Greatest Hits (Alabama album)


Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits package released by the American country music band Alabama. The album was released by RCA Records in 1986, and has since been certified platinum for sales of 5 million units by the Recording Industry Association of America.
By the mid-1980s, Alabama had become the most dominant act in country music. During the first half of the decade, the Fort Payne, Alabama-based group had 18 No. 1 songs in as many single releases. They had released six multi-platinum albums and had won many awards from the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music.
Alabama's first greatest hits album includes eight of their hit singles; seven of those reached No. 1 on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart between 1980 and 1985. The eighth song of that group was "My Home's in Alabama", widely considered by fans to be their signature tune.
Extended live concert versions of "My Home's in Alabama" and "Tennessee River", recorded at June Jam in 1985, are presented on this album. The album-length versions of "Why, Lady, Why" and "Mountain Music" are also included, as opposed to their respective single/radio edits. The version of "She and I" included here runs more than five minutes, nearly 1½ minutes longer than the single edit.
The album contains two new tracks. Of these, "She and I" was the only single release, and it became the band's 19th No. 1 song in April 1986. The other song, "The Fans", is Alabama's ode of thanks to their fans.

Track listing

Side A

  1. "She and I" – 5:18A
  2. "Mountain Music" – 4:12
  3. "Feels So Right" – 3:37
  4. "Old Flame" – 3:12
  5. "Tennessee River" – 8:06A

    Side B

  6. "Love in the First Degree" – 3:18
  7. "40 Hour Week " – 3:21
  8. "Why Lady Why" – – 4:11
  9. "The Fans" – – 4:54A
  10. "My Home's in Alabama" – 8:27A
A Previously unreleased

Chart performance

Album

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