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The Best of Eddy Raven

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The Best of Eddy Raven
Greatest hits album by
ReleasedFebruary 1988
GenreCountry
Length32:55
LabelRCA Victor
ProducerEddy Raven
Paul Worley
Don Gant
Barry Beckett
Eddy Raven chronology
Right Hand Man
(1986)
The Best of Eddy Raven
(1988)
Temporary Sanity
(1989)

The Best of Eddy Raven is the first compilation album by American country music artist Eddy Raven. It was released in February 1988 by RCA Records. The album includes the singles "I'm Gonna Get You", "Joe Knows How to Live" and "'Til You Cry".

Content

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In addition to several of Raven's previous hit singles, the album contains three new tracks. These are "I'm Gonna Get You", "Joe Knows How to Live", and "'Til You Cry". All three were released as singles in 1988. The former two reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, while the latter peaked at number four.[1] "I'm Gonna Get You" was previously a charted single for Billy Swan in 1987,[2] while "Joe Knows How to Live" was previously cut by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band on their album Hold On.[3] Session keyboardist Barry Beckett produced these three songs. Prior to the recording, Beckett had contacted Raven and asked to produce songs for him. While Beckett had played keyboard on Raven's earlier albums, Raven said he was unaware at the time that Beckett also worked as a producer, and agreed to let him produce after discovering other songs he liked on which Beckett was a producer.[4]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Got Mexico"Eddy Raven, Frank J. Myers2:25
2."Operator, Operator"Larry Willoughby, Janet Willoughby3:04
3."I'm Gonna Get You"Dennis Linde2:46
4."Shine, Shine, Shine"Ken Bell, Bud McGuire3:26
5."'Til You Cry"Steve Bogard, Rick Giles3:52
6."Joe Knows How to Live"Troy Seals, Max D. Barnes, Graham Lyle3:44
7."Right Hand Man"Gary Scruggs3:01
8."Sometimes a Lady"Raven, Myers3:21
9."Go Against the Wind"Raven3:31
10."You Should Have Been Gone by Now"Raven, Don Pfrimmer, Myers3:25

Chart performance

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Chart (1988) Peak
position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[5] 36

References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2017). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2017. Record Research, Inc. pp. 293–294. ISBN 978-0-89820-229-8.
  2. ^ Whitburn, p. 353
  3. ^ "Hold On". AllMusic. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
  4. ^ Cyndi Hoelzle (February 16, 1990). "Sooner or later: Eddy Raven's story" (PDF). Gavin Report: 49.
  5. ^ "Eddy Raven Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.