Alabama - The Closer You Get.... ( 1983 )

 

Track listing

Side A

1. "The Closer You Get" (J.P. Pennington, Mark Gray) - 4:33
2. "Lady Down on Love" (Randy Owen) - 4:00
3. "She Put the Sad in All His Songs" (Robert Byrne, Mac McAnally) - 4:03
4. "Red River" (Bud McGuire, George Pearce) - 4:20
5. "What in the Name of Love" (Bill Boling, Chris Deal, Rick Wayne) - 3:54

Side B

1. "Dixieland Delight" (Ronnie Rogers) - 5:25
2. "Very Special Love" (Teddy Gentry, Owen) - 4:50
3. "Dixie Boy" (Jim McBride) - 4:20
4. "Alabama Sky" (Larry Shell) - 3:21
5. "Lovin' Man" (Jeff Cook) - 2:33

Personnel

Alabama

• Randy Owen: electric guitar, lead vocals
• Teddy Gentry: bass guitar, background vocals, lead vocals on "Red River" and "Alabama Sky"
• Jeff Cook: electric guitar, background vocals, lead vocals on "What in the Name of Love" and "Lovin' Man"
• Mark Herndon: drums

Additional musicians

• William Adair: bass guitar
• Hayward Bishop: drums
• Jack Eubanks: acoustic guitar
• George "Leo" Jackson: acoustic guitar
• Shane Keister: keyboards
• Dave Kirby: electric guitar
• Farrell Morris: percussion
• Fred Newell: electric guitar
• Larry Paxton: bass guitar
• Willie Rainsford: keyboards
• Stephen Schaffer: bass guitar
• Bruce Watkins: fiddle

Strings by the Nashville String Machine, arranged by Kristin Wilkinson