Roll On (Alabama album)

Roll On
Studio album by Alabama
Released	January, 1984 October 25, 1990 (re-release)
Genre	Country
Length	40:08
Label	RCA Records
Producer	Alabama Harold Shedd
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Alabama chronology
The Closer You Get... (1983) Roll On (1984) 40-Hour Week (1985)

Roll On is the fifth studio album of country music band Alabama. Iit was released in 1984.

All four singles released from this album reached Number One on the Hot Country Singles chart: "Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)", "When We Make Love", "If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)" and "(There's A) Fire in the Night". Music videos were made for "I'm Not That Way Anymore" and "(There's A) Fire in the Night".

Track listing

Side A

1. "Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)" (Dave Loggins) - 4:21
2. "Carolina Mountain Dewe" (Randy Owen) - 4:22
3. "The End of the Lyin'" (Robert Byrne, Alan Schulman) - 2:59
4. "I'm Not That Way Anymore" (Owen, Teddy Gentry, Mark Herndon, Greg Fowler) - 4:49
5. "If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)" (Dan Mitchell, Murry Kellum) - 4:28

Side B

1. "(There's A) Fire in the Night" (Bob Corbin) - 4:14
2. "When We Make Love" (Troy Seals, Mentor Williams) - 3:36
3. "Country Side of Life" (Maurice R. Hirsch) - 3:46
4. "The Boy" (Owen, Gentry, Fowler)- 3:34
5. "Food on the Table" (Owen) - 3:59

Note: "I'm Not That Way Anymore" was recorded live at the Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas.

Personnel

Alabama

• Randy Owen: rhythm guitar, lead vocals
• Teddy Gentry: bass guitar, vocals, lead vocals on "The Boy"
• Jeff Cook: lead guitar, vocals, lead vocals on "Country Side of Life"
• Mark Herndon: drums, percussion

Additional musicians

• Jack Eubanks: acoustic guitar
• Gregg Galbraith: electric guitar
• Carl Jackson: banjo
• George "Leo" Jackson: acoustic guitar
• Shane Keister: keyboard
• Farrell Morris: percussion
• Fred Newell: electric guitar
• Larry Paxton: bass guitar
• Willie Rainsford: keyboard
• Larry Shell: acoustic guitar
• Milton Sledge: drums
• Blaine Sprouse: fiddle

Strings by the "A" Strings, arranged by Kristin Wilkinson

Chart performance

Chart (1984)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	1
U.S. Billboard 200	21
Canadian RPM Top Albums	37

Preceded by Right or Wrong by George Strait	Top Country Albums number-one album March 17 - April 21, 1984	Succeeded by Deliver by The Oak Ridge Boys
Preceded by Deliver by The Oak Ridge Boys	Top Country Albums number-one album June 2 - July 14, 1984	Succeeded by Major Moves by Hank Williams, Jr.