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My Home's in Alabama is the fourth studio album by American country band Alabama, released in May 1980 on RCA Nashville, their breakthrough album. It peaked at No. 3 on the Country album charts and no. 71 on Billboard 200.

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My Home's in Alabama
Studio album by Alabama
Released	May 1980 September 15, 1998 (re-released)
Recorded	1977, 1978, 1979, 1980
Studio	LSI Studio, Pyramid's Eye, Music Mill
Genre	Country
Length	39:09
Label	RCA Nashville
Producer	Alabama, Larry McBride, Harold Shedd, Sonny Limbo
Alabama chronology
Alabama Band No. 3 (1979) My Home's in Alabama (1980) Feels So Right (1981)
Singles from My Home's in Alabama
"I Wanna Come Over" Released: September 1979 "My Home's in Alabama" Released: January 1980 "Tennessee River" Released: May 16, 1980 "Why Lady Why" Released: August 29, 1980

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Allmusic

The title track pays homage to Alabama's southern rock roots. It reached No. 17 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in early 1980. Two other tracks — the fiddle-heavy, southern rock-influenced "Tennessee River" and the ballad "Why Lady Why" — were the band's first two No. 1 songs, and laid the foundation for what became one of the most impressive popularity runs in country music history.

Also included on My Home's In Alabama is the band's 1979 single, "I Wanna Come Over", which peaked at No. 33 in November 1979. Both that song and the better-known title track were originally issued by MDJ Records, before the band was signed to RCA in early 1980. The album eventually became the group's first major-label debut studio album to be distributed by RCA Records in Nashville. After this major-label debut studio album was released, Alabama would go on to record more new studio albums and what not at the RCA Records label for the rest of their career.

Track listing

Personnel

Alabama

• Randy Owen - lead vocals and rhythm guitar
• Teddy Gentry - bass guitar and vocals
• Jeff Cook - lead guitar, keyboards, fiddle and vocals, lead vocals on "Some Other Place, Some Other Time" and "Keep On Dreamin'"
• Mark Herndon - drums (Track 2)

Other musicians

CREDITED:

• Jack Eubanks - acoustic guitar (Tracks 4, 6)
• Sonny Garrish - steel guitar (Tracks 5, 6, 7)
• David Humphreys - drums (Tracks 4)
• Leo Jackson - acoustic guitar (Tracks 4, 6)
• Terry McMillan - Harmonica (Track 1)
• Fred Newell - guitar (Tracks 4, 6)
• Willie Rainsford - keyboards (Tracks 1, 4, 6)
• Billy Reynolds - guitar (Tracks 4, 6)
• David Smith - bass guitar (Tracks 4, 6)
• Strings arranged by Kristin Wilkinson and performed by "The Wire Choir".

UnCredited:

• Rick Scott - Drums (Tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
• Arliss Scott - Rhythm Guitar (Tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10), Gut String Lead Guitar (Track 7)
• Hargus "Pig" Robbins - Piano (Track 7)
• Strings (Track 5) arranged by Wayne Mosley

Production: Harold Shedd, Larry McBride & Alabama. Tracks 5 & 8 produced by Sonny Limbo (Associate producer, Shelton Irwin).

Charts

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[5]	2× Platinum	2,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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