When It All Goes South

{{short description|2001 album by the American band, Alabama}}

{{more citations needed|date=January 2011}}

{{Infobox album

| name = When It All Goes South

| type = Studio

| artist = Alabama

| cover = Alabama - When Goes South.jpg

| alt =

| released = January 16, 2001

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Country

| length = 59:35

| label = RCA Nashville

| producer = {{hlist|Alabama|Don Cook|Josh Leo|Larry Michael Lee|James Stroud|Rick Hall|Michael Omartian|Teddy Gentry|Randy Owen}}

| prev_title = Twentieth Century

| prev_year = 1999

| next_title = In The Mood: The Love Songs

| next_year = 2003

}}

{{Album ratings

| MC = 48/100{{cite web|title=Reviews and Tracks for When It All Goes South by Alabama|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/when-it-all-goes-south/alabama|website=Metacritic|access-date=September 24, 2017}}

| rev1 = CDNow

| rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}

| rev2 = Launch.com

| rev2score = {{Rating|2|5}}

| rev3 = Sonicnet

| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}

| rev4 = Wall of Sound

| rev4score = {{Rating|1|5}}

}}

When It All Goes South is the nineteenth studio album by American country music band Alabama, released in 2001. It produced the singles "When It All Goes South", "Will You Marry Me" and "The Woman He Loves".{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|pages=19–20|isbn=0-89820-177-2}} This became Alabama's final studio album of original materials until 2015's Southern Drawl. It ranked at No. 37 in Billboard Album Charts and No. 4 on Country Album Chart.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| collapsed =

| headline =

| total length =

| title1 = When It All Goes South

| writer1 = Rick Carnes, Janis Carnes, John Barlow Jarvis

| length1 = 6:57

| title2 = The Woman He Loves

| writer2 = Troy Seals, Eddie Setser

| length2 = 3:55

| title3 = Clear Across America Tonight

| writer3 = Randy Owen, Teddy Gentry, Ronnie Rogers, Greg Fowler

| length3 = 3:22

| title4 = Will You Marry Me

| writer4 = Jeffrey Steele, Al Anderson

| length4 = 3:16

| note4 = featuring Jann Arden

| title5 = I Can't Hide My Heart

| writer5 = Owen, Gentry, Rogers, Fowler

| length5 = 3:10

| title6 = I Can't Love You Any Less

| writer6 = Owen, Gentry, Rogers, Fowler

| length6 = 3:38

| title7 = Reinvent the Wheel

| writer7 = Walt Aldridge, Brad Crisler

| length7 = 3:29

| title8 = I Write a Little

| writer8 = Jeff Cook, Owen, Rogers

| length8 = 4:16

| title9 = Down This Road

| writer9 = Michael Dulaney, Michael Lunn

| length9 = 3:23

| title10 = Love Remains

| writer10 = Randy Goodrum, Rob Mathes

| length10 = 4:34

| note10 = featuring Christopher Cross

| title11 = Start Living

| writer11 = Steven Dale Jones

| length11 = 4:17

| title12 = Simple as That

| writer12 = Chapin Hartford

| length12 = 3:45

| title13 = You Only Paint the Picture Once

| writer13 = Owen, Gentry, Rogers, Fowler

| length13 = 3:33

| title14 = Wonderful Waste of Time

| writer14 = Cook, Lisa Cook, Rocko Heermance

| length14 = 3:19

| title15 = Right Where I Am

| writer15 = Owen, Gentry, Rogers, Fowler

| length15 = 4:34

| title16 = Second Chances

| writer16 = Skip Ewing, Bob DiPiero

| length16 = 3:59

}}

Personnel

Alabama

  • Jeff Cook- background vocals, electric guitar; lead vocals on "Wonderful Waste of Time"
  • Teddy Gentry- background vocals, bass guitar; lead vocals on "Love Remains"
  • Randy Owen- lead vocals, background vocals

Alabama's drummer, Mark Herndon, does not play on the album.

Additional Musicians

Voices on "I Write a Little" by Chris DeCarlo, Greg Fowler, Keith Gale, Sam Harrell, Adrian Michaels, Darcy Miller, Dan Nelson, Mike Siris, Suzette Tucker, and Mike Wilson; Military Advisor: LTC James (Jim) E. Pyle U.S. Army (Ret.)

;Production

  • Alabama (all tracks except "Love Remains" and "The Woman He Loves")
  • Don Cook ("Wonderful Waste of Time", "I Write a Little", "Simple as That", "When It All Goes South")
  • Josh Leo and Larry Michael Lee ("Right Where I Am", "I Can't Love You Any Less", "Clear Across America Tonight")
  • James Stroud ("Will You Marry Me", "You Only Paint the Picture Once", "I Can't Hide My Heart")
  • Rick Hall ("Reinvent the Wheel", "Start Living", "Down This Road")
  • Michael Omartian and Teddy Gentry ("Love Remains")
  • Teddy Gentry and Randy Owen ("The Woman He Loves")

Chart performance

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=Weekly charts=

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scope="col"| Chart (2001)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{album chart|Billboard200|37|artist=Alabama|rowheader=true|access-date=October 21, 2020}}
{{album chart|BillboardCountry|4|artist=Alabama|rowheader=true|access-date=October 21, 2020}}

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=Year-end charts=

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scope="col"| Chart (2001)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2001/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 2001|work=Billboard|access-date=October 21, 2020}}

| 45

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=Singles=

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! rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2"| Single

! colspan="2"| Peak positions

width="45"| US Country

! width="45"| US

2000

| "When It All Goes South"

| align="center"| 15

| align="center"| 110

rowspan="2"| 2001

| "Will You Marry Me"

| align="center"| 41

| align="center"| —

"The Woman He Loves"

| align="center"| —

| align="center"| —

References