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CD - Remastered

  • Release Date: 05/17/2005
  • 2 Disc Set
  • Sales Rank: 23,079
  • Label: RCA
  • UPC: 828766863529

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The Essential Alabama [2005]

Disc 1
1LISTENFive O'Clock 500 previously unreleased 3:38
2LISTENKeepin' Up previously unreleased 3:06
3LISTENHow Do You Fall in Love previously unreleased 3:02
4LISTENTennessee River 3:02
5LISTENWhy Lady Why 3:09
6LISTENOld Flame 3:12
7LISTENFeels So Right 3:36
8LISTENLove in the First Degree 3:19
9LISTENMountain Music 3:38
10LISTENTake Me Down 3:43
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Disc 2
1LISTENTouch Me When We're Dancing 3:43
2LISTENYou've Got the Touch 4:15
3LISTENFace to Face 3:01
4LISTENFallin' Again 3:59
5LISTENSong of the South 3:11
6LISTENIf I Had You 3:34
7LISTENHigh Cotton 3:00
8LISTENSouthern Star 3:08
9LISTENJukebox in My Mind 3:37
10LISTENForever's as Far as I'll Go 3:34
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RCA/Legacy's 2005 double-disc release Essential Alabama should not be confused with RCA's 1998 single-disc release The Essential Alabama, which may have had the same title but boasted a different track listing. However, the 2005 Essential Alabama should be confused with the 1998 double-disc set For the Record: 41 Number One Hits, since it has the same track listing as that album. At least the back cover of Essential acknowledges that it was "formerly available" as For the Record, so most fans will likely not be duped into buying the same album a second time. For the rest of us, Essential Alabama keeps everything good about For the Record: 41 Number One Hits and eliminates its one flaw: the misleading subtitle that claimed all of the songs on the album hit number one, which was not true (it also implied that the album had 41 songs when it really had 44). Which means that Essential Alabama is now the definitive Alabama collection, containing every one of their big hits -- including such contemporary classics as "Tennessee River," "Mountain Music," "The Closer You Get," "Forty Hour Week (For a Livin')," "Jukebox on My Mind," and "Down Home" -- in one concise, entertaining package. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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Essential Alabama [2005]by Anonymous

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May 19, 2005: THIS IS A GREAT CD from the best country band of all time. However, I would like to share some facts about the CD that Mr. Stephen Thomas Erlewine from All Music Guide did not. Yes, there are 44 songs instead of 41 because they released 3 new songs with the 41 #1's. And the song "How Do You Fall In Love" reached #1 shortly after, which would make 42 number 1's. If some of these "reviewers" did some research they would find out they in fact had 41....ooops now 42 number 1 songs. The number one's come from 2 different charts; Billboard and R&R (that stands for Radio and Records - in case Stephen Thomas Erlewine did not know). For the songs that were not number 1 on one chart, they were on the other. I have checked this and seen it on the RCA website in the past; maybe it is still there. And one final note, if you have not bought either of these yet, buy the "41 For The Record", so the group ALABAMA can claim their share of the revenues, which they probably won't off this so called "new release". Remember, when something is remastered from an original digital recording the quality is not better. Only the bass is emphasized and the volume is recorded at a higher level.