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For the Record
Country · 1998 · 28 tracks

For the Record

Alabama

A massive 44-track collection of harmony-drenched anthems and tender ballads. The definitive document of the band that brought stadium-sized polish to Southern country.

August 25, 1998 · RCA Records Label

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For the Record is a monumental testament to the era when Alabama redefined the boundaries of country music, moving it from the honky-tonk into the arena. This 44-track compilation is less an album and more a cultural map of the 1980s and 90s American South. It sounds like golden hour light hitting a dusty windshield: warm, inviting, and deeply familiar. The signature three-part harmonies are the glue here, providing a sense of communal comfort that makes even the most personal ballads feel like shared experiences.

Tracklist · 28 Tracks
01
Five O’Clock 500
3:38
01
Touch Me When We’re Dancing
3:43
02
Fallin’ Again
4:00
02
Keepin’ Up
3:06
03
Song of the South
3:12
03
How Do You Fall in Love
3:02
04
Tennessee River
3:03
04
Southern Star
3:09
05
Why Lady Why
3:09
05
Then Again
3:45
06
Feels So Right
3:37
06
Born Country
3:18
07
I’m in a Hurry (and Don’t Know Why)
2:50
07
Love in the First Degree
3:19
08
Once Upon a Lifetime
4:15
08
Mountain Music
3:39
09
Hometown Honeymoon
3:18
09
Take Me Down
3:44
10
Give Me One More Shot
3:30
10
Dixieland Delight
3:57
11
She Ain’t Your Ordinary Girl
2:54
11
The Closer You Get
3:36
12
Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)
3:44
12
In Pictures
3:32
13
When We Make Love
3:37
13
Sad Lookin’ Moon
3:35
14
If You’re Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)
3:23
15
(There’s a) Fire in the Night
3:58
Moments Worth Listening For
The seamless transition from the fiddle-led stomp of Mountain Music into the slicker, synth-touched pop of the mid-eighties hits
The soaring three-part harmony hook on Dixieland Delight that feels like a communal singalong even on a solo listen
The way How Do You Fall in Love introduces a late-nineties adult contemporary polish to their established vocal blend
The sheer momentum of forty-one consecutive number-one hits creating a relentless parade of familiar hooks
Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does For the Record sound next to the rest of Alabama's catalogue?

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The vocals lean notably further into harmonies than the rest of the catalogue.

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