40-Hour Week

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40-Hour Week
Studio album by Alabama
Released	January 1985 (1985-01) October 25, 1990 (1990-10-25) (re-released)
Recorded	September 1984 (1984-09) at The Music Mill, Nashville, TN[1]
Genre	Country
Length	39:48
Label	RCA Nashville
Producer	Alabama Harold Shedd
Alabama chronology
Roll On (1984) 40-Hour Week (1985) Christmas (1985)
Singles from 40-Hour Week
"There's No Way" Released: January 20, 1985 "40 Hour Week (For a Livin')" Released: April 17, 1985 "Can't Keep a Good Man Down" Released: August 9, 1985

40-Hour Week is the ninth studio album from American country music band Alabama. Released in January 1985, the album included three songs that topped the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart and continued the band's dominance during the 1980s. The album peaked at number one on the Billboard Country Albums chart and number 28 on the Billboard 200.

Two of the No. 1 tracks — "There's No Way" and the title track — became milestones in Alabama's recording career during 1985. When it reached the top of the chart on May 4, "There's No Way" became Alabama's 16th consecutive No. 1 single (excepting for the 1982 Christmas single "Christmas in Dixie"). The feat allowed Alabama to tie Sonny James' 14-year-old record for most No. 1 songs in as many consecutive single releases. Then, on August 3, "40 Hour Week (For a Livin')" topped the chart, becoming Alabama's 17th-straight chart topper and allowing them to surpass James' record.

Among the album tracks, several of them praising the South, 40 Hour Week also features the ballad "I Want To Know You Before We Make Love", which became a major hit for Conway Twitty in 1987.

This was Alabama's only album from which all the singles had accompanying music videos.