In Pictures

1995 album by the American band, Alabama

In Pictures

Studio album by

Alabama

Released

August 15, 1995

Recorded

1994–1995

Studio

Emerald Sound and Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee).

Genre

Country

Length

38:25

Label

RCA Nashville

Producer

Alabama
Emory Gordy, Jr.

Alabama chronology

Greatest Hits Vol. III
(1994)

In Pictures
(1995)

Christmas Vol. II
(1996)

Singles from In Pictures

"She Ain't Your Ordinary Girl"
Released: June 19, 1995
"In Pictures"
Released: September 30, 1995
"It Works"
Released: January 13, 1996
"Say I"
Released: May 18, 1996
"The Maker Said Take Her"
Released: June 18, 1996

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

In Pictures is the sixteenth studio album by American country music band Alabama, released in 1995. It included the singles "She Ain't Your Ordinary Girl", "In Pictures", "It Works", "Say I" and "The Maker Said Take Her", which respectively reached No. 2, No. 4, No. 19, No. 38 and No. 4 on the Hot Country Songs charts. Making it the first album of their career not to produce a number one hit. The title track was originally recorded by Linda Davis on her 1994 album Shoot for the Moon. The album peaked at No. 100 on the Billboard 200 album charts and No. 12 on the Billboard Country Albums chart.

The album was recorded at Emerald studios in Nashville, Tennessee.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Sunday Drive"	Ray Kennedy, Dark Alley	2:31
2.	"She Ain't Your Ordinary Girl"	Robert Jason	3:07
3.	"My Love Belongs to You"	Ronnie Rogers	3:34
4.	"I've Loved a Lot More Than I've Hurt"	Max T. Barnes, Max D. Barnes	3:13
5.	"Spin the Wheel"	Michael Clark, Jeff Stevens	4:37
6.	"Nothing Comes Close"	Rogers	3:31
7.	"Say I"	Steve Bogard, Stevens	3:11
8.	"It Works"	Mickey Cates, Mark Alan Springer	3:40
9.	"The Maker Said Take Her"	Rogers, Mark Wright	3:43
10.	"In Pictures"	Bobby Boyd, Joe Doyle	3:33
11.	"Heartbreak Express"	Jeff Cook, Phillip Wolfe	3:39

Personnel

Alabama

Jeff Cook – guitars, fiddle, backing vocals, lead vocals (11)
Randy Owen – guitars, lead vocals (1-10), backing vocals (11)
Teddy Gentry – bass guitar, backing vocals
Mark Herndon – drums, percussion

Additional Musicians

John Barlow Jarvis – keyboards
Mike Lawler– keyboards
Steve Nathan – keyboards
Richard Bennett – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Biff Watson – acoustic guitar, mandolin
Steve Gibson – electric guitar
Larry Hanson – electric guitar
Dann Huff – electric guitar
Chris Leuzinger – electric guitar
Brent Mason – electric guitar
Craig Krampf – drums
Lonnie Wilson – drums
Emory Gordy Jr. – string arrangements (8, 10)
John Catchings – cello
Jim Grosjean – viola
Kathryn Plummer – viola
Kristin Wilkinson – viola
David Davidson – violin
Connie Ellisor – violin
Connie Heard – violin
Christian Teal – violin

Production

Alabama – producers
Emory Gordy Jr. – producer
Russ Martin – recording (1, 7, 8)
Alan Schulman – recording (2-6, 9, 10, 11)
Tim Waters – assistant engineer
John Guess – mixing
Derek Bason – mix assistant
Glenn Meadows – mastering
Lauren Koch – production coordinator
Susan Eaddy – art direction
Mary Hamilton – art direction
Kym Juister – design
Scott Bonner – photo illustration
Ron Keith – photography

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1995)	Peak position
Canadian Country Albums (RPM)	10
US Billboard 200^[1]	100
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[2]	12

Year-end charts

Chart (1996)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[3]	50

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[4]	Platinum	1,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "Alabama Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
^ "Alabama Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1996". Billboard. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
^ "American album certifications – Alabama – In Pictures". Recording Industry Association of America.