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.

Getting Closer!

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" "Where Has Our Love Gone" "Movie" (Keaggy / Mehler) "Like an Island" "Riverton" (Keaggy / Souther) "Sounds" "Get Up and Go" (bonus track) "Passport" "Getting Closer" (Keaggy / Souther / Spurr) "Sunrise" (bonus track) "I Will Be There" "Reaching Out" (Keaggy / Keaggy)

Getting Closer!

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.

Getting Closer!

Personnel

Phil Keaggy – guitars, bass, E-mu Drumulator programming and vocals

Smitty Price – keyboards and LinnDrum programming

John Patitucci – bass guitar on "Sounds", "Passport", and "I Will Be There" Dave Spurr – drums on "Sounds", "Passport", and "I Will Be There" Richard Souther – keyboards on "Riverton" Rhett Lawrence – Fairlight synthesizer programming John Mehler – background vocals on "Movie" Jim Keltner – drums on "Sunrise" (CD reissue only) Bernadette Keaggy – spoken voice on "Get Up and Go" (CD reissue only)

Production

Smitty Price – producer, audio engineer

Phil Keaggy - producer

Bob Cotton – executive producer, audio engineer

Peter Haden – audio engineer

Walter Grant – audio engineer

Mike Ross – audio engineer

Joe Bellamy – audio engineer

Chris Taylor – audio engineer

Bob Lockhart – audio engineer

Terry Lang – audio engineer

Weddington Studios, North Hollywood, California – recording studio

Whitefield Studio, Santa Ana, California – recording studio

Peace in the Valley, Arieta, California – recording studio

Steve Hall – mastering at Futuredisc

References

1986 albums

Phil Keaggy albums