The Closer You Get...
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The Closer You Get... is the seventh studio album by American country music band Alabama, released in March 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]
The album was certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.[2]
Track listing
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Personnel
Alabama
- Randy Owen – lead vocals, electric guitar
- Jeff Cook – electric guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals (5, 10)
- Teddy Gentry – bass guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals (4, 9)
- Mark Herndon – drums
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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Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||||
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| US Country | US | US AC | CAN Country | CAN AC | ||
| 1983 | "Dixieland Delight" | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| "The Closer You Get" | 1 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 1 | |
| "Lady Down on Love" | 1 | 76 | 18 | 1 | 10 | |
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[6] | 4× Platinum | 4,000,000 |
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References
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- ^ a b https://www.allmusic.com/album/r105289
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."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.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1983". Billboard. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Top Country Albums – Year-End 1983". Billboard. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
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