What is Get Close?
{{Infobox album | name = Get Close | type = studio | artist = [[the Pretenders]] | cover = | alt = | released = 20 October 1986 | recorded = | studio = * [[AIR Studios|AIR]] (London) * [[Power Station (recording studio)|Power Station]] (New York City) * [[Bearsville Studios|Bearsville]] ([[Bearsville, New York]]) * [[Right Track Recording]] (New York City) * [[Polar Studios|Polar]] (Stockholm) | genre = {{hlist|[[New wave music|New wave]]|[[soft rock]]}} | length = 47:01 | label = Real | producer = {{hlist|[[Bob Clearmountain]]|[[Jimmy Iovine]]|[[Steve Lillywhite]]}} | prev_title = [[Learning to Crawl]] | prev_year = 1984 | next_title = [[The Singles (Pretenders album)|The Singles]] | next_year = 1987 | misc = {{Singles | name = Get Close | type = studio | single1 = [[Don't Get Me Wrong]] | single1date = August 1986 | single2 = [[Hymn to Her]] | single2date = November 1986 | single3 = [[My Baby (Pretenders song)|My Baby]] | single3date = March 1987 }} }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r15737|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]</ref> | rev2 = ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' | rev2score = {{Rating|2|4}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1990-08-12/entertainment/9003070422_1_hynde-star-sire |title=Chicago Tribune review |access-date=2023-05-10 |archive-date=2014-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140801093446/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1990-08-12/entertainment/9003070422_1_hynde-star-sire |url-status=dead }}</ref> | rev3 = ''The Music Box'' | rev3score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>[http://www.musicbox-online.com/reviews-2007/pretenders-getclose-08012007.html The Music Box review]</ref> | rev4 = [[Robert Christgau]] | rev4score = B<ref>[http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=pretenders Robert Christgau Consumer Guide]</ref> | rev5 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' | rev5score = Unfavorable<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/200711061