Just Us is the eleventh studio album by American country music band Alabama, released in 1987. As with most of their albums, the band co-produced with Harold Shedd. The album charted at number 1 on Billboard Top Country Albums, and accounted for three singles. It also charted at number 55 on the Billboard 200.
Content
The album's three singles all charted on Hot Country Songs: "Tar Top" made number 7, followed by the number 1 singles "Face to Face", which featured K. T. Oslin on guest vocals, and "Fallin' Again". Lead singer Randy Owen wrote or co-wrote all three singles.[1]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
Track listing
All tracks written by Randy Owen, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Tar Top" | 3:56 (4:55 on CD) | |
| 2. | "I Can't Stop" | Robert Byrne, Teddy Gentry | 3:59 |
| 3. | "I Saw the Time" | 3:56 | |
| 4. | "You're My Explanation for Living" | 4:19 (6:52 on CD) | |
| 5. | "Face to Face" (featuring K. T. Oslin[3]) | 3:01 | |
| 6. | "(I Wish It Could Always Be) '55" | 4:43 | |
| 7. | "Old Man" | Gentry, John Jarrard, Lisa Palas | 3:26 |
| 8. | "If I Could Just See You Now" | Jeff Cook, Lynde Darrell-Boles | 3:14 |
| 9. | "Fallin' Again" | Greg Fowler, Gentry, Owen | 3:58 (7:41 on CD) |
Personnel
From Just Us liner notes.[4]
Alabama
- Randy Owen – lead vocals, electric guitar
- Jeff Cook – electric guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals (8)
- Teddy Gentry – bass guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals (7)
- Mark Herndon – drums
Additional musicians
- David Briggs – keyboards
- Costo Davis – synthesizers
- Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
- Steve Gibson – electric guitar
- Josh Leo – electric guitar
- Brent Rowan – electric guitar
- John Willis – electric guitar
- Mark O'Connor – mandolin
- Larry Paxton – bass guitar
- Eddie Bayers – drums
- James Stroud – drums
- Farrell Morris – percussion
- Charlie McCoy – harmonica
- Blaine Sprouse – fiddle
- Jim Horn – saxophones
- Mike Haynes – piccolo trumpet
- Bobby G. Taylor – English horn
- Sheldon "Butch" Curry – string arrangements
- The "A Strings" – strings
- Bobby Jones and New Life – backing vocals (3)
- K.T. Oslin – backing vocals (5)
Technical
- Alabama – producers
- Harold Shedd – producer
- Jim Cotton – engineer
- Joe Scaife – engineer
- Paul Goldberg – assistant engineer
- Milan Bogdan – digital editing
- Benny Quinn – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Chuck Khun – photography
- Bill Brunt – art direction, design
- Mary Hamilton – art direction
Chart performance
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| United States (RIAA)[8] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
- ^ Joel Whitburn (2017). Top Country Singles 1944-2017. Record Research, Inc. pp. 17–18. ISBN 978-0-89820-229-8.
- ^ Just Us at AllMusic
- ^ Thomas Goldsmith (October 4, 1987). "New Alabama 'Just Us' album takes a sentimental journey". The Tennessean. p. 10. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ Just Us (CD booklet). Alabama. RCA Records. 1987. 64592.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Alabama Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
- ^ "Alabama Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
- ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1988". Billboard. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
- ^ "American album certifications – Alabama – Just Us". Recording Industry Association of America.
