adair, Shane Keister, Rick Wayne

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Seamlessly blending rural country themes with pristine soft-rock production, Alabama continued their absolute domination of the early 1980s country charts. The harmony-laden pop structures ensured massive mainstream crossover appeal, firmly defining the era's commercial country sound.

Genres

Tracklist

  1. The Closer You Get (4:33)
  2. Lady Down On Love (3:57)
  3. She Put The Sad In All His Songs (4:03)
  4. Red River (4:20)
  5. What In The Name Of Love (3:55)
  6. Dixieland Delight (5:25)
  7. Very Special Love (4:49)
  8. Dixie Boy (4:19)
  9. Alabama Sky (3:20)
  10. Lovin' Man (2:32)

Credits

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