Feels So Right

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Feels So Right
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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 1981
July 7, 1987 (re-release)
Recorded1980
StudioThe Music Mill, Nashville, TN
Genre Country
Length34:59
Label RCA Nashville
Producer Alabama
Larry McBride
Harold Shedd
Alabama chronology
My Home's In Alabama
(1980)
Feels So Right
(1981)
Mountain Music
(1982)
Singles from Feels So Right
  1. "Old Flame"
    Released: January 23, 1981
  2. "Feels So Right"
    Released: May 1, 1981
  3. "Love in the First Degree"
    Released: October 2, 1981
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Feels So Right is the fifth studio album by American country music band Alabama, released in February 1981 by RCA Nashville. It was their first #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. On the all-genre Billboard 200 the album peaked at #16 and stayed for more than three years, longer than any other Alabama album. [1]

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Feels So Right produced three Number One hits on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart: "Old Flame", the title track and "Love in the First Degree". The latter two also reached the Top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100. The album was certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. [2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Lead singerLength
1."Feels So Right"Randy OwenRandy Owen3:37
2."Love in the First Degree" Tim DuBois, Jim HurtRandy Owen3:19
3."Burn Georgia Burn"Tim Lewis, Roger Murrah Teddy Gentry3:31
4."Ride the Train"Teddy GentryRandy Owen3:46
5."Fantasy"Jeff Cook, Teddy Gentry, Randy Owen, Rick ScottRandy Owen4:03
6."Hollywood" Gary Stewart, Wayne Carson Randy Owen3:52
7."Old Flame"Donny Lowery, Mac McAnally Randy Owen3:13
8."Woman Back Home"Donny LoweryRandy Owen2:21
9."See the Embers, Feel the Flame" Jeff Cook Jeff Cook2:43
10."I'm Stoned"Randy Owen, Teddy GentryRandy Owen4:53

Notes

Personnel

Alabama

Other musicians

Production

Chart performance

Album

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions
US Country US US AC CAN Country CAN AC
1981"Old Flame"11031
"Feels So Right"12051
"Love in the First Degree"115511

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [7] 4× Platinum4,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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