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Alabama Greatest Hits [RCA]

 
Album Review: Alabama Greatest Hits [RCA]

  • Artist: Alabama
  • Rating: StarStarStarStarStar
  • Release Date: 1986
  • Total Time: 48:21
  • Type: Compilation (best of)
  • Genre: Country

Review

Released in 1986, Greatest Hits runs a mere ten tracks, so it simply doesn't have enough room to chronicle all the hits they had in the early '80s; though they had years of hits still to come, they already had become a fixture at the top of the country charts, turning out too many hits to fit in this collection. That said, this does an excellent job of summarizing this early peak, containing many songs that became perennials of modern country: "Mountain Music," "Feels So Right," "Tennessee River," "40 Hour Week (For a Livin')," and "My Home's in Alabama." Later collections would offer more, but this collection provides the songs that are at the core of their sound, and, years later, it is still an excellent crystallization of what Alabama is all about. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
She and I [#] Dave Loggins Alabama (5:16)
Mountain Music (Lyrics) Randy Owen Alabama (4:11)
Feels So Right (Lyrics) Randy Owen Alabama (3:34)
Old Flame (Lyrics) Mac McAnally, Donny Lowery Alabama (3:10)
Tennessee River [Live][#] Randy Owen Alabama (8:05)
Love in the First Degree (Lyrics) Tim DuBois, Jim Hurt, Jim Hunt Alabama (3:17)
40 Hour Week (For a Livin') Dave Loggins, Don Schlitz, Lisa Silver Alabama (3:20)
Why Lady Why (Lyrics) Theodore Gentry, Rick Scott, Richard Scott Alabama (4:09)
The Fans [#] Theodore Gentry, Randy Owen, Greg Fowler Alabama (4:52)
My Home's in Alabama [Live][#] Theodore Gentry, Randy Owen Alabama (8:27)

Credits

Greg Gorman (Photography), Harold Shedd (Producer), Paul Goldberg (Engineer), Jim Cotton (Engineer), Alabama (Producer), Joe Scaife (Engineer), Larry MacBride (Producer), Glenn Meadows (Mastering)
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