Rabbitt Trax is the tenth studio album by American country music artist Eddie Rabbitt, 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.

Rabbitt Trax
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 24, 1986
GenreCountry
LabelRCA Records
ProducerRichard Landis (tracks 1-5), Phil Ramone (tracks 6-9)
Eddie Rabbitt chronology
The Best Year of My Life
(1984)
Rabbitt Trax
(1986)
I Wanna Dance with You
(1988)
Singles from Rabbitt Trax
  1. "A World Without Love"
    Released: October 12, 1985
  2. "Repetitive Regret"
    Released: March 22, 1986
  3. "Friends and Lovers"
    Released: June 1986
  4. "Gotta Have You"
    Released: November 1, 1986

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Gotta Have You"Eddie Rabbitt, Reed Nielsen, Richard Landis3:47
2."Repetitive Regret"Nielsen, Mark Wright3:23
3."Both to Each Other (Friends and Lovers)" (duet with Juice Newton)Jay Gruska, Paul Gordon3:50
4."When We Make Love"Nielsen3:46
5."Letter from Home"Nielsen4:08
6."Threw It Away"Phil Pickett, Pauline Black3:36
7."Singing in the Subway"Rabbitt, Mark Hudson3:31
8."This Moment"Wayland Holyfield, Peter McCann3:35
9."A World Without Love"Rabbitt, Even Stevens, Phil Galdston3:50

Personnel

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Production

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Tracks #1-5

  • Richard Landis – producer
  • Csaba Pectoz – recording
  • Ed Thacker – recording, mixing
  • Darren Klein – recording assistant
  • Richard McKernon – recording assistant
  • Charlie Paakkari – recording assistant
  • Stan Katayama – mix assistant
  • Conway Studios, 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 (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
  • 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
  • Greg Gorman – photography
  • Stan Moress – management

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1986) Peak
position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[1] 6

Year-end charts

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Chart (1986) Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[2] 39

Singles

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Year Single Peak chart positions
US Country US AC CAN Country
1985 "A World Without Love" 10 35 27
1986 "Repetitive Regret" 4 5
"Both to Each Other (Friends and Lovers)"
(with Juice Newton)
1 1
"Gotta Have You" 9 6

References

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  1. ^ "Eddie Rabbitt Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  2. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1986". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2021.