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{{Infobox album
| name       = Underdog
| type       = Studio
| artist     = [[Atlanta Rhythm Section]]
| cover      = Atlanta Rhythm Section - Underdog.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = June 1979
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Soft rock]]
| length     = 41:14
| label      = [[Polydor Records|Polydor]]
| producer   = [[Buddy Buie]]
| prev_title = [[Champagne Jam]]
| prev_year  = 1978
| next_title = [[The Boys from Doraville]]
| next_year  = 1980
| misc       =
{{Singles
| name        = Underdog
| type        = studio
| single1     = [[Do It or Die]]
| single1date = August 1979
| single2     = [[Spooky (Classics IV song)#Atlanta Rhythm Section cover|Spooky]]
| single2date = August 1979
}}
}}
'''''Underdog''''' is an album by the [[Atlanta Rhythm Section]], released in 1979 by [[Polydor Records]]. It is their last album with drummer [[Robert Nix (drummer)|Robert Nix]] who left the band near the end of 1979.
The album reached number 26 on the U.S. [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] albums chart,<ref name="chart">
{{cite web
| url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p52901|pure_url=yes}}
| title=Atlanta Rhythm Section - Charts & Awards - ''Billboard'' Albums
| publisher=[[Allmusic]]
| access-date=30 November 2009}}</ref> and was certified gold by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] in June 1979.<ref name="certs">
{{cite web
| url=http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=Atlanta%20Rhythm%20Section&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25
| title=Gold & Platinum Search Results - Atlanta Rhythm Section
| publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]
| access-date=30 November 2009}}</ref>
The album contained two songs which reached the top 20 of the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] singles chart, "Do It or Die" and "[[Spooky (Classics IV song)#Atlanta Rhythm Section cover|Spooky]]".<ref>
{{cite web
| url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p52901|pure_url=yes}}
| title=Atlanta Rhythm Section - Charts & Awards - ''Billboard'' Singles
| publisher=[[Allmusic]]
| access-date=30 November 2009}}</ref>
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.<ref>
{{cite book
| last=Whitburn
| first=Joel
| title=The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits
| edition=8th
| publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard Books]]
| page=131
| location=New York
| year=2004
| isbn=978-0-8230-7499-0}}</ref>
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| headline      = Side A
| title1        = [[Do It or Die]]
| writer1       = Buie, Cobb, Hammond
| length1       = 3:28
| title2        = Born Ready
| writer2       = Buie, Daughtry, Nix
| length2       = 3:53
| title3        = I Hate the Blues"<br>"[[Let's Go Get Stoned]]
| writer3       = Buie, Daughtry, Nix<br>[[Ashford & Simpson|Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson]]
| length3       = 7:10
| title4        = Indigo Passion
| writer4       = Buie, Cobb
| length4       = 3:55
}}
{{Track listing
| headline      = Side B
| title5        = While Time is Left
| writer5       = Bailey, Buie, Daughtry, Nix
| length5       = 5:20
| title6        = It's Only Music
| writer6       = Buie, Cobb
| length6       = 5:32
| title7        = [[Spooky (Classics IV song)#Atlanta Rhythm Section version|Spooky]]
| writer7       = Buie, Cobb, Middlebrooks, Shapiro
| length7       = 4:58
| title8        = My Song
| writer8       = Buie, Hammond
| length8       = 3:15
}}
==Personnel==
*[[Ronnie Hammond]] - vocals
*[[James B. Cobb, Jr.]] - guitar, percussion, backing vocals
*[[Barry Bailey]] - [[acoustic guitar|acoustic]] and [[electric guitar]]
*[[Dean Daughtry]] - keyboards
*Paul Goddard - bass guitar
*[[Robert Nix (drummer)|Robert Nix]] - drums
* James Stroud - percussion
* Bob Ludwig and Rodney Mills - Original LP mastering at Masterdisk NYC
==Chart performance==
;Album
{|class="wikitable"
!Chart (1979)
!Peak<br />position
|-
|U.S. ''Billboard'' 200
|align="center"|26<ref name="chart" />
|}
;Singles
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Single
!Chart
!Position
|-
|rowspan="9"|1979
|rowspan="5"|"Do It or Die"
|''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/atlanta-rhythm-section/chart-history/HSI/song/574639|title=Do It or Die (Hot 100)|website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=January 9, 2020}}{{dead link|date=December 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
|align="center"|19
|-
|''Billboard'' Adult Contemporary<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/atlanta-rhythm-section/chart-history/ASI/song/574639|title=Do It or Die (Adult Contemporary)|website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=January 9, 2020}}{{dead link|date=December 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
|align="center"|11
|-
|''Billboard'' Country
|align="center"|92
|-
|''RPM'' Top Singles<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4484a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4484a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4484a|title=Do It or Die (Canada)|website=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|access-date=January 9, 2020}}</ref>
|align="center"|43
|-
|''Kent Music Report''
|align="center"|75
|-
|rowspan="4"|"Spooky"
|''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/atlanta-rhythm-section/chart-history/HSI/song/577769|title=Spooky (Hot 100)|website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=January 9, 2020}}{{dead link|date=December 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
|align="center"|17
|-
|''Billboard'' Adult Contemporary<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/atlanta-rhythm-section/chart-history/ASI/song/577769|title=Spooky (Adult Contemporary)|website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=January 9, 2020}}{{dead link|date=December 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
|align="center"|23
|-
|''RPM'' Top Singles
|align="center"|37
|-
|''Kent Music Report''
|align="center"|96
|-
|}
==Certifications==
{| class="wikitable"
!Organization
!Level
!Date
|-
|align="left"|[[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] – USA
|align="left"|Gold<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=atlanta+rhythm+section#search_section |title=RIAA searchable certification database: Atlanta Rhythm Section|publisher=Recording Industry Association of America|access-date=November 5, 2020}}</ref>
|align="left"|June 12, 1979
|}
==References==
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{{Atlanta Rhythm Section}}
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[[Category:1979 albums]]
[[Category:Atlanta Rhythm Section albums]]
[[Category:Polydor Records albums]]