''Pictures'' is an album by American

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group

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.Pictures – Atlanta: Allmusic
/ref> It was released in March 1984. The album peaked at No. 8 on the

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charts and number 140 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200. The biggest hit on the album, and also one of Atlanta's biggest hits, was "

Sweet Country Music "Sweet Country Music" is a song recorded by American country music group Atlanta (band), Atlanta. It was released in February 1984 as the third single from the band's first album, ''Pictures (Atlanta album), Pictures''. It was their highest chartin ...

", which reached No. 5 on the

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charts. Also on the US Country charts, the first single, "

Atlanta Burned Again Last Night "Atlanta Burned Again Last Night" is a song recorded by American country music group Atlanta. It was released in May 1983 as their debut single and the first from their debut album ''Pictures''. The song reached No. 9 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot ...

", peaked at No. 9, the second single "

Dixie Dreaming "Dixie Dreaming" is a song written by John Gilbert and recorded by American country music group Atlanta. It was released in September 1983 through MDJ Records and later appeared on the band's MCA Records album ''Pictures''. The song reached number ...

" peaked at No. 11, the title track "Pictures" peaked at No. 35, and "Wishful Drinkin'" peaked at No. 22. Both "Atlanta Burned Again Last Night" and "Sweet Country Music" were co-written by Jeff Stevens and Terry Dotson, who recorded for

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as part of Jeff Stevens & the Bullets at the time.

Track listing

# "

" (John Gilbert) – 3:43 # "Wishful Drinkin'" (Blake Mevis, Bill Shore) – 2:44 # "Pictures" (Carol Halupke, Rex Gosdin) - 4:08 # "Sweet Was Our Rose" (Ken Leray, Roger Spooner) - 4:01 # "Blue Side of the Gray" (Lou T. Josie) - 5:16 # "

" ( Jeff Stevens, Terry Dotson, Dwaine Rowe) – 2:59 # "

" (Stevens, Dotson, Rowe, A.P. Carter) – 3:33 # "(Nothing Left Between Us) But Alabama" (Larry Latimer,

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) - 3:09 # "You Are the Wine" (Gilbert) - 3:21 # "

Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" (also titled "Long Cool Woman" or "Long Cool Woman (in a Black Dress)") is a song written by Allan Clarke, Roger Cook, and Roger Greenaway and performed by the British rock group The Hollies. Originally appe ...

" ( Allan Clarke, Roger Cook,

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) - 3:35

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pictures (Atlanta Album) 1984 debut albums MCA Records albums Atlanta (band) albums