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Track Listing
ULTIMATE 20 #1 HITS:
1. Born in Country
2. Jukebox in My Mind
3. Reckless
4. Feels So Right
5. Love in the First Degree
6. Mountain Music
7. Song of the South
8. Tennessee River
9. Take Me Down
10. Lady Down on Love
11. She and I
12. Down Home
13. Why Lady Why
14. I'm in a Hurry (And Don't Know Why)
15. Roll on (Eighteen Wheeler)
16. You've Got the Touch
17. There's No Way
18. Forty Hour Week (For a Livin')
19. If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)
20. Southern Star
Album Notes
Liner Note Author: Robert K. Oermann.
By the time Alabama embarked on its 2003 American Farewell Tour, it had become one of the most commercially successful groups in country music history, racking up more than 40 country chart-toppers. This hits collection features a score of the best, and provides a fine overview of the band's career in the process. Taking its cues equally from honky-tonk music and arena rock, while sporting long hair, casual clothing, and flashy double-neck guitars (recalling Led Zeppelin more than Lefty Frizzell image-wise), the ensemble revolutionized the look and sound of country music like few others before or since.
While some of Alabama's songs feature old-style close-harmony singing and lyrics that revel in the group's rural roots ("Mountain Music," "Song of the South"), others ("Reckless," "Take Me Down") are awash in jangly guitars and snappy snare drums, often sounding as pop as anything by Leo Sayer or Richard Marx. Lead vocalist Randy Owen's warm, friendly, and decidedly down-home baritone is the band's most consistent thread, always anchoring its stylistic diversions. A concise compilation for fans, ULTIMATE ALBAMA: 20 #1 HITS is also a perfect introduction for newcomers to this revered country act.
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