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When It All Goes South
Studio album by
Alabama
ReleasedJanuary 16, 2001
GenreCountry
Length59:35
LabelRCA Nashville
Producer
Alabama chronology
Twentieth Century
(1999) 		When It All Goes South
(2001) 		In The Mood: The Love Songs
(2003)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic48/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
CDNow[1]
Launch.com[1]
Sonicnet[1]
Wall of Sound[1]

When It All Goes South is the nineteenth studio album by American country music band Alabama, released in 2001. It produced the singles "When It All Goes South", "Will You Marry Me" and "The Woman He Loves".[2] This became Alabama's final studio album of original materials until 2015's Southern Drawl. It ranked at No. 37 in Billboard Album Charts and No. 4 on Country Album Chart.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."When It All Goes South"Rick Carnes, Janis Carnes, John Barlow Jarvis6:57
2."The Woman He Loves"Troy Seals, Eddie Setser3:55
3."Clear Across America Tonight"Randy Owen, Teddy Gentry, Ronnie Rogers, Greg Fowler3:22
4."Will You Marry Me" (featuring Jann Arden)Jeffrey Steele, Al Anderson3:16
5."I Can't Hide My Heart"Owen, Gentry, Rogers, Fowler3:10
6."I Can't Love You Any Less"Owen, Gentry, Rogers, Fowler3:38
7."Reinvent the Wheel"Walt Aldridge, Brad Crisler3:29
8."I Write a Little"Jeff Cook, Owen, Rogers4:16
9."Down This Road"Michael Dulaney, Michael Lunn3:23
10."Love Remains" (featuring Christopher Cross)Randy Goodrum, Rob Mathes4:34
11."Start Living"Steven Dale Jones4:17
12."Simple as That"Chapin Hartford3:45
13."You Only Paint the Picture Once"Owen, Gentry, Rogers, Fowler3:33
14."Wonderful Waste of Time"Cook, Lisa Cook, Rocko Heermance3:19
15."Right Where I Am"Owen, Gentry, Rogers, Fowler4:34
16."Second Chances"Skip Ewing, Bob DiPiero3:59

Personnel

Alabama

Alabama's drummer, Mark Herndon, does not play on the album.

Additional Musicians

Voices on "I Write a Little" by Chris DeCarlo, Greg Fowler, Keith Gale, Sam Harrell, Adrian Michaels, Darcy Miller, Dan Nelson, Mike Siris, Suzette Tucker, and Mike Wilson; Military Advisor: LTC James (Jim) E. Pyle U.S. Army (Ret.)

Production

Chart performance

Singles

Year Single Peak positions
US Country US
2000 "When It All Goes South" 15 110
2001 "Will You Marry Me" 41 —
"The Woman He Loves" — —

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Reviews and Tracks for When It All Goes South by Alabama". Metacritic. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 19–20. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
  3. ^ "Alabama Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  4. ^ "Alabama Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  5. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2001". Billboard. Retrieved October 21, 2020.


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