Talk:Alabama (band)

Untitled
While Billboard magazine claims Alabama had only 33 No. 1 hits

I don't think the word "only" applies when it's used in conjunction with "33 No. 1 hits"!


 * History shows that anonymous user 68.221.48.27 posted the comment at 00:22, 17 June 2006. Please sign your comments with four tildes (~). Now, I think the reason the above phrase was so stated is because there seems to be a dispute over how many No. 1 hits Alabama had. Some sources state the number as high as 41 — as per the For the Record album, which contains 41 songs that went to No. 1 on the various charts, including the 33 that went the distance on Billboard and eight others that didn't on that chart but were said to on various other charts, such as Radio and Records. Briguy52748 01:33, 17 June 2006 (UTC)]]

Discography
I know this would be a good project for someone like myself to cover, but isn't it time someone created separate album pages for each of Alabama's albums? Just like the other album pages, these pages would need to include track listings and album images. Briguy52748 23:14, 23 January 2007 (UTC)]]
 * Well, I guess I got left with the ball in my lap, so I've gone ahead and created album pages. I've also uploaded album covers for each of their studio, greatest hits and live albums. To this point, articles have been created for Alabama's first studio album for RCA, their first Christmas album, their three greatest hits packages and The Essential (the reissued For the Record). A separate page for the band's discography is forthcoming when I have time, but this is where it stands right now. Briguy52748 22:23, 27 January 2007 (UTC)]]


 * I also am working on the individual Album pages, i have created one for Feels So Right, The Closer You Get..., Roll On, 40-Hour Week, The Touch, and have added the cover art to My Home's in Alabama. --Hman333 (talk) 21:52, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Tag?
I have to ask, but what "weasel words" are in the Alabama article? This should be the least controversal article around. Can someone provide examples or should this tag be removed? Hooper (talk) 18:01, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Chart positions
Many of the chart positions listed in the decade-album breakdowns of the main entry are either wrong or bogus. As a result, I have removed any mention of single chart positions in this section. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Taylorax (talk • contribs) 04:15, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Opening Paragraph
The opening summary is HORRIBLE! I don't know enough about the band to feel comfortable modifying it, but someone should.

For example, this is the THIRD thing mentioned about the band: "In 1973, after Owen's graduation from Jacksonville State University, they gave up their day jobs and weekend gigs."

The article hasn't even mentioned what they're famous for yet! What popular/important songs/albums/etc have they done? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.36.74.70 (talk) 12:15, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

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Alabama (Canadian band)
Per WP:DAB and WP:NCM this article should be at Alabama (American band), but there's a good case for WP:PRIMARYREDIRECT that Alabama (band) should point here rather than the dab page. The Canadian band being much less well known. In ictu oculi (talk) 08:34, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

Requested move 18 March 2019

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: not moved. (non-admin closure) KCVelaga (talk) 05:30, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

Alabama (band) → Alabama (American band) – Article was moved with no explanation whatsoever, conflict with Alabama (Canadian band). Revert per WP:DAB and WP:NCM  Lazz _R  21:09, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
 * This is a contested technical request (permalink). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:22, 18 March 2019 (UTC)


 * queried move request Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:28, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
 * This was moved from the long term stable title of Alabama (band) without discussion on 3 Aug 2017. The more recent move over the redirect, of 7 Feb 2019, merely reverted the earlier undiscussed move. This deserves discussion before being moved again. Station1 (talk) 04:20, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
 * 3 Aug 2017 was over a year and a half ago. May as well discuss from as things are. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:28, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
 * This was not moved for no reason. See Redirects for discussion/Log/2019 February 6 Nohomersryan (talk) 06:23, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Support per WP:PDAB either follow normal titling policy, or try and delete the Canadian band (not a serious suggestion). In ictu oculi (talk) 09:36, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Support Per similar discussions, partial disambiguation is confusing and per above if the Canadian band is not notable then it needs to be deleted/merged first.  Crouch, Swale  ( talk ) 10:03, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Because this rm has had low participation so far, going to ping the people who participated in the above rfd, since it's basically the same discussion. BD2412, Steel1943, Tavix, Thryduulf, Rubbish computer, Deryck Chan, NYKevin, feminist, BDD, Patar knight, AngusWOOF Nohomersryan (talk) 18:43, 23 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose. As recently established, the American band is the primary topic among bands named "Alabama". The hatnote to the Canadian band is no more confusing (and possibly less) than an entry on a dab page. Thryduulf (talk) 19:00, 23 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Support but keep Alabama (band) as a redirect to this article. The hatnote should stay. Same approach as Thriller (album): vast majority of readers looking for bands named Alabama are looking for this one. My second choice is Oppose per Thryduulf. feminist (talk) 01:44, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
 * I realize I am proposing a solution that was expressly rejected in the RfD discussion, so I oppose this move. feminist (talk) 06:22, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose per RFD discussion which was only last month. AngusWOOF  ( bark  •  sniff ) 02:16, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose per the recent RFD. -- Tavix ( talk ) 13:16, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose per Station1 and Thryduulf. Consider also the practical dimension: Donald, an American reader, and Justin, a Canadian reader, are both searching for the band called "Alabama" of their respective nationalities, and put "Alabama (band)" into the search bar. Donald is taken directly where he wants to go, and Justin is a click away. Retargeting to the disambiguation page inconveniences Donald without benefiting Justin; moving without retargeting is pedantic, making a less concise-title for no helpful reason. --BDD (talk) 14:46, 25 March 2019 (UTC)
 *  Speedy close - The nomination is inaccurate and some of the earlier !votes may not have been aware of the RfD. Moreover, this has already been discussed at RfD and no new arguments have been presented here. -- N Y  Kevin   01:25, 26 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose per all the above comments.  Calidum   01:45, 26 March 2019 (UTC)


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Genres
I’m pretty sure even though Alabama had influence from pop music, they aren’t pop country. Their neotraditonal style shines far brighter than their pop side. “Love in the First Degree” and songs like it may seem pop at first, but dig deeper in and you’ll see it sounds just like something Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter would sing. HankWilliamsGeorgeJones (talk) 23:44, 4 April 2024 (UTC)