The Closer You Get...

The Closer You Get... is the seventh studio album by American country music band Alabama, released in 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.

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