Rage On

Rage On
Studio album by
Dan Seals
ReleasedJune 29, 1988
Studio
  • Nightingale Studio and GroundStar Laboratories (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Morningstar Sound Studio (Hendersonville, Tennessee)
GenreCountry
Length41:21
LabelCapitol
ProducerKyle Lehning
Dan Seals chronology
The Best
(1987) 		Rage On
(1988) 		On Arrival
(1990)
Singles from Rage On
  1. "Addicted"
    Released: May 1988
  2. "Big Wheels in the Moonlight"
    Released: September 1988
  3. "They Rage On"
    Released: 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."[1]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Big Wheels in the Moonlight"Bob McDill, Dan Seals3:54
2."They Rage On"McDill, Seals4:40
3."Five Generations of Rock County Wilsons"John Scott Sherrill3:14
4."Twenty-Four Hour Love"Mac McAnally, Seals4:07
5."Factory Town"Seals3:49
6."Addicted"Cheryl Wheeler4:15
7."A Heartache Just Around the Bend"Paul Davis, Jennifer Kimball3:45
8."Maybe I'm Missing You Now"Blackie Farrell, Kimball3:22
9."Fool Me Once, Fool Me Twice"K. T. Oslin, William Soden3:45
10."Long Long Island Nights"McDill, Seals4:41
11."Those"Seals3:14

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.[2]

Musicians

  • Dan Seals – vocals, acoustic guitar (2, 5), backing vocals (4, 5)
  • Shane Keister – keyboards (1, 3-5, 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 (1-3, 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

  • 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 for Morningstar Management – management

Charts

Singles

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

  1. ^ Mansfield, Brian. "Rage On review". Allmusic. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Rage On (CD insert). Dan Seals. Capitol Records. 1988. 46976.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ "Dan Seals Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  4. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1988". Billboard. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  5. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1989". Billboard. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
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