My Home's in Alabama (album)

Infobox Album
Name = My Home's in Alabama
Type = Album
Artist = Alabama


Released = 1980
Recorded = 1979, 1980
Genre = Country
Length =
Label = RCA Records
Producer = Larry McBride, Harold Shedd, Alabama
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:p2oibkk96ak9]
Chronology = Alabama
Last album = "Alabama Band No. 3"
(1979)
This album = "My Home's In Alabama"
(1980)
Next album = "Feels So Right"
(1981)

"My Home's in Alabama" is an album by American country music band Alabama, released on RCA Records in 1980. For a majority of fans, this represents the first widespread success of Alabama, despite the fact they had released three albums prior to this one.

The title track pays homage to Alabama's southern rock roots; it reached No. 17 on the "Billboard magazine" Hot Country Singles chart in early 1980. Two other tracks — the fiddle-heavy, southern rock-influenced "Tennessee River" and the ballad "Why Lady Why" — represented the band's first two No. 1 songs, and laid the foundation for what became one of the most impressive popularity runs in country music history.

Also included on "My Home's In Alabama" is the group's 1979 single, "I Wanna Come Over," which peaked at No. 33 in November 1979. Both that song and the better-known title track were originally issued by MDJ Records, before the group was signed to RCA in early 1980.

Track listing

#"My Home's in Alabama" (Gentry, Owen) – 6:27
#"Hanging Up My Travelin' Shoes" (Gentry, Owen) – 2:17
#"Why Lady Why" (Gentry, Scott) – 4:11
#"Getting Over You" – 3:15
#"I Wanna Come Over" (F. Berardi, M. Berardi) – 3:52
#"Tennessee River" (Owen) – 3:04
#"Some Other Place, Some Other Time" – 3:10
#"Can't Forget About You" (Gentry) – 5:39
#"Get It While It's Hot" – 3:03
#"Keep On Dreamin'" 4:04

Charts

Album

Billboard (North America)

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