Rage On

Rage On is the seventh studio album released by country music artist Dan Seals. 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.

Rage On
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 29, 1988
GenreCountry
Length41:21
LabelCapitol
ProducerKyle Lehning
Dan Seals chronology
The Best
(1987)
Rage On
(1988)
On Arrival
(1990)

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

  1. "Big Wheels in the Moonlight" (Bob McDill, Dan Seals) - 3:54
  2. "They Rage On" (McDill, Seals) - 4:40
  3. "Five Generations of Rock County Wilsons" (John Scott Sherrill) - 3:14
  4. "Twenty-Four Hour Love" (Mac McAnally, Seals) - 4:07
  5. "Factory Town" (Seals) - 3:49
  6. "Addicted" (Cheryl Wheeler) - 4:15
  7. "A Heartache Just Around the Bend" (Paul Davis, Jennifer Kimball) - 3:45
  8. "Maybe I'm Missing You Now" (Blackie Farrell, Kimball) - 3:22
  9. "Fool Me Once, Fool Me Twice" (K. T. Oslin, William Soden) - 3:45
  10. "Long Long Island Nights" (McDill, Seals) - 4:41
  11. "Those" (Seals) - 3:14

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.[2]

Musicians

Technical

  • Joe Bogan – engineer
  • Larry Dixon – photography
  • Jerry Joyner – design
  • Kyle Lehningproducer, engineer
  • Simon Levy – art direction
  • Keith Odle – assistant engineer
  • Kirt Odle – assistant engineer
  • Doug Sax – mastering

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1988) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 6
Canadian RPM Country Albums 18

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
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References

  1. Mansfield, Brian. "Rage On review". Allmusic. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
  2. Rage On (CD insert). Dan Seals. Capitol Records. 1988. 46976.CS1 maint: others (link)
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