Underdog (Atlanta Rhythm Section album)

Underdog is an album by the Atlanta Rhythm Section, released in 1979 by Polydor Records. It is their first album with the drummer Roy Yeager since the former drummer Robert Nix left the band near the end of 1978. The album reached number 26 on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart,[1] and was certified gold by the RIAA in June 1979.[2] The album contained two songs which reached the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, "Do It or Die" and "Spooky".[3] The latter was a re-recording of the 1968 number three hit for Classics IV, a pop rock group whose line up included members who later joined Atlanta Rhythm Section.[4]

Underdog
Studio album by Atlanta Rhythm Section
Released	June 1979
Genre	Soft rock
Length	41:14
Label	Polydor Records
Producer	Buddy Buie
Atlanta Rhythm Section chronology
Champagne Jam (1978) Underdog (1979) Are You Ready! (1979)
Singles from Underdog
"Do It or Die" Released: August 1979 "Spooky" Released: August 1979

Track listing

Side A

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Do It or Die"	Buie, Cobb, Hammond	3:28
2.	"Born Ready"	Buie, Daughtry, Nix	3:53
3.	"I Hate the Blues" "Let's Go Get Stoned"	Buie, Daughtry, Nix Ashford, Simpson	7:10
4.	"Indigo Passion"	Buie, Cobb	3:55

Side B

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"While Time is Left"	Bailey, Buie, Daughtry, Nix	5:20
6.	"It's Only Music"	Buie, Cobb	5:32
7.	"Spooky"	Buie, Cobb, Middlebrooks, Shapiro	4:58
8.	"My Song"	Buie, Hammond	3:15

Personnel

• Buddy Buie - vocals (background), vocals
• Ronnie Hammond - vocals
• Barry Bailey - acoustic and electric guitar
• James B. Cobb, Jr. - guitar, percussion, vocals (background)
• Paul Goddard - bass guitar, double bass
• Roy Yeager - drums, percussion
• Robert Nix - background vocals, drums
• Dean Daughtry - keyboards
• Original LP mastering - Bob Ludwig and Rodney Mills at Masterdisk NYC

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1979)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	26[1]

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1979	"Do It or Die"	Billboard Hot 100[5]	19
		Billboard Adult Contemporary[6]	11
		Billboard Country	92
		RPM Top Singles[7]	43
		Kent Music Report	75
	"Spooky"	Billboard Hot 100[8]	17
		Billboard Adult Contemporary[9]	23
		RPM Top Singles	37
		Kent Music Report	96

Certifications

Organization	Level	Date
RIAA – USA	Gold[10]	June 12, 1979

References

1. "Atlanta Rhythm Section - Charts & Awards - Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
2. "Gold & Platinum Search Results - Atlanta Rhythm Section". RIAA. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
3. "Atlanta Rhythm Section - Charts & Awards - Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
4. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (8th ed.). New York: Billboard Books. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-8230-7499-0.
5. "Do It or Die (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
6. "Do It or Die (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
7. "Do It or Die (Canada)". RPM. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
8. "Spooky (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
9. "Spooky (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
10. "RIAA searchable certification database: Atlanta Rhythm Section". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 5, 2020.