''Rage On'' is the seventh studio album by American

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artist

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, released on June 29, 1988, by Capitol Records. The album charted at number 6 on the

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chart, his second highest charting album since ''

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'' in 1985. The Singles released were "Addicted", "Big Wheels In The Moonlight", and "They Rage On"; the first two both went to Number One on Hot Country Songs and the title track peaked at number five on the same chart. Brian Mansfield gave the album four-and-a-half stars out of five in his review for

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, saying that the songs were "woven around traditional country themes while rarely resorting to country clichés."

Track listing

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.

Musicians

* Dan Seals – vocals, acoustic guitar (2, 5), backing vocals (4, 5) *

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– keyboards (1, 3, 4, 5, 10), synthesizers (2, 6, 8), acoustic piano (6, 8, 11) * Mike Lawler – keyboards (4, 5, 7), drum programming (7) * Dennis Burnside – electric piano (6, 8, 11), acoustic piano (9), keyboards (10) * Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar (1-4, 6, 8-11), guitars (7) *

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– acoustic guitar (1) *

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– electric rhythm guitar (1) * Kenny Mims – electric rhythm guitar (1), electric guitar (6) *

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– electric rhythm guitar (1), electric guitar (2, 6) * Joe Stanley – guitar solo (1), electric guitar (5, 9), guitars (7) * Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar (3), electric guitar (4, 8, 10, 11) *

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– acoustic guitar (6, 8, 10, 11), electric guitar (10) * Doyle Grisham – steel guitar (3, 4, 8, 10, 11) * Paul Franklin – steel guitar (9) *

Mark O'Connor Mark O'Connor (born August 5, 1961) is an American fiddle player and composer whose music combines bluegrass, country, jazz and classical. A three-time Grammy Award winner, he has won six Country Music Association Musician Of The Year awards ...

– fiddle (2, 3, 8, 11), mandolin (2) * Mike Brignardello – bass (1) * David Hungate – bass (2, 3, 5, 6, 8-11) * Jack Williams – bass (4) *

Eddie Bayers Eddie Bayers (born January 28, 1949) is an American session drummer who has played on 300 gold and platinum albums. He received the Academy of Country Music 'Drummer of the Year Award' for fourteen years, has three times won the Nashville Music ...

– drums (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11) *

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– drums (4) *

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– drums (9) *

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– percussion (5) *

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(3) * Baillie & the Boys (Kathie Baillie, Michael Bonagura and Alan LeBoeuf) – backing vocals (1, 2, 6, 8)

Production and Technical

* Kyle Lehning – producer, engineer * Joe Bogan – engineer * Keith Odle – engineer * Kirt Odle – engineer *

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– mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California) * Larry Dixon – photography * Jerry Joyner – design * Virginia Team – art direction * Vanessa Ware – stylist * Tony Gottlieb – management

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

References

{{Authority control 1988 albums Dan Seals albums Capitol Records albums Albums produced by Kyle Lehning