Just Us (Alabama album)

Just Us is the eleventh studio album from country music band Alabama, released in 1987. As with most of their albums, the band co-produced with Harold Shedd. The album charted at number 1 on Billboard Top Country Albums, and accounted for three singles.

Just Us
Studio album by
Alabama
ReleasedSeptember 1987 (1987-09)
GenreCountry
Length41:47
LabelRCA Nashville
ProducerAlabama
Harold Shedd
Alabama chronology
The Touch
(1986)		 Just Us
(1987)		 Alabama Live
(1987)
Singles from Just Us
  1. "Tar Top"
    Released: August 3, 1987
  2. "Face to Face"
    Released: December 1987
  3. "Fallin' Again"
    Released: March 28, 1988

Content

The album's three singles all charted on Hot Country Songs: "Tar Top" made number 7, followed by the number 1 singles "Face to Face", which featured K. T. Oslin on guest vocals, and "Fallin' Again". Lead singer Randy Owen wrote or co-wrote all three songs.[1]

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Track listing
  1. "Tar Top" (Randy Owen) - 3:56 (4:55 on CD)
  2. "I Can't Stop" (Robert Byrne, Teddy Gentry) - 3:59
  3. "I Saw the Time" (Owen) - 3:56
  4. "You're My Explanation for Living" (Owen) - 4:19 (6:52 on CD)
  5. "Face to Face" (Owen) - 3:01
  6. "(I Wish It Could Always Be) '55" (Owen) - 4:43
  7. "Old Man" (Gentry, John Jarrard, Lisa Palas) - 3:26
  8. "If I Could Just See You Now" (Jeff Cook, Lynde Darrell-Boles) - 3:14
  9. "Fallin' Again" (Greg Fowler, Gentry, Owen) - 3:58 (7:41 on CD)

Personnel

From Just Us liner notes.[4]

Alabama
  • Jeff Cook - electric guitar, background vocals; lead vocals on "If I Could Just See You Now"
  • Teddy Gentry - bass guitar, background vocals; lead vocals on "Old Man"
  • Mark Herndon - drums
  • Randy Owen - lead vocals, electric guitar
Additional musicians
  • "A Strings" - strings
  • Eddie Bayers - drums
  • David Briggs - keyboards
  • Mark Casstevens - acoustic guitar
  • Costo Davis - synthesizer
  • Steve Gibson - electric guitar
  • Mike Haynes - piccolo trumpet
  • Jim Horn - saxophone
  • Josh Leo - electric guitar
  • Bobby Jones and New Life - background vocals on "I Saw the Time"
  • Charlie McCoy - harmonica
  • Farrell Morris - percussion
  • Mark O'Connor - mandolin
  • K.T. Oslin - background vocals on "Face to Face"
  • Larry Paxton - bass guitar
  • Brent Rowan - electric guitar
  • Blaine Sprouse - fiddle
  • James Stroud - drums
  • Bobby G. Taylor - English horn
  • John Willis - electric guitar
Technical
  • Alabama - producer
  • Milan Bogdan - digital editing
  • Jim Cotton - engineer
  • Butch Curry - string arrangements
  • Paul Goldberg - assistant engineer
  • Benny Quinn - mastering
  • Joe Scaife - engineer
  • Harold Shedd - producer

Chart performance

Album
Chart (1987) Peak
position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[5] 1
US Billboard 200[6] 55

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[7] Platinum 1,000,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

References
  1. Joel Whitburn (2017). Top Country Singles 1944-2017. Record Research, Inc. pp. 17–18. ISBN 978-0-89820-229-8.
  2. Just Us at AllMusic
  3. Thomas Goldsmith (October 4, 1987). "New Alabama 'Just Us' album takes a sentimental journey". The Tennessean. p. 10. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  4. Just Us (CD booklet). Alabama. RCA Records. 1987. 64592.CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. "Alabama Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
  6. "Alabama Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
  7. "American album certifications – Alabama – Just Us". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.