The Best Year of My Life is the ninth studio album by American country music artist Eddie Rabbitt. It was released in 1984 under the Warner Bros. Records label, but the rights to the album have since been sold to Liberty Records. The album marked the end of Rabbitt's crossover success. Four singles were released from the album including "B-B-B-Burnin' Up With Love", which peaked at No. 3 on country charts, the title track, which rose to No. 1, "Warning Sign", which charted at No. 4 and "She's Comin' Back to Say Goodbye", which peaked at No. 6. The album itself ranked No. 22 on the country albums chart.
Track listing All songs written by Eddie Rabbitt and Even Stevens except as indicated.
Personnel Adapted from AllMusic: Eddie Rabbitt – vocals, harmony vocals, acoustic guitar John Barlow Jarvis – keyboards Randy McCormick – keyboards, synth string arrangements Larry Byrom – electric guitar, acoustic guitar Billy Joe Walker Jr. – electric guitar, acoustic guitar Reggie Young – electric guitar Spady Brannan – bass David Hungate – bass Tom Robb – bass Matt Betton – drums Paul Leim – percussion Even Stevens – percussion Paul Overstreet – additional harmony vocals Hillary Kanter – vocals (4)
Production Jimmy Bowen – producer (1–3, 5–10) Eddie Rabbitt – producer Even Stevens – producer David Hassinger – chief engineer Dave Adams – assistant engineer Mark Coddington – assistant engineer Ben Harris – assistant engineer Vicki Hicks – assistant engineer Tim Kish – assistant engineer Russ Martin – assistant engineer Ron Treat – assistant engineer Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee) Simon Levy – art direction Michael Rey – design Mark Tucker – photography Stan Moress – management
Chart performance
Weekly charts Chart (1984) Peak position
Year-end charts Chart (1985) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 50
Singles Year Single Peak chart positions US Country US AC CAN Country 1984 "B-B-B-Burnin' Up with Love" 3 36 2 1985 "The Best Year of My Life" 1 — 1 "Warning Sign" 4 — 3 "She's Comin' Back to Say Goodbye" 6 — 22
References
Best Year of My Life, yahoo.com.