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.[2]

Greatest Hits
Compilation album by Alabama
Released	January 1986 (1986-01)
Recorded	1985 (new tracks) 1980–1982, 1984 (older tracks)
Genre	Country
Length	48:21
Label	RCA Nashville
Producer	Harold Shedd and Alabama
Alabama chronology
Christmas (1985) Greatest Hits (1986) The Touch (1986)
Singles from Greatest Hits
"She and I" Released: December 30, 1985

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

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 (discounting their 1982 Christmas single, "Christmas in Dixie"). 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 (despite only reaching No. 17).

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 (complete with false fade-out toward the end of the song) 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" (Dave Loggins) – 5:18^A
2. "Mountain Music" (Randy Owen) – 4:12
3. "Feels So Right" (Owen) – 3:37
4. "Old Flame" (Donny Lowery, Mac McAnally) – 3:12
5. "Tennessee River" (live version) (Owen) – 8:06^A

Side B

1. "Love in the First Degree" (Tim DuBois, Jim Hurt) – 3:18
2. "40 Hour Week (For a Livin')" (Loggins, Don Schlitz, Lisa Silver) – 3:21
3. "Why Lady Why" – (Teddy Gentry, Rick Scott) – 4:11
4. "The Fans" – (Greg Fowler, Gentry, Owen) – 4:54^A
5. "My Home's in Alabama" – (live version) (Gentry, Owen) 8:27^A

^A Previously unreleased

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1986)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	1
U.S. Billboard 200	24
Canadian RPM Top Albums	64

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
		US Country	CAN Country
1986	"She and I"	1	1

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[3]	5× Platinum	5,000,000^^
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

1. Greatest Hits at AllMusic
2. "Greatest Hits RIAA certification".
3. "American album certifications – Alabama – Greatest Hits". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.