Horizon (Eddie Rabbitt album)
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| Studio album by Eddie Rabbitt | ||||
| Released | June 20, 1980 | |||
| Recorded | at Caribou Ranch, Nederland, Colorado | |||
| Genre | Country pop | |||
| Label | Elektra | |||
| Producer | David Malloy | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Horizon is the sixth studio album of country artist Eddie Rabbitt. It was released in 1980 under the Elektra Records label. The album produced two singles, both of which reached number one on country charts. The lead-off single "Drivin' My Life Away" reached number 5 on the Billboard 100 and 9 the Adult Contemporary chart. The other single, "I Love a Rainy Night" reached number one on all three charts, the only single in Rabbitt's career to ever do so.
Horizon reached number one on country album charts and ultimately reached platinum status. Allmusic retrospectively gave the album 4.5 stars out of 5 and praised the tracks on side one for their "sun-inspired, guitar-based productions, heavy on the echo" but described the second side as being "a bit ballad-heavy." The review described the album as a "rockabilly release". In 2009, the full album was released in CD format.
The track "747" on this album is not the same as the much later Lady Antebellum version of the track of the same title for their 2014 album also entitled 747.
Track listing
- "I Love a Rainy Night" (David Malloy, Eddie Rabbitt, Even Stevens) - 3:11
- "747" (Rabbitt) - 3:07
- "Drivin' My Life Away" (Malloy, Rabbitt, Stevens) - 3:14
- "Short Road to Love" (Rabbitt, Stevens) - 2:37
- "Rockin' with My Baby" (Malloy, Rabbitt, Stevens) - 2:31
- "I Need to Fall in Love Again" (Paul Overstreet, Stevens) - 2:31
- "So Deep in Your Love" (Malloy, Rabbitt, Stevens) - 3:25
- "What Will I Write" (Malloy, Rabbitt, Stevens) - 3:01
- "Pretty Lady" (Malloy, Rabbitt, Stevens) - 3:28
- "Just the Way It Is" (Rabbitt, Stevens) - 3:45
Chart performance
Album
| Chart (1980) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 19 |
| Canadian RPM Country Albums | 5 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | |||||
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| US Country | US | US AC | CAN Country | CAN | CAN AC | ||
| 1980 | "Drivin' My Life Away" | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 2 |
| "I Love a Rainy Night" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | — | |
Personnel
As listed in liner notes[2]
- Don Barrett - bass guitar
- Larry Byrom - electric guitar
- Alan Feingold - piano, keyboards
- Sherry Grooms - background vocals
- David Hungate - bass guitar
- Randy McCormick - keyboards, synthesizer
- David Malloy - background vocals
- Farrell Morris - percussion
- Paul Overstreet - background vocals
- Norbert Putnam - bass guitar
- Eddie Rabbitt - lead vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitar
- James Stroud - drums, percussion
String arrangements by Randy McCormick and Larry Muhoberac
References
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ Horizon (LP). Eddie Rabbitt. Elektra Records. 1980. 6E-276.
| Preceded by Urban Cowboy by Various Artists 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs by Dolly Parton |
Top Country Albums number-one album September 13, 1980 April 25, 1981 |
Succeeded by Urban Cowboy by Various Artists Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Willie Nelson |