Alabama Live

Alabama Live is the first live album by the American band Alabama. Their first live compilation, it was released in 1988 and was a Number One album on Top Country Albums. The album includes live renditions of various singles from the band's career, as well as the album tracks "Red River", "Fireworks" and "Gonna Have a Party". Also included is a cover of the Marshall Tucker Band's "Can't You See", which Alabama had never included on any of their studio albums.

Alabama Live
Live album by
Alabama
Released1988
January 21, 2002 (re-release)
GenreCountry
Length64:05
LabelRCA Nashville
ProducerHarold Shedd and Alabama
Alabama chronology
Just Us
(1987)		 Alabama Live
(1988)		 Southern Star
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Track listing

Side One
  1. "Can't Keep a Good Man Down" (Bob Corbin) – 3:44
  2. "Tennessee River" (Randy Owen) – 7:48
  3. "Take Me Down" (J.P. Pennington, Mark Gray) – 4:50
  4. "Love in the First Degree" (Jim Hurt, Tim DuBois) – 2:56
  5. "Red River" (Bud McGuire, George Pearce) – 4:04
  6. "Dixieland Delight" (Ronnie Rogers) – 5:10
  7. "Lady Down on Love" (Owen) – 3:51

Side Two
  1. "If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)" (Dan Mitchell, Murry Kellum) – 3:32
  2. "Fireworks" (Ronnie Scaife, Phil Thomas, Kenny Durham) – 3:58
  3. "When We Make Love/There's No Way" ("When We Make Love" by Lisa Palas, Will Robinson, John Jarrard; "There's No Way" by Troy Seals, Mentor Williams) – 3:31
  4. "Gonna Have a Party" (Bruce Channel, Kieran Kane, Cliff Cochran) – 5:32
  5. "Can't You See" (Toy Caldwell) – 7:41
  6. "My Home's in Alabama" (Owen, Teddy Gentry) – 8:16

Personnel

Alabama

Guest musicians
  • Costo Davis – keyboards
  • Joe "Dixie" Fuller – percussion

Chart performance
Chart (1988) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 1
U.S. Billboard 200 76

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[2] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Sources
  • Alabama Live (cassette liner notes). Alabama. RCA Records. 1988. 6825-4-R.CS1 maint: others (link)
  1. Alabama Live at AllMusic
  2. "American album certifications – Alabama – Alabama Live". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
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