Urban Chipmunk
Urban Chipmunk was the first country album by Alvin and the Chipmunks, released on February 4, 1981. The title parodies the 1980 movie Urban Cowboy.
Track listing
Original 1981 release
Urban Chipmunk was released on CD in 1993. For this release, the songs "Luckenbach, Texas " and "Made For Each Other" were deleted and replaced with new songs "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" and "Boot Scootin' Boogie". In addition, "I Love a Rainy Night" was retitled "I Love a Rainy Night " with new dialogue added. The cover art was also modified to feature the current character redesign.1993 CD remaster
Charts and certifications
Despite mixed reviews, the album ended up earning a Gold certification from the RIAA, the Chipmunks' second Gold album following 1980's Chipmunk Punk.On the Billboard Top LPs chart, the record peaked at No. 56, while on the country chart, it reached No. 23.
| Chart | Peak position |
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 23 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 56 |
Personnel
- Ross Bagdasarian Jr. — lead vocals
- Janice Karman — lead vocals
- Buzz Cason — background vocals
- Bergen White — background vocals
- Dennis Wilson — background vocals
- Bob ”King” Moore — lead electric guitars
- Jerry Carrigan — acoustic and rhythm electric guitars
- Hargus "Pig" Robbins — pedal steel guitars and piano
- Ray Edenton — bass
- Billy Sanford — fiddle
- Jimmy Capps — percussion
- Leon Rhodes — drums
- Buddy Spicher — auxiliary percussion
Production crew
- Ross Bagdasarian Jr — producer
- Janice Karman — producer
- Larry Butler — producer
- Billy Sherill — engineer
- Dain & DeJoy — album coordination
- Rick Detorie — art direction and illustrations
- David Foster — project consultant
- John Boylan — project consultant