Rage On is the seventh studio album by American country music artist Dan Seals, released on June 29, 1988, by Capitol Records. The album charted at number 6 on the Top Country Albums chart, his second highest-charting album since Won't Be Blue Anymore 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 of AllMusic said 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) Shane Keister – keyboards (1, 3–5, 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) Don Potter – acoustic guitar (1) Brent Mason – electric rhythm guitar (1) Kenny Mims – electric rhythm guitar (1), electric guitar (6) Billy Joe Walker Jr. – 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) Larry Byrom – 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 – 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 – drums (1–3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11) Paul Leim – drums (4) Larrie Londin – drums (9) Terry McMillan – percussion (5) Jim Horn – recorder (3) Baillie & the Boys (Kathie Baillie, Michael Bonagura and Alan LeBoeuf) – backing vocals (1, 2, 6, 8)
Production Kyle Lehning – producer, engineer Joe Bogan – engineer Keith Odle – engineer Kirt Odle – engineer Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California) Larry Dixon – photography Jerry Joyner – design Virginia Team – art direction Vanessa Ware – stylist
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1988) Peakposition Canadian Country Albums (RPM) 18
Year-end charts Chart (1988) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 54 Chart (1989) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 23
Singles Year Single Peak positions US Country CAN Country 1988 "Addicted" 1 1 "Big Wheels in the Moonlight" 1 * 1989 "They Rage On" 5 4
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