Twentieth Century (Alabama album)

Twentieth Century
Studio album by Alabama
Released June 15, 1999
Genre Country
Length 45:36
Label RCA Records
Producer Alabama
Don Cook
Alabama chronology
For the Record
(1998)		 Twentieth Century
(1999)		 When It All Goes South
(2001)

Twentieth Century is the eighteenth studio album of country music band Alabama, released in 1999 by RCA Records. It produced the singles "(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You", a collaboration with 'N Sync, "Small Stuff", "We Made Love" and "Twentieth Century", which respectively reached numbers 3, 24, 63, and 51 on the Hot Country Songs charts. In addition, "(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You" was the band's last top ten hit on the country charts.[1]

"(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time On You" was originally recorded by 'N Sync in 1998 on their first album *NSYNC.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic rated the album 2 out of 5 stars, saying that "There's not a note out of place or a missed harmony. It's easy to marvel at the sheer technical achievement of the record, since not only is it so well made, but the songs rarely make an impression…That's the problem with Twentieth Century: although it's pleasant, it never creates its own identity, even compared to latter-day Alabama records." He praised "Twentieth Century", "Mist of Desire", "Life's Too Short to Love This Fast", and "God Must Have Spent a Little More Time on You" as the best tracks, but said that "taken in the context of the record, they're nearly indistinguishable from the rest".[2]

Track listing

  1. "Twentieth Century" (Chris A.T. Cummings, Don Schlitz) - 4:11
  2. "(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You" (Evan Rogers, Carl Sturken) - 4:38
  3. "I'm In That Kind of Mood" (Greg Fowler, Teddy Gentry, Randy Owen, Ronnie Rogers) - 3:38
  4. "We Made Love" (Tom Douglas, Billy Kirsch) - 3:36
  5. "Life's Too Short To Love This Fast" (Gary Baker, Frank J. Myers, Owen) - 3:18
  6. "Then We Remember" (Don Cook, John Barlow Jarvis) - 4:12
  7. "Little Things" (Buddy Cannon, Fowler, Gentry, John Jarrard, Owen) - 3:22
  8. "Mist of Desire" (Jeff Cook) - 3:06
  9. "Small Stuff" (Mark Collie, Hillary Kanter, Even Stevens) - 3:59
  10. "Too Much Love" (Fowler, Owen) - 3:55
  11. "Write It Down In Blue" (Fowler, Gentry, Owen, R. Rogers) - 4:15
  12. "I Love You Enough To Let You Go" (Baker, Myers, Owen) - 3:26

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.[3]

Alabama

Alabama drummer Mark Herndon does not perform on the album.

Additional musicians

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1999) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 5
U.S. Billboard 200 51
Canadian RPM Country Albums 5

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions
US Country US CAN Country
1999 "God Must Have Spent a Little More Time on You" (with 'N Sync) 3 29 1
"Small Stuff" 24 110 25
2000 "Twentieth Century" 51 — 68
"We Made Love" 63 — —

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
United States (RIAA)[4] Gold 500,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 19–20. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
  2. 1 2 Allmusic review
  3. ↑ Twentieth Century (CD booklet). Alabama. RCA Records. 1999. 67793.
  4. ↑ "American album certifications – Alabama – Twentieth Century". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
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