Loveline (Eddie Rabbitt album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Loveline

| type = Studio album

| artist = Eddie Rabbitt

| cover = Eddie_Rabbitt_-_Loveline.jpg

| alt =

| released = May 9, 1979

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = *Muscle Shoals (Sheffield, Alabama)

Village Recorder (Los Angeles, California)

Woodland (Nashville, Tennessee)
Capitol (Hollywood, California)

| genre = Country, soft rock

| length =

| label = Elektra

| producer = David Malloy

| prev_title = The Best of Eddie Rabbitt

| prev_year = 1979

| next_title = Horizon

| next_year = 1980

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Loveline

| type = studio

| single1 = Suspicions

| single1date = May 1979

| single2 = I Just Want to Love You

| single2date = October 1979

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r93645}}

}}

Loveline is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Eddie Rabbitt. It was released in 1979 under the Elektra Records label. The album produced three singles including "Suspicions", which reached number one on country charts, 13 on the Billboard 100 and 9 on the Adult Contemporary chart. The other singles included "Pour Me Another Tequila" and "Gone Too Far", which peaked at 5 and 1, respectively, on Country Charts. The song "I Don't Wanna Make Love (With Anyone But You)" previously appeared on Rabbitt's album Rocky Mountain Music and was re-recorded on this album.

Loveline reached number four on country album charts and received generally positive reviews. Allmusic retrospectively gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5 and praised it for its "R&B influence" and "disco feel" along with the track's "inspired melodies and unusual chord progressions."

The title song was later recorded by Dr. Hook; their version became their last entry on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 60 in 1982.{{cite book |title= Top Pop Singles 1955-2012|last= Whitburn|first= Joel|author-link= Joel Whitburn|year= 2013|publisher= Record Research, Inc.|location= Menomonee Falls, WI|isbn= 978-0-89820-205-2|page= 247 }}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| collapsed =

| headline =

| total length =

| title1 = Pour Me Another Tequila

| writer1 = David Malloy, Eddie Rabbitt, Even Stevens

| length1 = 3:25

| title2 = Gone Too Far

| writer2 = Malloy, Rabbitt, Stevens

| length2 = 3:22

| title3 = Loveline

| writer3 = Malloy, Rabbitt, Stevens

| length3 = 3:28

| title4 = One and Only One

| writer4 = Paul Overstreet, Stevens, Rabbitt, Malloy

| length4 = 3:22

| title5 = Suspicions

| writer5 = Malloy, Randy McCormick, Rabbitt, Stevens

| length5 = 4:18

| title6 = So Fine

| writer6 = Malloy, Rabbitt, Stevens

| length6 = 3:20

| title7 = I Will Never Let You Go Again

| writer7 = Rabbitt, Stevens

| length7 = 3:52

| title8 = Amazing Love

| writer8 = Rabbitt, Dan Tyler, Malloy, Stevens

| length8 = 3:52

| title9 = It's Always Like the First Time

| writer9 = Rabbitt

| length9 = 3:51

| title10 = I Don't Wanna Make Love (With Anyone but You)

| writer10 = Rabbitt

| length10 = 4:45

}}

Personnel

Eddie Rabbitt – lead vocals, backing vocals
Randy McCormick – keyboards (1-8, 10), string arrangements
Barry Beckett – keyboards (9)
Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar, electric lead guitar (1-4, 6-10)
Jimmy Johnson – electric rhythm guitar (1-4, 6-10)
Tim May – electric guitar (5)
Dennis Belfield – bass guitar
Norbert Putnam – bass guitar (1, 3, 7, 9, 10)
David Hood – bass guitar (2, 4, 6, 8)
David Hungate – bass guitar (5)
Roger Hawkins – drums
Steve Forman – percussion
Ernie Watts – flute (5)
Larry Muhoberac – string arrangements
Sherry Grooms – backing vocals
Michelle Gruska – backing vocals
Sara Taylor – backing vocals

= Production =

David Malloy – producer, remixing
Peter Granet – engineer, remixing
Danny Hilley – engineer
Bill Fair – assistant engineer
Carla Frederick – assistant engineer
Steve Hirsch – assistant engineer
Mitchell Tannenbaum – assistant engineer
David Yates – assistant engineer
Darrell Johnson – mastering at JVC Cutting Center (Hollywood, California)
Ron Coro – art direction
Johnny Lee – art direction
Lynn Goldsmith – front cover photography
Aaron Rapoport – back cover photography
Gerard Huerta – logo design

Charts

=Weekly charts=

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scope="col"\| Chart (1979) ! scope="col"\| Peak position
{{album chart\|Billboard200\|91\|artist=Eddie Rabbitt\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=May 30, 2021}}
{{album chart\|BillboardCountry\|5\|artist=Eddie Rabbitt\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=May 30, 2021}}

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

scope="col"| Chart (1979)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{album chart|Billboard200|91|artist=Eddie Rabbitt|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 30, 2021}}

{{album chart|BillboardCountry|5|artist=Eddie Rabbitt|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 30, 2021}}

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"\| Chart (1979) ! scope="col"\| Position
scope="row"\| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine\|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1979/top-country-albums\|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1979\|magazine=Billboard\|accessdate=May 30, 2021}} \| 28
scope="col"\| Chart (1980) ! scope="col"\| Position
scope="row"\| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine\|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1980/top-country-albums\|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1980\|magazine=Billboard\|accessdate=May 30, 2021}} \| 27

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

scope="col"| Chart (1979)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1979/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1979|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=May 30, 2021}}

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scope="col"| Chart (1980)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1980/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1980|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=May 30, 2021}}

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