Linda Ronstadt - Get Closer

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Get Closer (1982) is a Grammy-nominated, Gold-certified album by singer/songwriter/producer Linda Ronstadt. It arrived two and a half years after the controversial Punk Rock Mad Love, in which Ronstadt departed from what had become her traditional blend of rock, country and pop music and sang straightforward rock 'n' roll, and a little over a year after her Tony Award-nominated turn on Broadway playing Mabel in the Joseph Papp production of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates Of Penzance.

Get Closer found Ronstadt returning to the genres that had resulted in her commercial and critical success throughout the 1970s, and working again with British musician and producer Peter Asher. It was noted by critics that, whereas she had spent the '70s channeling the music of then-upcoming songwriters such as Warren Zevon, Elvis Costello, Karla Bonoff and J. D. Souther, on Get Closer Ronstadt sang older songs, some originated by established artists such as Billy Joe Royal, George Jones and Ike and Tina Turner, and others originated by lesser-known soul artists and one-hit wonders such as the Knickerbockers, the Exciters, Lee Dorsey and Wade Flemons.

This album's driving title track, "Get Closer" peaked at #29 on the Billboard Hot 100 in late 1982 and also garnered considerable airplay on AOR (Album-Oriented Rock) stations while its follow-up single, "I Knew You When", peaked at #37. Ronstadt's seductive interpretation of Jimmy Webb's "Easy For You To Say" was a surprise Top Ten hit on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart. "Sometimes You Just Can't Win," the B-side to the "Get Closer" single, peaked at #27 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart.

Ronstadt was nominated in early 1983 for the Grammy Awards for Best Pop Vocal Performance Female and Best Rock Vocal Performance Female for the album and song "Get Closer," losing to Melissa Manchester and Pat Benatar respectively. The album did, however, win the Grammy for Best Album Package - an art director's award. The trophy went to well known designers Kosh and Ron Larson.


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