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- Date Released: May 17, 2005
- Genre: Country/Folk
- Label: RLG/Legacy
- Copyright: (P) 1998 BMG Music
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They Say...
RCA/Legacy's 2005 double-disc release Essential Alabama should not be confused with RCA's 1998 single-disc release The Essential Alabama, which may have had the same title but boasted a different track listing. However, the 2005 Essential Alabama should be confused with the 1998 double-disc set For the Record: 41 Number One Hits, since it has the same track listing as that album. At least the back cover of Essential acknowledges that it was "formerly available" as For the Record, so most fans will likely not be duped into buying the same album a second time. For the rest of us, Essential Alabama keeps everything good about For the Record: 41 Number One Hits and eliminates its one flaw: the misleading subtitle that claimed all of the songs on the album hit number one, which was not true (it also implied that the album had 41 songs when it really had 44). Which means that Essential Alabama is now the definitive Alabama collection, containing every one of their big hits -- including such contemporary classics as "Tennessee River," "Mountain Music," "The Closer You Get," "Forty Hour Week (For a Livin')," "Jukebox on My Mind," and "Down Home" -- in one concise, entertaining package.
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| 01. |  |
Five O'Clock 500 |
3:36 |
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| 02. | |
Keepin' Up |
3:05 |
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| 03. | |
How Do You Fall In Love |
3:00 |
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Tennessee River |
3:02 |
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| 05. | |
Why Lady Why |
3:09 |
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| 06. | |
Old Flame |
3:10 |
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| 07. | |
Feels So Right |
3:32 |
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| 08. | |
Love In The First Degree |
3:16 |
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Mountain Music |
3:48 |
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| 10. | |
Take Me Down |
3:43 |
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| 11. | |
Close Enough To Perfect |
3:33 |
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| 12. | |
Dixieland Delight |
3:56 |
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| 13. | |
The Closer You Get |
4:32 |
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Lady Down On Love |
3:57 |
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| 15. | |
Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler) |
3:40 |
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| 16. | |
When We Make Love |
3:35 |
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| 17. | |
If You're Gonna Play In Texas (You Gotta Have A Fiddle In The Band) |
3:30 |
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| 18. | |
(There's A) Fire In The Night |
3:57 |
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| 19. | |
There's No Way |
4:10 |
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Forty Hour Week (For A Livin') |
3:18 |
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| 21. | |
Can't Keep A Good Man Down |
3:39 |
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| 22. | |
She And I |
3:34 |
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22 Total Tracks, 78:42 Total Length
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| 01. | |
Touch Me When We're Dancing |
3:41 |
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| 02. | |
You've Got The Touch |
4:15 |
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| 03. | |
Face To Face
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3:00 |
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| 04. | |
Fallin' Again |
3:58 |
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| 05. | |
Song Of The South |
3:15 |
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| 06. | |
If I Had You |
3:33 |
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| 07. | |
High Cotton |
3:00 |
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| 08. | |
Southern Star |
3:08 |
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| 09. | |
Jukebox In My Mind |
3:39 |
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| 10. | |
Forever's As Far As I'll Go |
3:36 |
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| 11. | |
Down Home |
3:26 |
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| 12. | |
Here We Are |
2:51 |
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| 13. | |
Then Again |
3:43 |
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| 14. | |
Born Country |
3:19 |
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| 15. | |
I'm In A Hurry (And Don't Know Why) |
2:48 |
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Once Upon A Lifetime |
4:13 |
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| 17. | |
Hometown Honeymoon |
3:18 |
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| 18. | |
Reckless |
3:15 |
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| 19. | |
Give Me One More Shot |
3:29 |
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| 20. | |
She Ain't Your Ordinary Girl |
2:53 |
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| 21. | |
In Pictures |
3:33 |
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| 22. | |
Sad Lookin' Moon |
3:33 |
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22 Total Tracks, 75:26 Total Length
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Credits
- Alabama - Producer // Alabama - Main Performer // Barry Beckett - Producer // Mike Bradley - Engineer // Mike Bradley - Mixing // Mark Capps - Engineer // Mark Capps - Assistant // Mark Casstevens - Guitar (Acoustic) // Don Cook - Vocals // Don Cook - Producer // Steve Dorff - Composer // Steve Dorff - Conductor // Steve Dorff - String Arrangements // Garth Fundis - Producer // Larry Franklin - Fiddle // Teddy Gentry - Bass // Teddy Gentry - Vocals // Teddy Gentry - Group Member // Emory Gordy - Producer // Mark Herndon - Percussion // Mark Herndon - Drums // Mark Herndon - Group Member // John Kunz - Digital Editing // Josh Leo - Producer // Larry MacBride - Producer // Brent Mason - Guitar (Electric) // Brent Mason - Guitar (12 String Electric) // Glenn Meadows - Mastering // Steve Nathan - Keyboards // Randy Owen - Vocals // Randy Owen - Vocals (Background) // Randy Owen - Group Member // Charles Paakkari - Assistant Engineer // Harold Shedd - Producer // Lonnie Wilson - Percussion // Lonnie Wilson - Drums // Larry Michael Lee - Producer // Larry Michael Lee - Associate Producer // John Barlow Jarvis - Piano // John Barlow Jarvis - Organ (Hammond) // Peter Nash - Photography // Peter Nash - Cover Photo // Greg Gorman - Photography // Senor McGuire - Photography // Dean Dixon - Photography // Bill Brunt - Art Direction // Bill Brunt - Design // Susan Eaddy - Art Direction // Kimberly Dumas - Design // Hank Williams - Mastering // Patty Zimmitti - String Contractor // Ed Turner - Technical Assistance // Datz Pyle, Debbi - String Contractor // Music Team - String Contractor // Blake Morgan - Design
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