Roll On (Alabama album)

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Roll On
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Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 1984
October 25, 1990 (re-release)
Recorded1983
StudioCook Sound Studio, Fort Payne, AL Music Mill, Nashville, TN [1]
Genre Country
Length40:08
Label RCA Nashville
Producer Alabama
Harold Shedd
Alabama chronology
The Closer You Get...
(1983)
Roll On
(1984)
40-Hour Week
(1985)
Singles from Roll On
  1. "Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)"
    Released: January 6, 1984
  2. "When We Make Love"
    Released: April 20, 1984
  3. "If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)"
    Released: July 16, 1984
  4. "(There's A) Fire in the Night"
    Released: October 22, 1984
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Roll On is the eighth studio album by American country music band Alabama, released in 1984.

Contents

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.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
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 Schulman2:59
4."I'm Not That Way Anymore"Owen, Teddy Gentry, Mark Herndon, Greg Fowler4:49
5."If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)"Dan Mitchell, Murry Kellum4:28
6."(There's A) Fire in the Night"Bob Corbin4:14
7."When We Make Love" Troy Seals, Mentor Williams 3:36
8."Country Side of Life"Maurice R. Hirsch3:46
9."The Boy"Owen, Gentry, Fowler3:34
10."Food on the Table"Owen3:59

Personnel

Alabama
Additional musicians

Strings by the "A" Strings, arranged by Kristin Wilkinson

Charts and certifications

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