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 "Where Has Our Love Gone" - 3:40 "Passport" - 4:13 "I Will Be There" - 5:00 "Getting Closer" (Keaggy / Richard Souther / Dave Spurr) - 4:09 "Movie" (Keaggy / John Mehler) - 4:59
Side two "Sounds" - 6:05 "Like an Island" - 3:50 "Look Deep Inside" - 5:08 "Riverton" (Keaggy / Souther) - 3:54 "Reaching Out" (Keaggy / Bernadette Keaggy) - 4:31
CD (re-release) "Look Deep Inside" - 5:54 "Where Has Our Love Gone" - 3:15 "Movie" (Keaggy / Mehler) - 5:02 "Like an Island" - 3:53 "Riverton" (Keaggy / Souther) - 3:56 "Sounds" - 6:08 "Get Up and Go" (bonus track) - 2:47 "Passport" - 4:15 "Getting Closer" (Keaggy / Souther / Spurr) - 4:12 "Sunrise" (bonus track) - 3:20 "I Will Be There" - 5:01 "Reaching Out" (Keaggy / Keaggy) - 4:34
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 Credits taken from CD re-release.
Phil Keaggy – vocals (1–4, 6–12), guitars, bass (1–5, 7, 9, 10, 12), E-mu Drumulator programming Smitty Price – keyboards, LinnDrum programming Rhett Lawrence – Fairlight synthesizer programming Richard Souther – keyboards (5) John Patitucci – bass (6, 8, 11) Dave Spurr – drums (6, 8, 11) Jim Keltner – drums (10) John Mehler – backing vocals (3) Bernadette Keaggy – spoken voice (7)
Production Bob Cotton – executive producer, engineer Phil Keaggy – producer Smitty Price – producer, engineer Joe Bellamy – engineer Walter Grant – engineer Peter Haden – engineer Terry Lang – engineer Bob Lockhart – engineer Mike Ross – engineer Chris Taylor – engineer Steve Hall – original mastering at Future Disc (Hollywood, California) John August Schroter – remixing, remastering Paul Schwotze – remixing, remastering Studio Distinctive (Colorado Springs, Colorado) – remixing and remastering location Stan Evenson – original art direction, cover concept Ed Rother – art direction (CD re-release) Lisa Powers – photography Proper Management – management
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