Desperate Dreams

Desperate Dreams
Desperate Dreams
Studio album by Eddy Raven
Released	September 1981
Genre	Country
Label	Elektra
Producer	Jimmy Bowen
Eddy Raven chronology

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.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Desperate Dreams"		2:48
2.	"Who Do You Know in California"		2:48
3.	"You're Too Much for Me"	Jesse Winchester	3:09
4.	"I Know You're the Rain"	Charlie Black, Rory Bourke	3:32
5.	"I Should've Called"		3:07
6.	"A Little Bit Crazy"		2:16
7.	"Thinking It Over"		3:26
8.	"She's Playing Hard to Forget"	Keith Stegall, Elroy Kahanek	2:22
9.	"Young Girl"		2:56
10.	"Loving Arms and Lying Eyes"		3:28

Personnel

Acoustic Guitar: Kenny Bell, Leo Jackson, Bobby Thompson, Paul Worley
Background Vocals: Dennis William Wilson
Bass Guitar: Bob Wray
Drums: Roger Clark
Electric Guitar: Fred Newell, Reggie Young
Keyboards: Randy McCormick
Lead Vocals: Eddy Raven
Sitar: Reggie Young
Steel Guitar: Sonny Garrish

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1981–1982)	Peak position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[4]	26

Year-end charts

Chart (1982)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[5]	30

References

^ Whitburn, Joel (2017). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2017. Record Research, Inc. pp. 293–294. ISBN 978-0-89820-229-8.
^ "Country album picks" (PDF). Record World: 55. October 10, 1981.
^ Tom Roland. "Desperate Dreams". Allmusic. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
^ "Eddy Raven Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1982". Billboard. Retrieved June 2, 2021.

[whitburn-1] Whitburn, Joel (2017). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2017. Record Research, Inc. pp. 293–294. ISBN 978-0-89820-229-8.

[2] "Country album picks" (PDF). Record World: 55. October 10, 1981.

[3] Tom Roland. "Desperate Dreams". Allmusic. Retrieved April 23, 2019.

[ac_BillboardCountry_Eddy_Raven-4] "Eddy Raven Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 19, 2017.

[5] "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1982". Billboard. Retrieved June 2, 2021.

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v t e Eddy Raven
Studio albums	Eyes Desperate Dreams I Could Use Another You Love and Other Hard Times Right Hand Man Temporary Sanity Right for the Flight
Compilation albums	The Best of Eddy Raven
Notable singles	"Ain't She Somethin' Else" "I Wanna Live" "I Should've Called" "Who Do You Know in California" "A Little Bit Crazy" "She's Playing Hard to Forget" "I Got Mexico" "I Could Use Another You" "She's Gonna Win Your Heart" "Operator, Operator" "I Wanna Hear It from You" "You Should Have Been Gone by Now" "Sometimes a Lady" "Right Hand Man" "You're Never Too Old for Young Love" "Shine, Shine, Shine" "I'm Gonna Get You" "Joe Knows How to Live" "'Til You Cry" "In a Letter to You" "Bayou Boys" "Sooner or Later" "Island"
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