Right for the Flight

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Right for the Flight
Raven right.jpg
Studio album by
Released1991
Genre Country
Label Capitol Records
Producer Barry Beckett
Eddy Raven chronology
Temporary Sanity
(1988)
Right for the Flight
(1991)
Wild Eyed and Crazy
(1994)

Right for the Flight is the ninth studio album by American country music singer Eddy Raven. It was released in 1991 by Capitol Records.

Contents

Content

The album included two singles: "Rock Me in the Rhythm of Your Love" and "Too Much Candy for a Dime", which charted at numbers 60 and 58 respectively on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in 1991. [1]

Critical reception

Susan Beyer of The Ottawa Citizen gave the album a largely positive review, calling "I Know That Car" a "killer ballad" while also praising the stylistic varieties provided by "Leon and Maggie", "Like a Hurricane", and "Too Much Candy for a Dime". [2]

Track listing

  1. "Rock Me in the Rhythm of Your Love" (Lisa Silver, Robert Earl Keen) - 3:22
  2. "Torn Up" (Tommy Rocco, Austin Roberts, Charlie Black) - 3:00
  3. "Hot Pink" (Tom Paden, Sue Fenton) - 3:26
  4. "I Know That Car" (Chris Waters, Don Henry) - 3:22
  5. "Ain't Nothin' but a Heartache" (Craig Karp, Rob Crosby) - 3:31
  6. "Leon and Maggie" (Raven, Troy Seals) - 2:45
  7. "Like a Hurricane" (Michael Clark) - 3:35
  8. "Too Much Candy for a Dime" (Raven, David Powelson) - 2:57
  9. "Somebody's Tearin' the Flag" (Raven) - 3:45
  10. "Cajun Song" (Danny Rhodes, Jack Rolland, Raven) - 3:43

Personnel

Adapted from Right for the Flight liner notes. [3]

Musicians
Technical

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2017). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2017. Record Research, Inc. pp. 293–294. ISBN   978-0-89820-229-8.
  2. Susan Beyer (May 18, 1991). "Laid Back: Arnold sounds like he's singing from his bed". The Ottawa Citizen. pp. E3. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  3. Right for the Flight (CD booklet). Eddy Raven. Capitol Records Nashville. 1991. 594258.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)