Love and Other Hard Times

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Love and Other Hard Times
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Studio album by
Eddy Raven
Released1985
GenreCountry
LabelRCA Nashville
Producer
Eddy Raven chronology
I Could Use Another You
(1984) 		Love and Other Hard Times
(1985) 		Right Hand Man
(1986)

Love and Other Hard Times is the sixth studio album by American country music singer Eddy Raven. It was released in 1985 by RCA Nashville.

Content and reception[]

Three singles from the album made the Hot Country Songs charts: "Operator, Operator", "I Wanna Hear It from You", and "You Should Have Been Gone by Now".[1]

Cash Box reviewed the album positively, stating that it was "another exhibition of his fine vocal range and his valuable songwriting ability."[2] Billboard also published a positive review of the album, which said that his "haunting and sincere voice is matched here by some of the best material he's recorded in recent years."[3]

Track listing[]

Side 1
  1. "I Wanna Hear It from You" (Nancy Montgomery, Rick Giles) - 3:18
  2. "Room to Run" (Raven, Dave Powelson) - 2:59
  3. "You Should Have Been Gone by Now" (Raven, Don Pfrimmer, Frank J. Myers) - 3:24
  4. "Easy Time" (Raven, Powelson) - 3:10
  5. "Changes" (Raven, Myers, Tanya Tucker) - 3:39
Side 2
  1. "Operator, Operator" (Larry Willoughby, Janet Willoughby) - 3:04
  2. "We Robbed Trains" (Raven) - 4:17
  3. "The Song I Said I'd Never Write for You" (Raven, Myers, Powelson) - 3:57
  4. "The Art of Getting By" (Myers, Steve Dean) - 3:24
  5. "I'm Just Someone You Run From" (Raven, Doodle Owens) - 2:37

Personnel[]

Chart performance[]

Chart (1985) Peak
position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[4] 64

References[]

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2017). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2017. Record Research, Inc. pp. 293–294. ISBN 978-0-89820-229-8.
  2. ^ "Country album reviews" (PDF). Cash Box: 32. June 29, 1985.
  3. ^ "Reviews" (PDF). Billboard: 66. June 29, 1985.
  4. ^ "Eddy Raven Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
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