Greatest Hits Vol. II (Alabama album)

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Greatest Hits Vol. II
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedOctober 8, 1991
Recorded1991 (new tracks)
1982-1984, 1987-1989 (older tracks)
Genre Country
Length43:14
Label RCA Nashville
Producer Various producers and Alabama
Alabama chronology
Pass It On Down
(1990)
Greatest Hits Vol. II
(1991)
American Pride
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Greatest Hits Vol. II is the second compilation album by American country music band Alabama. The album was released by RCA Records in 1991, and has since been certified platinum for sales of 1 million units by the Recording Industry Association of America. [2]

Contents

As with Alabama's first greatest hits album, Greatest Hits Vol. II includes many of the band's biggest hits of the 1980s, a decade in which they sold millions of albums, had 26 No. 1 singles on Billboard magazine's Hot Country Singles chart and won the "Entertainer of the Decade" honor from the Academy of Country Music. Seven of the album's 10 songs went to No. 1 between 1982–1989; three of them – "Take Me Down", "Dixieland Delight" and "Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)" – are presented here in their original album-length versions, while "The Closer You Get" is presented in its single-edit form and "Fallin' Again" in its shorter LP edit.

Two of the album's three new tracks were released as singles, "Then Again" and "Born Country", both of which were top 5 hits on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Born Country (Previously unreleased)" Byron Hill, John Schweers3:19
2."Then Again (Previously unreleased)"Rick Bowles, Jeff Silbar 3:43
3."Dixieland Delight" Ronnie Rogers 5:22
4."Lady Down on Love"" Randy Owen 3:57
5."The Closer You Get (single edit)" J.P. Pennington, Mark Gray 3:38
6."Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)"" Dave Loggins 4:20
7."Fallin' Again (Vinyl LP edit)"Owen, Teddy Gentry, Greg Fowler3:58
8."Song of the South" Bob McDill 3:15
9."High Cotton" Roger Murrah, Scott Anders3:00
10."Take Me Down"Pennington, Gray4:53
11."Hats Off (Previously unreleased)"Owen, Gentry, Fowler, Rogers3:55

Personnel on New Tracks

Alabama

Mark Herndon, Alabama's drummer, does not play on the new tracks.

Additional Musicians

Chart performance

Chart (1991)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums10
U.S. Billboard 20072
Canadian RPM Country Albums13

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [3] Platinum1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. "Greatest Hits Vol. II RIAA certification".
  3. "American album certifications – Alabama – Greatest Hits, Volume II". Recording Industry Association of America.