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Roll On | ||||
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Released | January 1984 October 25, 1990 (re-release) | |||
Recorded | 1983 | |||
Studio | Cook Sound Studio, Fort Payne, AL Music Mill, Nashville, TN [1] | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 40:08 | |||
Label | RCA Nashville | |||
Producer | Alabama Harold Shedd | |||
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Singles from Roll On | ||||
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Roll On is the eighth studio album by American country music band Alabama, released in January 1984.
All four singles released from this album reached Number One on the Hot Country Singles chart: "Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)", "When We Make Love", "If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)" and "(There's A) Fire in the Night". Music videos were made for "I'm Not That Way Anymore" and "(There's A) Fire in the Night".
The album was certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. [2] The album reached No. 1 on the Billboard Country Albums chart and No. 21 on the Billboard 200.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)" | Dave Loggins | 4:21 |
2. | "Carolina Mountain Dewe" | Randy Owen | 4:22 |
3. | "The End of the Lyin'" | Robert Byrne, Alan Schulman | 2:59 |
4. | "I'm Not That Way Anymore" | Owen, Teddy Gentry, Mark Herndon, Greg Fowler | 4:49 |
5. | "If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)" | Dan Mitchell, Murry Kellum | 4:28 |
6. | "(There's A) Fire in the Night" | Bob Corbin | 4:14 |
7. | "When We Make Love" | Troy Seals, Mentor Williams | 3:36 |
8. | "Country Side of Life" | Maurice R. Hirsch | 3:46 |
9. | "The Boy" | Owen, Gentry, Fowler | 3:34 |
10. | "Food on the Table" | Owen | 3:59 |
Strings by the "A" Strings, arranged by Kristin Wilkinson
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