Underdog (Atlanta Rhythm Section album)
Underdog is an album by the Atlanta Rhythm Section, released in 1979 by Polydor Records. It is their first album with the drummer Roy Yeager since the former drummer Robert Nix left the band near the end of 1978. The album reached number 26 on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart, and was certified gold by the RIAA in June 1979.
The album contained two songs which reached the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, "Do It or Die" and "Spooky".
The latter was a re-recording of the 1968 number three hit for Classics IV, a pop rock group whose line up included members who later joined Atlanta Rhythm Section.
Track listing
Personnel
- Buddy Buie - vocals, vocals
- Ronnie Hammond - vocals
- Barry Bailey - acoustic and electric guitar
- James B. Cobb, Jr. - guitar, percussion, vocals
- Paul Goddard - bass guitar, double bass
- Roy Yeager - drums, percussion
- Robert Nix - background vocals, drums
- Dean Daughtry - keyboards
- Original LP mastering - Bob Ludwig and Rodney Mills at Masterdisk NYC
Chart performance
;Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
| 1979 | "Do It or Die" | Billboard Hot 100 | 19 |
| 1979 | "Do It or Die" | Billboard Adult Contemporary | 11 |
| 1979 | "Do It or Die" | Billboard Country | 92 |
| 1979 | "Do It or Die" | RPM Top Singles | 43 |
| 1979 | "Do It or Die" | Kent Music Report | 75 |
| 1979 | "Spooky" | Billboard Hot 100 | 17 |
| 1979 | "Spooky" | Billboard Adult Contemporary | 23 |
| 1979 | "Spooky" | RPM Top Singles | 37 |
| 1979 | "Spooky" | Kent Music Report | 96 |