Alabama Live is the first live album by the American band Alabama. Released in 1988, it became a Number One album on Top Country Albums chart, marking their inaugural live compilation. The album features live renditions of various singles from the band's career, along with album tracks "Red River", "Fireworks" and "Gonna Have a Party". Additionally, the album includes is a cover of the Marshall Tucker Band's "Can't You See", track never before featured on any of Alabama's studio albums.
Track listing
Side One "Can't Keep a Good Man Down" (Bob Corbin) – 3:44 "Tennessee River" (Randy Owen) – 7:48 "Take Me Down" (J.P. Pennington, Mark Gray) – 4:50 "Love in the First Degree" (Jim Hurt, Tim DuBois) – 2:56 "Red River" (Bud McGuire, George Pearce) – 4:04 "Dixieland Delight" (Ronnie Rogers) – 5:10 "Lady Down on Love" (Owen) – 3:51
Side Two "If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)" (Dan Mitchell, Murry Kellum) – 3:32 "Fireworks" (Ronnie Scaife, Phil Thomas, Kenny Durham) – 3:58 "When We Make Love/There's No Way" ("When We Make Love" by Lisa Palas, Will Robinson, John Jarrard; "There's No Way" by Troy Seals, Mentor Williams) – 3:31 "Gonna Have a Party" (Bruce Channel, Kieran Kane, Cliff Cochran) – 5:32 "Can't You See" (Toy Caldwell) – 7:41 "My Home's in Alabama" (Owen, Teddy Gentry) – 8:16
Personnel
Alabama Jeff Cook – keyboards, electric guitar, fiddle, vocals Randy Owen – electric guitar, vocals Teddy Gentry – bass guitar, vocals Mark Herndon – drums
Guest musicians Costo Davis – keyboards Joe "Dixie" Fuller – percussion
Production Alabama – producers Harold Shedd – producer Dave Hewitt – recording engineer Kooster McAllister – recording engineer Jim Cotton – mix engineer Paul Goldberg – mix engineer Joe Scaife – mix engineer David Zammit – additional live and mix engineer Ed "K-9" Celletti – assistant engineer Phil Gitomer – assistant engineer Peter Hefter – assistant engineer Robert Kinkle – assistant engineer Fritz Lang – assistant engineer J.B. Matteotti – assistant engineer Milan Bogdan – digital editing Benny Quinn – digital editing, mastering Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee) – mastering location Kym Juister – art production Mary Hamilton – art direction, design Jim "Señor" McGuire – photography Charlie McGallen – hand tinting Cheryle Riddle – hair stylist Ann Payne Rice – make-up
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1988) Peakposition
Year-end charts Chart (1988) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 29 Chart (1989) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 46
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