''Mountain Music'' is the sixth studio album by American

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group

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, released in 1982. A

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success, it ranked well as an album on both country and pop charts and launched singles that were successful in several markets. This is Alabama's most successful studio album. In 1998, the album was certified 5× Platinum by the

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. It peaked at No. 1 on the

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chart and No.14 on the

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Track listing

Note: The BMGSP reissue of this album replaces the full versions of "Mountain Music" and "Take Me Down" with their single edits.

Personnel

Alabama

* Jeff Cook - vocals,

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, and fiddle, lead vocals on "Green River" and "Lovin' You Is Killin' Me" * Teddy Gentry - vocals and

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, lead vocals on "Never Be One" * Mark Herndon -

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and

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- lead vocals and

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Owen, Cook and Gentry share lead vocals on "Gonna Have a Party" and one verse of "Mountain Music"

Additional musicians

* Hayward Bishop - drums * Mark Casstevens - background vocals, guitar * Michael Douchette -

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* Jack Eubanks - guitar * David Hanner - guitar * David Humphreys - drums * George Leo Jackson - guitar * Jerry Kroon - drums * Rodger Morris -

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, Synclavier II, Emulator, Prophet 5 * Fred Newell - guitar * Larry Paxton - bass guitar * William Rainsford - keyboards * Dale Sellers - guitar * W. David Smith - bass guitar * Bruce Watkins - banjo String arrangements by Kristin Wilkinson

Production

* Paul Goldberg - engineer * Randy Kling - mastering * David Lebon -

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* Gene Rice - engineer * Norman Seeff - photography *

Harold Shedd James Harold Shedd (born November 8, 1931) is a music industry executive and producer, best known for his role as producer of the country group Alabama as well as Reba McEntire, Shania Twain and Toby Keith. During his career he has headed Mercury ...

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, engineer

Chart performance

Album

''Mountain Music'' charted No. 1 on

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Country Albums chart in 1982 and reached No. 14 on the all-genre ''Billboard'' 200 chart the same year. It won 1982's

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for "Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals".

Singles

The album produced three hit singles, with the title song " Mountain Music" reaching No. 1 on the ''Billboard

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'' chart. The other two singles were successful in several markets: " Take Me Down", a No. 1 country hit, reached No. 18 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and No. 5 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Singles chart. " Close Enough to Perfect" charted No. 1 on the Hot Country Singles and No. 65 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Certifications

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mountain Music (Album) Alabama (American band) albums 1982 albums RCA Records albums Albums produced by Harold Shedd