| Mountain Music | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Alabama |
| Cover: | Mountainmusic.jpg |
| Released: | February 25, 1982 October 25, 1990 (re-release) |
| Recorded: | 1981 |
| Studio: | The Music Mill, Nashville, TN |
| Genre: | Country rock |
| Length: | 39:21 |
| Label: | RCA Nashville |
| Producer: | Alabama Harold Shedd |
| Prev Title: | Feels So Right |
| Prev Year: | 1981 |
| Next Title: | The Closer You Get... |
| Next Year: | 1983 |
Mountain Music is the sixth studio album by American country music group Alabama, released in 1982. A crossover success, it ranked well as an album on both country and pop charts and launched singles that were successful in several markets. This is Alabama's most successful studio album. In 1998, the album was certified 5× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.[1] It peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Country Albums chart and No.14 on the Billboard 200.
Note: The BMGSP reissue of this album replaces the full versions of "Mountain Music" and "Take Me Down" with their single edits.
Owen, Cook and Gentry share lead vocals on "Gonna Have a Party" and one verse of "Mountain Music"
String arrangements by Kristin Wilkinson
Mountain Music charted No. 1 on Billboard's Country Albums chart in 1982 and reached No. 14 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart the same year. It won 1982's Grammy Award for "Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals".
| Chart (1982) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 1 | |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 14 | |
| Canadian RPM Top Albums | 38 |
| Year End Chart (1982) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 3 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 30 |
| Year End Chart (1983) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 19 |
The album produced three hit singles, with the title song "Mountain Music" reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. The other two singles were successful in several markets: "Take Me Down", a No. 1 country hit, reached No. 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 5 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Singles chart. "Close Enough to Perfect" charted No. 1 on the Hot Country Singles and No. 65 on the Billboard Hot 100.
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | US AC | CAN Country | CAN AC | ||
| 1982 | "Mountain Music" | 1 | 101 | — | 1 | 1 |
| "Take Me Down" | 1 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
| "Close Enough to Perfect" | 1 | 65 | — | 1 | — | |