''Chipmunks in Low Places'' is a

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album written by John Boylan and

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and performed by

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. It features cover songs as well as original material. Released on September 29, 1992, the album was certified

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by the

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, becoming the group's first platinum record and making it the Chipmunks' best-selling album. The album reached number 21 on the ''Billboard'' 200, becoming their first album to chart in ten years. The album also managed to peak at No. 6 on ''

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''s Top Country Albums, making it the highest peaking album for the group on the chart. In Canada, the album peaked at number 9, and was number 49 in the Top 50 Country albums of 1993.

Storyline

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is feeling down about life in general so he tries to lift his spirits to his favorite country songs rack 1 He brings in his favorite singers to sing with him in his latest album, but every duet ends with an argument

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His girlfriend Brittany is in the final process of breaking up with him racks 4 and 10 Coming home to a dirty room, he is so depressed after seeing his guests imitate his mischief that he loses touch with reality and sinks into

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rack 5 refusing to clean his room in the process. At

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's urging, he starts to be nice to his brothers, but the conversation between them results in the unloading of a lot of unpleasant memories

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Following a concert mishap in

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where he cannot resist destroying his and his brothers' instruments racks 7-8 he tries to hook up with

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, but Mr. Jennings turns down his overtures and badmouths his natural behavior rack 9 Having scared everyone else away, he utters one final, futile act of self-indignation rack 11

Track listing

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Personnel

; Musicians and vocalists * Alvin Seville – lead and backing vocals * Simon Seville – lead and backing vocals * Theodore Seville – lead and backing vocals * B. James Lowry – guitar * Roy Huskey, Jr. – bass guitar *

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– drums * Steve Nathan – keyboards * Owen Hale – percussion *

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– steel guitar * Rob Hajacos – fiddle *

– keyboards, guitars, and backing vocals * John Boylan – keyboards and guitars *

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– guitar and backing vocals * Rainy Haynes – backing vocals * Sherwood Ball – backing vocals *

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– backing vocals ; Production credits * John Boylan – producer *

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– producer * Ross Bagdasarian – producer * Warren Peterson – engineer (Nashville unit) * Greg Parker – assistant engineer (Nashville unit) * Traci Sterling – production coordinator (Nashville unit) * Paul Grupp – engineer (Los Angeles unit) * Richard Markowitz – assistant engineer (Los Angeles unit) * Denice Ferguson – production coordinator (Los Angeles unit) * Teri Wegel – production coordinator (Los Angeles unit) * Steve "Boots" Karman – art direction * Tony Le Bruno – cover photo * Sandra – cover animation art * Kim Ellis – cover animation art * Brian Mendelsohn - Digital Recording/Editing

Charts

References

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