| 40-Hour Week | ||||
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| Studio album by Alabama | ||||
| Released | January 1985 October 25, 1990 (re-released) |
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| Recorded | September 1984 at The Music Mill, Nashville, TN[1] | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 39:48 | |||
| Label | RCA Records | |||
| Producer | Alabama Harold Shedd |
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| Alabama chronology | ||||
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40-Hour Week is the ninth studio album from country music band Alabama. Released in 1985, the album included three songs that topped the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart and continued the band's dominance during the 1980s.
Two of the No. 1 tracks — "There's No Way" and the title track — became milestones in Alabama's recording career during 1985. When it reached the top of the chart on May 4, "There's No Way" became Alabama's 16th consecutive No. 1 single (excepting for the 1982 Christmas single "Christmas in Dixie"). The feat allowed Alabama to tie Sonny James' 14-year-old record for most No. 1 songs in as many consecutive single releases. Then, on August 3, "40 Hour Week (For a Livin')" topped the chart, becoming Alabama's 17th-straight chart topper and allowing them to surpass James' record.
Among the album tracks, several of them praising the South, 40 Hour Week also features the ballad "I Want To Know You Before We Make Love", which became a major hit for Conway Twitty in 1987.
This was Alabama's only album from which all the singles had accompanying music videos.
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| Allmusic | [2] |
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| Side A | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Forty Hour Week (For A Livin')" | Dave Loggins, Lisa Silver, Don Schlitz | 3:18 | ||||||
| 2. | "Can't Keep A Good Man Down" | Bob Corbin | 3:45 | ||||||
| 3. | "There's No Way" | Lisa Palas, Will Robinson, John Jarrard | 4:11 | ||||||
| 4. | "Down On Longboat Key" | Dennis Morgan, Steve Davis | 4:05 | ||||||
| 5. | "Louisiana Moon" | Larry Shell, Dan Mitchell | 3:04 | ||||||
| Side B | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "I Want to Know You Before We Make Love" | Becky Hobbs, Candy Parton | 3:58 | ||||||
| 2. | "Fireworks" | Ronny Scaife, Phil Thomas, Kenny Durham | 3:52 | ||||||
| 3. | "(She Won't Have A Thing To Do With) Nobody But Me" | Dean Dillon, Buzz Rabin, "Flash Gordon" | 3:16 | ||||||
| 4. | "As Right Now" | Teddy Gentry, Greg Fowler | 2:45 | ||||||
| 5. | "If It Ain't Dixie (It Won't Do)" | Jarrard, Kent Robbins | 7:34 | ||||||
| Chart (1985) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 28 |
| Canadian RPM Top Albums | 69 |
| Year | Single | Peak positions | |
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| US Country | CAN Country | ||
| 1985 | "There's No Way" | 1 | 2 |
| "40 Hour Week (For a Livin')" | 1 | 1 | |
| "Can't Keep a Good Man Down" | 1 | 1 | |
as listed in liner notes[1]
Strings by the "A" Strings, arranged by Kristin Wilkinson.
| Preceded by Friendship by Ray Charles |
Top Country Albums number-one album March 30 – June 15, 1985 |
Succeeded by Five-O by Hank Williams, Jr. |
| Preceded by Five-O by Hank Williams, Jr. |
Top Country Albums number-one album August 3–10, 1985 |
Succeeded by Five-O by Hank Williams, Jr. |
| Preceded by Don't Cheat in Our Hometown by Ricky Skaggs |
Top Country Albums number-one album of the year 1985 |
Succeeded by Rockin' with the Rhythm by The Judds |