1988 studio album by Dan Seals
Rage On 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 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
Personnel
As listed in liner notes.[2]
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
Year-end 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
^ Mansfield, Brian. "Rage On review". Allmusic . Retrieved October 9, 2010 . ^ Rage On (CD insert). Dan Seals. Capitol Records. 1988. 46976.{{cite AV media notes }}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link )^ "Dan Seals Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1988". Billboard . Retrieved May 30, 2021 . ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1989". Billboard . Retrieved May 30, 2021 .
