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词条 Urban Chipmunk
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  1. Track listing

     Original 1981 release  1993 CD remaster 

  2. Chart/Sales performance

  3. Personnel

  4. Production crew

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| released = February 4, 1981 (US)
| recorded = December 1980-January 1981
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| genre = Country, Children's music
| length = 45:23
| label = RCA Nashville
| producer = Larry Butler
Janice Karman
Ross Bagdasarian Jr.
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| next_year = 1981
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Urban Chipmunk was the first country album by Alvin and the Chipmunks, released on February 4, 1981. The title parodies the 1980 movie Urban Cowboy.

Track listing

Original 1981 release

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| headline = Side one
| extra_column = Original Artist
| title1 = Thank God I'm a Country Boy
| extra1 = John Denver
| note1 = John Denver
| length1 = 1:43
| title2 = The Gambler
| extra2 = Kenny Rogers
| note2 = Don Schlitz
| length2 = 3:13
| title3 = Lunchbox (feat. Jerry Reed)
| extra3 = Jerry Reed
| note3 = Albert Bouchard, Mike Diamond Sr.
| length3 = 3:10
| title4 = Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)
| extra4 = Waylon Jennings
| note4 = Chips Moman, Bobby Emmons
| length4 = 3:05
| title5 = (Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song (feat. Larry Butler)
| extra5 = B. J. Thomas
| note5 = Larry Butler, Chips Moman
| length5 = 4:48
}}{{tracklist
| headline = Side two
| extra_column = Original Artist
| title1 = I Love a Rainy Night
| extra1 = Eddie Rabbitt
| note1 = David Malloy, Eddie Rabbitt, Even Stevens
| length1 = 3:06
| title2 = Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be {{strikethrough|Cowboys}} Chipmunks
| extra2 = Waylon Jennings with Willie Nelson
| note2 = Ed Bruce, Patsy Bruce
| length2 = 3:15
| title3 = Coward of the County
| extra3 = Kenny Rogers
| note3 = Roger Bowling, Billy Edd Wheeler
| length3 = 3:57
| title4 = Made For Each Other (feat. Brenda Lee)
| extra4 = original song
| note4 = Ross Bagdasarian Jr., Janice Karman, Larry Butler, Bruce Pinkard
| length4 = 5:28
| title5 = On the Road Again
| extra5 = Willie Nelson
| note5 = Willie Nelson
| length5 = 2:30
}}

Urban Chipmunk was released on CD in 1993. For this release, the songs "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)" and "Made For Each Other" were deleted and replaced with new songs "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" and "Boot Scootin' Boogie". In addition, "I Love a Rainy Night" was retitled "I Love a Rainy Night (Saturday Morning Remix)" with new dialogue added. The cover art was also modified to feature the current character redesign.

1993 CD remaster

{{tracklist
| headline =
| extra_column = Original Artist
| title1 = The Devil Went Down to Georgia
| extra1 = The Charlie Daniels Band
| note1 = Charlie Daniels, Tom Crain, "Taz" DiGregorio, Fred Edwards, Charles Hayward, James W. Marshall
| length1 = 4:05
| title2 = Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be {{strikethrough|Cowboys}} Chipmunks
| extra2 = Waylon Jennings with Willie Nelson
| note2 = Ed Bruce, Patsy Bruce
| length2 = 3:15
| title3 = The Gambler
| extra3 = Kenny Rogers
| note3 = Don Schlitz
| length3 = 3:13
| title4 = Lunchbox (feat. Jerry Reed)
| extra4 = Jerry Reed
| note4 = Albert Bouchard, Mike Diamond Sr.
| length4 = 3:10
| title5 = Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song
| extra5 = B. J. Thomas
| note5 = Larry Butler, Chips Moman
| length5 = 4:48
| title6 = Boot Scootin' Boogie
| extra6 = Brooks & Dunn
| note6 = Ronnie Dunn
| length6 = 3:11
| title7 = I Love a Rainy Night (Saturday Morning Remix)
| extra7 = Eddie Rabbitt
| note7 = David Malloy, Eddie Rabbitt, Even Stevens
| length7 = 3:45
| title8 = Coward of the County
| extra8 = Kenny Rogers
| note8 = Roger Bowling, Billy Edd Wheeler
| length8 = 3:57
| title9 = Thank God I'm a Country Boy
| extra9 = John Denver
| note9 = John Denver
| length9 = 1:43
| title10 = On the Road Again
| extra10 = Willie Nelson
| note10 = Willie Nelson
| length10 = 2:30
}}

Chart/Sales performance

Despite receiving mixed reviews, the album ended up being a surprise success for the group and going Gold. It would become the second Gold album for the Chipmunks, their first being 1980's Chipmunk Punk.

The album managed to chart on Billboard Pop Albums Chart, peaking at No. 56. The album also managed to chart on Billboard's Country Albums, peaking at No. 23, becoming the group's first album to chart on the country charts.

Chart (1981) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums23
U.S. Billboard 20056

Personnel

  • Ross Bagdasarian Jr. — lead vocals (Alvin, Simon, David Seville)
  • Janice Karman — lead vocals (Theodore)
  • Buzz Cason — background vocals
  • Bergen White — background vocals
  • Dennis Wilson — background vocals
  • Bob ”King” Moore — lead electric guitars
  • Jerry Carrigan — acoustic and rhythm electric guitars
  • Hargus "Pig" Robbins — pedal steel guitars and piano
  • Ray Edenton — bass
  • Billy Sanford — fiddle
  • Jimmy Capps — percussion
  • Leon Rhodes — drums
  • Buddy Spicher — auxiliary percussion

Production crew

  • Ross Bagdasarian Jr — producer
  • Janice Karman — producer
  • Larry Butler — producer
  • Billy Sherill — engineer
  • Dain & DeJoy — album coordination
  • Rick Detorie — art direction and illustrations
  • David Foster — project consultant
  • John Boylan — project consultant
{{Alvin and the Chipmunks}}

3 : Alvin and the Chipmunks albums|1981 albums|Albums produced by Larry Butler (producer)

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