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Dancin' on the Boulevard is the seventeenth studio album by country music band Alabama, released in 1997 by RCA Records. It includes the singles "Dancin, Shaggin' on the Boulevard", "Sad Lookin' Moon," "She's Got That Look in Her Eyes" and "Of Course I'm Alright". Also included on the album are cover versions of The Temptations' "My Girl" and Bruce Channel's "Hey! Baby". The album peaked at No. 5 on Billboard Country Albums Chart and No. 55 on Billboard 200.

Dancin' on the Boulevard
Studio album by Alabama
Released	April 8, 1997
Recorded	October 1996
Genre	Country
Length	42:05
Label	RCA Nashville
Producer	Alabama and Don Cook[1]
Alabama chronology
Christmas Vol. II (1996) Dancin' on the Boulevard (1997) Twentieth Century (1999)
Singles from Dancin' on the Boulevard
"Sad Lookin' Moon" Released: February 17, 1997 "Dancin', Shaggin' on the Boulevard" Released: June 23, 1997 "Of Course I'm Alright" Released: October 11, 1997 "She's Got That Look in Her Eyes" Released: February 9, 1998

Content

Dancin' on the Boulevard was produced by the band, along with Don Cook.[1] "Sad Lookin' Moon" was the first single-release from the album, peaking at No. 2 on the U.S. country singles charts in 1997. Following it was the title track which, like "Sad Lookin' Moon", was co-written by lead singer Randy Owen along with bass guitarist Teddy Gentry and frequent collaborator Greg Fowler.[1] This song reached #3 on the same chart late that year.[2] "Of Course I'm Alright" followed late in the year and reached No. 22.[2] Finishing off the single releases was "She's Got That Look in Her Eyes", an Owen-Gentry collaboration which peaked at #21.[2]

Two covers are included on the album as well: "Hey! Baby" and "My Girl", originally Number One pop hits for Bruce Channel and The Temptations, respectively.[1]

Critical reception

Thom Owens of Allmusic gave the album a two-star rating out of five, calling it "a fairly predictable and routine record that only catches fire on its singles".[3]

Track listing

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.[1]

Alabama

• Jeff Cook – electric guitar, background vocals; lead vocals on "Hey! Baby"
• Teddy Gentry – bass guitar, background vocals:; lead vocals on "My Girl"
• Randy Owen – lead vocals, background vocals

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

Additional musicians

• Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
• Bruce Channel – background vocals on "Hey! Baby"
• Dennis Good – trombone
• Mike Haynes – trumpet
• Don Jackson – baritone saxophone
• John Barlow Jarvis – piano, Hammond B-3 organ, Wurlitzer electric piano, keyboards, synthesizer bass
• Chris McDonald – trombone
• Terry McMillan – harmonica on "Hey! Baby"
• Steve Nathan – piano, Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards
• Larry Paxton – bass guitar
• Brent Rowan – electric guitar, slide guitar, 12-string guitar, mandolin
• Dennis Solee – tenor saxophone
• George Tidwell – trumpet
• Lonnie Wilson – drums, percussion

String section

• Carl Gorodetzky, Pamela Sixfin, Lee Larrison, Conni Ellisor, Alan Umstead, David Davidson, David Angell, Catherine Umstead – violins
• Kris Wilkinson, Gary Vanosdale, Jim Grosjean – violas
• Bob Mason, John Catchings – cellos

Strings arranged by Dennis Burnside.

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1997)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	5
U.S. Billboard 200	55
Canadian RPM Country Albums	2

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[4]	Platinum	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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