Getting Closer!

Getting Closer!
Studio album by Phil Keaggy
Released	1985
Studio	Weddington Studios (North Hollywood, California) Whitefield Studios (Santa Ana, California) Peace in the Valley (Arieta, California)
Genre	Rock Pop
Length	46:05 (LP release) 52:25 (CD re-release)
Label	Nissi
Producer	Smitty Price Phil Keaggy
Phil Keaggy chronology
Underground (1983) Getting Closer! (1985) Way Back Home (1986)
1999 re-release cover art

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]

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]

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" - 5:54
2. "Where Has Our Love Gone" - 3:15
3. "Movie" (Keaggy / Mehler) - 5:02
4. "Like an Island" - 3:53
5. "Riverton" (Keaggy / Souther) - 3:56
6. "Sounds" - 6:08
7. "Get Up and Go" (bonus track) - 2:47
8. "Passport" - 4:15
9. "Getting Closer" (Keaggy / Souther / Spurr) - 4:12
10. "Sunrise" (bonus track) - 3:20
11. "I Will Be There" - 5:01
12. "Reaching Out" (Keaggy / Keaggy) - 4:34

The CD reissue adds "Get Up and Go" and "Sunrise",^[2] 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

References

1. "Phil Keaggy – Getting Closer (Vinyl, Album, LP)". Discogs. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
2. "Phil Keaggy – Getting Closer (CD, Album)". Discogs. Retrieved March 29, 2016.