The Closer You Get...

For the album by Six by Seven, see The Closer You Get (Six by Seven album).
The Closer You Get...
Studio album by
Alabama
ReleasedMarch 1983 (1983-03)
Recorded1981 (1981)–1982 (1982)
StudioThe Music Mill (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre
Length40:53
LabelRCA Nashville
ProducerAlabama
Harold Shedd
Alabama chronology
Mountain Music
(1982) 		The Closer You Get...
(1983) 		Roll On
(1984)
Singles from The Closer You Get...
  1. "Dixieland Delight"
    Released: January 28, 1983
  2. "The Closer You Get"
    Released: April 29, 1983
  3. "Lady Down on Love"
    Released: August 5, 1983
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

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]

  1. ^ a b https://www.allmusic.com/album/r105289
  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.