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Chipmunks In Low Places
Studio album by John Boylan and Alvin and the Chipmunks
Released	September 29, 1992 (US)
Recorded	August 1992
Genre	Children’s music, country
Length	42:20
Label	Chipmunk Records/Sony Wonder (US)
Producer	John Boylan, Janice Karman and Ross Bagdasarian
Professional reviews
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John Boylan chronology
The Simpsons Sing the Blues (1990) Chipmunks In Low Places (1992) Kermit...Unpigged (1995)
Alvin & the Chipmunks chronology
The Chipmunks Rock the House (1991) Chipmunks In Low Places (1992) Greatest Hits (1992)

Chipmunks in Low Places is a country album written by John Boylan and Andrew Gold and performed by Alvin and the Chipmunks. It features cover songs as well as original material. Released on September 29, 1992, the album was certified Platinum by the RIAA, becoming the group's first Platinum record and making it the Chipmunks' best-selling album. The album reached #21 on the Billboard 200, becoming their first album to chart in ten years. The album also managed to peak at #6 on Billboard's Top Country Albums, making it the highest peaking album for the group on the chart.

Storyline

Alvin is broke and is feeling "so blue" about life in general. He cheers himself up to his favorite country songs [track 1]. He brings in his favorite singers to sing with him in his latest album, but every duet ends with an argument [tracks 2-3]. His girlfriend Brittany is in the final process of breaking up with him [tracks 4 and 10]. Coming home to a dirty room, he is so depressed after seeing his guests imitate his mischief that he loses touch with reality and sinks into fairy tale addiction [track 5], refusing to clean his room in the process. At Charlie Daniels's urging, he starts to be nice to his brothers, but the conversation between them results in the unloading of a lot of unpleasant memories [track 6]. He does a concert in Nashville, but cannot resist destroying his and his brothers' instruments [tracks 7-8]. Grounded for his recent acts of mischief, he tries to hook up with Waylon Jennings, but Mr. Jennings turns down his overtures and badmouths his natural behavior [track 9]. Having scared everyone else away, he utters one final, futile act of self-indignation [track 11].

Track listing

1. "Country Pride" (Paul Peterson, John Boylan) – 4:53
2. "Achy Breaky Heart" (Don Von Tress) – 2:30
   • feat. Billy Ray Cyrus
3. "There Ain't Nothin' Wrong with the Radio" (Aaron Tippin, Buddy Brock) – 4:17
   • feat. Aaron Tippin
4. "Stand By Your Man" (Tammy Wynette, Billy Sherrill) – 4:46
   • feat. Tammy Wynette
5. "Gotta Believe in Pumpkins" (Ross Bagdasarian, Andrew Gold) – 3:13
6. "Brothers and Old Boots" (Bagdasarian, Janice Karman, John Boylan) – 4:27
   • feat. Charlie Daniels
7. Don’t Rock the Jukebox (Alan Jackson, Roger Murrah, Keith Stegall) – 3:44
   • feat. Alan Jackson
8. "Down at the Twist and Shout" (Mary Chapin Carpenter) – 3:28
   • feat. Mary Chapin Carpenter
9. "Outlaws" (Waylon Jennings) – 3:51
   • feat. Waylon Jennings
10. "I Feel Lucky" (Carpenter, Don Schlitz) – 3:09
    • feat. Mary Chapin Carpenter
11. "I Ain't No Dang Cartoon" (Bagdasarian, Karman, Gold) – 3:06

Musicians and Vocalists

• Alvin Seville – vocals
• Simon Seville – vocals
• Theodore Seville – vocals
• Brittany Miller – vocals
• Jeanette Miller – vocals
• Eleanor Miller – vocals
• B. James Lowry – guitar
• Roy Huskey, Jr. – bass guitar
• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Steve Nathan – keyboards
• Owen Hale – percussion
• Buddy Emmons – steel guitar
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle
• Andrew Gold – keyboards, guitars, and backing vocals
• John Boylan – keyboards and guitars
• Billy Burnette – guitar and backing vocals
• Rainy Haynes – backing vocals
• Sherwood Ball – backing vocals
• Gerry Beckley – backing vocals

Production Credits

• John Boylan – producer
• Janice Karman – producer
• Ross Bagdasarian – producer
• Warren Peterson – engineer (Nashville unit)
• Greg Parker – assistant engineer (Nashville unit)
• Traci Sterling – production coordinator (Nashville unit)
• Paul Grupp – engineer (Los Angeles unit)
• Richard Markowitz – assistant engineer (Los Angeles unit)
• Denice Ferguson – production coordinator (Los Angeles unit)
• Teri Wegel – production coordinator (Los Angeles unit)
• Steve "Boots" Karman – art direction
• Tony Le Bruno – cover photo
• Sandra – cover animation art
• Kim Ellis – cover animation art

References

Description of Chipmunks In Low Places within the context of Chipmunk canon