Just Us (Alabama album)

Just Us
Studio album by Alabama
Released	September 1987 (1987-09)
Studio	The Music Mill (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Country
Length	41:47
Label	RCA Nashville
Producer	Alabama Harold Shedd
Alabama chronology
The Touch (1986) Just Us (1987) Alabama Live (1987)
Singles from Just Us
"Tar Top" Released: August 3, 1987 "Face to Face" Released: December 1987 "Fallin' Again" Released: March 28, 1988

Just Us is the eleventh studio album by American country music band Alabama, released in 1987. As with most of their albums, the band co-produced with Harold Shedd. The album charted at number 1 on Billboard Top Country Albums, and accounted for three singles. It also charted at number 55 on the Billboard 200.

Content

The album's three singles all charted on Hot Country Songs: "Tar Top" made number 7, followed by the number 1 singles "Face to Face", which featured K. T. Oslin on guest vocals, and "Fallin' Again". Lead singer Randy Owen wrote or co-wrote all three singles. ^[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Track listing

All tracks written by Randy Owen, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Tar Top"		3:56 (4:55 on CD)
2.	"I Can't Stop"	Robert Byrne, Teddy Gentry	3:59
3.	"I Saw the Time"		3:56
4.	"You're My Explanation for Living"		4:19 (6:52 on CD)
5.	"Face to Face" (featuring K. T. Oslin [3] )		3:01
6.	"(I Wish It Could Always Be) '55"		4:43
7.	"Old Man"	Gentry, John Jarrard, Lisa Palas	3:26
8.	"If I Could Just See You Now"	Jeff Cook, Lynde Darrell-Boles	3:14
9.	"Fallin' Again"	Greg Fowler, Gentry, Owen	3:58 (7:41 on CD)

Personnel

From Just Us liner notes. ^[4]

Alabama

• Randy Owen – lead vocals, electric guitar
• Jeff Cook – electric guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals (8)
• Teddy Gentry – bass guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals (7)
• Mark Herndon – drums

Additional musicians

• David Briggs – keyboards
• Costo Davis – synthesizers
• Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
• Steve Gibson – electric guitar
• Josh Leo – electric guitar
• Brent Rowan – electric guitar
• John Willis – electric guitar
• Mark O'Connor – mandolin
• Larry Paxton – bass guitar
• Eddie Bayers – drums
• James Stroud – drums
• Farrell Morris – percussion
• Charlie McCoy – harmonica
• Blaine Sprouse – fiddle
• Jim Horn – saxophones
• Mike Haynes – piccolo trumpet
• Bobby G. Taylor – English horn
• Sheldon "Butch" Curry – string arrangements
• The "A Strings" – strings
• Bobby Jones and New Life – backing vocals (3)
• K.T. Oslin – backing vocals (5)

Technical

• Alabama – producers
• Harold Shedd – producer
• Jim Cotton – engineer
• Joe Scaife – engineer
• Paul Goldberg – assistant engineer
• Milan Bogdan – digital editing
• Benny Quinn – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
• Chuck Khun – photography
• Bill Brunt – art direction, design
• Mary Hamilton – art direction

Chart performance

Weekly charts Chart (1987) Peak position US Billboard 200 [5] 55 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [6] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1988) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [7] 10

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [8]	Platinum	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Joel Whitburn (2017). Top Country Singles 1944-2017. Record Research, Inc. pp. 17–18. ISBN   978-0-89820-229-8.
2. Just Us at AllMusic
3. Thomas Goldsmith (October 4, 1987). "New Alabama 'Just Us' album takes a sentimental journey". The Tennessean . p. 10. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
4. Just Us (CD booklet). Alabama. RCA Records. 1987. 64592.
5. "Alabama Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
6. "Alabama Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
7. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1988". Billboard. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
8. "American album certifications – Alabama – Just Us". Recording Industry Association of America.