Getting Closer! is the eighth solo album by Christian singer/songwriter/guitarist Phil Keaggy. It was originally released around November 1985 on Nissi Records with distribution by Lexicon Distribution. Keaggy co-produced the album with Smitty Price.
Considered by critics as Keaggy's best album, Getting Closer! features some great pop/rock tunes like the title song, the instrumental track "Riverton," "Sounds" and the original recording of "I Will Be There." Keaggy revisits the track as a modern rock ballad for his 1993 album Crimson and Blue. The album was reissued in 1998 on CD by Canis Major with a different album cover and track listing order. It also contains two bonus tracks that he recorded around the same time as the rest of the album but were both left off. Strobie Records reissued the album in 2022 with the original ten songs and no bonus tracks. Getting Closer! peaked at number 19 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart by spring 1986.
Track listing
All songs were written by Phil Keaggy, except where noted.
1. Where Has Our Love Gone -3:15
2. Passport -4:15
3. I Will Be There -5:01
4. Getting Closer (Phil Keaggy, Richard Souther, Dave Spurr) -4:12
5. Movie (Phil Keaggy, John Melher) -5:02
6. Sounds -6:08
7. Like An Island -3:53
8. Look Deep Inside -5:54
9. Riverton (instrumental) (arranged by Phil Keaggy and Richard Souther)
-3:56
10. Reaching Out (Phil and Bernadette Keaggy) -4:34
Unreleased bonus tracks:
"Get Up and Go" -2:47
"Sunrise" -3:20
Radio singles
1986 "I Will Be There" -#19 Christian CHR, #5 Christian AC
Previous release: Underground: Private Collection (1983)
Next release: Way Back Home (1986)
Listen to the unreleased bonus track "Get Up and Go" here:
Listen to the unreleased bonus track "Sunrise" here:
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