When It All Goes South

When It All Goes South
Studio album by Alabama
Released	January 16, 2001
Genre	Country
Length	59:35
Label	RCA Records
Producer	Alabama Don Cook Josh Leo Larry Michael Lee James Stroud Rick Hall Michael Omartian Teddy Gentry Randy Owen
Alabama chronology
Twentieth Century (1999) When It All Goes South (2001) In The Mood: The Love Songs (2003)

When It All Goes South is the nineteenth studio album of 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".^[1] It was their final studio album for the RCA label.

Track listing

1. "When It All Goes South" (Rick Carnes, Janis Carnes, John Barlow Jarvis) - 6:57
2. "The Woman He Loves" (Troy Seals, Eddie Setser) - 3:55
3. "Clear Across America Tonight" (Randy Owen, Teddy Gentry, Ronnie Rogers, Greg Fowler) - 3:22
4. "Will You Marry Me" (Jeffrey Steele, Al Anderson) - 3:16

   feat. Jann Arden

5. "I Can't Hide My Heart" (Owen, Gentry, Rogers, Fowler) - 3:10
6. "I Can't Love You Any Less" (Owen, Gentry, Rogers, Fowler) - 3:38
7. "Reinvent the Wheel" (Walt Aldridge, Brad Crisler) - 3:29
8. "I Write a Little" (Jeff Cook, Owen, Rogers) - 4:16
9. "Down This Road" (Michael Dulaney, Michael Lunn) - 3:23
10. "Love Remains" (Randy Goodrum, Rob Mathes) - 4:34

    feat. Christopher Cross

11. "Start Living" (Steven Dale Jones) - 4:17
12. "Simple as That" (Chapin Hartford) - 3:45
13. "You Only Paint the Picture Once" (Owen, Gentry, Rogers, Fowler) - 3:33
14. "Wonderful Waste of Time" (J. Cook, Lisa Cook, Rocko Heermance) - 3:19
15. "Right Where I Am" (Owen, Gentry, Rogers, Fowler) - 4:34

Personnel

Alabama

• Jeff Cook- vocals, electric guitar
• Teddy Gentry- vocals, bass guitar
• Randy Owen- vocals

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

Additional Musicians

• Jann Arden- vocals on "Will You Marry Me"
• Eddie Bayers- drums
• Dennis Burnside- Hammond organ
• Larry Byrom- acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Mark Casstevens- acoustic guitar
• Christopher Cross- vocals on "Love Remains"
• Dan Dugmore- steel guitar
• Shannon Forrest- drums
• Larry Franklin- fiddle, mandolin
• Paul Franklin- steel guitar
• Rick Hall- mandolin
• Larry Hanson- electric guitar
• John Hobbs- piano
• Jim Horn- saxophone
• Jeff King- electric guitar
• Josh Leo- electric guitar
• Brent Mason- electric guitar
• Mac McAnally- acoustic guitar
• Chris McHugh- drums
• Terry McMillan- percussion
• Jerry McPherson- bouzouki, electric guitar
• Greg Morrow- drums, percussion
• Steve Nathan- Hammond organ
• James Nelson- saxophone
• Jimmy Nichols- piano
• Michael Omartian- piano
• Bob Patin- Hammond organ
• Michael Rhodes- bass guitar
• Tom Roady- percussion
• Brent Rowan- electric guitar
• Scotty Sanders- steel guitar
• Michael Severs- electric guitar
• Jimmie Lee Sloas- bass guitar
• Michael Spriggs- acoustic guitar
• Don Srygley- electric guitar
• James Stroud- drums
• Harvey Thompson- saxophone
• Biff Watson- bouzouki, acoustic guitar
• Glenn Worf- bass guitar

Production

• Alabama (all tracks except "Love Remains" and "The Woman He Loves")
• Don Cook ("Wonderful Waste of Time", "I Write a Little", "Simple as That", "When It All Goes South")
• Josh Leo and Larry Michael Lee ("Right Where I Am", "I Can't Love You Any Less", "Clear Across America Tonight")
• James Stroud ("Will You Marry Me", "You Only Paint the Picture Once", "I Can't Hide My Heart")
• Rick Hall ("Reinvent the Wheel", "Start Living", "Down This Road")
• Michael Omartian and Teddy Gentry ("Love Remains")
• Teddy Gentry and Randy Owen ("The Woman He Loves")

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2001)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	4
U.S. Billboard 200	37

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. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 19–20. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.