In Pictures is the sixteenth studio album by American country music band Alabama, released in 1995. It included the singles "She Ain't Your Ordinary Girl", "In Pictures", "It Works", "Say I" and "The Maker Said Take Her", which respectively reached 2, 4, 19, 38 and 4 on the Hot Country Songs charts. Making it the first album of their career not to produce a number one hit. The title track was originally recorded by Linda Davis on her 1994 album Shoot for the Moon. The album peaked at No. 100 on the Billboard 200 album charts and No. 12 on the Billboard Country Albums chart.
The album was recorded at Emerald studios in Nashville, Tennessee.
Track listing
Personnel
Alabama Jeff Cook – guitars, fiddle, backing vocals, lead vocals (11) Randy Owen – guitars, lead vocals (1–10), backing vocals (11) Teddy Gentry – bass guitar, backing vocals Mark Herndon – drums, percussion
Additional Musicians
John Barlow Jarvis – keyboards Mike Lawler– keyboards Steve Nathan – keyboards Richard Bennett – acoustic guitar, electric guitar Biff Watson – acoustic guitar, mandolin Steve Gibson – electric guitar Larry Hanson – electric guitar Dann Huff – electric guitar Chris Leuzinger – electric guitar Brent Mason – electric guitar Craig Krampf – drums Lonnie Wilson – drums Emory Gordy Jr. – string arrangements (8, 10) John Catchings – cello Jim Grosjean – viola Kathryn Plummer – viola Kristin Wilkinson – viola David Davidson – violin Connie Ellisor – violin Connie Heard – violin Christian Teal – violin
Production
Alabama – producers Emory Gordy Jr. – producer Russ Martin – recording (1, 7, 8) Alan Schulman – recording (2–6, 9, 10, 11) Tim Waters – assistant engineer John Guess – mixing Derek Bason – mix assistant Glenn Meadows – mastering Lauren Koch – production coordinator Susan Eaddy – art direction Mary Hamilton – art direction Kym Juister – design Scott Bonner – photo illustration Ron Keith – photography
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1995) Peak position Canadian Country Albums (RPM) 10
Year-end charts Chart (1996) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 50
Certifications
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