Getting Closer!

Getting Closer! is an album by guitarist Phil Keaggy, released in 1985, on Nissi Records.

Track listing
All songs were written by Phil Keaggy, unless otherwise noted.

LP

 * Side one
 * 1) "Where Has Our Love Gone" — 3:40
 * 2) "Passport" — 4:13
 * 3) "I Will Be There" — 5:00
 * 4) "Getting Closer" (Keaggy / Richard Souther / Dave Spurr) — 4:09
 * 5) "Movie" (Keaggy / John Mehler) — 4:59


 * Side two
 * 1) "Sounds" — 6:05
 * 2) "Like an Island" — 3:50
 * 3) "Look Deep Inside" — 5:08
 * 4) "Riverton" (Keaggy / Souther) — 3:54
 * 5) "Reaching Out" (Keaggy / Bernadette Keaggy) — 4:31

CD (re-release)

 * 1) "Look Deep Inside"
 * 2) "Where Has Our Love Gone"
 * 3) "Movie" (Keaggy / Mehler)
 * 4) "Like an Island"
 * 5) "Riverton" (Keaggy / Souther)
 * 6) "Sounds"
 * 7) "Get Up and Go" (bonus track)
 * 8) "Passport"
 * 9) "Getting Closer" (Keaggy / Souther / Spurr)
 * 10) "Sunrise" (bonus track)
 * 11) "I Will Be There"
 * 12) "Reaching Out" (Keaggy / Keaggy)

The CD reissue adds "Get Up and Go" and "Sunrise", both recorded around the same time as the rest of the album but left off for various reasons.

Personnel

 * Phil Keaggy – guitars, bass, E-mu Drumulator programming and vocals
 * Smitty Price – keyboards and LinnDrum programming
 * John Patitucci – bass guitar on "Sounds", "Passport", and "I Will Be There"
 * Dave Spurr – drums on "Sounds", "Passport", and "I Will Be There"
 * Richard Souther – keyboards on "Riverton"
 * Rhett Lawrence – Fairlight synthesizer programming
 * John Mehler – background vocals on "Movie"
 * Jim Keltner – drums on "Sunrise" (CD reissue only)
 * Bernadette Keaggy – spoken voice on "Get Up and Go" (CD reissue only)

Production


 * Smitty Price – producer, audio engineer
 * Phil Keaggy - producer
 * Bob Cotton – executive producer, audio engineer
 * Peter Haden – audio engineer
 * Walter Grant – audio engineer
 * Mike Ross – audio engineer
 * Joe Bellamy – audio engineer
 * Chris Taylor – audio engineer
 * Bob Lockhart – audio engineer
 * Terry Lang – audio engineer
 * Weddington Studios, North Hollywood, California – recording studio
 * Whitefield Studio, Santa Ana, California – recording studio
 * Peace in the Valley, Arieta, California – recording studio
 * Steve Hall – mastering at Futuredisc