 In 1980-81, she moved into light opera on Broadway ("The Pirates of Penzance"), and during production of the play had expressed a desire to record an album of standards.In 1981, under producer Jerry Wexler, she recorded the album "Keeping Out of Mischief", but dissatisfied with its quality, she had cancelled its release.Although she would later revisit the concept (and most of the attempted songs) for a trilogy of albums with Nelson Riddle, "Get Closer" was recorded to satisfy her obligations to her label, and 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.