Eyes (album) explained

Eyes
Type:studio
Artist:Eddy Raven
Cover:Eddy raven eyes.jpg
Released:1980
Genre:Country
Label:Dimension
Producer:Ray Pennington, Ronnie Gant
Prev Title:This Is Eddy Raven
Prev Year:1976
Next Title:Desperate Dreams
Next Year:1981

Eyes is the third studio album by American country music singer Eddy Raven. It was released in 1980 on Dimension Records.

Content

Dimension Records was a label founded by Raven's then-manager.[1] Ray Pennington produced the album, with further production from Ronnie Gant on "Dealin' with the Devil", "Sweet Mother Texas", and "Another Texas Song".[2]

Five songs from the album reached the Hot Country Singles chart between 1979 and 1980: "Sweet Mother Texas" at number 44, "Dealin' with the Devil" at number 25, "You've Got Those Eyes" at number 30, "Another Texas Song" at number 34, and "Peace of Mind" at number 23.[3] Dimension promoted "Dealin' with the Devil" by shipping videocassettes of Raven performing the song to various radio stations surveyed by Billboard.[4] Record World published positive reviews of "Another Texas Song" and "Peace of Mind", calling the former a "plucky, self-penned tune that displays more of his writer-artist talents",[5] while calling him "one of the smoothest country singers around" in a review of the latter.[6]

Merle Haggard covered "Dealin' with the Devil" on his 1981 live album Rainbow Stew Live at Anaheim Stadium,[7] and Waylon Jennings covered "Sweet Mother Texas" on his 1986 album Sweet Mother Texas.[8]

Notes and References

  1. News: Cajun adds his outlook to country . . January 1, 1982 . April 23, 2019 . 18.
  2. Eyes . Eddy Raven . 1980 . LP jacket . Dimension Records . 5001.
  3. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2017. Record Research, Inc. 2017. 293–294. 978-0-89820-229-8.
  4. Vidtape promo success . Billboard . 78 . April 19, 1980.
  5. Country Single Picks . Record World . 48 . September 6, 1980.
  6. Country single picks . Record World . 50 . January 10, 1981.
  7. Web site: Rainbow Stew Live at Anaheim Stadium . Allmusic . April 23, 2019.
  8. News: Cajun Raven flies high with bayou sounds . The Tennessean . March 5, 1988 . April 23, 2019 . Robert K. Oermann . D1.