The Ultimate Alabama

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Ultimate Alabama
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Compilation album by
ReleasedOctober 12, 2004 (2004-10-12)
Genre Country
Length59:48
Label RCA Nashville
Alabama chronology
The American Farewell Tour
(2003)
Ultimate Alabama
(2004)
Livin' Lovin' Rockin' Rollin': The 25th Anniversary Collection
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Ultimate Alabama: 20 #1 Hits is a compilation album by American country music band Alabama, released in 2004. [2]

Contents

The album debuted at No. 52 on the Billboard 200, [3] and No. 10 on Top Country Albums in its first week of release. [4] The album has sold 755,100 copies in the United States as of April 2017. [5]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Born Country" Byron Hill, John Schweers3:17
2."Jukebox in My Mind"Dave Gibson, Ronnie Rogers 3:37
3."Reckless"Michael Clark, Jeff Stevens 3:18
4."Feels So Right" Randy Owen 3:35
5."Love in the First Degree" Tim DuBois, Jim Hurt3:18
6."Mountain Music"Owen3:38
7."Song of the South" Bob McDill 3:12
8."Tennessee River"Owen3:03
9."Take Me Down" Mark Gray, J.P. Pennington 3:43
10."Lady Down on Love"Owen3:59
11."She and I" Dave Loggins 3:35
12."Down Home"Rick Bowles, Josh Leo 3:27
13."Why Lady Why"Teddy Gentry, Rick Scott3:10
14."I'm in a Hurry (And Don't Know Why)" Roger Murrah, Randy VanWarmer 2:49
15."Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)"Loggins3:46
16.""You've Got" the Touch" John Jarrard, Lisa Palas, Will Robinson4:14
17."There's No Way"Jarrard, Palas, Robinson4:13
18."40 Hour Week (For a Livin')"Loggins, Don Schlitz, Lisa Silver3:24
19."If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)"Murray Kellum, Dan Mitchell3:23
20."Southern Star"Rich Alves, Steve Dean, Murrah3:07

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