Artist: Alabama
Title: 40 Hour Week
Year Of Release: 1985
Label: RCA
Genre: Country Rock, Souther Rock
Quality: Mp3 320 / Flac (image, .cue, log)
Total Time: 40:42
Total Size: 100/215 Mb (scans)
Tracklist:
01. Forty Hour Week (For a Livin')
02. Can't Keep a Good Man Down
03. There's No Way
04. Down on Longboat Key
05. Louisiana Moon
06. I Want to Know You Before We Make Love
07. Fireworks
08. (She Won't Have a Thing to Do With) Nobody but Me
09. As Right Now
10. If It Ain't Dixie (It Won't Do)
[quote]Before Alabama, bands were usually relegated to a supporting role in country music. In the first part of the century, bands were popular with audiences across the country, but as recordings became available, nearly every popular recording artist was a vocalist, not a group. Alabama was the group that made country bands popular again. Emerging in the late '70s, the band had roots in both country and rock; in fact, many of Alabama's musical concepts, particularly the idea of a performing band, owed more to rock and pop than hardcore country. However, there is no denying that Alabama is a country band -- the bandmembers' pop instincts may come from rock, but their harmonies, songwriting, and approach are indebted to country, particularly the Bakersfield sound of Merle Haggard, bluegrass, and the sound of Nashville pop. A sleek country-rock sound made the group the most popular country group in history, selling more records than any other artist of the '80s and earning stacks of awards.[/center]
