Champagne Jam

{{more citations needed|date=February 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Champagne Jam | type = studio | artist = Atlanta Rhythm Section | cover = Atlanta_Rhythm_Section_-_Champagne_Jam.jpg | released = January 1978 | recorded = | venue = | studio = Studio One, Doraville, Georgia | genre = Blues rock, boogie rock | length = 33:15 | label = Polydor | producer = Buddy Buie | prev_title = A Rock and Roll Alternative | prev_year = 1976 | year = 1978 | next_title = Underdog | next_year = 1979 }} '''''Champagne Jam''''' is an album by the American band Atlanta Rhythm Section, released in 1978. The single "Imaginary Lover" was the band's second Top 10 hit, peaking at #7 in the U.S. and #9 in Canada. The album itself was the band's most commercially successful, peaking at number 7 on the ''Billboard'' 200.

==Critical reception== {{Music ratings |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="AM">{{cite web |title=Champagne Jam Review by Stephen Cook |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/champagne-jam-mw0000311391 |website=AllMusic |access-date=6 February 2024}}</ref> |rev2 = ''The Village Voice'' |rev2Score = C<ref>{{cite news|date=June 26, 1978|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv6-78.php|title=Christgau's Consumer Guide|newspaper=The Village Voice|location=New York|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|access-date=September 19, 2015}}</ref> }} ''The Globe and Mail'' wrote: "The last of the first generation of Dixie boogie bands, the Atlanta Rhythm Section continues on its predictable but still enjoyable path, bringing with ''Champagne'' Jam a few fresh insights into the state of the blues-rock-boogie fusion."<ref>{{cite news |last1=McGrath |first1=Paul |title=Atlanta Rhythm Section |work=The Globe and Mail |date=19 Apr 1978 |page=F2}}</ref>

== Track listing == All songs written by Buddy Buie and Robert Nix, additional writers where noted.

# "Large Time" (Bailey) – 2:55 # "I'm Not Gonna Let It Bother Me Tonight" (Daughtry) – 4:06 # "Normal Love" (Cobb, Daughtry) – 3:22 # "Champagne Jam" (Cobb) – 4:31 # "Imaginary Lover" (Daughtry) – 5:05 # "The Ballad of Lois Malone" (Bailey, Daughtry) – 4:30 # "The Great Escape" (Bailey) – 4:47 # "Evileen" (Daughtry) – 3:32

== Personnel == '''Atlanta Rhythm Section''' * Ronnie Hammond – vocals, background vocals * Barry Bailey – guitar * J.R. Cobb – guitar, background vocals * Dean Daughtry – keyboards * Paul Goddard – bass guitar * Robert Nix – drums, background vocals '''Additional players''' * Buddy Buie – vocals * Paul Davis – vocals

===Production=== * Producers: Buddy Buie, Robert Nix * Engineer: Rodney Mills * Mixing: Rodney Mills * Original LP mastering: Bob Ludwig & Rodney Mills at Masterdisk * Digital remastering: Suha Gur * Art direction: Mike McCarty * Design: Mike McCarty * Photography: Rick Diamond

==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1978) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row"| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)<ref name=AUS>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|page=21|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref> | align="center"| 46 |- {{album chart|Canada|16|artist=Atlanta Rhythm Section|album=A Rock and Roll Alternative|chartid=4574a|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 1, 2026}} |- {{album chart|Billboard200|7|artist=Atlanta Rhythm Section|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 1, 2026}} |}

==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Canada|artist=Atlanta Rhythm Section|title=Champagne Jam|award=Gold|relyear=1978|certyear=1978}} {{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Atlanta Rhythm Section|title=Champagne Jam|award=Platinum|relyear=1978|certyear=1978}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

== References == {{reflist}}

Category:Atlanta Rhythm Section albums Category:1978 albums Category:Albums produced by Buddy Buie Category:Polydor Records albums