Champagne Jam

Champagne Jam
Studio album by Atlanta Rhythm Section
Released	March 1978[1]
Recorded	Studio One, Doraville, Georgia
Genre	Southern rock
Length	32:48
Label	Polydor
Producer	Buddy Buie, Robert Nix
Atlanta Rhythm Section chronology
A Rock and Roll Alternative (1976) Champagne Jam (1978) Underdog (1979)

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The Village Voice	C[2]

Champagne Jam is an album by the southern rock band Atlanta Rhythm Section, released in 1978. (See 1978 in music.) The single "Imaginary Lover" was the band's second Top 10 hit, peaking at #7 in the U.S. and #9 in Canada.

Track listing

1. "Large Time" (Bailey, Buie, Nix) – 2:55
2. "I'm Not Gonna Let It Bother Me Tonight" (Buie, Daughtry, Nix) – 4:06
3. "Normal Love" (Buie, Cobb, Daughtry, Nix) – 3:22
4. "Champagne Jam" (Buie, Cobb, Nix) – 4:31
5. "Imaginary Lover" (Buie, Daughtry, Nix) – 5:05
6. "The Ballad of Lois Malone" (Bailey, Buie, Daughtry, Nix) – 4:30
7. "The Great Escape" (Bailey, Buie, Nix) – 4:47
8. "Evileen" (Buie, Daughtry, Nix) – 3:32
9. "NITP" (Daughtry, Buie) - 7:21

Personnel

• Barry Bailey - electric guitar
• Jo Jo Billingsley - vocals
• Buddy Buie - vocals
• J.R. Cobb - guitar, electric guitar, vocals
• Dean Daughtry - keyboards
• Paul Davis - vocals
• Paul Goddard - bass guitar
• Ronnie Hammond - vocals, background vocals
• Robert Nix - drums, background vocals
• Artimus Pyle - percussion

Production

• Producers: Buddy Buie, Robert Nix
• Engineer: Rodney Mills
• Mixing: Rodney Mills
• Original LP mastering: Bob Ludwig & Rodney Mills at Masterdisk
• Digital remastering: Suha Gur
• Art direction: Mike McCarty
• Design: Mike McCarty
• Photography: Rick Diamond

Charts

Album

Singles

Trivia

Ronnie Dobbs, a fictional character portrayed by the comedian David Cross, is fond of saying, "Let's have us a champagne jam!", a reference to the song "Champagne Jam".

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