Mountain Music (album)
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| Studio album by Alabama | ||||
| Released | February 25, 1982 October 25, 1990 (re-release) |
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| Recorded | 1981 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 39:21 | |||
| Label | RCA Records | |||
| Producer | Alabama Harold Shedd |
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Mountain Music is the sixth studio album by country music group Alabama, released in 1982. A crossover 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 non-compilation album. In 1998, the album was certified 5× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.
Note: The BMGSP reissue of this album replaces the full versions of "Mountain Music" and "Take Me Down" with their single edits.
Owen, Cook and Gentry share lead vocals on "Gonna Have a Party" and one verse of "Mountain Music"
String arrangements by Kristin Wilkinson
Mountain Music charted No. 1 on Billboard's Country Albums chart in 1982 and reached No. 14 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart the same year. It won 1982's Grammy Award for "Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals".
The album produced three hit singles, with the title song "Mountain Music" reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles 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.
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
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