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In Pictures

{{short description|1995 album by the American band, Alabama}}

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{{Infobox album

| name = In Pictures

| type = Studio

| artist = Alabama

| cover = Alabama - In Pictures.jpg

| alt =

| released = August 15, 1995

| recorded = 1994–1995

| venue =

| studio = Emerald Sound and Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee).

| genre = Country

| length = 38:25

| label = RCA Nashville

| producer = Alabama
Emory Gordy, Jr.

| prev_title = Greatest Hits Vol. III

| prev_year = 1994

| next_title = Christmas Vol. II

| next_year = 1996

| misc = {{Singles

| name = In Pictures

| type = studio

| single1 = She Ain't Your Ordinary Girl

| single1date = June 19, 1995

| single2 = In Pictures

| single2date = September 30, 1995

| single3 = It Works

| single3date = January 13, 1996

| single4 = Say I

| single4date = May 18, 1996

| single5 = The Maker Said Take Her

| single5date = June 18, 1996

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r218622|pure_url=yes}}]

}}

In Pictures is the sixteenth studio album by American country music band Alabama, released in 1995. It included the singles "She Ain't Your Ordinary Girl", "In Pictures", "It Works", "Say I" and "The Maker Said Take Her", which respectively reached {{Abbr|No.|Number}} 2, {{Abbr|No.|Number}} 4, {{Abbr|No.|Number}} 19, {{Abbr|No.|Number}} 38 and {{Abbr|No.|Number}} 4 on the Hot Country Songs charts. Making it the first album of their career not to produce a number one hit. The title track was originally recorded by Linda Davis on her 1994 album Shoot for the Moon. The album peaked at No. 100 on the Billboard 200 album charts and No. 12 on the Billboard Country Albums chart.

The album was recorded at Emerald studios in Nashville, Tennessee.

Track listing

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| collapsed =

| headline =

| total length =

| title1 = Sunday Drive

| writer1 = Ray Kennedy, Dark Alley

| length1 = 2:31

| title2 = She Ain't Your Ordinary Girl

| writer2 = Robert Jason

| length2 = 3:07

| title3 = My Love Belongs to You

| writer3 = Ronnie Rogers

| length3 = 3:34

| title4 = I've Loved a Lot More Than I've Hurt

| writer4 = Max T. Barnes, Max D. Barnes

| length4 = 3:13

| title5 = Spin the Wheel

| writer5 = Michael Clark, Jeff Stevens

| length5 = 4:37

| title6 = Nothing Comes Close

| writer6 = Rogers

| length6 = 3:31

| title7 = Say I

| writer7 = Steve Bogard, Stevens

| length7 = 3:11

| title8 = It Works

| writer8 = Mickey Cates, Mark Alan Springer

| length8 = 3:40

| title9 = The Maker Said Take Her

| writer9 = Rogers, Mark Wright

| length9 = 3:43

| title10 = In Pictures

| writer10 = Bobby Boyd, Joe Doyle

| length10 = 3:33

| title11 = Heartbreak Express

| writer11 = Jeff Cook, Phillip Wolfe

| length11 = 3:39

}}

Personnel

Alabama

  • Jeff Cook – guitars, fiddle, backing vocals, lead vocals (11)
  • Randy Owen – guitars, lead vocals (1-10), backing vocals (11)
  • Teddy Gentry – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Mark Herndon – drums, percussion

Additional Musicians

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Production

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  • Alabama – producers
  • Emory Gordy Jr. – producer
  • Russ Martin – recording (1, 7, 8)
  • Alan Schulman – recording (2-6, 9, 10, 11)
  • Tim Waters – assistant engineer
  • John Guess – mixing
  • Derek Bason – mix assistant
  • Glenn Meadows – mastering
  • Lauren Koch – production coordinator
  • Susan Eaddy – art direction
  • Mary Hamilton – art direction
  • Kym Juister – design
  • Scott Bonner – photo illustration
  • Ron Keith – photography

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Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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scope="col"| Chart (1995)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| Canadian Country Albums (RPM)

| 10

{{album chart|Billboard200|100|artist=Alabama|rowheader=true|access-date=April 26, 2021}}
{{album chart|BillboardCountry|12|artist=Alabama|rowheader=true|access-date=April 26, 2021}}

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=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (1996)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1996/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1996|work=Billboard|access-date=April 26, 2021}}

| 50

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|title=In Pictures|artist=Alabama|type=album|award=Platinum|relyear=1995|certyear=1996}}

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References

{{Reflist}}

{{Alabama (band)|Alabama}}

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Category:1995 albums

Category:RCA Records albums

Category:Alabama (American band) albums

Category:Albums produced by Emory Gordy Jr.