The Essential Alabama

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The Essential Alabama is a compilation album that chronicled the music of the

As with other albums issued in "The Essential" series, the Alabama volume chronicled the music offered from the peak of the band's phenomenal 1980s success. The liner notes include a biography and detailed information about each of the 16 songs featured on the album.

Unlike their previous "

"The Essential" title for this Alabama album should not be confused with the band's retitled two-disc, 44-song package originally issued as For the Record. The latter The Essential was from 2005 and is the reissued 1998 album For the Record.

Ironically, For the Record was released just two months after the original "The Essential Alabama" album was issued.

Track listing

1. "Old Flame" (Donna Lowery, Mac McAnally) – 3:10
2. "My Home's in Alabama" (Teddy Gentry, Randy Owen) – 4:02
3. "Close Enough to Perfect" (Chambers) – 3:33
4. "Mountain Music" (Randy Owen) – 4:08
5. "Lady Down on Love" (Randy Owen) – 3:57
6. "(There's A) Fire in the Night" (Corbin) – 4:14
7. "Very Special Love – (Gentry, Owen) – 4:40
8. "Can't Keep a Good Man Down" (Corbin) – 3:39
9. "She and I" (Dave Loggins) – 3:34
10. "As Right Now" (Fowler, Gentry) – 3:02
11. "'You've Got' the Touch" (Jarrard, Palas, Robinson) – 4:15
12. "The Fans" (Fowler, Gentry, Owen) – 4:52
13. "Tar Top" (Randy Owen) – 3:56
14. "I Showed Her" (Aldridge, Fowler, Gentry) – 4:25
15. "High Cotton" (Anders, Murrah) – 3:00
16. "If I Had You" (Chater, Mayo) – 3:33

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