- The Closer You Get…
Infobox Album
Name = The Closer You Get...
Type = Studio
Longtype =
Artist = Alabama
Released = 1983
Recorded =
Genre = Country
Length = 40:53
Label = RCA
Producer = Harold Shedd, Alabama
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://wm03.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wifixqrgldje]
Last album = "Mountain Music"
(1982)
This album = "The Closer You Get..."
(1983)
Next album = "Roll On"
(1984)"The Closer You Get..." is the fourth album of
country music band Alabama, it was released in 1983. All three singles from this album — "The Closer You Get", "Lady Down on Love", and "Dixieland Delight" — reached Number One on theHot Country Songs charts in 1983. "She Put the Sad in All His Songs" was also recorded byRonnie Dunn (who formed the duoBrooks & Dunn withKix Brooks in 1991) and was released by him as a single in 1983.Track listing
#"The Closer You Get" (J.P. Pennington, Mark Gray) - 4:33
#"Lady Down on Love " (Randy Owen ) - 4:00
#"She Put the Sad in All His Songs" (Robert Byrne,Mac McAnally ) - 4:03
#"Red River" (Bud McGuire, George Pearce) - 4:20
#"What in the Name of Love" (Bill Boling) - 3:54
#"Dixieland Delight " (Ronnie Rogers) - 5:25
#"Very Special Love" (Teddy Gentry, Owen) - 4:50
#"Dixie Boy" (Jim McBride) - 4:20
#"Alabama Sky" (Larry Shell) - 3:21
#"Lovin' Man" (Jeff Cook) - 2:33
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