Beatin' the Odds (Eddie Rabbitt album) explained

Beatin' the Odds is the fourteenth studio album by country artist Eddie Rabbitt, released in 1997 by Intersound Records. The album was recorded by Rabbitt after undergoing chemotherapy and having had a part of his lung removed to combat cancer. It was released eight months before his death. It included six new songs and six re-recordings of past hits including "I Love a Rainy Night" and "Drivin' My Life Away" from Horizon, "On Second Thought" and "American Boy" from Jersey Boy, "Two Dollars in the Jukebox" from Rocky Mountain Music and "Suspicions" from Loveline.

Despite Rabbitt's condition, Allmusic gave the album four stars and commented that "his vocal talent shines as brightly in this full-length offering as in any of the many others he completed during his long career."

Track listing

1. "Great Old American Town" (Eddie Rabbitt, Jenny Yates) - 3:53
2. "It's Me I'm Runnin' From" (Tim Nichols, Rabbitt) - 3:21
3. "I'll Make Everything Alright" (Robert Ellis Orrall, Rabbitt) - 2:33
4. "You've Come to the Right Heart" (Nichols, Rabbitt) - 3:49
5. "Love May Never Pass This Way Again" (Roger Cook, Rabbitt) - 3:26
6. "I'm There" (Rabbitt, Jimmy Hyde) - 3:24
7. "Drivin' My Life Away" (David Malloy, Rabbitt, Even Stevens) - 3:17
8. "Suspicions" (Malloy, Randy McCormick, Rabbitt, Stevens) - 4:58
9. "Two Dollars in the Jukebox" (Rabbitt) - 2:23
10. "I Love a Rainy Night" (Malloy, Rabbitt, Stevens) - 3:13
11. "On Second Thought" (Rabbitt) - 3:37
12. "American Boy" (Rabbitt) - 3:12

Personnel

• Eddie Rabbitt - acoustic guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals
• Michael Black - background vocals
• Mike Brignardello - bass guitar
• Larry Byrom - electric guitar
• Sonny Garrish - pedal steel guitar
• Aubrey Haynie - fiddle
• Jim Horn - flute
• Chris Leuzinger - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Kim Morrison - background vocals
• Gary Prim - keyboards
• Milton Sledge - drums