Underdog (Atlanta Rhythm Section album)

Underdog
Studio album by Atlanta Rhythm Section
Released	1979
Genre	Pop rock
Length	41:14
Label	Polydor Records
Atlanta Rhythm Section chronology
Champagne Jam (1978) Underdog (1979) Are You Ready! (1979)

Underdog is an album by the Atlanta Rhythm Section, released in 1979 by Polydor Records. It is their first album with the drummer Roy Yeager since the former drummer Robert Nix left the band near the end of 1978. The album reached number 26 on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart,^[1] and was certified gold by the RIAA in June 1979.^[2] The album contained two songs which reached the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, "Do it or Die" and "Spooky".^[3] The latter was a re-recording of the 1968 number three hit for Classics IV, a pop rock group whose line up included members who later joined Atlanta Rhythm Section.^[4]

Chart performance

Chart (1979)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	26[1]

Track listing

1. "Do It or Die" - 3:28
2. "Born Ready" - 3:53
3. "I Hate the Blues/Let's Get Stoned" - 7:10
4. "Indigo Passion" - 3:55
5. "While Time is Left" - 5:20
6. "It's Only Music" - 5:32
7. "Spooky" - 4:58
8. "My Song" - 3:15

Personnel

• Buddy Buie - vocals (background), vocals
• Ronnie Hammond - vocals
• Barry Bailey - acoustic and electric guitar
• James B. Cobb, Jr. - guitar, percussion, vocals (background)
• Paul Goddard - bass guitar, double bass
• Roy Yeager - drums, percussion
• Robert Nix - background vocals, drums
• Dean Daughtry - keyboards
• Original LP mastering - Bob Ludwig and Rodney Mills at Masterdisk NYC

References

1. "Atlanta Rhythm Section - Charts & Awards - Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
2. "Gold & Platinum Search Results - Atlanta Rhythm Section". RIAA. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
3. "Atlanta Rhythm Section - Charts & Awards - Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
4. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (8th ed.). New York: Billboard Books. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-8230-7499-0.