Released September 23, 1997 Length 40:55 Producer Tim Kish Release date 23 September 1997 | Recorded 1997 Label Intersound Artist Eddie Rabbitt Genre Country music | |
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Beatin' the Odds
(1997) Songs from Rabbittland
(1998) Similar Jersey Boy, Rabbitt Trax, Songs from Rabbittland, Ten Rounds, Radio Romance | ||
Beatin' the Odds is the fourteenth studio album by country artist Eddie Rabbitt. It was released in 1997 under the Intersound Records label. The album was recorded by Rabbitt after undergoing chemotherapy and having had a part of his lung removed to combat cancer. It was released eight months before his death. It included six new songs and six re-recordings of past hits including "I Love a Rainy Night" and "Drivin' My Life Away" from Horizon, "On Second Thought" and "American Boy" from Jersey Boy, "Two Dollars in the Jukebox" from Rocky Mountain Music and "Suspicions" from Loveline.
Contents
Despite Rabbitt's condition, Allmusic gave the album four stars and commented that "his vocal talent shines as brightly in this full-length offering as in any of the many others he completed during his long career."
Track listing
- "Great Old American Town" (Eddie Rabbitt, Jenny Yates) - 3:53
- "It's Me I'm Runnin' From" (Tim Nichols, Rabbitt) - 3:21
- "I'll Make Everything Alright" (Robert Ellis Orrall, Rabbitt) - 2:33
- "You've Come to the Right Heart" (Nichols, Rabbitt) - 3:49
- "Love May Never Pass This Way Again" (Roger Cook, Rabbitt) - 3:26
- "I'm There" (Rabbitt) - 3:24
- "Drivin' My Life Away" (David Malloy, Rabbitt, Even Stevens) - 3:17
- "Suspicions" (Malloy, Randy McCormick, Rabbitt, Stevens) - 4:58
- "Two Dollars in the Jukebox" (Rabbitt) - 2:23
- "I Love a Rainy Night" (Malloy, Rabbitt, Stevens) - 3:13
- "On Second Thought" (Rabbitt) - 3:37
- "American Boy" (Rabbitt) - 3:12
Personnel
Songs
1Great Old American Town3:53
2It's Me I'm Runnin' From3:21
3I'll Make Everything Alright2:33