Champagne Jam

Champagne Jam

Studio album by Atlanta Rhythm Section

Released

March 1978^[1]

Recorded

Studio One, Doraville, Georgia

Genre

Southern rock

Length

32:48

Label

Polydor

Producer

Buddy Buie, Robert Nix

Atlanta Rhythm Section chronology

A Rock and Roll Alternative
(1976)

Champagne Jam
(1978)

Underdog
(1979)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
The Village Voice	C^[2]

Champagne Jam is an album by the southern rock band Atlanta Rhythm Section, released in 1978. (See 1978 in music). The single "Imaginary Lover" was the band's second Top 10 hit, peaking at #7 in the U.S. and #9 in Canada.

Track listing

"Large Time" (Bailey, Buie, Nix) – 2:55
"I'm Not Gonna Let It Bother Me Tonight" (Buie, Daughtry, Nix) – 4:06
"Normal Love" (Buie, Cobb, Daughtry, Nix) – 3:22
"Champagne Jam" (Buie, Cobb, Nix) – 4:31
"Imaginary Lover" (Buie, Daughtry, Nix) – 5:05
"The Ballad of Lois Malone" (Bailey, Buie, Daughtry, Nix) – 4:30
"The Great Escape" (Bailey, Buie, Nix) – 4:47
"Evileen" (Buie, Daughtry, Nix) – 3:32
"NITP" (Daughtry, Buie) - 7:21

Personnel

Barry Bailey - electric guitar
Jo Jo Billingsley - vocals
Buddy Buie - vocals
J.R. Cobb - guitar, electric guitar, vocals
Dean Daughtry - keyboards
Paul Davis - vocals
Paul Goddard - bass guitar
Ronnie Hammond - vocals, background vocals
Robert Nix - drums, background vocals
Artimus Pyle - percussion

Production

Producers: Buddy Buie, Robert Nix
Engineer: Rodney Mills
Mixing: Rodney Mills
Original LP mastering: Bob Ludwig & Rodney Mills at Masterdisk
Digital remastering: Suha Gur
Art direction: Mike McCarty
Design: Mike McCarty
Photography: Rick Diamond

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1978	Pop Albums	7

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position (U.S.)
1978	"Champagne Jam"	Pop Singles	43
1978	"Imaginary Lover"	Pop Singles	7 (# 9 Cash Box Top 100; # 9 Canada)
1977	"I'm Not Gonna Let It Bother Me Tonight"	Pop Singles	14 (#16 Cash Box Top 100; # 15 Canada)

Trivia

Ronnie Dobbs, a fictional character portrayed by the comedian David Cross, is fond of saying, "Let's have us a champagne jam!", a reference to the song "Champagne Jam".

References

↑ "Atlanta Rhythm Section - Champagne Jam". Super Seventies. Retrieved June 12, 2011.
↑ Christgau, Robert (June 26, 1978). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice (New York). Retrieved September 19, 2015.

Atlanta Rhythm Section

Dean Daughtry Rodney Justo Steve Stone Jim Keeling David Anderson Barry Bailey Paul Goddard Robert Nix James B. Cobb, Jr. Ronnie Hammond Roy Yeager Danny Biget Tommy Stribling Andy Anderson Keith Hamrick Jeff Logan Sean Burke Shaun Williamson J.E. Garnett Brendan O'Brien Justin Senker R.J. Vealey Alan Accardi

Studio albums	Atlanta Rhythm Section (1972) Back Up Against the Wall (1973) Third Annual Pipe Dream (1974) Dog Days (1975) Atlanta Rhythm Section (1976) Red Tape (1976) A Rock and Roll Alternative (1976) Champagne Jam (1978) Underdog (1979) The Boys from Doraville (1980) Quinella (1981) Truth in a Structured Form (1989) Eufaula (1999)

Live albums	Are You Ready! (1979) Live at The Savoy, New York October 27, 1981 (2000) Extended Versions (2011)

Compilations	The Best of Atlanta Rhythm Section [Polydor] (1982) Atlanta Rhythm Section '96 (1996) The Best of Atlanta Rhythm Section [PolyGram Special Market] (1997) Partly Plugged (1997) Best Of The Atlanta Rhythm Section (Universal) (1997) 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Atlanta Rhythm Section (2000) Anthology: Greatest & Latest (2007)

Book:Atlanta Rhythm Section

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