Rage On
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::data[format=table title="Infobox album"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Rage On |
| type | Studio |
| artist | Dan Seals |
| cover | Rage On by Dan Seals.jpg |
| released | June 29, 1988 |
| studio | Nightengale Studio and GroundStar Laboratories (Nashville, Tennessee); Morningstar Sound Studio (Hendersonville, Tennessee). |
| genre | Country |
| length | 41:21 |
| label | Capitol |
| producer | Kyle Lehning |
| prev_title | The Best |
| prev_year | 1987 |
| next_title | On Arrival |
| next_year | 1990 |
| misc | {{Singles |
| name | Rage On |
| type | Studio |
| single1 | Addicted |
| single1date | May 1988 |
| single2 | Big Wheels in the Moonlight |
| single2date | September 1988 |
| single3 | They Rage On |
| single3date | February 1989 |
| :: |
| name = Rage On | type = Studio | artist = Dan Seals | cover = Rage On by Dan Seals.jpg | alt = | released = June 29, 1988 | recorded = | venue = | studio = Nightengale Studio and GroundStar Laboratories (Nashville, Tennessee); Morningstar Sound Studio (Hendersonville, Tennessee). | genre = Country | length = 41:21 | label = Capitol | producer = Kyle Lehning | prev_title = The Best | prev_year = 1987 | next_title = On Arrival | next_year = 1990 | misc = {{Singles | name = Rage On | type = Studio | single1 = Addicted | single1date = May 1988 | single2 = Big Wheels in the Moonlight | single2date = September 1988 | single3 = They Rage On | single3date = February 1989
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.
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."
Track listing
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| title1 = Big Wheels in the Moonlight | writer1 = Bob McDill, Dan Seals | length1 = 3:54
| title2 = They Rage On | writer2 = McDill, Seals | length2 = 4:40
| title3 = Five Generations of Rock County Wilsons | writer3 = John Scott Sherrill | length3 = 3:14
| title4 = Twenty-Four Hour Love | writer4 = Mac McAnally, Seals | length4 = 4:07
| title5 = Factory Town | writer5 = Seals | length5 = 3:49
| title6 = Addicted | writer6 = Cheryl Wheeler | length6 = 4:15
| title7 = A Heartache Just Around the Bend | writer7 = Paul Davis, Jennifer Kimball | length7 = 3:45
| title8 = Maybe I'm Missing You Now | writer8 = Blackie Farrell, Kimball | length8 = 3:22
| title9 = Fool Me Once, Fool Me Twice | writer9 = K. T. Oslin, William Soden | length9 = 3:45
| title10 = Long Long Island Nights | writer10 = McDill, Seals | length10 = 4:41
| title11 = Those | writer11 = Seals | length11 = 3:14
Personnel
As listed in liner notes.
Musicians
- Dan Seals – vocals, acoustic guitar (2, 5), backing vocals (4, 5)
- Shane Keister – keyboards (1, 3, 4, 5, 10), synthesizers (2, 6, 8), acoustic piano (6, 8, 11)
- Mike Lawler – keyboards (4, 5, 7), drum programming (7)
- Dennis Burnside – electric piano (6, 8, 11), acoustic piano (9), keyboards (10)
- Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar (1–4, 6, 8–11), guitars (7)
- Don Potter – acoustic guitar (1)
- Brent Mason – electric rhythm guitar (1)
- Kenny Mims – electric rhythm guitar (1), electric guitar (6)
- Billy Joe Walker Jr. – electric rhythm guitar (1), electric guitar (2, 6)
- Joe Stanley – guitar solo (1), electric guitar (5, 9), guitars (7)
- Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar (3), electric guitar (4, 8, 10, 11)
- Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar (6, 8, 10, 11), electric guitar (10)
- Doyle Grisham – steel guitar (3, 4, 8, 10, 11)
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar (9)
- Mark O'Connor – fiddle (2, 3, 8, 11), mandolin (2)
- Mike Brignardello – bass (1)
- David Hungate – bass (2, 3, 5, 6, 8–11)
- Jack Williams – bass (4)
- Eddie Bayers – drums (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11)
- Paul Leim – drums (4)
- Larrie Londin – drums (9)
- Terry McMillan – percussion (5)
- Jim Horn – recorder (3)
- Baillie & the Boys (Kathie Baillie, Michael Bonagura and Alan LeBoeuf) – backing vocals (1, 2, 6, 8)
Production and technical
- Kyle Lehning – producer, engineer
- Joe Bogan – engineer
- Keith Odle – engineer
- Kirt Odle – engineer
- Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
- Larry Dixon – photography
- Jerry Joyner – design
- Virginia Team – art direction
- Vanessa Ware – stylist
- Tony Gottlieb – management
Charts
Weekly charts
::data[format=table] | Chart (1988) | Peak position | Canadian Country Albums (RPM) | |---|---|---| | 18 | | | ::
Year-end charts
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| Chart (1988) | Position | US Top Country Albums (Billboard) | Chart (1989) | Position | US Top Country Albums (Billboard) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54 | |||||
| 23 | |||||
| :: |
Singles
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| Year | Single | Peak positions | US Country | CAN Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | "Addicted" | 1 | 1 | |
| "Big Wheels in the Moonlight" | 1 | * | ||
| 1989 | "They Rage On" | 5 | 4 | |
| :: |
References
References
- Mansfield, Brian. "''Rage On'' review". [[Allmusic]].
- (1988). "Rage On". Capitol Records.
- "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1988".
- "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1989".
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