A Rock and Roll Alternative

A Rock and Roll Alternative
Studio album by Atlanta Rhythm Section
Released	December 1976
Recorded	Studio One, Doraville, Georgia
Genre	Southern rock
Length	34:34
Label	Polydor
Producer	Buddy Buie
Atlanta Rhythm Section chronology
Red Tape (1976) A Rock and Roll Alternative (1976) Champagne Jam (1978)

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A Rock and Roll Alternative is an album by the southern rock band Atlanta Rhythm Section, released in 1976 (see 1976 in music). This album includes the band's biggest hit, "So In to You", which peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 and number eleven on the Easy Listening chart.^[1]

Track listing

1. "Sky High" (Buie, Daughtry, Hammond, Nix) – 5:17
2. "Hitch-Hikers' Hero" (Buie, Nix) – 3:38
3. "Don't Miss the Message" (Buie, Cobb, Nix) – 3:27
4. "Georgia Rhythm" (Buie, Cobb, Nix) – 4:52
5. "So In To You" (Buie, Daughtry, Nix) – 4:20
6. "Outside Woman Blues" (Blind Joe Reynolds) – 4:53
7. "Everybody Gotta Go" (Buie, Daughtry, Nix) – 4:10
8. "Neon Nites" (Buie, Nix) – 3:57

Personnel

• Barry Bailey – guitar
• Buddy Buie – vocals
• J.R. Cobb – rhythm guitar, background vocals
• Dean Daughtry – keyboards
• Paul Goddard – bass guitar
• Ronnie Hammond – vocals, background vocals
• Robert Nix – percussion, drums, vocals, background vocals

Production

• Producer: Buddy Buie
• Associate producers: J.R. Cobb, Robert Nix
• Engineer: Rodney Mills
• Mixing: Rodney Mills
• Remixing: Suha Gur
• Design: Mike McCarty
• Art direction: Buddy Buie, Mike McCarty
• Photography: Jim Wiggins

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1977	Pop Albums	11

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position (U.S.)
1977	"So In To You"	Pop Singles	7 (# 5 Cash Box Top 100;[2] #11 AC; # 2 Can.)
1977	"Georgia Rhythm"	Pop Singles	68
1977	"Neon Nites"	Pop Singles	42

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 24.
2. http://50.6.195.142/archives/70s_files/19770430.html