Twentieth Century (Alabama album) explained

Twentieth Century
Type:Studio
Artist:Alabama
Cover:Alabama - Twentieth.jpg
Released:June 15, 1999
Studio:Soundshop Recording Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre:Country
Length:45:36
Label:RCA Nashville
Producer:Alabama
Don Cook
Prev Title:For the Record
Prev Year:1998
Next Title:When It All Goes South
Next Year:2001

Twentieth Century is the eighteenth studio album by American country music band Alabama, released in 1999 by RCA Records. It produced the singles "(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You", a collaboration with 'N Sync, "Small Stuff", "We Made Love" and "Twentieth Century", which respectively reached No. 3, No. 24, No. 63, and No. 51 on the Hot Country Songs charts. In addition, "(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You" was the band's last Top 10 hit on the country charts.[1]

"(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time On You" was originally recorded by 'N Sync in 1998 on their first album

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The album peaked at No. 5 on Billboard Country Albums chart and No. 51 on the Billboard 200.

Critical reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic rated the album 2 out of 5 stars, saying that "There's not a note out of place or a missed harmony. It's easy to marvel at the sheer technical achievement of the record, since not only is it so well made, but the songs rarely make an impression…That's the problem with Twentieth Century: although it's pleasant, it never creates its own identity, even compared to latter-day Alabama records." He praised "Twentieth Century", "Mist of Desire", "Life's Too Short to Love This Fast", and "God Must Have Spent a Little More Time on You" as the best tracks, but said that "taken in the context of the record, they're nearly indistinguishable from the rest".

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.[2] Alabama

Mark Herndon is not credited on the album.

Additional musicians

Production

Chart performance

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. 2008. 19–20. 978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. Twentieth Century . Alabama . 1999 . CD booklet . RCA Records . 67793.
  3. Top Country Albums – Year-End 1999. Billboard. November 18, 2020.