Pass It On Down (Alabama album) explained

Pass It on Down
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Alabama
Cover:	Alabama - Pass it on Down.jpg
Released:	May 21, 1990 January 16, 1998 (re-release)
Recorded:	1989–1990
Studio:	Emerald Sound Studio, Masterfonics Studio 6 and Recording Arts (Nashville, Tennessee); Cook Sound Studio (Fort Payne, Alabama).
Genre:	Country
Length:	45:01
Label:	RCA Nashville
Producer:	Alabama Larry Michael Lee Josh Leo
Prev Title:	Southern Star
Prev Year:	1989
Next Title:	Greatest Hits Vol. II
Next Year:	1991

Pass It on Down is the thirteenth studio album from American country music band Alabama, released in 1990. Singles released from the album were the title track, "Here We Are", "Down Home", "Forever's as Far as I'll Go" and "Jukebox in My Mind". "I Ain't Got No Business Doing Business Today" is a cover of Razzy Bailey.

It peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Country Albums charts and No. 57 on the Billboard 200.

Track listing

Note: The last three tracks were not added to the cassette version.

Production

• Joe Galante – A&R direction
• Alabama – producers
• Larry Michael Lee – producer
• Josh Leo – producer
• Steve Marcantonio – engineer (1-8, 10, 11)
• Jim Cotton – engineer (9), mixing (9)
• John Estes – engineer (12), mixing (12)
• Jeff Giedt – second engineer (1-8, 10, 11), mix assistant (1-8, 10, 11)
• George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York)
• Lauren Koch – production coordinator
• Mary Hamilton – art direction
• Thomas Ryan Design – design
• Jim "Señor" McGuire – photography

Personnel

Alabama

• Jeff Cook – electric guitar, fiddle, backing vocals, lead vocals (9, 12)
• Randy Owen – acoustic guitar, lead vocals (1-7, 10)
• Teddy Gentry – bass guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals (8, 11)

Mark Herndon, Alabama's drummer, does not play on the album.

Additional Musicians

• Bill Cuomo – keyboards
• Biff Watson – keyboards, acoustic guitar
• Bernie Leadon – acoustic guitar, banjo
• Josh Leo – electric guitar
• John Willis – electric guitar
• Kenny Bell – high-string guitar
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar
• Craig Krampf – drums, percussion
• Sam Bush – fiddle, mandolin
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle
• Mike Haynes – trumpet
• Bobby G. Taylor – oboe
• John Catchings – cello

Kids Choir

• Kristin DeLauer – choir conductor
• Benji Cowart
• Jeremy Cowart
• Lara Gardner
• Tommy Gardner
• Heather Holland
• Shannon Love
• Susannah Smith
• Ben Voltz
• Heather Voltz
• Heidi Voltz

Chart performance

Year-end charts

Chart (1990)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[1]	29
Chart (1991)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[2]	14

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US Country	US AC	CAN Country
1990	"Pass It On Down"	3	—	2
	"Jukebox in My Mind"	1	—	1
	"Forever's as Far as I'll Go"	1	14	3
1991	"Down Home"	1	—	1
	"Here We Are"	2	—	3

Notes and References

1. Web site: Top Country Albums – Year-End 1990. Billboard. January 1, 2021.
2. Web site: Top Country Albums – Year-End 1991. Billboard. January 1, 2021.