Jersey Boy

Jersey Boy is the twelfth studio album by American country music artist Eddie Rabbitt. It was released in 1990 by Capitol Records. The album produced five singles including "On Second Thought", the final number one country hit of Rabbitt's career, and "American Boy", which became a popular song among American soldiers and citizens during the Gulf War.

Jersey Boy
Studio album by Eddie Rabbitt
Released	April 9, 1990
Recorded	1989
Studio	The Grey Room (Los Angeles, California) Nightingale (Nashville, Tennessee) Quad Studios (Nashville, Tennessee) Woodland (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Country
Length	36:27
Label	Capitol Records
Producer	Richard Landis
Eddie Rabbitt chronology
I Wanna Dance with You (1988) Jersey Boy (1990) Ten Rounds (1991)
Singles from Jersey Boy
"On Second Thought" Released: November 1989 "Runnin' with the Wind" Released: April 7, 1990 "American Boy" Released: August 1990 "It's Lonely Out Tonite" Released: August 4, 1990 "Tennessee Born and Bred" Released: 1991

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

Jersey Boy reached number 34 on country album charts. Allmusic gave the album four out of five stars citing the tracks "Only One Love in My Life", "Feel Like a Stranger" and "Tennessee Born and Bred" as songs "that Eddie Rabbitt fans might especially enjoy."

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Tennessee Born and Bred"	Eddie Rabbitt, Reed Nielsen	3:42
2.	"On Second Thought"	Rabbitt	3:38
3.	"Runnin' with the Wind"	Rabbitt, Nielsen	4:05
4.	"They're Tearin' My Little Town Down"	Nielsen	2:39
5.	"American Boy"	Rabbitt	3:13
6.	"Hold on to Me (The Rain Song)"	Rabbitt, Nielsen	4:19
7.	"Feel Like a Stranger"	Rabbitt, Nielsen	3:23
8.	"It's Lonely Out Tonite"	Rabbitt, Nielsen	3:33
9.	"Jersey Boy"	Rabbitt	4:41
10.	"Only One Love in My Life"	Rabbitt, Nielsen	3:10

Personnel

• Eddie Rabbitt – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
• Reed Nielsen – keyboards, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
• Matt Rollings – keyboards
• Joey Miskulin – accordion
• Larry Byrom – electric guitar
• Steve Gibson – electric guitar
• Vince Gill – electric guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
• Billy Joe Walker Jr. – acoustic guitar
• Béla Fleck – banjo
• Paul Franklin – dobro, pedal steel guitar
• David Hungate – bass
• Paul Leim – drums
• Richard Landis – percussion, backing vocals
• Mark O'Connor – fiddle
• Billy Thomas – backing vocals

Production

• Richard Landis – producer
• Joe Bogan – recording
• Brad Jones – recording
• Tom Oates – overdubbing
• Lynn Peterzell – overdubbing
• Jim Dineen – mixing
• David Scott – mixing
• Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
• Wally Traugott – mastering at Capitol Studios (Hollywood, California)
• Anita Surace – project coordinator
• Virginia Team – art direction
• Jerry Joyner – design
• Beverly Parker – photography

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1990)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	34

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
		US Country	CAN Country
1989	"On Second Thought"	1	1
1990	"Runnin' with the Wind"	8	6
	"It's Lonely Out Tonite"	32	32
	"American Boy"	11	—
1991	"Tennessee Born and Bred"	58	82