Just Us (Alabama album)

Just Us is the eleventh studio album from country music band Alabama, released in 1987. As with most of their albums, the band co-produced with Harold Shedd. The album charted at number 1 on Billboard Top Country Albums, and accounted for three singles.

Just Us
Studio album by Alabama
Released	September 1987 (1987-09)
Genre	Country
Length	41:47
Label	RCA Nashville
Producer	Alabama Harold Shedd
Alabama chronology
The Touch (1986) Just Us (1987) Alabama Live (1987)
Singles from Just Us
"Tar Top" Released: August 3, 1987 "Face to Face" Released: December 1987 "Fallin' Again" Released: March 28, 1988

Content

The album's three singles all charted on Hot Country Songs: "Tar Top" made number 7, followed by the number 1 singles "Face to Face", which featured K. T. Oslin on guest vocals, and "Fallin' Again". Lead singer Randy Owen wrote or co-wrote all three songs.[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Track listing

1. "Tar Top" (Randy Owen) - 3:56 (4:55 on CD)
2. "I Can't Stop" (Robert Byrne, Teddy Gentry) - 3:59
3. "I Saw the Time" (Owen) - 3:56
4. "You're My Explanation for Living" (Owen) - 4:19 (6:52 on CD)
5. "Face to Face" (Owen) - 3:01
   • featuring K. T. Oslin[3]
6. "(I Wish It Could Always Be) '55" (Owen) - 4:43
7. "Old Man" (Gentry, John Jarrard, Lisa Palas) - 3:26
8. "If I Could Just See You Now" (Jeff Cook, Lynde Darrell-Boles) - 3:14
9. "Fallin' Again" (Greg Fowler, Gentry, Owen) - 3:58 (7:41 on CD)

Personnel

From Just Us liner notes.[4]

Alabama

• Jeff Cook - electric guitar, vocals; lead vocals on "If I Could Just See You Now"
• Teddy Gentry - bass guitar, vocals; lead vocals on "Old Man"
• Mark Herndon - drums
• Randy Owen - vocals, electric guitar

Additional musicians

• "A Strings" - strings
• Eddie Bayers - drums
• David Briggs - keyboards
• Mark Casstevens - acoustic guitar
• Costo Davis - synthesizer
• Steve Gibson - electric guitar
• Jim Horn - saxophone
• Josh Leo - electric guitar
• Charlie McCoy - harmonica
• Farrell Morris - percussion
• Mark O'Connor - mandolin
• Larry Paxton - bass guitar
• Brent Rowan - electric guitar
• Blaine Sprouse - fiddle
• James Stroud - drums
• John Willis - electric guitar

Technical

• Alabama - producer
• Milan Bogdan - digital editing
• Jim Cotton - engineer
• Butch Curry - string arrangements
• Paul Goldberg - assistant engineer
• Benny Quinn - mastering
• Joe Scaife - engineer
• Harold Shedd - producer

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1987)	Peak position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[5]	1
US Billboard 200[6]	55

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[7]	Platinum	1,000,000^^
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

1. Joel Whitburn (2017). Top Country Singles 1944-2017. Record Research, Inc. pp. 17–18. ISBN 978-0-89820-229-8.
2. Just Us at AllMusic
3. Thomas Goldsmith (October 4, 1987). "New Alabama 'Just Us' album takes a sentimental journey". The Tennessean. p. 10. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
4. Just Us (CD booklet). Alabama. RCA Records. 1987. 64592.CS1 maint: others (link)
5. "Alabama Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
6. "Alabama Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
7. "American album certifications – Alabama – Just Us". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.