Alabama Live

1988 album by the American band, Alabama

Alabama Live

Live album by

Alabama

Released

1988
January 21, 2002 (re-release)

Studio

Record Plant Mobile Studio (New York City, New York); The Music Mill (Nashville, Tennessee).

Genre

Country

Length

64:05

Label

RCA Nashville

Producer

Harold Shedd and Alabama

Alabama chronology

Just Us
(1987)

Alabama Live
(1988)

Southern Star
(1989)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Alabama Live is the first live album by the American band Alabama. Released in 1988, it became a Number One album on Top Country Albums chart, marking their inaugural live compilation. The album features live renditions of various singles from the band's career, along with album tracks "Red River", "Fireworks" and "Gonna Have a Party". Additionally, the album includes is a cover of the Marshall Tucker Band's "Can't You See", track never before featured on any of Alabama's studio albums.

Track listing

Side One

"Can't Keep a Good Man Down" (Bob Corbin) – 3:44
"Tennessee River" (Randy Owen) – 7:48
"Take Me Down" (J.P. Pennington, Mark Gray) – 4:50
"Love in the First Degree" (Jim Hurt, Tim DuBois) – 2:56
"Red River" (Bud McGuire, George Pearce) – 4:04
"Dixieland Delight" (Ronnie Rogers) – 5:10
"Lady Down on Love" (Owen) – 3:51

Side Two

"If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)" (Dan Mitchell, Murry Kellum) – 3:32
"Fireworks" (Ronnie Scaife, Phil Thomas, Kenny Durham) – 3:58
"When We Make Love/There's No Way" ("When We Make Love" by Lisa Palas, Will Robinson, John Jarrard; "There's No Way" by Troy Seals, Mentor Williams) – 3:31
"Gonna Have a Party" (Bruce Channel, Kieran Kane, Cliff Cochran) – 5:32
"Can't You See" (Toy Caldwell) – 7:41
"My Home's in Alabama" (Owen, Teddy Gentry) – 8:16

Personnel

Alabama

Jeff Cook – keyboards, electric guitar, fiddle, vocals
Randy Owen – electric guitar, vocals
Teddy Gentry – bass guitar, vocals
Mark Herndon – drums

Guest musicians

Costo Davis – keyboards
Joe "Dixie" Fuller – percussion

Production

Alabama – producers
Harold Shedd – producer
Dave Hewitt – recording engineer
Kooster McAllister – recording engineer
Jim Cotton – mix engineer
Paul Goldberg – mix engineer
Joe Scaife – mix engineer
David Zammit – additional live and mix engineer
Ed "K-9" Celletti – assistant engineer
Phil Gitomer – assistant engineer
Peter Hefter – assistant engineer
Robert Kinkle – assistant engineer
Fritz Lang – assistant engineer
J.B. Matteotti – assistant engineer
Milan Bogdan – digital editing
Benny Quinn – digital editing, mastering
Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee) – mastering location
Kym Juister – art production
Mary Hamilton – art direction, design
Jim "Señor" McGuire – photography
Charlie McGallen – hand tinting
Cheryle Riddle – hair stylist
Ann Payne Rice – make-up

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1988)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[2]	76
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[3]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1988)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[4]	29
Chart (1989)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[5]	46

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[6]	Platinum	1,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Sources

Alabama Live (cassette liner notes). Alabama. RCA Records. 1988. 6825-4-R.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

^ Alabama Live at AllMusic
^ "Alabama Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
^ "Alabama Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1988". Billboard. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1989". Billboard. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
^ "American album certifications – Alabama – Alabama Live". Recording Industry Association of America.