Horizon (Eddie Rabbitt album)

Horizon is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Eddie Rabbitt. It was released in 1980 under the Elektra Records label. The album produced two singles, both of which reached number one on country charts. The lead-off single "Drivin' My Life Away" reached number 5 on the Billboard 100 and 9 the Adult Contemporary chart. The other single, "I Love a Rainy Night" reached number one on all three charts, the only single in Rabbitt's career to ever do so. In 2009, the album was released in CD format.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

Horizon reached number one on country album charts and ultimately reached platinum status. AllMusic retrospectively gave the album 4.5 stars out of 5 and praised the tracks on side one for their "sun-inspired, guitar-based productions, heavy on the echo" but described the second side as being "a bit ballad-heavy." The review described the album as a "rockabilly release".

Track listing

All tracks written by Eddie Rabbitt, David Malloy and Even Stevens, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Love a Rainy Night"		3:11
2.	"747"	Rabbitt	3:07
3.	"Drivin' My Life Away"		3:17
4.	"Short Road to Love"	Rabbitt, Stevens	2:37
5.	"Rockin' with My Baby"		2:31
6.	"I Need to Fall in Love Again"	Paul Overstreet, Stevens	2:31
7.	"So Deep in Your Love"		3:25
8.	"What Will I Write"		3:01
9.	"Pretty Lady"		3:28
10.	"Just the Way It Is"	Rabbitt, Stevens	3:45

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1980)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	1
U.S. Billboard 200	19
Australia (Kent Music Report)	96
Canadian RPM Country Albums	5

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
Year	Single	US Country	US	US AC	CAN Country	CAN	CAN AC
1980	"Drivin' My Life Away"	1	5	3	2	45	2
1980	"I Love a Rainy Night"	1	1	1	4	11	—

Personnel

As listed in liner notes

Eddie Rabbitt – lead vocals, harmony vocals, acoustic guitars
Alan Feingold – acoustic piano
Randy McCormick – keyboards, synthesizers, string arrangements
Larry Byrom – electric guitars
Don Barrett – bass
David Hungate – bass
Norbert Putnam – bass
James Stroud – drums, percussion
Farrell Morris – percussion
Larry Muhoberac – string arrangements
Sherry Grooms – backing vocals
David Malloy – backing vocals
Paul Overstreet – backing vocals

Production

David Malloy – producer
Peter Granet – engineer
Greg Edward – assistant engineer
Carla Frederick – assistant engineer
David "Gino" Giorgini – assistant engineer
Steve Goostree – assistant engineer
David Leonard – assistant engineer
Mike Reese – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
Beverly Parker – photography
Stan Moress – management

References

AllMusic review
Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 244. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
Horizon (LP). Eddie Rabbitt. Elektra Records. 1980. 6E-276.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

v t e Eddie Rabbitt
Studio albums	Eddie Rabbitt Rocky Mountain Music Rabbitt Variations Loveline Horizon Step by Step Radio Romance The Best Year of My Life Rabbitt Trax I Wanna Dance with You Jersey Boy Ten Rounds Beatin' the Odds Songs from Rabbittland
Compilation albums	The Best of Eddie Rabbitt Greatest Hits Vol. II
Notable singles	"You Get to Me" "Forgive and Forget" "I Should Have Married You" "Drinkin' My Baby (Off My Mind)" "Rocky Mountain Music" "Two Dollars in the Jukebox" "I Can't Help Myself" "We Can't Go On Living Like This" "Hearts on Fire" "You Don't Love Me Anymore" "I Just Want to Love You" "Every Which Way But Loose" "Suspicions" "Pour Me Another Tequila" "Gone Too Far" "Drivin' My Life Away" "I Love a Rainy Night" "Step by Step" "Someone Could Lose a Heart Tonight" "I Don't Know Where to Start" "You and I" (with Crystal Gayle) "You Can't Run from Love" "You Put the Beat in My Heart" "Nothing Like Falling in Love" "B-B-B-Burnin' Up with Love" "The Best Year of My Life" "Warning Sign" "She's Comin' Back to Say Goodbye" "A World Without Love" "Repetitive Regret" "Both to Each Other (Friends and Lovers)" (with Juice Newton) "Gotta Have You" "I Wanna Dance with You" "The Wanderer" "We Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right" "That's Why I Fell in Love with You" "On Second Thought" "Runnin' with the Wind" "It's Lonely Out Tonite" "American Boy" "Tennessee Born and Bred" "Hang Up the Phone"
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