# Champagne Jam

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{{Infobox album
| name         = Champagne Jam
| type         = studio
| artist       = [Atlanta Rhythm Section](/source/Atlanta_Rhythm_Section)
| cover        = Atlanta_Rhythm_Section_-_Champagne_Jam.jpg
| released     = January 1978
| recorded     =
| venue        = 
| studio       = [Studio One](/source/Studio_One_(recording_studio)), [Doraville, Georgia](/source/Doraville%2C_Georgia)
| genre        = [Blues rock](/source/Blues_rock), [boogie rock](/source/boogie_rock)
| length       = 33:15
| label        = [Polydor](/source/Polydor_Records)
| producer     = [Buddy Buie](/source/Buddy_Buie)
| prev_title   = [A Rock and Roll Alternative](/source/A_Rock_and_Roll_Alternative)
| prev_year    = 1976
| year         = 1978
| next_title   = [Underdog](/source/Underdog_(Atlanta_Rhythm_Section_album))
| next_year    = 1979
}}
'''''Champagne Jam''''' is an album by the American band [Atlanta Rhythm Section](/source/Atlanta_Rhythm_Section), released in 1978. The single "[Imaginary Lover](/source/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](/source/Billboard_200).

==Critical reception==
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/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](/source/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](/source/The_Village_Voice)|location=New York|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|access-date=September 19, 2015}}</ref>
}}
''[The Globe and Mail](/source/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](/source/Buddy_Buie) and [Robert Nix](/source/Robert_Nix_(drummer)), additional writers where noted.

# "Large Time" ([Bailey](/source/Barry_Bailey)) – 2:55
# "[I'm Not Gonna Let It Bother Me Tonight](/source/I'm_Not_Gonna_Let_It_Bother_Me_Tonight)" ([Daughtry](/source/Dean_Daughtry)) – 4:06
# "Normal Love" ([Cobb](/source/J._R._Cobb), Daughtry) – 3:22
# "Champagne Jam" (Cobb) – 4:31
# "[Imaginary Lover](/source/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](/source/Barry_Bailey) – guitar
* [J.R. Cobb](/source/J.R._Cobb) – [guitar](/source/guitar), background vocals
* [Dean Daughtry](/source/Dean_Daughtry) – [keyboards](/source/keyboard_instrument)
* [Paul Goddard](/source/Paul_Goddard_(musician)) – [bass guitar](/source/bass_guitar)
* [Robert Nix](/source/Robert_Nix_(drummer)) – [drums](/source/Drum_kit), background vocals
'''Additional players'''
* [Buddy Buie](/source/Buddy_Buie) – vocals
* Paul Davis – vocals

===Production===
* Producers: Buddy Buie, Robert Nix
* Engineer: [Rodney Mills](/source/Rodney_Mills)
* Mixing: Rodney Mills
* Original LP mastering: [Bob Ludwig](/source/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](/source/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}}

{{Atlanta Rhythm Section}}

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

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