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by Eddie Rabbitt

Overview

Eddie Rabbitt's vision of country music in the 1970s and early '80s was well in line with where country ended up in the first decade of the 21st century, a sleek and defined hybrid of pop, rock, and country that blurs differences and encourages capital. Some of Rabbitt's biggest hits, like 1980's "Drivin' My Life Away," seemed more like Creedence Clearwater Revival than they did George Jones, and the brilliant "Suspicions" was a piece of smooth urban R&B, hardly country. Both are included in this set, along with the impossible to resist "I Love a Rainy Night," the why-didn't-the-Eagles-do-this "Someone Could Lose a Heart Tonight," and Rabbitt's sturdy version of Dion's "The Wanderer." Rabbitt could do straight country just fine, when he chose to, though, as he proved with the classic country ballad "On Second Thought," which is also included here. ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date:	05/08/2012
Label:	Elektra / Rhino
UPC:	0081227987213
Rank:	30893

Tracks

1. Drinkin' My Baby (Off My Mind)
2. You Don't Love Me Anymore
3. I Just Want to Love You
4. Every Which Way But Loose
5. Suspicions
6. Gone Too Far
7. Drivin' My Life Away
8. I Love a Rainy Night
9. Step by Step
10. Someone Could Lose a Heart Tonight
11. You and I
12. You Can't Run from Love
13. The Best Year of My Life
14. Both to Each Other (Friends and Lovers)
15. I Wanna Dance with You
16. The Wanderer
17. On Second Thought

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Eddie Rabbitt   Primary Artist,Vocals
Juice Newton   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Crystal Gayle   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist

Technical Credits

Jay Gruska   Composer
Richard Landis   Producer
Jimmy Bowen   Producer
Randy McCormick   Composer
Milton Brown   Composer
Billy Joe Walker, Jr.   Composer
Alan Ray   Composer
Eddie Rabbitt   Composer,Producer
Michael McCall   Liner Notes
Snuff Garrett   Composer,Producer
Paul Gordon   Composer
Steve Dorff   Composer
Even Stevens   Composer,Producer
Frank J. Myers   Composer
David Malloy   Producer,Composer
Jeff Raymond   Composer
Ernie Maresca   Composer