Rage On

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Rage On
Rage On by Dan Seals.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 29, 1988
StudioNightengale Studio and GroundStar Laboratories (Nashville, Tennessee); Morningstar Sound Studio (Hendersonville, Tennessee).
Genre Country
Length41:21
Label Capitol
Producer Kyle Lehning
Dan Seals chronology
The Best
(1987)
Rage On
(1988)
On Arrival
(1990)

Rage On is the seventh studio album by American country music artist Dan Seals, released on June 29, 1988, by Capitol Records. The album charted at number 6 on the Top Country Albums chart, his second highest charting album since Won't Be Blue Anymore in 1985. The Singles released were "Addicted", "Big Wheels In The Moonlight", and "They Rage On"; the first two both went to Number One on Hot Country Songs and the title track peaked at number five on the same chart.

Contents

Brian Mansfield gave the album four-and-a-half stars out of five in his review for Allmusic, saying that the songs were "woven around traditional country themes while rarely resorting to country clichés." [1]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Big Wheels in the Moonlight" Bob McDill, Dan Seals3:54
2."They Rage On"McDill, Seals4:40
3."Five Generations of Rock County Wilsons" John Scott Sherrill 3:14
4."Twenty-Four Hour Love" Mac McAnally, Seals4:07
5."Factory Town"Seals3:49
6."Addicted" Cheryl Wheeler 4:15
7."A Heartache Just Around the Bend" Paul Davis, Jennifer Kimball 3:45
8."Maybe I'm Missing You Now"Blackie Farrell, Kimball3:22
9."Fool Me Once, Fool Me Twice" K. T. Oslin, William Soden3:45
10."Long Long Island Nights"McDill, Seals4:41
11."Those"Seals3:14

Personnel

As listed in liner notes. [2]

Musicians

Production and Technical

Charts

Singles

YearSinglePeak positions
US Country CAN Country
1988"Addicted"11
"Big Wheels in the Moonlight"1*
1989"They Rage On"54

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References

  1. Mansfield, Brian. "Rage On review". Allmusic . Retrieved October 9, 2010.
  2. Rage On (CD insert). Dan Seals. Capitol Records. 1988. 46976.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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