A Rock and Roll Alternative explained

A Rock and Roll Alternative
Type:	Album
Artist:	Atlanta Rhythm Section
Cover:	Atlanta_Rhythm_Section_-_A_Rock_and_Roll_Alternative.jpg
Released:	December 1976
Studio:	Studio One, Doraville, Georgia, U.S.
Genre:	Southern rock
Length:	34:34
Label:	Polydor
Producer:	Buddy Buie
Prev Title:	Red Tape
Prev Year:	1976
Next Title:	Champagne Jam
Next Year:	1978

A Rock and Roll Alternative is an album by the Southern rock band Atlanta Rhythm Section, released in 1976. This album includes the band's biggest hit, "So in to You", which peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 11 on the Easy Listening chart.^[1]

Track listing

1. "Sky High" (Buie, Daughtry, Hammond, Nix) – 5:17
2. "Hitch-Hikers' Hero" (Buie, Nix) – 3:38
3. "Don't Miss the Message" (Buie, Cobb, Nix) – 3:27
4. "Georgia Rhythm" (Buie, Cobb, Nix) – 4:52
5. "So in to You" (Buie, Daughtry, Nix) – 4:20
6. "Outside Woman Blues" (Blind Joe Reynolds) – 4:53
7. "Everybody Gotta Go" (Buie, Daughtry, Nix) – 4:10
8. "Neon Nites" (Buie, Nix) – 3:57

Personnel

• Ronnie Hammond – vocals, background vocals
• J.R. Cobb – rhythm guitar, background vocals
• Barry Bailey – guitar
• Dean Daughtry – keyboards
• Paul Goddard – bass guitar
• Robert Nix – percussion, drums, vocals, background vocals

Production

• Producer: Buddy Buie
• Associate producers: J.R. Cobb, Robert Nix
• Engineer: Rodney Mills
• Mixing: Rodney Mills
• Remixing: Suha Gur
• Design: Mike McCarty
• Art direction: Buddy Buie, Mike McCarty
• Photography: Jim Wiggins

Charts

Album

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position (U.S.)
1977	"So in to You"	Pop Singles	7 (# 5 Cash Box Top 100;^[2] #11 AC;^[3] # 2 Canada; # 14 New Zealand)^[4]
1977	"Georgia Rhythm"	Pop Singles	68
1977	"Neon Nites"	Pop Singles	42

Notes and References

1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Joel Whitburn . 2002 . Record Research . 24.
2. Web site: Cashbox Magazine. Cashboxmagazine.com. 4 November 2023.
3. Adult Contemporary – Billboard. .
4. Web site: NZ Top 40 Singles Chart The Official New Zealand Music Chart. Nztop40.co.nz.
5. Web site: RIAA searchable certification database: Atlanta Rhythm Section. Recording Industry Association of America. November 5, 2020.