Tracklist front / back album covers
38 Special - Rock & Roll Strategy
"Rock & Roll Strategy" (Max Carl, Donnie Van Zant) – 4:34
"What's It to Ya?" (Robert White Johnson, Michael Lunn, Van Zant) – 4:30
"Little Sheba" (Carl) – 4:54
"Comin' Down Tonight" (Carl, Jeff Carlisi, Johnson, Van Zant) – 4:26
"Midnight Magic" (Mark Baker, Carlisi, Cal Curtis, Johnson, Van Zant) – 4:21
"Second Chance" (Carl, Carlisi, Curtis) – 5:04
"Hot 'Lanta" (Carl) – 5:42
"Never Be Lonely" (Carl, Danny Chauncey) – 4:39
"Chattahoochee" (Johnson, Lunn, Van Zant) – 4:11
"Innocent Eyes" (Carl, Carlisi, Chauncey) – 4:17
"Love Strikes" (Carlisi, Johnson, Van Zant) – 4:31
38 Special Band Members / Musicians
Max Carl – keyboards, vocals
Jeff Carlisi – guitar, steel guitar
Donnie Van Zant – vocals
Danny Chauncey – guitar
Jack Grondin – drums
Larry Junstrom – bass guitar
James Stroud - Synclavier, Synclavier & LINN Drum Programming
Robert White Johnson – percussion, background vocals
Edd Miller – percussion, vibraslap
The Noise Gator – horns
The Six Groomers – background vocals
Rock & Roll Strategy is the 8th studio album by the southern rock band 38 Special, released in 1988, and their final album for long-time label A&M Records. It was the first album to feature the new vocalist and keyboard player Max Carl. This album contained their last Top 10 hit, "Second Chance", which peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
