The Essential Alabama (Limited Edition 3.0)
08/26/2008 | Sony Legacy
Lyrics from The Essential Alabama (Limited Edition 3.0)
All Music Guide Review
RCA/Legacy's 2005 double-disc release Essential Alabama should not be confused with RCA's 1998 single-disc release The Essential Alabama, which may have had the same title but boasted a different track listing. However, the 2005 Essential Alabama should be confused with the 1998 double-disc set For the Record: 41 Number One Hits, since it has the same track listing as that album. At least the back cover of Essential acknowledges that it was "formerly available" as For the Record, so most fans will likely not be duped into buying the same album a second time. For the rest of us, Essential Alabama keeps everything good about For the Record: 41 Number One Hits and eliminates its one flaw: the misleading subtitle that claimed all of the songs on the album hit number one, which was not true (it also implied that the album had 41 songs when it really had 44). Which means that Essential Alabama is now the definitive Alabama collection, containing every one of their big hits -- including such contemporary classics as "Tennessee River," "Mountain Music," "The Closer You Get," "Forty Hour Week (For a Livin')," "Jukebox on My Mind," and "Down Home" -- in one concise, entertaining package. [RCA Nashville/Legacy's Limited Edition 3.0 appeared in 2008 and included a bonus CD - in addition to the original, two-CD set.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
The Essential Alabama (Limited Edition 3.0) Track Listing
Credits of The Essential Alabama (Limited Edition 3.0)
- Larry MacBride
- Producer
- Brent Mason
- Guitar (Electric), Gut String Guitar, Guitar (12 String Electric)
- Glenn Meadows
- Mastering
- Steve Nathan
- Keyboards
- Randy Owen
- Vocals, Author, Group Member, Vocals (Background)
- Charles Paakkari
- Assistant
- Rick Riccio
- String Engineer
- Harold Shedd
- Producer
- Lonnie Wilson
- Percussion, Drums
- Robert K. Oermann
- Liner Notes
- Larry Michael Lee
- Producer, Associate Producer
- John Barlow Jarvis
- Piano, Organ (Hammond)
- Peter Nash
- Photography, Cover Photo
- Greg Gorman
- Photography
- Senor McGuire
- Photography
- Dean Dixon
- Photography
- Bill Brunt
- Art Direction, Design
- Susan Eaddy
- Art Direction
- Kimberly Dumas
- Design
- Hank Williams
- Mastering
- Patty Zimmitti
- String Contractor
- Ed Turner
- Technical Assistance
- Blake Morgan
- Design
- Scott Albert Johnson
- Production Assistant
- Barry Beckett
- Producer
- Mike Bradley
- Engineer, Mixing
- Mark Capps
- Engineer, Assistant
- Mark Casstevens
- Guitar (Acoustic)
- Don Cook
- Vocals, Producer
- Steve Dorff
- Composer, String Arrangements, String Conductor
- Garth Fundis
- Producer
- Larry Franklin
- Fiddle
- Teddy Gentry
- Bass, Vocals, Group Member
- Emory Gordy
- Producer
- Mark Herndon
- Percussion, Drums, Group Member
- John Kunz
- Digital Editing
- Josh Leo
- Producer
















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