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{{For|the 1995 film|Closer to Home (film)}}
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{{Infobox album
| name       = Closer to Home
| type       = [[Album]]
| artist     = [[Grand Funk Railroad]]
| cover      = Closer_to_Home.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = June 15, 1970
| recorded   = March 1970
| venue      =
| studio     = [[Cleveland Recording Company]], [[Cleveland]]
| genre      = [[Hard rock]]<ref name="Christgau2"/>
| length     = 44:27
| label      = [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
| producer   = [[Terry Knight]]
| prev_title = [[Grand Funk (album)|Grand Funk]]
| prev_year  = 1969
| next_title = [[Live Album (Grand Funk Railroad album)|Live Album]]
| next_year  = 1970
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Closer to Home
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = Sin's a Good Man's Brother"/"Nothing Is the Same
 | single1date = June 1970
 | single2     = [[I'm Your Captain (Closer to Home)]]"/"Aimless Lady
 | single2date = July 1970
}}
}}

{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|author=Lindsay Planer |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/closer-to-home-mw0000194890 |title=Closer to Home - Grand Funk Railroad |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2019-05-26}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
|rev2Score = C+<ref>{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: G|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=G&bk=70|access-date=February 24, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' 
| rev3Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|author=David Fricke |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/grandfunkrailroad/albums/album/122655/review/6210442/closer_to_home |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621114248/https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/grandfunkrailroad/albums/album/122655/review/6210442/closer_to_home |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-06-21 |title=Grand Funk Railroad: Closer to Home |publisher=Rolling Stone |date=2003-03-11 |access-date=2019-05-26}}</ref> 
| rev4      = ''[[The Village Voice]]''
| rev4Score = B<ref name="Christgau2">{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|date=July 30, 1970|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cg12.php|title=Consumer Guide (12)|newspaper=[[The Village Voice]]|location=New York|access-date=April 14, 2013}}</ref>
}}

'''''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]] [[Music recording sales certification|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]].
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one

| title1 = Sin's a Good Man's Brother
| length1 = 4:35

| title2 = Aimless Lady
| length2 = 3:25

| title3 = Nothing Is the Same
| length3 = 5:10

| title4 = Mean Mistreater
| length4 = 4:25

| title5 = Get It Together
| length5 = 5:07
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two

| title1 = I Don't Have to Sing the Blues
| length1 = 4:35

| title2 = Hooked on Love
| length2 = 7:10

| title3 = [[I'm Your Captain (Closer to Home)]]
| length3 = 10:09
}}
{{Track listing
| headline        = 2002 bonus tracks

| title9          = Mean Mistreater (Alternate)
| length9         = 4:33

| title10         = In Need (Live)
| length10        = 11:30

| title11         = Heartbreaker (Live)
| length11        = 7:17

| title12         = Mean Mistreater (Live)
| length12        = 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'''
{| class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Peak Position
|-
|rowspan="3"|1970
|align="left"|[[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/grand-funk-railroad-mn0000659517/awards Grand Funk Railroad, ''Closer to Home'' US Chart Position] Retrieved March 23, 2015</ref>
|align="left"|6
|-
|align="left"|[[Go-Set#Go-Set Australian National Charts|Australia]]<ref>[http://www.poparchives.com.au/gosetcharts/ Grand Funk Railroad, ''Closer to Home'' Australian Chart Position] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130212122859/http://www.poparchives.com.au/gosetcharts/ |date=2013-02-12 }} Retrieved March 23, 2015</ref>
|align="left"|9
|-
|align="left"|[[RPM (magazine)|Canada]]<ref>[http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4449&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=m89iq841abagb37ld9c0fdc1f3 Grand Funk Railroad, ''Closer to Home'' Canadian Chart Position] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402184438/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4449&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=m89iq841abagb37ld9c0fdc1f3 |date=2015-04-02 }} Retrieved March 23, 2015</ref>
|align="left"|6
|-
|}
'''Singles'''
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Single
!Chart
!Position
|-
|rowspan="2"|1970
|rowspan="2"|"[[I'm Your Captain (Closer to Home)|Closer to Home]]"
|[[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>[http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Closer+to+Home+by+Grand+Funk+Railroad&id=18248 Grand Funk Railroad, "Close to Home" Chart Position] Retrieved March 23, 2015</ref>
|align="center"|22
|-
|Canada
|align="center"|21
|-
|}

==References==
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