Recorded 1981 Label RCA Records Artist Alabama Genre Country music | Length 39:21 Producer Alabama
Harold Shedd Release date 25 February 1982 | |
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Released February 25, 1982
October 25, 1990 (re-release) Mountain Music
(1982) The Closer You Get...
(1983) Awards Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Nominations Country Music Association Award for Album of the Year Similar Alabama albums, Country music albums | ||
Alabama mountain music 1982
Mountain Music is the sixth studio album by country music group Alabama, released in 1982. A crossover success, it ranked well as an album on both country and pop charts and launched singles that were successful in several markets. This is Alabama's most successful non-compilation album. In 1998, the album was certified 5× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.
Contents
A Side
- "Mountain Music" (Randy Owen) – 4:12
- "Close Enough to Perfect" (Carl Chambers) – 3:34
- "Words at Twenty Paces" (Hugh Moffatt) – 3:54
- "Changes Comin' On" (Buddy Cannon, Jimmy Darrell, Dean Dillon) – 6:51
- "Green River" (John Fogerty) – 2:51
B Side
- "Take Me Down" (Mark Gray, J.P. Pennington) – 4:53
- "You Turn Me On" (Teddy Gentry, Owen) – 3:11
- "Never Be One" (Gentry) – 2:46
- "Lovin' You Is Killin' Me" (Jeff Cook) – 3:00
- "Gonna Have a Party" (Bruce Channel, Cliff Cochran, Kieran Kane) – 4:09
Note: The BMGSP reissue of this album replaces the full versions of "Mountain Music" and "Take Me Down" with their single edits.
Alabama
Owen, Cook and Gentry share lead vocals on "Gonna Have a Party" and one verse of "Mountain Music"
Additional musicians
String arrangements by Kristin Wilkinson
Production
Album
Mountain Music charted No. 1 on Billboard's Country Albums chart in 1982 and reached No. 14 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart the same year. It won 1982's Grammy Award for "Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals".
Singles
The album produced three hit singles, with the title song "Mountain Music" reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. The other two singles were successful in several markets: "Take Me Down", a No. 1 country hit, reached No. 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 5 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Singles chart. "Close Enough to Perfect" charted No. 1 on the Hot Country Singles and No. 65 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Songs
1Mountain Music4:12
2Close Enough to Perfect3:35
3Words at Twenty Paces3:53