Closer to Home by Grand Funk Railroad

Closer to Home, Grand Funk Railroad's third album, hit the racks on Capitol on June 15, 1970, with Terry Knight producing and the tapes rolling at Cleveland Recording Company. The Flint, Michigan trio was still the three men who started it: Mark Farner singing and playing guitar, keyboards and harmonica, Don Brewer pounding the drums and singing too, and Mel Schacher laying down bass heavy enough to crack plaster.

This is hard rock built for the arenas, and the inside sleeve proves it with a live shot from Madison Square Garden in February 1970. The centerpiece is "I'm Your Captain (Closer to Home)", which became one of their best-known hits. The critics could sniff all they liked: the album went gold in 1970, the band's third gold record inside a single year.

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