Rabbit on My Wheel
{{Infobox album
| name = Rabbit on My Wheel
| type = studio
| artist = Ridley Bent
| cover = RabbitonMyWheel.jpg
| alt =
| released = June 15, 2010
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Country
| length = 50:45
| label = Open Road
| producer = John MacArthur Ellis
| prev_title = Buckles and Boots
| prev_year = 2007
| next_title = Wildcard
| next_year = 2014
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Rabbit on My Wheel
| type = studio
| single1 = I Can't Turn My Back on the Bottle
| single1date = April 26, 2010
| single2 = Love Car
| single2date = October 2010
| single3 = All the Heat Is in the Whiskey
| single3date = December 6, 2010
| single4 = Living with Her Ex
| single4date = February 14, 2011
}}
}}
Rabbit on My Wheel is the third studio album by Canadian country-rock artist Ridley Bent. It was released on June 15, 2010, by Open Road Recordings.{{cite web |url=http://www.theagencygroup.com/artist.aspx?ArtistID=2063 |title=Ridley Bent |accessdate=March 1, 2011 |format= |work=The Agency Group |archive-date=March 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303141716/http://www.theagencygroup.com/artist.aspx?ArtistID=2063 |url-status=live }} Although Bent's debut album, Blam!, blended hip hop and country, singles from Rabbit on My Wheel received regular airplay on mainstream country radio stations.{{cite web |url=http://www.winnipegsun.com/entertainment/music/2010/09/10/15305836.html |title=Bent crosses over to country |last=Wilton |first=Lisa |date=September 10, 2010 |accessdate=March 1, 2011 |work=Winnipeg Sun |archive-date=July 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718065220/http://www.winnipegsun.com/entertainment/music/2010/09/10/15305836.html |url-status=live }}
Bent was originally planning to title the album Good Lookin' Country as a tribute to George Jones.{{cite web |url=http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/etoday/story.html?id=e1c3b622-43c4-46fd-8cbe-9d6729541eb4&k=8811 |title=The Province Playlist |date=June 29, 2010 |accessdate=March 1, 2011 |format= |work=The Province |archive-date=June 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628221709/http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/etoday/story.html?id=e1c3b622-43c4-46fd-8cbe-9d6729541eb4&k=8811 |url-status=live }} It includes a cover of "She Thinks I Still Care," a song written by Dickey Lee and made famous by Jones in 1962.{{cite web |url=http://www.abbotsfordtimes.com/entertainment/Ridley+Bent+joins+other+music+greats/3871258/story.html |title=Ridley Bent joins other music greats at ACT |date=November 23, 2010 |accessdate=March 1, 2011 |work=The Abbotsford-Mission Times |archive-date=July 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707072756/http://www.abbotsfordtimes.com/entertainment/Ridley+Bent+joins+other+music+greats/3871258/story.html |url-status=live }}
Bent toured to support the album, opening for Emerson Drive on the Western leg of their Decade and Driving tour.{{cite web |url=http://www.bclocalnews.com/okanagan_similkameen/vernonmorningstar/entertainment/113314544.html# |title=Bent opens Drive tour |date=January 11, 2011 |accessdate=March 1, 2011 |format= |work=Vernon Morning Star }} The tour averaged crowds of 500 people per night.{{cite web |url=https://edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/Ridley+Bent+opens+Emerson+Drive+Edmonton+show/4340719/story.html?cid=megadrop_story |title=Ridley Bent opens for Emerson Drive at Edmonton show |last=Murray |first=Tom |date=February 24, 2011 |accessdate=March 1, 2011 |format= |work=Edmonton Journal |archive-date=February 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110226142449/http://www.edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/Ridley%20Bent%20opens%20Emerson%20Drive%20Edmonton%20show/4340719/story.html?cid=megadrop_story |url-status=live }}
Critical reception
Rabbit on My Wheel received a positive review from Kerry Doole of Exclaim! Doole praised Bent's "robust, convincing vocal style" and concluded that the album is "a bright light on the oft-dull landscape of conventional Canadian country."{{cite web |url=http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/FolkAndCountry/Ridley_Bent_-_Rabbit_On_My_Wheel |title=Ridley Bent Rabbit On My Wheel |last=Doole |first=Kerry |date=July 2010 |accessdate=March 1, 2011 |format= |work=Exclaim! |archive-date=October 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005083514/http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/FolkAndCountry/Ridley_Bent_-_Rabbit_On_My_Wheel |url-status=live }} Herohill also reviewed the album positively, writing that "Bent’s determination and appreciation of the past keep every note sounding authentic" and that "you aren't going to find a better collection of songs from any young artist in Canada."{{cite web |url=http://www.herohill.com/2010/08/reviews-ridley-bent-rabbit-on-my-wheel.htm |title=Reviews:: Ridley Bent Rabbit on my Wheel |date=August 5, 2010 |accessdate=March 1, 2011 |work=Herohill |archive-date=July 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110705033740/http://www.herohill.com/2010/08/reviews-ridley-bent-rabbit-on-my-wheel.htm |url-status=live }}
Track listing
{{track listing
| title1 = Rabbit on My Wheel
| writer1 = Ridley Bent, Chris Dunn
| length1 = 3:32
| title2 = Good Lookin' Country
| writer2 = Bent
| length2 = 3:32
| title3 = Livin' with Her Ex
| writer3 = Bent, Dunn
| length3 = 3:55
| title4 = Yukon Belle
| writer4 = Bent
| length4 = 4:05
| title5 = Lonesome Town
| writer5 = Bent, Rueben Degroot
| length5 = 4:31
| title6 = I Can't Turn My Back on the Bottle
| writer6 = Bent, Dunn
| length6 = 5:05
| title7 = Love Car
| writer7 = Bent, Dunn
| length7 = 4:41
| title8 = Square Your Hat
| writer8 = Bent, Cameron Latimer
| length8 = 3:41
| title9 = Lovesick
| writer9 = Bent
| length9 = 4:15
| title10 = All the Heat Is in the Whiskey
| writer10 = Bent
| length10 = 4:57
| title11 = She Thinks I Still Care
| writer11 = Dickey Lee
| length11 = 4:11
| title12 = Burnin' Down Barns
| writer12 = Bent
| length12 = 4:20
}}
References
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External links
- [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=rabbit-on-my-wheel-r1826694|pure_url=yes}} Rabbit on My Wheel] at Allmusic
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