''Rabbitt Trax'' is the tenth studio album by American
country music artist
Eddie Rabbitt
Edward Thomas Rabbitt (November 27, 1941 – May 7, 1998) was an American country music singer and songwriter. His career began as a songwriter in the late 1960s, springboarding to a recording career after composing hits such as "Kentucky Rain" ...
, released in 1986 by
RCA Records. The album produced four singles including "A World Without Love", "Repetitive Regret",
"Both to Each Other (Friends and Lovers)" (a duet with the country-pop star
Juice Newton) and "Gotta Have You". All of these singles reached the top ten on country charts, with the duet reaching No. 1.
Track listing
Personnel
* Eddie Rabbitt – lead vocals, backing vocals (1-5)
* Phil Aaberg – keyboards (1-5)
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Alan Pasqua – synthesizers (1-5)
* David LeBolt – keyboards (6-9)
* Randy McCormick – keyboards (7, 8, 9), backing vocals (7)
* Phil Galdston – acoustic piano (9)
* George Doering – guitars (1-5)
*
Fred Tackett
Fred Tackett (born August 30, 1945) is an American songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Originally a session player on guitar, mandolin, and trumpet, he is best known as a member of the band Little Feat.
In addition to his work with Little F ...
– guitars (1-5)
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Andrew Gold – backing vocals (1-5), guitar solo (2)
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John McCurry – guitars (6-9)
* David Brown – acoustic guitars (8)
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Neil Stubenhaus
Neil Stubenhaus is an American bass guitarist.
Career
He started his musical training playing drums and switched to bass guitar at the age of 12. He studied at the Berklee College of Music where he graduated in 1975. After graduation, he was rec ...
– bass (1-5)
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Neil Jason – bass (6-9)
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John Robinson John Robinson may refer to:
Academics
*John Thomas Romney Robinson (1792–1882), Irish astronomer and physicist
* John J. Robinson (1918–1996), historian and author of ''Born in Blood''
*John Talbot Robinson (1923–2001), paleontologist
*John ...
– drums (1-5)
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Liberty DeVitto – drums (6, 8, 9)
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Russ Kunkel – percussion (6), drums (7)
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Ronnie Cuber – baritone saxophone (6)
* Lawrence Feldman – alto saxophone (6), tenor saxophone (6)
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George Young George Young may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* George Young (filmmaker), Australian stage manager and film director in the silent era
* George Young (rock musician) (1946–2017), Australian musician, songwriter, and record producer
* Geor ...
– horns (7), tenor sax solo (7)
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Jim Pugh – trombone (6)
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Joe Shepley – trumpet (6)
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Lew Soloff – trumpet (6),
flugelhorn
The flugelhorn (), also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or flügelhorn, is a brass instrument that resembles the trumpet and cornet but has a wider, more conical bore. Like trumpets and cornets, most flugelhorns are pitched in B, though some ...
(6)
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David Matthews – horn arrangements (6, 7)
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Charles Calello – arrangements (1-5)
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Jim Haas – backing vocals (1-5)
* Clydene Jackson – backing vocals (1-5)
* Jon Joyce – backing vocals (1-5)
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Reed Nielsen – backing vocals (1-5)
* Julia Waters – backing vocals (1-5)
* Maxine Waters – backing vocals (1-5)
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Juice Newton – lead vocals (3)
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Rory Dodd – backing vocals (6)
* Peter Hewlett – backing vocals (6, 7)
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Karen Kamon – backing vocals (6, 7)
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Eric Troyer – backing vocals (6)
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Carly Simon
Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter, memoirist, and children's author. She rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records; her 13 Top 40 U.S. hits include "Anticipation" (No. 13), " The Right Thin ...
– whistle (6)
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Mark Hudson – backing vocals (7)
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Bobby Jones and New Life – backing vocals (9)
Production
Tracks #1-5
* Richard Landis – producer
* Csaba Pectoz – recording
* Ed Thacker – recording, mixing
* Darren Klein – recording assistant
* Richard McKernon – recording assistant
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Charlie Paakkari – recording assistant
* Stan Katayama – mix assistant
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Conway Studios
Conway may refer to:
Places
United States
* Conway, Arkansas
* Conway County, Arkansas
* Lake Conway, Arkansas
* Conway, Florida
* Conway, Iowa
* Conway, Kansas
* Conway, Louisiana
* Conway, Massachusetts
* Conway, Michigan
* Conway T ...
,
Capital Studios and The Grey Room (Hollywood, California); Master Control (Burbank, California); Doering Studio – recording locations
* Can-Am Recorders (Tarzana, California) – mixing location
* Wally Traugott – mastering at
Capitol Records
Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) is an American record label distributed by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint. It was founded as the first West Coast-based record label of note ...
(Hollywood, California)
* Kathy Anaya – production manager
Tracks #6-9
* Phil Ramone – producer
* Peter Hefter – engineer, assistant engineer
* Wayne Tarnowski – engineer
* Ken Criblez – assistant engineer
* Kerry Kopp – technical supervisor
* Chris Muth – technical supervisor
* Doug Oberkircher – technical supervisor
* Peter Roder – technical supervisor
* Emerald Sound Studios (Nashville, Tennessee) and
The Hit Factory (New York City, New York) – recording locations
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Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York)
* Hank Williams – mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee)
Additional credits
* Joseph D'Ambrosio – project coordinator
* Bill Brunt – art direction
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Greg Gorman – photography
* Stan Moress – management
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Singles
References
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Rabbitt Trax Allmusic.
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1985 albums
Eddie Rabbitt albums
RCA Records albums
Albums produced by Richard Landis