Desperate Dreams Explained

Desperate Dreams
Type:studio
Artist:Eddy Raven
Cover:Desperate dreams.jpg
Released:September 1981
Genre:Country
Label:Elektra
Producer:Jimmy Bowen
Prev Title:Eyes
Prev Year:1980
Next Title:I Could Use Another You
Next Year:1984

Desperate Dreams is the fourth studio album by American country music singer Eddy Raven. It was released in September 1981 on Elektra Records.

Content and reception

Four singles were released from the album: "I Should've Called", "Who Do You Know in California", "A Little Bit Crazy", and "She's Playing Hard to Forget". All four charted within the top 20 of Hot Country Songs between 1981 and 1982.[1]

Record World wrote of the album that Raven's "commercial potential has not yet been reached", while praising the vocal delivery on the singles.[2] Tom Roland of Allmusic thought that the album had more creative control from Raven than its predecessors did.[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Eddy Raven except as noted.

Personnel

Charts

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2017. Record Research, Inc. 2017. 293–294. 978-0-89820-229-8.
  2. Country album picks . Record World . 55 . October 10, 1981.
  3. Web site: Desperate Dreams . Allmusic . April 23, 2019 . Tom Roland.
  4. Top Country Albums – Year-End 1982. Billboard. June 2, 2021.