| Mountain Music | ||||
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| Studio album by Alabama | ||||
| Released | February 25, 1982 October 25, 1990 (re-release) |
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| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 39:21 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Producer | Alabama Harold Shedd |
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Mountain Music, released in 1982, is the award-winning third studio album by country music group Alabama. A crossover success, it ranked well as an album on both country and pop charts and launched singles that were successful in several markets. This is Alabama's most successful album.
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Note: The BMGSP reissue of this album replaces the full versions of "Mountain Music" and "Take Me Down" with their single edits.
Owen, Cook and Gentry share lead vocals on "Gonna Have a Party" and one verse of "Mountain Music"
String arrangements by Kristin Wilkinson
Mountain Music charted No. 1 on Billboard's Country Albums chart in 1982 and reached No. 14 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart the same year. It won 1982's Grammy Award for "Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals".
| Chart (1982) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 14 |
| Canadian RPM Top Albums | 38 |
The album produced three hit singles, with the title song "Mountain Music" reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. The other two singles were successful in several markets: "Take Me Down", a No. 1 country hit, reached No. 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 5 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Singles chart. "Close Enough to Perfect" charted No. 1 on the Hot Country Singles and No. 65 on the Billboard Hot 100.
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||||
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| US Country | US | US AC | CAN Country | CAN AC | ||
| 1982 | "Mountain Music" | 1 | 101 | — | 1 | 1 |
| "Take Me Down" | 1 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
| "Close Enough to Perfect" | 1 | 65 | — | 1 | — | |
| Preceded by Bobbie Sue by The Oak Ridge Boys Always on My Mind by Willie Nelson Always on My Mind by Willie Nelson Highways & Heartaches by Ricky Skaggs |
Top Country Albums number-one album April 17 - May 15, 1982 June 5, 1982 June 26 - July 10, 1982 November 27, 1982 - April 2, 1983 |
Succeeded by Always on My Mind by Willie Nelson Always on My Mind by Willie Nelson Always on My Mind by Willie Nelson Pancho & Lefty by Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson |
| Preceded by Always on My Mind by Willie Nelson |
Top Country Albums number-one album of the year 1983 |
Succeeded by Don't Cheat in Our Hometown by Ricky Skaggs |
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