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Alabama - For the Record: 41 Number One Hits Audio CD

A fair review of the Alabama "For the Record: 41 Number One Hits" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Alabama reviews here, or go back to the Alabama tabs.

Alabama Band: Alabama
Title: For the Record: 41 Number One Hits
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Release Date: 1998-08-25
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Five O'Clock 500 - (previously unreleased) 2: Keepin' Up - (previously unreleased) 3: How Do You Fall In Love - (previously unreleased) 4: Tennessee River 5: Why Lady Why 6: Old Flame 7: Feels So Right 8: Love in the First Degree 9: Mountain Music 10: Take Me Down 11: Close Enough to Perfect 12: Dixieland Delight 13: The Closer You Get 14: Lady Down on Love 15: Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler) 16: When We Make Love 17: If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band) 18: (There's A) Fire in the Night 19: There's No Way 20: Forty Hour Week (For a Livin') 21: Can't Keep a Good Man Down 22: She and I 23: Touch Me When We're Dancing 24: You've Got the Touch 25: Face to Face 26: Fallin' Again 27: Song of the South 28: If I Had You 29: High Cotton 30: Southern Star 31: Jukebox in My Mind 32: Forever's as Far as I'll Go 33: Down Home 34: Here We Are 35: Then Again 36: Born Country 37: I'm in a Hurry (And Don't Know Why) 38: Once Upon a Lifetime 39: Hometown Honeymoon 40: Reckless 41: Give Me One More Shot 42: She Ain't Your Ordinary Girl 43: In Pictures 44: Sad Lookin' Moon

For the record, it's only 32 #1's
Here are the songs which didn't quite make it to #1 - #2 How Do You Fall In Love (one of the new songs), #2 Here We Are, #4 Then Again, #2 Born Country, #3 Once Upon A Lifetime, #3 Hometown Honeymoon, #3 Give Me One More Shot, #2 She Ain't Your Ordinary Girl, #4 In Pictures, #2 Sad Looking Moon. Just what chart did they use to come up with 41 #1's? According to Billboard they only have 32.

This package was re-released under the title "The Essential Alabama", without making the 41 #1's claim.


Disc #1 better than Disc #2, but this is still a great Alabama retrospective
The members of Alabama(lead singer/guitarist Randy Owen, lead guitarist Jeff Cook, bass player Teddy Gentry, and drummer Mark Herndon) paid their dues for years before finally hitting it big in 1980. For The Record(called Essential Alabama in its most recent incarnation) is a collection of Alabama's #1 hits. Indeed, Alabama made history, being the first country band to make a big splash on the music charts. I was a fan of Alabama back in the early '80s, and although this collection includes only the band's #1 songs, it still is a great record.

Disc #1 is the stronger of this record's two discs. "Tennessee River", with its awesome fiddle work, was Alabama's first #1 song back in 1980. "Mountain Music"(Alabama's signature song), "Dixieland Delight", "Take Me Down", "The Closer You Get", "Roll On", "If You're Gonna Play In Texas", "Fire In The Night", "You Can't Keep A Good Man Down" and "She And I" are also great uptempo numbers. The classic ballads "Why Lady Why", "Old Flame", "Feels So Right", "Close Enough To Perfect", "Lady Down On Love", "When We Make Love", and "There's No Way" are among Alabama's best. Alabama's newer songs, the workaholic anthems "Five O'Clock 500" and "Keepin' Up" and the romantic ballad "How Do You Fall In Love", are also very good songs.

However, I don't like Disc #2 as well as Disc #1. Alabama starts off the disc well, but I think some of the band's later upbeat numbers are kind of goofy. The Southern anthems "Song Of The South" and "Southern Star", along with the traditional-sounding "High Cotton", "Jukebox In My Mind", "Down Home", and "Born Country", rank up there with Alabama's early '80s songs. However, this record's second disc also includes "I'm In A Hurry", "Hometown Honeymoon", and "She Ain't Your Ordinary Girl", which to me border on the slap-happy. To Alabama's credit, "Reckless", "Sad Lookin' Moon", and "Give Me One More Shot" are solid uptempo numbers. They're well-done and well-written. As on the first disc, Alabama also has some excellent ballads: "You've Got The Touch", "Face To Face", "If I Had You", "Forever's As Far As I Go", "Then Again", "Once Upon A Lifetime", and "In Pictures". The latter song, where the man is looking at pictures of his daughter that his ex-wife sends him, is a haunting portrait of how time gets away from us.

The guys in Alabama were country music hitmakers throughout the '80s and '90s. Although Alabama's later music wasn't as good as their early hits, they have built a solid musical legacy. For The Record is a solid collection of chart-toppers from this legendary group. .


Great!!!
Is Great seeing Alabama going the Christian Music way it so neat seeing Country Artist going the way to Christian Music! I do like this Album.


Great addition to your country music collection

Not only does this Cd contain 41 number one songs for the group at the time it was released but some of the new songs that were put on the album eventually also were big hits. This CD is a great addition to anyone's country music collection.
Whether you are a big Alabama fan or just love country music you will love this CD.


gotta have a fiddle in the band
awesome bluegrass/country sound. back when country stations played. . well, country.


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