Underdog (Atlanta Rhythm Section album)

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Underdog
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Studio album by
Atlanta Rhythm Section
ReleasedJune 1979
Genre Soft rock
Length41:14
Label Polydor
Producer Buddy Buie
Atlanta Rhythm Section chronology
Champagne Jam
(1978)		Underdog
(1979)		 The Boys from Doraville
(1980)
Singles from Underdog
  1. "Do It or Die"
    Released: August 1979
  2. "Spooky"
    Released: August 1979
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Underdog is an album by the Atlanta Rhythm Section, released in 1979 by Polydor Records. It is their last album with drummer Robert Nix who left the band near the end of 1979.

Contents

The album reached number 26 on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart, [2] and was certified gold by the RIAA in June 1979. [3] The album contained two songs which reached the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, "Do It or Die" and "Spooky". [4] The latter was a re-recording of the 1968 number three hit for Classics IV, a pop rock group whose line up included members who later joined Atlanta Rhythm Section. [5]

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Do It or Die" Buie, Cobb, Hammond3:28
2."Born Ready"Buie, Daughtry, Nix 3:53
3."I Hate the Blues"
"Let's Go Get Stoned"		Buie, Daughtry, Nix
Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson 		7:10
4."Indigo Passion"Buie, Cobb3:55
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."While Time is Left"Bailey, Buie, Daughtry, Nix5:20
6."It's Only Music"Buie, Cobb5:32
7."Spooky"Buie, Cobb, Middlebrooks, Shapiro4:58
8."My Song"Buie, Hammond3:15

Personnel

Atlanta Rhythm Section

Additional players

Chart performance

Album
Chart (1979)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 20026 [2]
Singles
YearSingleChartPosition
1979"Do It or Die"Billboard Hot 100 [6] 19
Billboard Adult Contemporary [7] 11
Billboard Country92
RPM Top Singles [8] 43
Kent Music Report75
"Spooky"Billboard Hot 100 [9] 17
Billboard Adult Contemporary [10] 23
RPM Top Singles37
Kent Music Report96

Certifications

OrganizationLevelDate
RIAA – USAGold [11] June 12, 1979

References

  1. ↑ "Album Reviews: Atlanta Rhythm Section — Underdog" (PDF). Music Week . Gwent: Pensord Press Ltd. November 17, 1979. p. 20. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 7, 2024. Retrieved April 6, 2025– via WorldRadioHistory.com.
  2. 1 2 "Atlanta Rhythm Section - Charts & Awards - Billboard Albums". Allmusic . Retrieved November 30, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Gold & Platinum Search Results - Atlanta Rhythm Section". RIAA . Retrieved November 30, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Atlanta Rhythm Section - Charts & Awards - Billboard Singles". Allmusic . Retrieved November 30, 2009.
  5. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (8th ed.). New York: Billboard Books. p. 131. ISBN   978-0-8230-7499-0.
  6. ↑ "Do It or Die (Hot 100)". Billboard . Retrieved January 9, 2020.[ dead link ]
  7. ↑ "Do It or Die (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard . Retrieved January 9, 2020.[ dead link ]
  8. ↑ "Do It or Die (Canada)". RPM . Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Spooky (Hot 100)". Billboard . Retrieved January 9, 2020.[ dead link ]
  10. ↑ "Spooky (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard . Retrieved January 9, 2020.[ dead link ]
  11. ↑ "RIAA searchable certification database: Atlanta Rhythm Section". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
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