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American Pride | ||||
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Released | August 11, 1992 March 7, 2000 (re-release) | |||
Recorded | January 1992 | –May|||
Studio | Emerald Sound Studio and Javelina Studios (Nashville, Tennessee) | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 39:56 | |||
Label | RCA Nashville | |||
Producer | Alabama Larry Michael Lee Josh Leo | |||
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Singles from American Pride | ||||
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American Pride is the fourteenth studio album by American country music band Alabama, released on August 11, 1992 by RCA Nashville. It included the singles "I'm in a Hurry (And Don't Know Why)", "Take a Little Trip", "Hometown Honeymoon" and "Once Upon a Lifetime". "I'm in a Hurry" was a Number One hit for the band, while the other singles all reached the Top Five on the U.S. Billboard country charts. "Between the Two of Them" was later released as a single by Tanya Tucker from her 1994 album Fire to Fire .
Brian Mansfield of Allmusic rated the album three stars out of five, saying that it did not have any "surprises". [1] The album was their first not to hit the Top 10 of Billboard Country Albums chart and peaked at No. 11. It ranked at No. 46 on the Billboard 200.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Take a Little Trip" | Ronnie Rogers, Mark Wright | 3:17 |
2. | "Hometown Honeymoon" | Josh Leo, Jim Photoglo | 3:18 |
3. | "Once Upon a Lifetime" | Gary Baker, Frank J. Myers | 4:14 |
4. | "You Can't Take the Country Out of Me" | Rick Bowles, Robert Byrne | 2:58 |
5. | "I'm in a Hurry (And Don't Know Why)" | Roger Murrah, Randy VanWarmer | 2:50 |
6. | "Richard Petty Fans" | Greg Fowler, Teddy Gentry, John Jarrard, Randy Owen | 3:35 |
7. | "Homesick Fever" | Owen, Rogers | 3:53 |
8. | "Between the Two of Them" | Mickey Cates | 3:58 |
9. | "American Pride" | Owen | 4:42 |
10. | "Sometimes Out of Touch" | Fowler, Gentry, Rogers | 3:36A |
11. | "Pictures and Memories" | Jeff Cook, Monty Wilson | 3:41A |
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Year | Single | Peak positions | |
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US Country | CAN Country | ||
1992 | "Take a Little Trip" | 2 | 2 |
"I'm in a Hurry (And Don't Know Why)" | 1 | 1 | |
"Once Upon a Lifetime" | 3 | 2 | |
1993 | "Hometown Honeymoon" | 3 | 1 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA) [6] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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