I Could Use Another You Explained

I Could Use Another You
Type:studio
Artist:Eddy Raven
Cover:I could use another you.jpg
Released:1984
Genre:Country
Label:RCA Victor
Prev Title:Desperate Dreams
Prev Year:1981
Next Title:Love and Other Hard Times
Next Year:1985

I Could Use Another You is the fifth studio album by American country music singer Eddy Raven. It was released by RCA Records in June 1984. The album contains the singles "I Got Mexico", "I Could Use Another You", and "She's Gonna Win Your Heart".

Content and reception

The album was one of the first production credits for Paul Worley, then primarily known for his work as a session guitarist.[1] The album accounted for three singles on the Hot Country Songs charts: "I Got Mexico", which was Raven's first number 1 hit there, followed by the title track and "She's Gonna Win Your Heart".[2]

Cash Box magazine described the title track as "an upbeat tune stressing Raven’s clear, distinct vocals."[3] Writing for Stereo Review magazine (now known as Sound & Vision), Alanna Nash noted that while it had fewer songs written by Raven and a "slightly more mainstream" sound than its predecessors, the album was "well up to his own high standards", while also considering Raven's singing more upbeat and confident than on previous efforts.[4]

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes.[5]

Musicians
Technical

Notes and References

  1. New looks from old faces . Billboard . WOCM10 . October 13, 1984.
  2. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2017. Record Research, Inc. 2017. 293–294. 978-0-89820-229-8.
  3. Singles reviews . Cash Box . 19 . June 30, 1984.
  4. Popular music . Stereo Review . October 1984 . 102–103.
  5. I Could Use Another You . Eddy Raven . 1984 . LP jacket . RCA Records . AHL1-5040.