Feels So Right

Feels So Right
Feels So Right
Studio album by Alabama
Released	February 1981; July 7, 1987 (re-release)
Recorded	1980
Studio	The Music Mill, Nashville, TN
Genre	Country
Length	34:59
Label	RCA Nashville
Producer	Alabama; Larry McBride; Harold Shedd
Alabama chronology
Singles from Feels So Right
	"Old Flame"; Released: January 23, 1981; "Feels So Right"; Released: May 1, 1981; "Love in the First Degree"; Released: October 2, 1981;

Feels So Right is the fifth studio album by American country music band Alabama, released in February 1981 by RCA Nashville. It was their first #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. On the all-genre Billboard 200 the album peaked at #16 and stayed for more than three years, longer than any other Alabama album.^[1] This was the last album to be co-produced by Larry McBride, who had discovered the band and later suffered a heart attack and died in 1991.^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Feels So Right produced three Number One hits on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart: "Old Flame", the title track and "Love in the First Degree". The latter two also reached the Top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100. The album was certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead singer	Length
1.	"Feels So Right"	Randy Owen	Randy Owen	3:37
2.	"Love in the First Degree"	Tim DuBois, Jim Hurt	Randy Owen	3:19
3.	"Burn Georgia Burn"	Tim Lewis, Roger Murrah	Teddy Gentry	3:31
4.	"Ride the Train"	Teddy Gentry	Randy Owen	3:46
5.	"Fantasy"	Jeff Cook, Teddy Gentry, Randy Owen, Rick Scott	Randy Owen	4:03
6.	"Hollywood"	Gary Stewart, Wayne Carson	Randy Owen	3:52
7.	"Old Flame"	Donny Lowery, Mac McAnally	Randy Owen	3:13
8.	"Woman Back Home"	Donny Lowery	Randy Owen	2:21
9.	"See the Embers, Feel the Flame"	Jeff Cook	Jeff Cook	2:43
10.	"I'm Stoned"	Randy Owen, Teddy Gentry	Randy Owen	4:53

Notes

"Burn Georgia Burn" is listed as "Burn Georgia Down" on the CD release.

Personnel

Alabama

Randy Owen - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Teddy Gentry - vocals, bass guitar, lead vocals on "Burn Georgia Burn"
Jeff Cook - vocals, lead guitar, lead vocals on "See the Embers, Feel the Flame"
Mark Herndon - drums

Other musicians

Rick Scott - drums
Arliss Scott - guitars
Jack Eubanks - guitars
David Humphreys - drums
Leo Jackson - guitar
Fred Newell - guitar
Willie Rainsford - keyboards
Billy Reynolds - guitar
David Smith - bass guitar
Strings arranged by Kristin Wilkinson

Production

Produced by Alabama, Harold Shedd and Larry McBride
Engineers: Jim Cotton, Gene Rice, Harold Shedd
Assistant engineers: Paul Goldberg, Ben Hall, Joe Mills
Mastering: Randy Kling

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1981)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	1
U.S. Billboard 200	16

Year End Chart (1981)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	3^[4]
U.S. Billboard 200	25^[5]

Year End Chart (1982)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	2^[6]
U.S. Billboard 200	18^[7]

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
Year	Single	US Country	US	US AC	CAN Country	CAN AC
1981	"Old Flame"	1	103	—	1	—
	"Feels So Right"	1	20	—	5	1
	"Love in the First Degree"	1	15	5	1	1

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[8]	4× Platinum	4,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ Whitburn, Joel. The Billboard Book of Top Pop Albums 1955-1985, Record Research Inc., 1985, p. 11, 493.
^ "Tampa Bay Times obit for Larry McBride".
^ "Alabama – Gold & Platinum Certifications". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
^ "Top Country Albums of 1981". www.billboard.com. Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
^ "Top BIllboard 200 Albums of 1981". www.billboard.com. Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
^ "Top Country Albums of 1982". www.billboard.com. Billboard Magazine.
^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums of 1981". www.Billboard.com. Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
^ "American album certifications – Alabama – Feels So Right". Recording Industry Association of America.

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[1] Whitburn, Joel. The Billboard Book of Top Pop Albums 1955-1985, Record Research Inc., 1985, p. 11, 493.

[2] "Tampa Bay Times obit for Larry McBride".

[alabamaRIAA-3] "Alabama – Gold & Platinum Certifications". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. Retrieved July 6, 2014.

[4] "Top Country Albums of 1981". www.billboard.com. Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 4 April 2020.

[5] "Top BIllboard 200 Albums of 1981". www.billboard.com. Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 4 April 2020.

[6] "Top Country Albums of 1982". www.billboard.com. Billboard Magazine.

[7] "Top Billboard 200 Albums of 1981". www.Billboard.com. Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 4 April 2020.

[United_StatesAlabamaFeels_So_RightalbumCertRef-8] "American album certifications – Alabama – Feels So Right". Recording Industry Association of America.

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