''The Best Year of My Life'' is the ninth studio album by American
country music
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artist
Eddie Rabbitt. It was released in 1984 under the
Warner Bros. Records
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label, but the rights to the album have since been sold to
Liberty Records. The album marked the end of Rabbitt's crossover success. Four singles were released from the album including "B-B-B-Burnin' Up With Love", which peaked at No. 3 on country charts, the title track, which rose to No. 1, "Warning Sign", which charted at No. 4 and "She's Comin' Back to Say Goodbye", which peaked at No. 6. The album itself ranked No. 22 on the country albums chart.
Track listing
All songs written by
Eddie Rabbitt and Even Stevens except as indicated.
Personnel
* Adapted from
AllMusic
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* Eddie Rabbitt – vocals, harmony vocals, acoustic guitar
*
John Barlow Jarvis
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– keyboards
* Randy McCormick – keyboards, synth string arrangements
*
Larry Byrom
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– electric guitar, acoustic guitar
*
Billy Joe Walker Jr.
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– electric guitar, acoustic guitar
*
Reggie Young – electric guitar
* Spady Brannan – bass
*
David Hungate – bass
*
Tom Robb
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– bass
* Matt Betton – drums
*
Paul Leim
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– percussion
* Even Stevens – percussion
*
Paul Overstreet – additional harmony vocals
* Hillary Kanter – vocals (4)
Production
* Jimmy Bowen – producer (1, 2, 3, 5-10)
* Eddie Rabbitt – producer
* Even Stevens – producer
*
David Hassinger
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Biography Early years
Born in Los Angeles, California, he joined the U.S. Navy aged 17, and was o ...
– chief engineer
* Dave Adams – assistant engineer
* Mark Coddington – assistant engineer
* Ben Harris – assistant engineer
* Vicki Hicks – assistant engineer
* Tim Kish – assistant engineer
* Russ Martin – assistant engineer
* Ron Treat – assistant engineer
* Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
* Laura LiPuma – art direction, design
* Mark Tucker – photography
* Stan Moress – management
Chart performance
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Singles
References
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1984 albums
Eddie Rabbitt albums
Warner Records albums