Beatin' the Odds (Eddie Rabbitt album)

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Beatin' the Odds
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 23, 1997
Recorded1997
Genre Country
Length40:55
Label Intersound
Producer Tim Kish
Eddie Rabbitt chronology
Ten Rounds
(1991)
Beatin' the Odds
(1997)
Songs from Rabbittland
(1998)
Professional ratings
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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 .

Contents

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

  1. "Great Old American Town" (Eddie Rabbitt, Jenny Yates) - 3:53
  2. "It's Me I'm Runnin' From" (Tim Nichols, Rabbitt) - 3:21
  3. "I'll Make Everything Alright" (Robert Ellis Orrall, Rabbitt) - 2:33
  4. "You've Come to the Right Heart" (Nichols, Rabbitt) - 3:49
  5. "Love May Never Pass This Way Again" (Roger Cook, Rabbitt) - 3:26
  6. "I'm There" (Rabbitt, Jimmy Hyde) - 3:24
  7. "Drivin' My Life Away" (David Malloy, Rabbitt, Even Stevens) - 3:17
  8. "Suspicions" (Malloy, Randy McCormick, Rabbitt, Stevens) - 4:58
  9. "Two Dollars in the Jukebox" (Rabbitt) - 2:23
  10. "I Love a Rainy Night" (Malloy, Rabbitt, Stevens) - 3:13
  11. "On Second Thought" (Rabbitt) - 3:37
  12. "American Boy" (Rabbitt) - 3:12

Personnel

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References

  1. Beatin' the Odds at AllMusic