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1981 album by the American band, Alabama
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Feels So Right is the fifth studio album by American
country music band
Alabama , released in February 1981 by
RCA Nashville . It was their first #1 on the
Billboard
Top Country Albums chart. On the all-genre
Billboard 200 the album peaked at #16 and stayed for more than three years, longer than any other Alabama album.
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Feels So Right produced three Number One hits on the Billboard
Hot Country Singles chart: "
Old Flame ", the
title track and "
Love in the First Degree ". The latter two also reached the Top 20 of the
Billboard Hot 100 . The album was certified quadruple platinum by the
Recording Industry Association of America .
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Track listing
Title Writer(s) Lead singer 1. "
Feels So Right " Randy Owen Randy Owen 3:37 2. "
Love in the First Degree "
Tim DuBois , Jim Hurt Randy Owen 3:19 3. "Burn Georgia Burn" Tim Lewis,
Roger Murrah Teddy Gentry 3:31 4. "Ride the Train" Teddy Gentry Randy Owen 3:46 5. "Fantasy" Jeff Cook, Teddy Gentry, Randy Owen, Rick Scott Randy Owen 4:03 6. "Hollywood"
Gary Stewart ,
Wayne Carson Randy Owen 3:52 7. "
Old Flame " Donny Lowery,
Mac McAnally Randy Owen 3:13 8. "Woman Back Home" Donny Lowery Randy Owen 2:21 9. "See the Embers, Feel the Flame"
Jeff Cook Jeff Cook 2:43 10. "I'm Stoned" Randy Owen, Teddy Gentry Randy Owen 4:53
Notes
"Burn Georgia Burn" is listed as "Burn Georgia Down" on the CD release.
Personnel
Alabama
Randy Owen - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Teddy Gentry - vocals, bass guitar, lead vocals on "Burn Georgia Burn"
Jeff Cook - vocals, lead guitar, lead vocals on "See the Embers, Feel the Flame"
Mark Herndon - drums
Other musicians
Rick Scott - drums
Arliss Scott - guitars
Jack Eubanks - guitars
David Humphreys - drums
Leo Jackson - guitar
Fred Newell - guitar
Willie Rainsford -
keyboards
Billy Reynolds - guitar
David Smith - bass guitar
Strings arranged by Kristin Wilkinson
Production
Produced by Alabama, Harold Shedd and Larry McBride
Engineers: Jim Cotton, Gene Rice, Harold Shedd
Assistant engineers: Paul Goldberg, Ben Hall, Joe Mills
Mastering: Randy Kling
Chart performance
Album
Chart (1981)
Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums
1
U.S. Billboard 200
16
Year End Chart (1981)
Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums
3
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U.S. Billboard 200
25
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Year End Chart (1982)
Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums
2
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U.S. Billboard 200
18
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Singles
Certifications
References
^ Whitburn, Joel. The Billboard Book of Top Pop Albums 1955-1985 , Record Research Inc., 1985, p. 11, 493.
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"Alabama – Gold & Platinum Certifications" .
Recording Industry Association of America . If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. Retrieved July 6, 2014 .
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"Top Country Albums of 1981" . www.billboard.com . Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 4 April 2020 .
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"Top BIllboard 200 Albums of 1981" . www.billboard.com . Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 4 April 2020 .
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"Top Country Albums of 1982" . www.billboard.com . Billboard Magazine.
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"Top Billboard 200 Albums of 1981" . www.Billboard.com . Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 4 April 2020 .
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"American album certifications – Alabama – Feels So Right" .
Recording Industry Association of America .
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