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American Made (The Oak Ridge Boys album)

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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 eighth country studio 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

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Love Song"Steven Runkle3:53
2."She's Not Just Another Pretty Face"Sam Lorber, J. D. Martin3:26
3."Amity"Doug Fleet, 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, J. L. Wallace3:54
8."Heart on the Line (Operator, Operator)"Janet Willoughby, Larry Willoughby3:07
9."You Made It Beautiful"Richard Kerr, Seals3:24
10."I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today"Will Jennings, Joe Sample5:49

Personnel

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As listed in liner notes.[1]

The Oak Ridge Boys

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Musicians

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Production

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  • 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

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Album

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

Singles

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

References

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