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I Could Use Another You

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I Could Use Another You
Studio album by
Released1984
GenreCountry
LabelRCA Victor
Producer
Eddy Raven chronology
Desperate Dreams
(1981)
I Could Use Another You
(1984)
Love and Other Hard Times
(1985)

I Could Use Another You is the fifth studio album by American country music singer Eddy Raven. It was released by RCA Records in June 1984. The album contains the singles "I Got Mexico", "I Could Use Another You", and "She's Gonna Win Your Heart".

Content and reception

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The album was one of the first production credits for Paul Worley, then primarily known for his work as a session guitarist.[1] The album accounted for three singles on the Hot Country Songs charts: "I Got Mexico", which was Raven's first number 1 hit there, followed by the title track and "She's Gonna Win Your Heart".[2]

Cash Box magazine described the title track as "an upbeat tune stressing Raven’s clear, distinct vocals."[3] Writing for Stereo Review magazine (now known as Sound & Vision), Alanna Nash noted that while it had fewer songs written by Raven and a "slightly more mainstream" sound than its predecessors, the album was "well up to his own high standards", while also considering Raven's singing more upbeat and confident than on previous efforts.[4]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Got Mexico"Eddy Raven, Frank J. Myers2:27
2."Keeper of the Flame"Jerry McBee, Stewart Harris3:14
3."Solo Sometimes"Don Cook, Bill LaBounty3:16
4."Someone Borrowed, Someone Blue"Steve Dean, Myers, David Hungate3:06
5."She's Gonna Win Your Heart"Billy Burnette, Mentor Williams3:15
6."I Could Use Another You"Chris Waters, Bucky Jones, Tom Shapiro2:48
7."Just for the Sake of the Thrill"Raven3:02
8."Love Burning Down"Ron David Moore, Doug Hauseman3:40
9."Looking for Ways"Raven3:27
10."Folks Out on the Road"Raven, Myers, David Powelson2:53

Personnel

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Adapted from liner notes.[5]

Musicians
  • Eddie Bayers - drums
  • Dennis Burnside - keyboards, synthesizer
  • Don Gant - background vocals
  • Shane Keister - synthesizer
  • Frank J. Myers - acoustic guitar
  • Joe Osborn - bass guitar (all tracks except 5)
  • Larry Paxton - bass guitar (track 5)
  • Eddy Raven - lead vocals
  • James Stroud - drums
  • Dennis Wilson - background vocals
  • Paul Worley - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Reggie Young - electric guitar
Technical
  • Barnes & Co. - album graphics
  • George Clinton - assistant engineer
  • Lee Groltzsch - assistant engineer
  • Hollis Halford - assistant engineer
  • Vicki Hicks - assistant engineer
  • Deb Mahalanobis - album design and lettering
  • Randy Martin - illustration
  • Glenn Meadows - mastering
  • Marshall Morgan - engineer, mixing
  • Eric Prestidge - engineer, mixing
  • Eddy Raven - producer
  • Joe Scaife - engineer
  • Mark Tucker - photography
  • Paul Worley - producer

Chart performance

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Chart (1984) Peak
position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[6] 41

References

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  1. ^ "New looks from old faces". Billboard. October 13, 1984. pp. WOCM10.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2017). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2017. Record Research, Inc. pp. 293–294. ISBN 978-0-89820-229-8.
  3. ^ "Singles reviews" (PDF). Cash Box: 19. June 30, 1984.
  4. ^ "Popular music" (PDF). Stereo Review: 102–103. October 1984.
  5. ^ I Could Use Another You (LP jacket). Eddy Raven. RCA Records. 1984. AHL1-5040.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ^ "Eddy Raven Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 19, 2017.