AMG Review of Setlist: The Very Best of Alabama Live

Stephen Thomas Erlewine
All Music Guide

Sony’s Setlist series isn’t a standard budget-line compilation: these discs bypass hits in favor of live tracks cut throughout the years, mixing up highlights from classic live albums with a handful of rarities, including some unreleased cuts. In the case of Alabama’s entry, the disc draws from 1988’s Alabama Live and 1993’s Gonna Have a Party…Live but seven of its 12 tracks are previously unreleased selections from a February 5, 1982 concert residing in Wolfgang’s Vault, including versions of “Feels so Right,” “Mountain Music,” and “My Home’s in Alabama,” which makes this of interest to hardcore fans.