Variations (Eddie Rabbitt album)

1978 studio album by Eddie Rabbitt

Variations

Studio album by

Eddie Rabbitt

Released| March 14, 1978
Studio| Quadrafonic Sound (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre| Country pop, country rock
Label| Elektra
Producer| David Malloy
Eddie Rabbitt chronology
| Rabbitt
(1977)  | Variations
(1978)  | The Best of Eddie Rabbitt
(1979)

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Singles from  Variations

1. "Hearts on Fire"
Released: February 18, 1978
2. "You Don't Love Me Anymore"
Released: May 1978
3. "I Just Want to Love You"
Released: October 1978

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]

Variations is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Eddie Rabbitt. It was released in 1978 under the Elektra Records label. The album produced three singles: "Hearts on Fire", which peaked at number two on the country charts, and two country number one hits: "You Don't Love Me Anymore", which also peaked at 18 on Adult Contemporary charts; and "I Just Want to Love You". "Kentucky Rain", a song co-written by the artist and originally recorded by Elvis Presley in 1970, was also included on the album.

Rabbitt's father, Thomas Rabbitt, plays Irish fiddle on "Song of Ireland".

## Track listing

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No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Hearts on Fire"| Eddie Rabbitt, Even Stevens, Dan Tyler| 2:33
2.| "The Room at the Top of the Stairs"| Tyler, Stevens| 3:42
3.| "Crossin' the Mississippi"| Rabbitt, Stevens| 2:54
4.| "Plain as the Pain on My Face"| Rabbitt, Stevens| 2:21
5.| "Hurtin' for You"| Rabbitt, Stevens, David Malloy| 3:20
6.| "You Don't Love Me Anymore"| Alan Ray, Jeff Raymond| 3:20
7.| "Kentucky Rain"| Rabbitt, Dick Heard| 3:56
8.| "I Just Want to Love You"| Rabbitt, Stevens, Malloy| 4:10
9.| "Caroline"| Rabbitt, Stevens, Malloy| 3:12
10.| "Song of Ireland"| Rabbitt, Stevens, Malloy| 4:31

## Personnel

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* Eddie Rabbitt – lead vocals, harmony vocals, acoustic guitars
* Hargus "Pig" Robbins – pianos
* John Christopher – acoustic guitars
* Michael Spriggs – acoustic guitars
* Bobby Thompson – acoustic guitars
* Steve Gibson – electric guitars
* Chris Leuzinger – electric guitars
* Reggie Young – electric guitars
* Sonny Garrish – steel guitar
* Joe Osborn – bass
* Norbert Putnam – bass
* Jack Williams – bass
* Buster Phillips – drums
* Lisa Silver – fiddle
* Thomas Rabbitt – Irish fiddle (10)
* David Briggs – string arrangements
* David Campbell – string arrangements
* Jackie Cusic – backing vocals
* Janie Fricke – backing vocals
* Diane Tidwell – backing vocals
* Bergen White – backing vocals

### Production

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* David Malloy – producer
* Gene Eichelberger – engineer
* James Stroud – assistant engineer
* Quadrafonic Studios – recording location
* Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
* Ron Coro – design
* Jim Shea – photography

## Charts

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### Weekly charts

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Chart (1978)  | Peak
position

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US Billboard 200[2] | 143
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[3] | 9

### Year-end charts

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Chart (1979)  | Position

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US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[4] | 43

### Singles

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Year | Song | Chart | Position

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1978 | "Hearts on Fire" | Hot Country Singles | 2
1978 | "You Don't Love Me Anymore" | Hot Country Singles | 1
1978 | "I Just Want To Love You" | Hot Country Singles | 1

## References

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1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ "Eddie Rabbitt Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
3. ^ "Eddie Rabbitt Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
4. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1979". Billboard. Retrieved March 10, 2021.

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Eddie Rabbitt

Studio albums|

* Eddie Rabbitt
* Rocky Mountain Music
* Rabbitt
* Variations
* Loveline
* Horizon
* Step by Step
* Radio Romance
* The Best Year of My Life
* Rabbitt Trax
* I Wanna Dance with You
* Jersey Boy
* Ten Rounds
* Beatin' the Odds
* Songs from Rabbittland

Compilation albums|

* The Best of Eddie Rabbitt
* Greatest Hits Vol. II

Notable singles|

* "You Get to Me"
* "Forgive and Forget"
* "I Should Have Married You"
* "Drinkin' My Baby (Off My Mind)"
* "Rocky Mountain Music"
* "Two Dollars in the Jukebox"
* "I Can't Help Myself"
* "We Can't Go On Living Like This"
* "Hearts on Fire"
* "You Don't Love Me Anymore"
* "I Just Want to Love You"
* "Every Which Way But Loose"
* "Suspicions"
* "Pour Me Another Tequila"
* "Gone Too Far"
* "Drivin' My Life Away"
* "I Love a Rainy Night"
* "Step by Step"
* "Someone Could Lose a Heart Tonight"
* "I Don't Know Where to Start"
* "You and I" (with Crystal Gayle)
* "You Can't Run from Love"
* "You Put the Beat in My Heart"
* "Nothing Like Falling in Love"
* "B-B-B-Burnin' Up with Love"
* "The Best Year of My Life"
* "Warning Sign"
* "She's Comin' Back to Say Goodbye"
* "A World Without Love"
* "Repetitive Regret"
* "Both to Each Other (Friends and Lovers)" (with Juice Newton)
* "Gotta Have You"
* "I Wanna Dance with You"
* "The Wanderer"
* "We Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right"
* "That's Why I Fell in Love with You"
* "On Second Thought"
* "Runnin' with the Wind"
* "It's Lonely Out Tonite"
* "American Boy"
* "Tennessee Born and Bred"
* "Hang Up the Phone"

Related articles|

* Discography
* "Kentucky Rain"
* "Pure Love"

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