When It All Goes South

When It All Goes South is the nineteenth studio album of country music band Alabama, released in 2001. It produced the singles "When It All Goes South", "Will You Marry Me" and "The Woman He Loves".[2] This became Alabama's final studio album of original materials until 2015's Southern Drawl.

When It All Goes South
Studio album by Alabama
Released	January 16, 2001
Genre	Country
Length	59:35
Label	RCA Nashville
Producer	Alabama Don Cook Josh Leo Larry Michael Lee James Stroud Rick Hall Michael Omartian Teddy Gentry Randy Owen
Alabama chronology
Twentieth Century (1999) When It All Goes South (2001) In The Mood: The Love Songs (2003)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	48/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
CDNow	[1]
Launch.com	[1]
Sonicnet	[1]
Wall of Sound	[1]

Track listing

1. "When It All Goes South" (Rick Carnes, Janis Carnes, John Barlow Jarvis) - 6:57
2. "The Woman He Loves" (Troy Seals, Eddie Setser) - 3:55
3. "Clear Across America Tonight" (Randy Owen, Teddy Gentry, Ronnie Rogers, Greg Fowler) - 3:22
4. "Will You Marry Me" (Jeffrey Steele, Al Anderson) - 3:16

   feat. Jann Arden

5. "I Can't Hide My Heart" (Owen, Gentry, Rogers, Fowler) - 3:10
6. "I Can't Love You Any Less" (Owen, Gentry, Rogers, Fowler) - 3:38
7. "Reinvent the Wheel" (Walt Aldridge, Brad Crisler) - 3:29
8. "I Write a Little" (Jeff Cook, Owen, Rogers) - 4:16
9. "Down This Road" (Michael Dulaney, Michael Lunn) - 3:23
10. "Love Remains" (Randy Goodrum, Rob Mathes) - 4:34

    feat. Christopher Cross

11. "Start Living" (Steven Dale Jones) - 4:17
12. "Simple as That" (Chapin Hartford) - 3:45
13. "You Only Paint the Picture Once" (Owen, Gentry, Rogers, Fowler) - 3:33
14. "Wonderful Waste of Time" (J. Cook, Lisa Cook, Rocko Heermance) - 3:19
15. "Right Where I Am" (Owen, Gentry, Rogers, Fowler) - 4:34
16. "Second Chances" (Skip Ewing, Bob DiPiero) - 3:59
    • Kmart Exclusive Bonus Track

Personnel

Alabama

• Jeff Cook- background vocals, electric guitar; lead vocals on "Wonderful Waste of Time"
• Teddy Gentry- background vocals, bass guitar; lead vocals on "Love Remains"
• Randy Owen- lead vocals, background vocals

Alabama's drummer, Mark Herndon, does not play on the album.

Additional Musicians

• Tim Akers- keyboards
• Jann Arden- vocals on "Will You Marry Me"
• Eddie Bayers- drums
• Dennis Burnside- B-3 organ, keyboards, piano
• Trinecia Butler- background vocals
• Larry Byrom- acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Rick Carnes- keyboards
• Mark Casstevens- acoustic guitar
• Christopher Cross- vocals on "Love Remains"
• Dan Dugmore- steel guitar
• Shannon Forrest- drums, percussion
• Larry Franklin- fiddle, mandolin
• Paul Franklin- steel guitar
• Steve Gibson- electric guitar
• Rick Hall- electric mandolin, percussion
• Larry Hanson- electric guitar, trumpet
• John Hobbs- keyboards, piano
• Jim Horn- saxophone
• John Barlow Jarvis- keyboards
• Wayne Jackson - trumpet
• Jeff King- electric guitar
• Josh Leo- acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Andrew Love- tenor saxophone
• Brent Mason- electric guitar
• Mac McAnally- acoustic guitar
• Chris McHugh- drums
• Terry McMillan- harmonica, percussion
• Jerry McPherson- bouzouki, electric guitar, electric sitar
• Wendell Mobley- background vocals
• Greg Morrow- drums, percussion
• Steve Nathan- B-3 organ, keyboards, piano, synthesizer
• James Nelson- saxophone
• Floyd S. Newman- baritone saxophone
• Jimmy Nichols- piano, synthesizer
• Michael Omartian- piano, keyboards
• Dean "Dino" Pastin- harmonica, keyboards, saxophone
• Bob Patin- B-3 organ, keyboards, synthesizer, synth flute
• Michael Rhodes- bass guitar
• Tom Roady- percussion
• Brent Rowan- electric guitar, electric sitar
• John Wesley Ryles- background vocals
• Scotty Sanders- steel guitar
• Michael Severs- electric guitar
• Cindy Shelton- background vocals
• Brian D. Siewert- synth strings
• Lisa Silver- background vocals
• Jimmie Lee Sloas- bass guitar
• Michael Spriggs- acoustic guitar
• Don Srygley- electric guitar, percussion
• James Stroud- drums
• Harvey Thompson- tenor saxophone
• Cindy Walker- background vocals
• Christopher Walters- keyboards
• Biff Watson- bouzouki, acoustic guitar
• Glenn Worf- bass guitar
• Bob Wray - bass guitar

Voices on "I Write a Little" by Chris DeCarlo, Greg Fowler, Keith Gale, Sam Harrell, Adrian Michaels, Darcy Miller, Dan Nelson, Mike Siris, Suzette Tucker, and Mike Wilson; Military Advisor: LTC James (Jim) E. Pyle U.S. Army (Ret.)

Production

• Alabama (all tracks except "Love Remains" and "The Woman He Loves")
• Don Cook ("Wonderful Waste of Time", "I Write a Little", "Simple as That", "When It All Goes South")
• Josh Leo and Larry Michael Lee ("Right Where I Am", "I Can't Love You Any Less", "Clear Across America Tonight")
• James Stroud ("Will You Marry Me", "You Only Paint the Picture Once", "I Can't Hide My Heart")
• Rick Hall ("Reinvent the Wheel", "Start Living", "Down This Road")
• Michael Omartian and Teddy Gentry ("Love Remains")
• Teddy Gentry and Randy Owen ("The Woman He Loves")

Chart performance

Weekly charts Chart (2001) Peak position US Billboard 200[3] 37 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[4] 4

Year-end charts Chart (2001) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[5] 45

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
		US Country	US
2000	"When It All Goes South"	15	110
2001	"Will You Marry Me"	41	—
	"The Woman He Loves"	—	—

References

1. "Reviews and Tracks for When It All Goes South by Alabama". Metacritic. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
2. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 19–20. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
3. "Alabama Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
4. "Alabama Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
5. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2001". Billboard. Retrieved October 21, 2020.