Beatin' the Odds is the fourteenth studio album by country artist Eddie Rabbitt, released in 1997 by Intersound Records. The album was recorded by Rabbitt after undergoing chemotherapy and having had a part of his lung removed to combat cancer. It was released eight months before his death. It included six new songs and six re-recordings of past hits including "I Love a Rainy Night" and "Drivin' My Life Away" from Horizon, "On Second Thought" and "American Boy" from Jersey Boy, "Two Dollars in the Jukebox" from Rocky Mountain Music and "Suspicions" from Loveline.
Despite Rabbitt's condition, Allmusic gave the album four stars and commented that "his vocal talent shines as brightly in this full-length offering as in any of the many others he completed during his long career."
Track listing "Great Old American Town" (Eddie Rabbitt, Jenny Yates) - 3:53 "It's Me I'm Runnin' From" (Tim Nichols, Rabbitt) - 3:21 "I'll Make Everything Alright" (Robert Ellis Orrall, Rabbitt) - 2:33 "You've Come to the Right Heart" (Nichols, Rabbitt) - 3:49 "Love May Never Pass This Way Again" (Roger Cook, Rabbitt) - 3:26 "I'm There" (Rabbitt, Jimmy Hyde) - 3:24 "Drivin' My Life Away" (David Malloy, Rabbitt, Even Stevens) - 3:17 "Suspicions" (Malloy, Randy McCormick, Rabbitt, Stevens) - 4:58 "Two Dollars in the Jukebox" (Rabbitt) - 2:23 "I Love a Rainy Night" (Malloy, Rabbitt, Stevens) - 3:13 "On Second Thought" (Rabbitt) - 3:37 "American Boy" (Rabbitt) - 3:12
Personnel Eddie Rabbitt – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar Gary Prim – keyboards Larry Byrom – electric guitar Chris Leuzinger – acoustic guitar, electric guitar Sonny Garrish – pedal steel guitar Mike Brignardello – bass Milton Sledge – drums Aubrey Haynie – fiddle Jim Horn – flute Michael Black – backing vocals (2, 8) Kim Morrison – backing vocals (2, 8)
Production Eddie Rabbitt – producer Tim Kish – producer, track recording, overdub recording, mixing, mastering Terry Alldaffer – tracking assistant, overdub assistant Thomas Johnson – tracking assistant Randy LeRoy – mastering Final Stage Mastering (Nashville, Tennessee) – mastering location John Scarpati – photography Scott Larsen – graphic design
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