Rabbitt Trax

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Rabbitt Trax
Studio album by Eddie Rabbitt
Released	March 24, 1986
Genre	Country
Length	33:55
Label	RCA Records
Producers	Richard 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
"A World Without Love" Released: October 12, 1985 "Repetitive Regret" Released: March 22, 1986 "Friends and Lovers" Released: June 1986 "Gotta Have You" Released: November 1, 1986

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

References

• Rabbitt Trax, Allmusic