Pictures (Atlanta album)

Pictures is an album by American country music group Atlanta.^[1] It was released in March 1984. The album peaked at No. 8 on the Top Country Albums charts and number 140 on the U.S. Billboard 200. The biggest hit on the album, and also one of Atlanta's biggest hits, was "Sweet Country Music", which reached No. 5 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. Also on the US Country charts, the first single, "Atlanta Burned Again Last Night", peaked at No. 9, the second single "Dixie Dreaming" peaked at No. 11, the title track "Pictures" peaked at No. 35, and "Wishful Drinkin'" peaked at No. 22.

Pictures
Studio album by Atlanta
Released	March 27, 1984
Recorded	1983
Genre	Country
Label	MDJ/MCA
Producer	Milan Bogden, Larry McBride
Atlanta chronology
Pictures (1984) Atlanta (1985)
Singles from Pictures
"Atlanta Burned Again Last Night" Released: May 1983 "Dixie Dreaming" Released: September 1983 "Sweet Country Music" Released: February 13, 1984

Both "Atlanta Burned Again Last Night" and "Sweet Country Music" were co-written by Jeff Stevens and Terry Dotson, who recorded for Atlantic Records as part of Jeff Stevens & the Bullets at the time.^[2]

Track listing

1. "Dixie Dreaming" (John Gilbert) – 3:43
2. "Wishful Drinkin'" (Blake Mevis, Bill Shore) – 2:44
3. "Pictures" (Carol Halupke, Rex Gosdin) - 4:08
4. "Sweet Was Our Rose" (Ken Leray, Roger Spooner) - 4:01
5. "Blue Side of the Gray" (Lou T. Josie) - 5:16
6. "Atlanta Burned Again Last Night" (Jeff Stevens, Terry Dotson, Dwaine Rowe) – 2:59
7. "Sweet Country Music" (Stevens, Dotson, Rowe, A.P. Carter) – 3:33
8. "(Nothing Left Between Us) But Alabama" (Larry Latimer, Red Lane) - 3:09
9. "You Are the Wine" (Gilbert) - 3:21
10. "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" (Allan Clarke, Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway) - 3:35

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1984) Peak position Canadian Country Albums (RPM) 6 US Billboard 200[3] 140 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[4] 8

Year-end charts Chart (1984) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[5] 35

References

1. Pictures – Atlanta: Allmusic
2. Sandra Brennan. "Jeff Stevens biography". Allmusic. Retrieved October 8, 2009.
3. "Atlanta Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
4. "Atlanta Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
5. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1984". Billboard. Retrieved January 29, 2021.