Closer to Home

Closer to Home
Closer to Home
Studio album by Grand Funk Railroad
Released	June 15, 1970
Recorded	March 1970
Studio	Cleveland Recording Company, Cleveland
Genre	Hard rock
Length	44:27
Label	Capitol
Producer	Terry Knight
Grand Funk Railroad chronology
Singles from Closer to Home
	"Sin's a Good Man's Brother"/"Nothing Is the Same"; Released: June 1970; "I'm Your Captain (Closer to Home)"/"Aimless Lady"; Released: July 1970;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Christgau's Record Guide	C+^[3]
Rolling Stone	^[4]
The Village Voice	B^[1]

Closer to Home is the third studio album by American rock band Grand Funk Railroad. The album was released on June 15, 1970, by Capitol Records. Recorded at Cleveland Recording Company, the album was produced by Terry Knight. This album reached RIAA gold record status in 1970, making it the group's third gold record in one year. The album's inside artwork shows a live photo of the band performing at Madison Square Garden in February 1970.

In 2002 Closer to Home was remastered on compact disc with bonus tracks and also released in a limited-edition box set Trunk of Funk that contained the band's first four albums. The "trunk" has slots for twelve CDs to house the future release of the remaining eight albums that were released by Capitol. Also included is a pair of "Shinin' On" 3-D glasses, guitar pick and a sticker reproducing a concert ticket.

Track listing

All songs written by Mark Farner.

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sin's a Good Man's Brother"	4:35
2.	"Aimless Lady"	3:25
3.	"Nothing Is the Same"	5:10
4.	"Mean Mistreater"	4:25
5.	"Get It Together"	5:07

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Don't Have to Sing the Blues"	4:35
2.	"Hooked on Love"	7:10
3.	"I'm Your Captain (Closer to Home)"	10:09

2002 bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
9.	"Mean Mistreater (Alternate)"	4:33
10.	"In Need (Live)"	11:30
11.	"Heartbreaker (Live)"	7:17
12.	"Mean Mistreater (Live)"	5:22

Personnel

Mark Farner – guitar, keyboards, vocals
Mel Schacher – bass
Don Brewer – drums, vocals
Terry Knight – producer

2002 Remaster

David K. Tedds – reissue production and compilation
Kevin Flaherty – supervising A&R producer
Jimmy Hoyson – bonus track mix engineer
Evren Göknar – mastering engineer
Kenny Nemes – project manager
Michelle Azzopardi – reissue creative direction
Neil Kellerhouse – reissue art direction, design
Steve Roeser – liner notes
Brendan Gormley – editorial supervision
Bryan Kelley – production
Shannon Ward – production

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Peak Position
1970	Billboard 200^[5]	6
	Australia^[6]	9
	Canada^[7]	6

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1970	"Closer to Home"	Billboard Hot 100^[8]	22
1970	"Closer to Home"	Canada	21

References

^ ^a ^b Christgau, Robert (July 30, 1970). "Consumer Guide (12)". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
^ Lindsay Planer. "Closer to Home - Grand Funk Railroad". AllMusic. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: G". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
^ David Fricke (March 11, 2003). "Grand Funk Railroad: Closer to Home". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on June 21, 2008. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
^ Grand Funk Railroad, Closer to Home US Chart Position Retrieved March 23, 2015
^ Grand Funk Railroad, Closer to Home Australian Chart Position Archived 2013-02-12 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved March 23, 2015
^ Grand Funk Railroad, Closer to Home Canadian Chart Position Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved March 23, 2015
^ Grand Funk Railroad, "Close to Home" Chart Position Retrieved March 23, 2015

[Christgau2-1] Christgau, Robert (July 30, 1970). "Consumer Guide (12)". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved April 14, 2013.

[2] Lindsay Planer. "Closer to Home - Grand Funk Railroad". AllMusic. Retrieved May 26, 2019.

[3] Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: G". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.

[4] David Fricke (March 11, 2003). "Grand Funk Railroad: Closer to Home". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on June 21, 2008. Retrieved May 26, 2019.

[5] Grand Funk Railroad, Closer to Home US Chart Position Retrieved March 23, 2015

[6] Grand Funk Railroad, Closer to Home Australian Chart Position Archived 2013-02-12 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved March 23, 2015

[7] Grand Funk Railroad, Closer to Home Canadian Chart Position Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved March 23, 2015

[8] Grand Funk Railroad, "Close to Home" Chart Position Retrieved March 23, 2015

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v t e Grand Funk Railroad
Don Brewer Mel Schacher Max Carl Bruce Kulick Tim Cashion Mark Farner Terry Knight Peter Frampton Craig Frost Dennis Bellinger Lance Ong Rick Baker Howard Eddy, Jr. Stanley Sheldon
Studio albums	On Time Grand Funk Closer to Home Survival E Pluribus Funk Phoenix We're an American Band Shinin' On All the Girls in the World Beware!!! Born to Die Good Singin', Good Playin' Grand Funk Lives What's Funk?
Unofficial albums	Monumental Funk
Live albums	Live Album Caught in the Act Bosnia Live: The 1971 Tour
Compilations	Mark, Don & Mel: 1969–71 Grand Funk Hits Capitol Collectors Series Thirty Years of Funk: 1969–1999 Classic Masters Greatest Hits
Singles	"Inside Looking Out" "I'm Your Captain (Closer to Home)" "Feelin' Alright?" "Gimme Shelter" "We're an American Band" "Walk Like a Man" "The Loco-Motion" "Shinin' On" "Some Kind of Wonderful" "Bad Time"
Related	Discography Terry Knight Terry Knight and the Pack

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