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Released | March 27, 1984 | |||
Recorded | 1983 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Label | MDJ/MCA | |||
Producer | Milan Bogden, Larry McBride | |||
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Pictures is an album by American country music group Atlanta. [1] It was released in March 1984. The album peaked at No. 8 on the Top Country Albums charts and number 140 on the U.S. Billboard 200. The biggest hit on the album, and also one of Atlanta's biggest hits, was "Sweet Country Music", which reached No. 5 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. Also on the US Country charts, the first single, "Atlanta Burned Again Last Night", peaked at No. 9, the second single "Dixie Dreaming" peaked at No. 11, the title track "Pictures" peaked at No. 35, and "Wishful Drinkin'" peaked at No. 22.
Both "Atlanta Burned Again Last Night" and "Sweet Country Music" were co-written by Jeff Stevens and Terry Dotson, who recorded for Atlantic Records as part of Jeff Stevens & the Bullets at the time. [2]
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