Roll On (Alabama album) explained

Roll On
Type:Studio
Artist:Alabama
Cover:Alabama - Roll on.jpg
Released:January 1984
October 25, 1990 (re-release)
Recorded:1983
Studio:Cook Sound Studio, Fort Payne, ALMusic Mill, Nashville, TN[1]
Genre:Country
Length:40:08
Label:RCA Nashville
Producer:Alabama
Harold Shedd
Prev Title:The Closer You Get...
Prev Year:1983
Next Title:40-Hour Week
Next Year:1985

Roll On is the eighth studio album by American country music band Alabama, released in 1984.

All four singles released from this album reached Number One on the Hot Country Singles chart: "Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)", "When We Make Love", "If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)" and "(There's A) Fire in the Night". Music videos were made for "I'm Not That Way Anymore" and "(There's A) Fire in the Night".

The album was certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.[2] The album reached No. 1 on the Billboard Country Albums chart and No. 21 on the Billboard 200.

Personnel

Alabama
Additional musicians

Strings by the "A" Strings, arranged by Kristin Wilkinson

Charts and certifications

Year-end charts

Chart (1984)Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[3] 4
Chart (1985)Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[4] 16
Chart (1986)Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[5] 46

Certifications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Roll On. .
  2. Web site: Alabama – Gold & Platinum Certifications. Recording Industry Association of America. July 6, 2014. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.
  3. Top Country Albums – Year-End 1984. Billboard. May 31, 2021.
  4. Top Country Albums – Year-End 1985. Billboard. May 31, 2021.
  5. Top Country Albums – Year-End 1986. Billboard. May 31, 2021.