Recorded 1983 Label RCA Records Roll On
(1984) 40-Hour Week
(1985) Release date January 1984 | Length 40:08 Producer Alabama
Harold Shedd Artist Alabama Genre Country music | |
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Released January, 1984
October 25, 1990 (re-release) Awards Academy of Country Music Award for Album of the Year Nominations Country Music Association Award for Album of the Year, American Music Award for Favorite Country Album Similar Alabama albums, Country music albums | ||
Alabama roll on
Roll On is the eighth studio album of country music band Alabama, released in 1984.
Contents
All four singles released from this album reached Number One on the Hot Country Singles chart: "Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)", "When We Make Love", "If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)" and "(There's A) Fire in the Night". Music videos were made for "I'm Not That Way Anymore" and "(There's A) Fire in the Night".
The album was certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. This was the last Alabama album to feature the Confederate battle flag on the cover.
Side A
- "Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)" (Dave Loggins) - 4:21
- "Carolina Mountain Dewe" (Randy Owen) - 4:22
- "The End of the Lyin'" (Robert Byrne, Alan Schulman) - 2:59
- "I'm Not That Way Anymore" (Owen, Teddy Gentry, Mark Herndon, Greg Fowler) - 4:49
- "If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)" (Dan Mitchell, Murry Kellum) - 4:28
Side B
- "(There's A) Fire in the Night" (Bob Corbin) - 4:14
- "When We Make Love" (Troy Seals, Mentor Williams) - 3:36
- "Country Side of Life" (Maurice R. Hirsch) - 3:46
- "The Boy" (Owen, Gentry, Fowler)- 3:34
- "Food on the Table" (Owen) - 3:59
Note: "I'm Not That Way Anymore" was recorded live at the Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas.
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Additional musicians
Strings by the "A" Strings, arranged by Kristin Wilkinson
Songs
1Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)4:23
2Carolina Mountain Dewe4:24
3The End of the Lyin'3:04