''Feels So Right'' is the fifth studio album by American

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band

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, released in February 1981 by

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. It was their first #1 on the ''

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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. 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. ''Feels So Right'' produced three Number One hits on the ''Billboard''

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chart: " Old Flame", the

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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

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Track listing

Notes

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

Personnel

Alabama

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- lead vocals, rhythm guitar *Teddy Gentry - vocals, bass guitar, lead vocals on "Burn Georgia Burn" *

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- 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

Singles

Certifications

References

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