Alabama Live is the title of an album by the American band Alabama

Alabama (band)

Alabama is a country music and southern rock band from Fort Payne, Alabama, United States. The band was founded in 1969 by Randy Owen and his cousin Teddy Gentry , soon joined by Jeff Cook...

. Their first live compilation, it was released in 1988 via RCA Records

RCA Records

RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label...

. It 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

Marshall Tucker Band

The Marshall Tucker Band is an American Southern rock band originally from Spartanburg, South Carolina. The band's blend of rock, rhythm and blues, jazz, country, and gospel helped establish the Southern rock genre in the early 1970s...

's "Can't You See", which Alabama had never included on an album.

A Side

1. "Can't Keep a Good Man Down
   Can't Keep a Good Man Down (Alabama song)
   "Can't Keep a Good Man Down" is a song made famous by the country music band Alabama. The song was released in 1985 as the third track from the band's sixth album, 40-Hour Week.That November, it became the band's 18th straight No...
   
   " (Bob Corbin) – 3:44
2. "Tennessee River
   Tennessee River (song)
   "Tennessee River" is a song made famous by the country music band Alabama. Written by the group's lead singer, Randy Owen, the song was released in 1980, and eventually became the group's first No...
   
   " (Randy Owen
   Randy Owen
   Randy Owen is an American country music artist. He is known primarily for his role as the lead singer of Alabama, a country rock band which saw considerable mainstream success throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Although Alabama only records new albums on occasion, Owen himself has maintained a career...
   
   ) – 7:48
3. "Take Me Down
   Take Me Down (Alabama song)
   "Take Me Down" is a song made famous by the country music band Alabama. Originally released in 1982, the song was the second single from Alabama's third album, Mountain Music....
   
   " (J.P Pennington, Mark Gray) – 4:50
4. "Love in the First Degree
   Love in the First Degree (Alabama song)
   "Love in the First Degree" is a song made famous by the country music band Alabama. The song was released in 1981 and is included on the band's second RCA Records album, Feels So Right. It became the group's fifth straight No. 1 single "Love in the First Degree" is a song made famous by the country...
   
   " (Jim Hurt, Tim DuBois) – 2:56
5. "Red River" (Bud McGuire, George Pearce) – 4:04
6. "Dixieland Delight
   Dixieland Delight
   "Dixieland Delight" is a song written by Ronnie Rogers and recorded by the country music band Alabama. Originally released in January 1983, the song was the lead-off single to Alabama's fourth album, The Closer You Get....-Background and writing:...
   
   " (Ronnie Rogers) – 5:10
7. "Lady Down on Love
   Lady Down on Love
   "Lady Down on Love" is a song made famous by the country music band Alabama. Originally released in 1983, the song was the third single to Alabama's fourth album, The Closer You Get....-About the song:...
   
   " (Owen) – 3:51

B Side

1. "If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)
   If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)
   "If You're Gonna Play in Texas " is a song written by Murray Kellum and Dan Mitchell, and recorded by American country music band Alabama...
   
   " (Dan Mitchell, Murry Kellum) – 3:32
2. "Fireworks" (Ronnie Scaife, Phil Thomas, Kenny Durham) – 3:58
3. "When We Make Love
   When We Make Love
   "When We Make Love" is a song made famous by the country music band Alabama. The song — a love ballad — was released in 1984 as the second single from the band's fifth album, Roll On, and became the group's 13th straight No...
   
   /There's No Way
   There's No Way
   "There's No Way" is the title of a song written by John Jarrard, Lisa Palas and Will Robinson, and recorded by American country music band Alabama...
   
   " ("When We Make Love" by Lisa Palas, Will Robinson, John Jarrard; "There's No Way" by Troy Seals
   Troy Seals
   Troy Seals is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist.He is a member of the prominent Seals family of musicians that includes, Jim Seals and Dan Seals and Brady Seals...
   
   , Mentor Williams) – 3:31
4. "Gonna Have a Party" (Bruce Channel
   Bruce Channel
   Bruce Channel is an American singer, known for his 1962 million selling number one hit, "Hey! Baby".-Career:...
   
   , Kieran Kane
   Kieran Kane
   Kieran Kane is an American country music artist, as well as the owner of Dead Reckoning Records, an independent record label. Between 1986 and 1990, he and Jamie O'Hara comprised The O'Kanes, a duo which charted seven singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles charts, including the Number...
   
   , Cliff Cochran) – 5:32
5. "Can't You See
   Can't You See (The Marshall Tucker Band song)
   "Can't You See" is a song written by Toy Caldwell of The Marshall Tucker Band. The song was originally recorded by the band on their 1973 debut album, The Marshall Tucker Band. It was released as a single in 1977 and peaked at number 75 on the Billboard Hot 100...
   
   " (Toy Caldwell
   Toy Caldwell
   Toy Talmadge Caldwell Jr. was the lead guitar player and a founding member of the 1970s Southern Rock group The Marshall Tucker Band. He was a member of the band from 1973 to 1983.-Early life:...
   
   ) – 7:41
6. "My Home's in Alabama
   My Home's in Alabama (song)
   "My Home's in Alabama" is a song made famous by the country music band Alabama. Written by Randy Owen and Teddy Gentry, the song was released in 1980 and served as the title track to Alabama's first album for RCA Records....
   
   " (Owen, Teddy Gentry) – 8:16

Alabama

• Jeff Cook – electric guitar
  Electric guitar
  An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
  
  , keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
  A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
  
  , fiddle
  Fiddle
  The term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
  
  , vocals
• Mark Herndon – drums
• Randy Owen
  Randy Owen
  Randy Owen is an American country music artist. He is known primarily for his role as the lead singer of Alabama, a country rock band which saw considerable mainstream success throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Although Alabama only records new albums on occasion, Owen himself has maintained a career...
  
   – electric guitar
  Electric guitar
  An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
  
  , vocals
• Teddy Gentry – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , vocals

Chart performance

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

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