| Love and Other Hard Times | ||||
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| Released | 1985 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
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Love and Other Hard Times is the sixth studio album by American country music singer Eddy Raven. It was released in 1985 by RCA Records.
Content and reception
[edit]Three singles from the album made the Hot Country Songs charts: "Operator, Operator", "I Wanna Hear It from You", and "You Should Have Been Gone by Now".[1]
Cash Box reviewed the album positively, stating that it was "another exhibition of his fine vocal range and his valuable songwriting ability."[2] Billboard also published a positive review of the album, which said that his "haunting and sincere voice is matched here by some of the best material he's recorded in recent years."[3]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I Wanna Hear It from You" | Nancy Montgomery, Rick Giles | 3:18 |
| 2. | "Room to Run" | Eddy Raven, Dave Powelson | 2:59 |
| 3. | "You Should Have Been Gone by Now" | Raven, Don Pfrimmer, Frank J. Myers | 3:24 |
| 4. | "Easy Time" | Raven, Powelson | 3:10 |
| 5. | "Changes" | Raven, Myers, Tanya Tucker | 3:39 |
| 6. | "Operator, Operator" | Larry Willoughby, Janet Willoughby | 3:04 |
| 7. | "We Robbed Trains" | Raven | 4:17 |
| 8. | "The Song I Said I'd Never Write for You" | Raven, Myers, Powelson | 3:57 |
| 9. | "The Art of Getting By" | Myers, Steve Dean | 3:24 |
| 10. | "I'm Just Someone You Run From" | Raven, A.L. "Doodle" Owens | 2:37 |
Personnel
[edit]- Eddie Bayers - drums
- Barry Beckett - keyboards
- Dennis Burnside - keyboards, synthesizer
- Don Gant - background vocals
- Sonny Garrish - steel guitar
- David Innis - synthesizer
- Frank J. Myers - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Mark O'Connor - fiddle, mandolin
- Joe Osborn - bass guitar
- Eddy Raven - lead vocals
- James Stroud - drums
- Dennis Wilson - background vocals
- Paul Worley - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Reggie Young - electric guitar
Chart performance
[edit]| Chart (1985) | Peak position |
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| US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[4] | 64 |
References
[edit]- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2017). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2017. Record Research, Inc. pp. 293–294. ISBN 978-0-89820-229-8.
- ^ "Country album reviews" (PDF). Cash Box: 32. June 29, 1985.
- ^ "Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. June 29, 1985. p. 66.
- ^ "Eddy Raven Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 19, 2017.