My Home's in Alabama

For the song, see My Home's in Alabama (song).

My Home's in Alabama
Studio album by Alabama
Released	May, 1980 September 15, 1998 (re-released)
Recorded	1979, 1980 at Music Mill Studios-Nashville, TN
Genre	Country
Length	39:09
Label	RCA Records
Producer	Alabama Larry McBride Harold Shedd
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Alabama chronology
Alabama Band No. 3 (1979) My Home's In Alabama (1980) Feels So Right (1981)

My Home's in Alabama is an album by American country music band Alabama, released on RCA Records in 1980. For a majority of fans, this represents the first widespread success of Alabama, despite the fact that they had released three albums before this one.

The title track pays homage to Alabama's southern rock roots. It reached No. 17 on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart in early 1980. Two other tracks — the fiddle-heavy, southern rock-influenced "Tennessee River" and the ballad "Why Lady Why" — were the band's first two No. 1 songs, and laid the foundation for what became one of the most impressive popularity runs in country music history.

Also included on My Home's In Alabama is the group's 1979 single, "I Wanna Come Over", which peaked at No. 33 in November 1979. Both that song and the better-known title track were originally issued by MDJ Records, before the group was signed to RCA in early 1980.

Track listing

1. "My Home's in Alabama" (Teddy Gentry, Randy Owen) – 6:27
2. "Hanging Up My Travelin' Shoes" (Gentry, Owen) – 2:17
3. "Why Lady Why" (Gentry, Richard Scott) – 4:11
4. "Getting Over You" (Cary Rutledge) – 3:15
5. "I Wanna Come Over" (Richard Berardi, Michael Berardi) – 3:52
6. "Tennessee River" (Owen) – 3:04
7. "Some Other Place, Some Other Time" (Jeff Cook) – 3:10
8. "Can't Forget About You" (Gentry) – 5:39
9. "Get It While It's Hot" (Owen, Gentry, Cook, Scott) – 3:03
10. "Keep On Dreamin'" (Cook, Scott) - 4:04

Personnel

Alabama

• Jeff Cook - lead guitar, keyboards, fiddle and vocals, lead vocals on "Some Other Place, Some Other Time" and "Keep On Dreamin'"
• Teddy Gentry - bass guitar and vocals
• Mark Herndon - drums and vocals
• Randy Owen - lead singer and rhythm guitar

Other musicians

• Jack Eubanks - acoustic guitar
• Sonny Garrish - steel guitar
• David Humphries - drums
• Leo Jackson - acoustic guitar
• Terry McMillan
• Fred Newell - guitar
• Willie Rainsford - keyboards
• Billy Reynolds
• David Smith

Strings arranged by Kristin Wilkinson and performed by "The Wire Choir".

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1980)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	3
U.S. Billboard 200	71
Canadian RPM Country Albums	1

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
		US Country	CAN Country
1979	"I Wanna Come Over"	33	—
1980	"My Home's in Alabama"	17	—
	"Tennessee River"	1	1
	"Why Lady Why"	1	3

Preceded by Dolly, Dolly, Dolly by Dolly Parton

RPM Country Albums number-one album October 25, 1980

Succeeded by Somebody's Waiting by Anne Murray