40-Hour Week

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40-Hour Week
40-Hour Week cover
Studio album by Alabama
Released 1985
Genre Country
Length 39:48
Label RCA Records
Producer Harold Shedd and Alabama
Professional reviews
Alabama chronology
Roll On
(1984)		 40-Hour Week
(1985)		 Alabama Christmas
(1985)

40-Hour Week is the sixth studio album from country music band Alabama. Released in 1985, the album featured three songs that topped the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart and continued the band's dominance during the 1980s.

Two of the No. 1 tracks — "There's No Way" and the title track — became milestones in Alabama's recording career during 1985. When it reached the top of the chart in "There's No Way" on May 4, it became Alabama's 16th straight No. 1 single in as many single releases (excepting for the 1982 Christmas single "Christmas in Dixie"). The feat allowed Alabama to tie Sonny James' 14-year-old record for most No. 1 songs in as many consecutive single releases. Then, on August 3, "40 Hour Week (For a Livin')" topped the chart, becoming Alabama's 17th-straight chart topper and allowing them to surpass James' record.

Among the album tracks, several of them praising the South, 40 Hour Week also features the ballad "I Want To Know You Before We Make Love," which would become a major hit for Conway Twitty in 1987.

Track listing

  1. "Forty Hour Week (For A Livin')" - 3:18
  2. "Can't Keep A Good Man Down" - 3:45
  3. "There's No Way" - 4:11
  4. "Down On Longboat Key" - 4:05
  5. "Louisiana Moon" - 3:04
  6. "I Want To Know You Before We Make Love" - 3:58
  7. "Fireworks" - 3:52
  8. "(She Won't Have A Thing To Do With) Nobody But Me " - 3:16
  9. "As Right Now" - 2:45
  10. "If It Ain't Dixie (It Won't Do)" - 7:34

Charts

Singles

Year Song Chart Position Date
1985 "There's No Way" Hot Country Singles 1 May 4
1985 "Forty Hour Week (For A Livin')" Hot Country Singles 1 August 3
1985 "Can't Keep A Good Man Down" Hot Country Singles 1 November 9
v • d • e
Alabama
Jeff Cook · Mark Herndon · Randy Owen · Teddy Gentry
Studio albums
Wild Country (1976) · Deuces Wild (1977) · Alabama Band No. 3 (1979) · My Home's in Alabama (1980) · Feels So Right (1981) · Mountain Music (1982) · The Closer You Get... (1983) · Roll On (1984) · 40-Hour Week (1985) · The Touch (1986) · Just Us (1987) · Southern Star (1989) · Pass It on Down (1990) · American Pride (1992) · Cheap Seats (1993) · In Pictures (1995) · Dancin' on the Boulevard (1997) · Twentieth Century (1999) · When It All Goes South (2001)
Holiday Albums
Alabama Christmas (1985) · Christmas with The Judds and Alabama (1994) · Alabama Christmas Vol. II (1996) · Songs of Inspiration (2006) · Christmas Collection (2006) · Songs of Inspiration II (2007)
Compilations & Live albums
Greatest Hits (1986) · Alabama Live (1988) · Greatest Hits Vol. II (1991) · Gonna Have a Party...Live (1993) · For Our Fans (1993) · Greatest Hits Vol. III (1994) · Super Hits (1996) · Born Country (1997) · Super Hits II (1998) · The Essential Alabama (1998) · For the Record (1998) · In the Mood: The Love Songs (2003) · The American Farewell Tour (2003) · The Ultimate Alabama (2004) · The Essential (2005) · Livin' Lovin' Rockin' Rollin': The 25th Anniversary Collection (2006) · 16 Biggest Hits (2007) · Playlist: The Very Best of Alabama (2008)
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