Alabama discography explained

Artist:Alabama
Studio:26
Compilation:21
Live:6
Tribute:1
Singles:74
Music Videos:31

American country music band Alabama has released 26 studio albums, including 20 recorded for RCA Records. Alabama also charted 77 songs on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, of which 32 reached number one. The band's longest-lasting number one was "Jukebox in My Mind", which spent four weeks at that position in 1990. Several of the band's early-1980s releases also crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts, including "Feels So Right", "Love in the First Degree", "Take Me Down", and "The Closer You Get", all of which reached top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Studio albums

1970s

TitleAlbum details
Wild Country[1]
  • Release date: 1976
  • Label: LSI Records
  • Format: LP, cassette
Deuces Wild
  • Release date: 1977
  • Label: LSI Records
  • Format: LP, cassette
Alabama Band No. 3
  • Release date: 1979
  • Label: MDJ Records
  • Format: LP, cassette

1980s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak positionsCertifications
US Country
[2]
US
[3]
CAN Country
[4]
CAN
[5]
My Home's in Alabama
  • Release date: May 1980
  • Label: RCA Records
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette
3711
Feels So Right
  • Release date: February 1981
  • Label: RCA Records
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette
116
  • RIAA: 4× Platinum
  • CAN: Platinum[7]
Mountain Music
  • Release date: February 1982
  • Label: RCA Records
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette
11438
  • RIAA: 5× Platinum
  • CAN: Platinum
The Closer You Get...
  • Release date: March 1983
  • Label: RCA Records
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette
11017
  • RIAA: 4× Platinum
  • CAN: Platinum
Roll On
  • Release date: January 1984
  • Label: RCA Records
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette
12137
  • RIAA: 4× Platinum
  • CAN: 2× Platinum
40-Hour Week
  • Release date: January 1985
  • Label: RCA Records
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette
12869
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
  • CAN: Platinum
Alabama Christmas
  • Release date: September 1985
  • Label: RCA Records
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette
875
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
  • CAN: Platinum
The Touch
  • Release date: September 1986
  • Label: RCA Records
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette
14288
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • CAN: Gold
Just Us
  • Release date: September 1987
  • Label: RCA Records
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette
155
  • RIAA: Platinum
Southern Star
  • Release date: February 1989
  • Label: RCA Records
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette
1624
  • RIAA: Platinum
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak positionsCertifications
US Country
US
CAN Country
CAN
Pass It On Down
  • Release date: May 21, 1990
  • Label: RCA Records
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette
357
  • RIAA: Platinum
American Pride
  • Release date: August 11, 1992
  • Label: RCA Records
  • Format: CD, cassette
1146462
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • CAN: Gold
Cheap Seats
  • Release date: October 12, 1993
  • Label: RCA Records
  • Format: CD, cassette
16764
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • CAN: Gold
In Pictures
  • Release date: August 15, 1995
  • Label: RCA Records
  • Format: CD, cassette
1210010
  • RIAA: Platinum
Christmas Vol. II
  • Release date: September 17, 1996
  • Label: RCA Records
  • Format: CD, cassette
18177
  • RIAA: Gold
Dancin' on the Boulevard
  • Release date: April 8, 1997
  • Label: RCA Records
  • Format: CD, cassette
5552
  • RIAA: Platinum
Twentieth Century
  • Release date: June 15, 1999
  • Label: RCA Records
  • Format: CD, cassette
5515
  • RIAA: Gold
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s and 2010s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak positions
US Country
US
US Christ
[8]
When It All Goes South
  • Release date: January 9, 2001
  • Label: RCA Records
  • Format: CD, cassette
437
Songs of Inspiration
  • Release date: October 24, 2006
  • Label: RCA Records
  • Format: CD, music download
1151
Songs of Inspiration II
  • Release date: March 27, 2007
  • Label: RCA Records
  • Format: CD, music download
3331
Angels Among Us:
Hymns & Gospel Favorites
6332
Southern Drawl
  • Release date: September 18, 2015
  • Label: BMG Chrysalis
  • Format: CD, music download
214
American Christmas
  • Release date: October 6, 2017
  • Label: BMG Chrysalis
  • Format: CD, music download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

1980s and 1990s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak positionsCertifications
US Country
US
CAN Country
CAN
Alabama: Wild Country
  • Release date: June, 1982
  • Label: Plantation Records
  • Format: LP, cassette
Greatest Hits
  • Release date: January, 1986
  • Label: RCA Records
  • Format: LP, CD, cassette
12464
  • RIAA: 5× Platinum
  • CAN: Platinum
Greatest Hits Vol. II
  • Release date: October 8, 1991
  • Label: RCA Records
  • Format: CD, cassette
107213
  • RIAA: Platinum
For Our Fans
  • Release date: August 13, 1993
  • Label: RCA Records
  • Format: CD, cassette
248
  • CAN: Gold
Christmas with The Judds and Alabama
  • Release date: August 16, 1994
  • Label: RCA Records
  • Format: CD, cassette
61
Greatest Hits Vol. III
  • Release date: September 27, 1994
  • Label: RCA Records
  • Format: CD, cassette
856
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
Super Hits
  • Release date: May 21, 1996
  • Label: RCA Records
  • Format: CD, cassette
46
  • RIAA: Platinum
Born Country
  • Release date: November 18, 1997
  • Label: BMG Special Products
  • Format: CD, cassette
75
Super Hits II
  • Release date: March 24, 1998
  • Label: RCA Records
  • Format: CD, cassette
59
The Essential Alabama
  • Release date: June 2, 1998
  • Label: RCA Records
  • Format: CD, cassette
63
  • RIAA: Gold
For the Record
  • Release date: August 25, 1998
  • Label: RCA Records
  • Format: CD, cassette
2134
  • RIAA: 5× Platinum
  • CAN: 2× Platinum
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s and 2010s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak positions
US Country
US
CAN
[9]
  • Release date: February 4, 2003
  • Label: RCA Records
  • Format: CD, music download
415
The American Farewell Tour
  • Release date: October 7, 2003
  • Label: RCA Records
  • Format: CD, music download
664
The Ultimate Alabama
  • Release date: October 12, 2004
  • Label: RCA Records
  • Format: CD, music download
1052
The Essential Alabama
  • Release date: May 17, 2005
  • Label: RCA Records
  • Format: CD, music download
52
Livin' Lovin' Rockin' Rollin':
The 25th Anniversary Collection
  • Release date: January 31, 2006
  • Label: RCA Records
  • Format: CD, music download
28120
Christmas Collection 62
16 Biggest Hits 40
Playlist: The Very Best of Alabama
  • Release date: April 29, 2008
  • Label: Legacy Recordings
  • Format: CD, music download
68
Mountain Music: The Best of Alabama
  • Release date: November 23, 2009
  • Label: RCA Camden
  • Format: CD, music download
85
Country: Alabama
  • Release date: 2013
  • Label: Legacy Recordings
  • Format: CD, music download
59
The Classic Christmas Album
  • Release date: October 8, 2013
  • Label: Legacy Recordings
  • Format: CD, music download
46
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak
positions
Certifications
US Country
US
Alabama Live
  • Release date: 1988
  • Label: RCA Records
  • Format: LP, CD, music download
176
  • RIAA: Platinum
Gonna Have a Party... Live
  • Release date: February 23, 1993
  • Label: RCA Records
  • Format: CD, cassette
The Last Stand
Setlist: The Very Best of Alabama Live
  • Release date: July 13, 2010
  • Label: Legacy Recordings
  • Format: CD, music download
72
Alabama & Friends At the Ryman 29
Live On The Road
  • Release date: September 18, 2015
  • Label: BMG Chrysalis
  • Format: CD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

1970s and 1980s

YearSinglePeak positionsCertifications
(sales threshold)
Album
US Country
[11]
US
[12]
US AC
[13]
CAN Country
[14]
CAN AC
[15]
1977"I Wanna Be with You Tonight"78Deuces Wild
1979"I Wanna Come Over"33My Home's in Alabama
1980"My Home's in Alabama"17
"Tennessee River"11
"Why Lady Why"13
1981"Old Flame"11Feels So Right
"Feels So Right"120951
  • RIAA: Gold
"Love in the First Degree"115511
1982"Mountain Music"111
  • RIAA: Platinum
Mountain Music
"Take Me Down"118511
"Close Enough to Perfect"1651
"Christmas in Dixie" 35Alabama Christmas
1983"Dixieland Delight"11
  • RIAA: Platinum
The Closer You Get...
"The Closer You Get"138911
"Lady Down on Love"17618110
1984"Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)"11
  • RIAA: Gold
Roll On
"When We Make Love"172813
"If You're Gonna Play in Texas
(You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)
"
11
  • RIAA: Platinum
"(There's A) Fire in the Night"11
1985"There's No Way"132240 Hour Week
"40 Hour Week (For a Livin')"11
"Can't Keep a Good Man Down"11
1986"She and I"11Greatest Hits
"Touch Me When We're Dancing"11The Touch
1987""You've Got" the Touch"11
"Tar Top"74Just Us
"Face to Face" 11
1988"Fallin' Again"11
"Song of the South"11
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
Southern Star
1989"If I Had You"11
"High Cotton"11
"Southern Star"11
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s

YearSinglePeak positionsCertifications
(sales threshold)
Album
US Country
US
US AC
CAN Country
1990"Pass It On Down"32Pass It On Down
"Jukebox in My Mind"11
"Forever's as Far as I'll Go"1143
1991"Down Home"11
"Here We Are"23
"Then Again"4336Greatest Hits Vol. II
"Born Country"22
1992"Take a Little Trip"22American Pride
"I'm in a Hurry (And Don't Know Why)"11
  • RIAA: Platinum
"Once Upon a Lifetime"32
1993"Hometown Honeymoon"31
"Reckless"11Cheap Seats
"T.L.C. A.S.A.P."73
"Angels Among Us"28
1994"The Cheap Seats"136
"We Can't Love Like This Anymore"67Greatest Hits Vol. III
"Give Me One More Shot"33
1995"She Ain't Your Ordinary Girl"21In Pictures
"In Pictures"43
1996"It Works"1917
"Say I"3818
"The Maker Said Take Her"413
1997"Sad Lookin' Moon"21Dancin' on the Boulevard
"Dancin', Shaggin' on the Boulevard"34
"Of Course I'm Alright"2223
1998"She's Got That Look in Her Eyes"2110
"How Do You Fall in Love"2829For the Record
"Keepin' Up"1469 8
1999"God Must Have Spent a Little More Time on You"
3291Twentieth Century
"Small Stuff"2425
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s-2020s

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
US Country
US
CAN Country
2000"Twentieth Century"5168Twentieth Century
"We Made Love"63
"When It All Goes South"15When It All Goes South
2001"Will You Marry Me" 41
2002"The Woman He Loves"[16]
"I'm in the Mood"48In the Mood: The Love Songs
2010"Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way"53The Music Inside: A Collaboration
Dedicated to Waylon Jennings
2013"All American"Alabama & Friends
2015"Wasn't Through Lovin' You Yet"[17] Southern Drawl
2016"Come Find Me" [18]
2023"Jesus and John Wayne" [19] Gaither Tribute: Award-Winning Artists Honor the Songs of Bill & Gloria Gaither
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

As a featured artist

YearSinglePeak positionsCertificationsAlbum
US Country
US Country Airplay
[20]
US
US AC
CAN Country
CAN
AUS
1987"Deep River Woman"
1071281010Dancing on the Ceiling
2011"Old Alabama"
13841RIAA: PlatinumThis Is Country Music
2016"Forever Country"
13321392526
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Charted B-sides

YearB-sidePeak positionsOriginal A-side
US Country
1984"I'm Not That Way Anymore""If You're Gonna Play in Texas
(You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)"
2000"New Year's Eve 1999" 55"Twentieth Century"

Other charted songs

YearSinglePeak
positions
Album
US Country
1995"Sweet Home Alabama"75Skynyrd Frynds
1997"The Blessings"72Alabama Christmas Vol. II
1999"Santa Claus (I Still Believe in You)"71Alabama Christmas
"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"64Alabama Christmas Vol. II
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

YearVideoDirector
1981"Old Flame"Marc Ball
"Feels So Right"
1982"Mountain Music"
"Take Me Down"
1983"Dixieland Delight"David Hogan
"The Closer You Get"
1984"I'm Not That Way Anymore"
"(There's A) Fire in the Night"
1985"There's No Way"
"40 Hour Week (For a Livin')"
"Can't Keep a Good Man Down"
1986"She and I"
"Touch Me When We're Dancing"Marc Ball
1987"Tar Top"David Hogan
1988"Song of the South"Steve Boyle
1989"High Cotton"Jack Cole
1990"Pass It On Down"
1992"Richard Petty Fans"
"I'm in a Hurry (And Don't Know Why)"Deaton Flanigen
1994"The Cheap Seats"
"Angels Among Us"
1996"It Works"
1997"Dancin', Shaggin' on the Boulevard"
1998"She's Got That Look in Her Eyes"Tom Bevins
"How Do You Fall in Love"Brent Hedgecock
1999"God Must Have Spent a Little More Time on You"
2000"When It All Goes South"
2002"I'm in the Mood"David McClister
2010"Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way"David Poag
2011"Old Alabama" Jim Shea
2016"Forever Country" Joseph Kahn

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alabama Discography. Rocky-52. December 6, 2011.
  2. Alabama - Top Country Albums. Billboard. November 12, 2018.
  3. Alabama - Billboard 200. Billboard. November 12, 2018.
  4. Web site: Alabama - Country Albums/CDs. RPM. November 12, 2018.
  5. Web site: Alabama - Top Albums/CDs. RPM. November 12, 2018.
  6. United States. Alabama. November 12, 2018.
  7. Canada. Alabama. November 12, 2018.
  8. Alabama - Top Christian Albums. Billboard. November 12, 2018.
  9. Alabama - Billboard Canadian Albums. Billboard. November 12, 2018.
  10. Web site: Alabama teams up with Cracker Barrel on live disc.
  11. Alabama - Hot Country Songs. Billboard. November 12, 2018.
  12. Alabama - Hot 100. Billboard. November 12, 2018.
  13. Alabama - Adult Contemporary. Billboard. November 12, 2018.
  14. Web site: Alabama - Country Singles. RPM. November 12, 2018.
  15. Web site: Alabama - Adult Contemporary. RPM. November 12, 2018.
  16. Reviews & Previews - Singles (Spotlights). Billboard. January 26, 2002.
  17. Web site: Alabama Are Back! Check Out Their New Song 'Wasn't Through Lovin' You Yet'. People. July 30, 2015.
  18. News: Shelburne. Craig. Alabama Announces Tour Dates, New Single With Alison Krauss. April 14, 2016. MusicRow. April 13, 2016.
  19. Web site: Alabama & The Oak Ridge Boys Collaborate For First Time Ever On 'Jesus And John Wayne'. CCM News. July 31, 2023.
  20. Alabama - Country Airplay. Billboard. November 12, 2018.
  21. United States. single. Forever Country. Artists of Then, Now & Forever. November 12, 2018.