Southern Star (album) explained

Southern Star
Type:Studio
Artist:Alabama
Cover:Alabama - Southern Star.jpg
Released:January 31, 1989
Recorded:1988
Studio:
  • The Castle, Franklin, Tennessee
  • Emerald Sound, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre:Country
Length:45:43
Label:RCA Nashville
Producer:
Prev Title:Alabama Live
Prev Year:1988
Next Title:Pass It On Down
Next Year:1990

Southern Star is the twelfth studio album by American country music band Alabama, released in 1989. The album produced four singles, "Song of the South", "High Cotton", the title track and "If I Had You", all of which reached No. 1 on the Hot Country Singles charts between 1989 and 1990. It also reached No. 68 on the Billboard 200.

Track listing

Note: Tracks 6, 7, 11, and 13 were not added to the cassette version.

Personnel

Alabama
Additional Musicians

Chart performance

Year-end charts

Chart (1989)Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[1] 12
Chart (1990)Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[2] 46

Singles

YearSinglePeak positions
US CountryCAN Country
1988"Song of the South"11
1989"If I Had You"11
"High Cotton"11
"Southern Star"11

References

  1. Web site: Top Country Albums – Year-End 1989. Billboard. December 29, 2020.
  2. Web site: Top Country Albums – Year-End 1990. Billboard. December 29, 2020.