I have never reviewed an Alabama record before, nor am I likely to again.

However, the mega-selling, veteran country music act teaming up with Canadian songbird Jann Arden -- if only for one song -- was enough to pique my interest on this occasion.

The Arden collaboration, a nuptials-themed ballad called Will You Marry Me, features the band's lead vocalist Randy Owen trading verses with one of Calgary's favourite singers.

And while it's not offensive, neither is it likely to inspire anyone to head to the altar.

Then there's Alabama tenor Teddy Gentry singing alongside wimpy '80s pop star Christopher Cross (!!!) on Love Remains, a ballad so incredibly hokey it makes you wonder what possessed them to add Cross to the mix in the first place.

After 1999's Twentieth Century became one of their worst-selling albums ever, Alabama apparently thought the collaborations might work to their advantage.

They may have hits with the uptempo, Clear Across America Tonight, and the similarly inclined I Can't Hide My Heart and Simple As That, and the twangy ballads I Can't Love You Any Less and Start Living

As for the rest of the bunch, they're either pretty awful beer-swilling anthems, or over-produced ballads.

If this album doesn't fly out of record stores, Alabama aren't exactly hurting.

They've sold over 65 million albums to date.

Track Listing 1. When It All Goes South
2. Woman He Loves, The
3. Clear Across America Tonight
4. Will You Marry Me - (with Jann Arden)
5. I Can't Hide My Heart
6. I Can't Love You Any Less
7. Reinvent The Wheel
8. I Write A Little
9. Down This Road
10. Love Remains - (with ChristopherCross)
11. Start Living
12. Simple As That
13. You Only Paint The Picture Once
14. Wonderful Waste Of Time
15. Right Where I Am