Just Us (Alabama album)
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Released | September 1987 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 41:47 | |||
Label | RCA Nashville | |||
Producer | Alabama Harold Shedd | |||
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Singles from Just Us | ||||
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Just Us is the eleventh studio album from country music band Alabama, released in 1987. As with most of their albums, the band co-produced with Harold Shedd. The album charted at number 1 on Billboard Top Country Albums, and accounted for three singles. It also charted at number 55 on the Billboard 200.
Content[]
The album's three singles all charted on Hot Country Songs: "Tar Top" made number 7, followed by the number 1 singles "Face to Face", which featured K. T. Oslin on guest vocals, and "Fallin' Again". Lead singer Randy Owen wrote or co-wrote all three songs.[1]
Critical reception[]
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Allmusic | [2] |
Track listing[]
- "Tar Top" (Randy Owen) - 3:56 (4:55 on CD)
- "I Can't Stop" (Robert Byrne, Teddy Gentry) - 3:59
- "I Saw the Time" (Owen) - 3:56
- "You're My Explanation for Living" (Owen) - 4:19 (6:52 on CD)
- "Face to Face" (Owen) - 3:01
- featuring K. T. Oslin[3]
- "(I Wish It Could Always Be) '55" (Owen) - 4:43
- "Old Man" (Gentry, John Jarrard, Lisa Palas) - 3:26
- "If I Could Just See You Now" (Jeff Cook, Lynde Darrell-Boles) - 3:14
- "Fallin' Again" (Greg Fowler, Gentry, Owen) - 3:58 (7:41 on CD)
Personnel[]
From Just Us liner notes.[4]
- Alabama
- Jeff Cook - electric guitar, background vocals; lead vocals on "If I Could Just See You Now"
- Teddy Gentry - bass guitar, background vocals; lead vocals on "Old Man"
- Mark Herndon - drums
- Randy Owen - lead vocals, electric guitar
- Additional musicians
- "A Strings" - strings
- Eddie Bayers - drums
- David Briggs - keyboards
- Mark Casstevens - acoustic guitar
- Costo Davis - synthesizer
- Steve Gibson - electric guitar
- Mike Haynes - piccolo trumpet
- Jim Horn - saxophone
- Josh Leo - electric guitar
- Bobby Jones and New Life - background vocals on "I Saw the Time"
- Charlie McCoy - harmonica
- Farrell Morris - percussion
- Mark O'Connor - mandolin
- K.T. Oslin - background vocals on "Face to Face"
- Larry Paxton - bass guitar
- Brent Rowan - electric guitar
- Blaine Sprouse - fiddle
- James Stroud - drums
- Bobby G. Taylor - English horn
- John Willis - electric guitar
- Technical
- Alabama - producer
- Milan Bogdan - digital editing
- Jim Cotton - engineer
- Butch Curry - string arrangements
- Paul Goldberg - assistant engineer
- Benny Quinn - mastering
- Joe Scaife - engineer
- Harold Shedd - producer
Chart performance[]
Weekly charts[]
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Year-end charts[]
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Certifications[]
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA)[8] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References[]
- ^ Joel Whitburn (2017). Top Country Singles 1944-2017. Record Research, Inc. pp. 17–18. ISBN 978-0-89820-229-8.
- ^ Just Us at AllMusic
- ^ Thomas Goldsmith (October 4, 1987). "New Alabama 'Just Us' album takes a sentimental journey". The Tennessean. p. 10. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ Just Us (CD booklet). Alabama. RCA Records. 1987. 64592.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
- ^ "Alabama Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
- ^ "Alabama Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
- ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1988". Billboard. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
- ^ "American album certifications – Alabama – Just Us". Recording Industry Association of America.
Categories:
- 1987 albums
- RCA Records albums
- Alabama (American band) albums
- Albums produced by Harold Shedd