Chipmunks in Low Places

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Chipmunks In Low Places
Chipmunks in Low Places (cover).jpg
Studio album by
Alvin and the Chipmunks
ReleasedSeptember 29, 1992 (US)
RecordedAugust 1992
Genre
Length42:20
Label Chipmunk/Sony Kids' Music (US), Columbia (International)
Producer
Alvin and the Chipmunks chronology
The Chipmunks Rock the House
(1991)		Chipmunks In Low Places
(1992)		 Greatest Hits
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Miami Herald (unfavorable) [2]
The Kansas City Star (mixed) [3]
The Buffalo News (unfavorable) [4]
The Cincinnati Post Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Record-Journal (mixed) [6]
The Commercial Appeal (favorable) [7]
The Fresno Bee (unfavorable) [8]
The Philadelphia Inquirer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
The Cincinnati Enquirer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
The Palm Beach Post (favorable) [11]
Associated Press (favorable) [12]

Chipmunks in Low Places is a country album written by John Boylan and Andrew Gold and performed by Alvin and the Chipmunks. It features cover songs as well as original material. Released on September 29, 1992, the album was certified Platinum by the RIAA, becoming the group's first platinum record and making it the Chipmunks' best-selling album. The album reached number 21 on the Billboard 200, becoming their first album to chart in ten years. The album also managed to peak at No. 6 on Billboard 's Top Country Albums, making it the highest peaking album for the group on the chart. In Canada, the album peaked at number 9, [13] and was number 49 in the Top 50 Country albums of 1993. [14]

Contents

Storyline

Alvin is feeling down about life in general so he tries to lift his spirits to his favorite country songs [track 1]. He brings in his favorite singers to sing with him in his latest album, but every duet ends with an argument [tracks 2-3]. His girlfriend Brittany is in the final process of breaking up with him [tracks 4 and 10]. Coming home to a dirty room, he is so depressed after seeing his guests imitate his mischief that he loses touch with reality and sinks into fairy tale addiction [track 5], refusing to clean his room in the process. At Charlie Daniels's urging, he starts to be nice to his brothers, but the conversation between them results in the unloading of a lot of unpleasant memories [track 6]. Following a concert mishap in Nashville where he cannot resist destroying his and his brothers' instruments [tracks 7-8], he tries to hook up with Waylon Jennings, but Mr. Jennings turns down his overtures and badmouths his natural behavior [track 9]. Having scared everyone else away, he utters one final, futile act of self-indignation [track 11].

Track listing

Chipmunks in Low Places track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Country Pride"Paul Peterson, John Boylan 3:23
2."Achy Breaky Heart" (featuring Billy Ray Cyrus)Don Von Tress4:49
3."There Ain't Nothin' Wrong with the Radio" (featuring Aaron Tippin)Aaron Tippin, Buddy Brock4:17
4."Stand by Your Man" (featuring Tammy Wynette)Tammy Wynette, Billy Sherrill 4:46
5."Gotta Believe in Pumpkins" Ross Bagdasarian, Andrew Gold 3:13
6."Brothers and Old Boots" (featuring Charlie Daniels)Bagdasarian, Janice Karman, Boylan4:27
7."Don’t Rock the Jukebox" (featuring Alan Jackson)Alan Jackson, Roger Murrah, Keith Stegall 3:44
8."Down at the Twist and Shout" Mary Chapin Carpenter 3:28
9."Outlaws" (featuring Waylon Jennings)Waylon Jennings3:51
10."I Feel Lucky"Carpenter, Don Schlitz 3:09
11."I Ain't No Dang Cartoon"Bagdasarian, Karman, Gold3:06

Source: allmusic [15]

Personnel

Musicians and vocalists
Production credits

Charts

Chart performance for Chipmunks in Low Places
Chart (1992)Peak
position
Canadian RPM Country Albums9
US Billboard 20021
US Billboard Top Country Albums6

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