Livin' Lovin' Rockin' Rollin': The 25th Anniversary Collection

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Livin' Lovin' Rockin' Rollin': The 25th Anniversary Collection
Box set by Alabama
Released January 31, 2006
Recorded 1973 - September 2000
Genre Country
Label Legacy/Sony BMG
Producer Various producers and Alabama
Professional reviews

All Music Guide 4/5 stars [1]
Alabama chronology
The American Farewell Tour
(2003)		 Livin' Lovin' Rockin' Rollin': The 25th Anniversary Collection
(2006)		 Songs of Inspiration
(2006)

Livin' Lovin' Rockin' Rollin': The 25th Anniversary Collection is a three-disc box set chronicling the career of country music band Alabama. It contains 51 tracks, dating from their earliest days as a recording act in 1973 through September 2000.

The box set was issued to commemorate Alabama's 25 years of national fame, even though their first national hit was released in 1977 and their first major hit came in 1980. During that time, Alabama had sold millions of albums, won countless awards from the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music, and had borne a major influence in both bringing groups and bands into the country music mainstream and in the styles of later successful groups, including Lonestar and Rascal Flatts.

Many of the songs on this collection are of Alabama's biggest hits, including a majority of their 33 No. 1 songs (as determined by Billboard magazine's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart). However, as All Music Guide reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine pointed out, The 25th Anniversary Collection was intended "as an aural biography of a band." In addition, several of the hit titles are presented here either as live concert recordings or taken from alternate takes. [2]

In addition to the three compact discs, The 25th Anniversary Collection includes a booklet containing photographs, a biography by Nashville journalist Robert K. Oermann and comments from band members.

Contents

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[edit] Disc 1

  1. "My Home's in Alabama" (live) (Teddy Gentry, Randy Owen) — 8:20
  2. "40 Hour Week (For a Livin')" (Dave Loggins, Don Schlitz, Lisa Silver) — 3:24
  3. "Medley: That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine/Suppertime/Teach Your Children/Don't It Make You Want To Go Home" (Autry, Long, Nash, South) — 7:09*
  4. "High Cotton" (Anders, Murrah) — 3:01
  5. "Mountain Music" (Randy Owen) — 4:13
  6. "Dixieland Delight" (live) (Ronnie Rogers) — 5:18
  7. "Caroline Mountain Dewe" (Randy Owen) — 4:25
  8. "Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)" (Dave Loggins) — 4:26
  9. "If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)" (live) (Kellum, Mitchell) — 3:42
  10. "Christmas in Dixie" (Jeff Cook, Teddy Gentry, Mark Herndon, Randy Owen) — 3:42
  11. "I Write a Little" (Cook, Owen, Rogers) — 4:18
  12. "Song of the South" (Bob McDill) — 3:11
  13. "Pass It on Down" (Gentry, Owen, Robinson, Rogers) — 4:54
  14. "Five O'Clock 500" (Gentry, Owen, Rogers) — 3:38
  15. "Tar Top" (live) (Owen) — 5:23*
  16. "Dancin', Shaggin' on the Boulevard" Fowler, Gentry, Owen) — 4:43

[edit] Disc 2

  1. "Feels So Right" (Randy Owen) — 3:37
  2. "Old Flame" (Donny Lowery, Mac McAnally) — 3:12
  3. "Lady Down on Love" (Randy Owen) — 3:58
  4. "Very Special Love" (Teddy Gentry, Randy Owen) — 4:45
  5. "Close Enough to Perfect" (Chambers) — 3:34
  6. "Take Me Down" (Mark Gray, J.P. Pennington) — 4:53
  7. "Medley: Deep River Woman/When We Make Love" (live) (Richie, Seals, Williams) — 4:21*
  8. "Face to Face" (alternate take) (Randy Owen) — 3:03*
  9. "'You've Got' the Touch" (Jarrard, Palas, Robinson) — 4:16
  10. "You Turn Me On" (Teddy Gentry, Randy Owen) — 3:10
  11. "Forever's as Far as I'll Go" (Mike Reid) — 3:37
  12. "How Do You Fall in Love" (Fowler, Gentry, Owen) — 3:00
  13. "I Just Couldn't Say No" (Fowler, Gentry, Owen) — 4:35
  14. "Too Much Love" (Fowler, Owen) — 3:57
  15. "If I Had You" (Chater, Mayo) — 3:35
  16. "The Woman He Loves" (Seals, Setser) — 3:55
  17. "God Must Have Spent a Little More Time on You" (Rogers, Sturken) — 4:41
  18. "Angels Among Us" (Vocal Remix) (Goodman, Hobbs) — 4:07

[edit] Disc 3

  1. "Tennessee River" (live) (Randy Owen) — 7:53*
  2. "Vacation" (live) (Randy Owen) — 5:19*
  3. "She and I" (Dave Loggins) — 5:17
  4. "Sad Lookin' Moon" (Fowler, Gentry, Owen) — 3:33
  5. "Give Me One More Shot" (Gentry, Owen, Rogers) — 3:32
  6. "Fallin' Again" (Fowler, Gentry, Owen) — 4:00
  7. "I'm in a Hurry (And Don't Know Why)" (Murrah, VanWarmer) — 2:49
  8. "Can't Keep a Good Man Down" (Corbin) — 3:45
  9. "If It Ain't Dixie (It Won't Do)" (live) (Jarrard, Robbins) — 6:42*
  10. "The Cheap Seats" (Hummon, Sharp) — 3:54
  11. "Gonna Have a Party" (live) (Channel, Cochran, Kane) — 4:59
  12. "When It All Goes South" (Carnes, Carnes, Jarvis) — 6:57
  13. "Down Home" (Bowles, Leo) — 3:29
  14. "Born Country" (Hill, Schweers) — 3:18
  15. "Ripperly O' Tucke" (demo) (Randy Owen) — 3:21*
  16. "Hats Off" (Fowler, Gentry, Owen, Rogers) — 3:56
  17. "The Fans" (Fowler, Gentry, Owen) — 4:53

* Denotes previously unreleased track.

[edit] Charts

[edit] Album

Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
2006 Country Albums

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