The Closer You Get...
| The Closer You Get... | ||||
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| Released | March 1983 | |||
| Recorded | 1981–1982 | |||
| Studio | The Music Mill (Nashville, Tennessee) | |||
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| Length | 40:53 | |||
| Label | RCA Nashville | |||
| Producer | Alabama Harold Shedd | |||
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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.
The album was certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.