Beatin' the Odds (Eddie Rabbitt album)

Beatin' the Odds
Studio album by Eddie Rabbitt
Released	September 23, 1997
Recorded	1997
Genre	Country
Length	40:55
Label	Intersound
Producer	Tim Kish
Eddie Rabbitt chronology
Ten Rounds (1991) Beatin' the Odds (1997) Songs from Rabbittland (1998)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

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

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

• Eddie Rabbitt - acoustic guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals
• Michael Black - background vocals
• Mike Brignardello - bass guitar
• Larry Byrom - electric guitar
• Sonny Garrish - pedal steel guitar
• Aubrey Haynie - fiddle
• Jim Horn - flute
• Chris Leuzinger - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Kim Morrison - background vocals
• Gary Prim - keyboards
• Milton Sledge - drums

References

1. Beatin' the Odds at AllMusic