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Love and Other Hard Times

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

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

Content and reception

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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

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Wanna Hear It from You"Nancy Montgomery, Rick Giles3:18
2."Room to Run"Eddy Raven, Dave Powelson2:59
3."You Should Have Been Gone by Now"Raven, Don Pfrimmer, Frank J. Myers3:24
4."Easy Time"Raven, Powelson3:10
5."Changes"Raven, Myers, Tanya Tucker3:39
6."Operator, Operator"Larry Willoughby, Janet Willoughby3:04
7."We Robbed Trains"Raven4:17
8."The Song I Said I'd Never Write for You"Raven, Myers, Powelson3:57
9."The Art of Getting By"Myers, Steve Dean3:24
10."I'm Just Someone You Run From"Raven, A.L. "Doodle" Owens2:37

Personnel

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Chart performance

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

References

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  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. June 29, 1985. p. 66.
  4. ^ "Eddy Raven Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 19, 2017.