Don't Rock the Jukebox
Don't Rock The Jukebox | ||||
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Released | May 14, 1991 | |||
Recorded | August 21, 1990-January 4, 1991 | |||
Studio | Recording Arts, 16th Avenue Sound, Sound Emporium, The Castle and Digital Recorders, Nashville, TN | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 31:21 | |||
Label | Arista | |||
Producer | Scott Hendricks Keith Stegall | |||
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Don't Rock the Jukebox is the second studio album by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released on May 14, 1991, and produced five singles on the Hot Country Songs charts; the title track, "Someday", "Dallas", and "Love's Got a Hold on You", which all reached number 1, and "Midnight in Montgomery" (a tribute song to Hank Williams) which peaked at number 3. Fellow country music artist George Jones makes a cameo on the album, singing the last line on "Just Playin' Possum". ("The Possum" was one of Jones' nicknames.)
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Chicago Tribune | [2] |
Entertainment Weekly | A [3] |
Robert Christgau | [4] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [5] |
Commercial performance[]
Don't Rock the Jukebox peaked at #17 on the U.S. Billboard 200, and #2 on the Top Country Albums. In April 1995, Don't Rock the Jukebox was certified 4 x Platinum by the RIAA.
Track listing[]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Don't Rock the Jukebox" | Alan Jackson, Roger Murrah, Keith Stegall | 2:52 |
2. | "That's All I Need to Know" | Jackson, Jim McBride | 3:47 |
3. | "Dallas" | Jackson, Stegall | 2:43 |
4. | "Midnight in Montgomery" | Jackson, Don Sampson | 3:46 |
5. | "Love's Got a Hold on You" | Carson Chamberlain, Stegall | 2:54 |
6. | "Someday" | Jackson, McBride | 3:18 |
7. | "Just Playin' Possum" | Jackson, McBride, Gary Overton | 2:54 |
8. | "From a Distance" | Jackson, Randy Travis | 3:38 |
9. | "Walkin' the Floor Over Me" | Jackson, Sampson | 2:26 |
10. | "Working Class Hero" | Jackson, Sampson | 3:14 |
Note
- On the vinyl and cassette versions of the album, "Walkin' the Floor Over Me" is placed as track #5, following "Midnight in Montgomery" as the end of Side A.
Personnel[]
- Eddie Bayers - drums
- Bruce Rutherford - drums, background vocals
- Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
- Roger Wills - bass guitar
- Roy Huskey Jr. - upright bass
- Dirk Johnson - piano
- Hargus "Pig" Robbins - piano
- Brent Mason - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Bruce Watkins - acoustic guitar
- Danny Groah - electric guitar
- Robbie Flint - steel guitar
- Paul Franklin - steel guitar
- Rob Hajacos - fiddle
- Mark McClurg - fiddle
- Alan Jackson - lead vocals, background vocals
- George Jones - guest vocals on "Just Playin' Possom"
Production
- Scott Hendricks - producer
- Keith Stegall - producer
- Hans Akelsen - engineer
- Paul Cochrane - engineer
- Jeff Coppage - engineer
- Bill Heath - engineer
- Scott Hendricks - engineer
- Clark Hook - engineer
- Gary Laney - engineer
- Mark Nevers - engineer
- John David Parker - engineer
- Dave Sinko - engineer
- Scott Hendricks - mixing
- Hank Williams - mastering
Charts[]
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Certifications[]
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Singles[]
Year | Single | Peak positions | |
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US Country | CAN Country | ||
1991 | "Don't Rock the Jukebox" | 1 | 1 |
"Someday" | 1 | 2 | |
"Dallas" | 1 | 1 | |
1992 | "Midnight in Montgomery" | 3 | 3 |
"Love's Got a Hold on You" | 1 | 1 |
References[]
- ^ Don't Rock the Jukebox at AllMusic
- ^ Hurst, Jack (1991-06-20). "Alan Jackson Don't Rock the Jukebox (Artista)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2013-04-25.
- ^ Nash, Alanna (1991-07-19). "Don't Rock the Jukebox Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2013-04-25.
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "CG: Alan Jackson". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 2013-04-25.
- ^ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 409. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
rolling stone alan jackson album guide.
- ^ Jump up to: a b https://www.billboard.com/music/alan-jackson/chart-history/
- ^ "Gold & Platinum - February 16, 2010". RIAA. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
Categories:
- 1991 albums
- Alan Jackson albums
- Arista Records albums
- Albums produced by Keith Stegall
- Albums produced by Scott Hendricks