American Made (The Oak Ridge Boys album)

American Made
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 20, 1983
GenreCountry
Length36:34
LabelMCA
ProducerRon Chancey
Oak Ridge Boys chronology
Christmas
(1982)
American Made
(1983)
Deliver
(1983)
Singles from American Made
  1. "American Made"
    Released: February 1983
  2. "Love Song"
    Released: June 4, 1983

American Made is the ninth album by The Oak Ridge Boys, released in 1983. It featured yet another "crossover hit" with the song "American Made", which hit #1 on the country charts (on April 23, 1983) and #72 on the U.S. Hot 100 singles chart.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Love Song"Steve Runkle3:51
2."She's Not Just Another Pretty Face"Sam Lorber, JD Martin3:26
3."Amity"Doug Flett, Guy Fletcher3:47
4."You're the One"Rock Killough3:49
5."Down the Hall"Mike Reid, Troy Seals3:21
6."American Made"Bob DiPiero, Pat McManus2:42
7."Any Old Time You Choose"Ken Bell, Terry Skinner, JL Wallace3:54
8."Heart on the Line (Operator, Operator)"Janet Willoughby, Larry Willoughby3:07
9."You Made It Beautiful"Richard Kerr, Troy Seals3:24
10."I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today"Will Jennings, Joe Sample5:46

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.[1]

The Oak Ridge Boys

Musicians

Production

  • Produced By Ron Chancey
  • Engineer & Mixing: Les Ladd
  • Assistant Engineers: Ken Corlew, Ken Criblez, Tim Farmer, Pete Greene, Russ Martin, David McKinley, Mary Beth McLemore

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1983) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 2
U.S. Billboard 200 51

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions
US Country US CAN Country
1983 "American Made" 1 72 12
"Love Song" 1 1

References

  1. ^ American Made (LP). Oak Ridge Boys. MCA Records. 1983. 5390.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)