American Pride (album)

American Pride
Studio album by Alabama
Released August 11, 1992
March 7, 2000 (re-release)
Recorded January–May 1992
Genre Country
Length 39:56
Label RCA Records
Producer Alabama
Larry Michael Lee
Josh Leo
Alabama chronology
Greatest Hits Vol. II
(1991)
American Pride
(1992)
Cheap Seats
(1993)
Singles from American Pride
  1. "Take a Little Trip"
    Released: June 1, 1992
  2. "I'm in a Hurry (And Don't Know Why)"
    Released: September 1, 1992
  3. "Once Upon a Lifetime"
    Released: December 15, 1992
  4. "Hometown Honeymoon"
    Released: March 29, 1993

American Pride is the fourteenth studio album by the country music band Alabama, released in 1992 by RCA Records. It included the singles "I'm in a Hurry (And Don't Know Why)", "Take a Little Trip", "Hometown Honeymoon" and "Once Upon a Lifetime". "I'm in a Hurry" was a Number One hit for the band, while the other singles all reached the Top Five on the U.S. country charts. "Between the Two of Them" was later released as a single by Tanya Tucker from her 1994 album Fire to Fire.

Brian Mansfield of Allmusic rated the album three stars out of five, saying that it did not have any "surprises".[1]

Track listing

  1. "Take a Little Trip" (Ronnie Rogers, Mark Wright) - 3:17
  2. "Hometown Honeymoon" (Josh Leo, Jim Photoglo) - 3:18
  3. "Once Upon a Lifetime" (Gary Baker, Frank J. Myers) - 4:14
  4. "You Can't Take the Country Out of Me" (Rick Bowles, Robert Byrne) - 2:58
  5. "I'm in a Hurry (And Don't Know Why)" (Roger Murrah, Randy VanWarmer) - 2:50
  6. "Richard Petty Fans" (Greg Fowler, Teddy Gentry, John Jarrard, Randy Owen) - 3:35
  7. "Homesick Fever" (Owen, Rogers) - 3:53
  8. "Between the Two of Them" (Mickey Cates) - 3:58
  9. "American Pride" (Owen) - 4:42
  10. "Sometimes Out of Touch" (Fowler, Gentry, Rogers) - 3:36A
  11. "Pictures and Memories" (Jeff Cook, Monty Wilson) - 3:41A

Personnel

Alabama

Additional musicians

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1992) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 11
U.S. Billboard 200 46
Canadian RPM Country Albums 4
Canadian RPM Top Albums 62

Singles

Year Single Peak positions
US Country CAN Country
1992 "Take a Little Trip" 2 2
"I'm in a Hurry (And Don't Know Why)" 1 1
"Once Upon a Lifetime" 3 2
1993 "Hometown Honeymoon" 3 1

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United States (RIAA)[2] Platinum 1,000,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

  1. Mansfield, Brian. "American Pride review". Allmusic. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  2. "American album certifications – Alabama – American Pride". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
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