Greatest Hits (Alabama album)

Greatest Hits is the first compilation album by 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]

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. It was played in the 1993 DieHard 500 during the pre-race ceremonies to dedicate the now-deceased Davey Allison.

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Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"She and I"	Dave Loggins	5:18
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
6.	"Love in the First Degree"	Tim DuBois, Jim Hurt	3:18
7.	"40 Hour Week (For a Livin')"	Loggins, Don Schlitz, Lisa Silver	3:21
8.	"Why Lady Why"	Teddy Gentry, Rick Scott	4:11
9.	"The Fans"	Greg Fowler, Gentry, Owen	4:54
10.	"My Home's in Alabama (live version)"	Gentry, Owen	8:27

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1986)	Peak position
Canadian Albums (RPM)	64
US Billboard 200^[3]	24
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[4]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1986)	Position
US Billboard 200^[5]	60
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[6]	3
Chart (1987)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[7]	17
Chart (1988)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[8]	22
Chart (1989)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[9]	29
Chart (1990)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[10]	42

Singles

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

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[11]	5× Platinum	5,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ Greatest Hits at AllMusic
^ "Greatest Hits RIAA certification".
^ "Alabama Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
^ "Alabama Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1986". Billboard. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1986". Billboard. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1987". Billboard. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1988". Billboard. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1989". Billboard. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1990". Billboard. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
^ "American album certifications – Alabama – Greatest Hits". Recording Industry Association of America.

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Studio albums	Wild Country (1976) Deuces Wild (1977) Alabama Band No. 3 (1979) My Home's in Alabama (1980) Feels So Right (1981) Mountain Music (1982) The Closer You Get... (1983) Roll On (1984) 40-Hour Week (1985) The Touch (1986) Just Us (1987) Southern Star (1989) Pass It On Down (1990) American Pride (1992) Cheap Seats (1993) In Pictures (1995) Dancin' on the Boulevard (1997) Twentieth Century (1999) When It All Goes South (2001) Alabama & Friends (2013) Southern Drawl (2015)
Holiday albums	Christmas (1985) Christmas with The Judds and Alabama (1994) Christmas Vol. II (1996) Christmas Collection (2006)
Gospel albums	Songs of Inspiration (2006) Songs of Inspiration II (2007) Angels Among Us: Hymns & Gospel Favorites (2014)
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits (1986) Alabama Live (1988) Greatest Hits Vol. II (1991) Gonna Have a Party...Live (1993) For Our Fans (1993) Greatest Hits Vol. III (1994) Super Hits (1996) Born Country (1997) Super Hits II (1998) The Essential Alabama (1998) For the Record (1998) Legendary (2002) In the Mood: The Love Songs (2003) The American Farewell Tour (2003) The Ultimate Alabama (2004) The Essential (2005) Livin' Lovin' Rockin' Rollin': The 25th Anniversary Collection (2006) 16 Biggest Hits (2007) Playlist: The Very Best of Alabama (2008) Mountain Music: The Best of Alabama (2009) Setlist: The Very Best of Alabama Live (2010) Country: Alabama (2013) The Classic Christmas Album (2013) Alabama & Friends: At the Ryman (2014)
Related articles	Discography List of songs Awards and nominations One on One

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