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: "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.
Track listing
Personnel
Musicians Eddie Rabbitt – lead vocals Phil Aaberg – keyboards (1–5) Alan Pasqua – synthesizers (1–5) David LeBolt – keyboards (6–9) Randy McCormick – keyboards (7–9) Phil Galdston – acoustic piano (9) George Doering – guitars (1–5) Fred Tackett – guitars (1–5) Andrew Gold – guitar solo (2) John McCurry – guitars (6–9) David Brown – acoustic guitars (8) Neil Stubenhaus – bass (1–5) Neil Jason – bass (6–9) John Robinson – drums (1–5) Liberty DeVitto – drums (6, 8, 9) Russ Kunkel – percussion (6), drums (7) Lawrence Feldman – alto saxophone (6), tenor saxophone (6) Ronnie Cuber – baritone saxophone (6) George Young – horns (7), tenor sax solo (7) Jim Pugh – trombone (6) Joe Shepley – trumpet (6) Lew Soloff – trumpet (6), flugelhorn (6) Charles Calello – arrangements (1–5) David Matthews – horn arrangements (6, 7)
Background and guest vocalists Andrew Gold – backing vocals (1–5) Jim Haas – backing vocals (1–5) Clydene Jackson – backing vocals (1–5) Jon Joyce – backing vocals (1–5) Reed Nielsen – backing vocals (1–5) Eddie Rabbitt – backing vocals (1–5) Julia Tillman Waters – backing vocals (1–5) Maxine Waters Willard – backing vocals (1–5) Juice Newton – lead vocals (3) Rory Dodd – backing vocals (6) Peter Hewlett – backing vocals (6, 7) Karen Kamon – backing vocals (6, 7) Eric Troyer – backing vocals (6) Carly Simon – whistle (6) Mark Hudson – backing vocals (7) Randy McCormick – backing vocals (7) Bobby Jones and New Life – backing vocals (9)
Production 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
Weekly charts Chart (1986) Peakposition
Year-end charts Chart (1986) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 39
Singles 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
[ Rabbitt Trax], Allmusic