Twentieth Century (Alabama album)

Twentieth Century is the eighteenth studio album of country music band Alabama, released in 1999 by RCA Records. It produced the singles "(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You", a collaboration with 'N Sync, "Small Stuff", "We Made Love" and "Twentieth Century", which respectively reached numbers 3, 24, 63, and 51 on the Hot Country Songs charts. In addition, "(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You" was the band's last top ten hit on the country charts.[1]

Twentieth Century
Studio album by Alabama
Released	June 15, 1999
Genre	Country
Length	45:36
Label	RCA Nashville
Producer	Alabama Don Cook
Alabama chronology
For the Record (1998) Twentieth Century (1999) When It All Goes South (2001)

"(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time On You" was originally recorded by 'N Sync in 1998 on their first album *NSYNC.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic rated the album 2 out of 5 stars, saying that "There's not a note out of place or a missed harmony. It's easy to marvel at the sheer technical achievement of the record, since not only is it so well made, but the songs rarely make an impression…That's the problem with Twentieth Century: although it's pleasant, it never creates its own identity, even compared to latter-day Alabama records." He praised "Twentieth Century", "Mist of Desire", "Life's Too Short to Love This Fast", and "God Must Have Spent a Little More Time on You" as the best tracks, but said that "taken in the context of the record, they're nearly indistinguishable from the rest".[2]

Track listing

1. "Twentieth Century" (Chris A.T. Cummings, Don Schlitz) - 4:11
2. "(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You" (Evan Rogers, Carl Sturken) - 4:38
   • featuring 'N Sync
3. "I'm In That Kind of Mood" (Greg Fowler, Teddy Gentry, Randy Owen, Ronnie Rogers) - 3:38
4. "We Made Love" (Tom Douglas, Billy Kirsch) - 3:36
5. "Life's Too Short To Love This Fast" (Gary Baker, Frank J. Myers, Owen) - 3:18
6. "Then We Remember" (Don Cook, John Barlow Jarvis) - 4:12
7. "Little Things" (Buddy Cannon, Fowler, Gentry, John Jarrard, Owen) - 3:22
8. "Mist of Desire" (Jeff Cook) - 3:06
9. "Small Stuff" (Mark Collie, Hillary Kanter, Even Stevens) - 3:59
10. "Too Much Love" (Fowler, Owen) - 3:55
11. "Write It Down In Blue" (Fowler, Gentry, Owen, R. Rogers) - 4:15
12. "I Love You Enough To Let You Go" (Baker, Myers, Owen) - 3:26

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.[3]

Alabama

• Jeff Cook — vocals, electric guitar; lead vocals on "Mist of Desire"
• Teddy Gentry — vocals, bass guitar; lead vocals on "Then We Remember"
• Randy Owen — vocals, acoustic guitar

Mark Herndon is not credited on the album.

Additional musicians

• Mark Casstevens — acoustic guitar
• Don Cook — background vocals
• Larry Hanson — trumpet
• John Barlow Jarvis — piano, keyboards, Hammond B-3 organ
• Liana Manis — background vocals
• Jim Nelson — saxophone
• Dean C. Pastin — saxophone
• Michael Rhodes — bass guitar
• Brent Rowan — electric guitar, 12-string electric guitar, gut string guitar, electric sitar
• Brian D. Siewert — synthesizer strings
• Lonnie Wilson — drums, percussion
• Glenn Worf — bass guitar

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1999)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	5
U.S. Billboard 200	51
Canadian RPM Country Albums	5

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US Country	US	CAN Country
1999	"God Must Have Spent a Little More Time on You" (with 'N Sync)	3	29	1
	"Small Stuff"	24	110	25
2000	"Twentieth Century"	51	—	68
	"We Made Love"	63	—	—

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[4]	Gold	500,000^^
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 19–20. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
2. Allmusic review
3. Twentieth Century (CD booklet). Alabama. RCA Records. 1999. 67793.CS1 maint: others (link)
4. "American album certifications – Alabama – Twentieth Century". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.