I Could Use Another You

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = I Could Use Another You | type = studio | artist = Eddy Raven | cover = I could use another you.jpg | alt = | released = 1984 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Country | length = | label = RCA Victor | producer = {{hlist|Eddy Raven|Paul Worley}} | prev_title = Desperate Dreams | prev_year = 1981 | next_title = Love and Other Hard Times | next_year = 1985 | misc = {{Singles | name = I Could Use Another You | type = Studio | single1 = I Got Mexico | single1date = February 1984 | single2 = I Could Use Another You | single2date = June 21, 1984 | single3 = She's Gonna Win Your Heart | single3date = November 10, 1984 }} }} '''''I Could Use Another You''''' is the fifth studio album by American country music singer Eddy Raven. It was released by RCA Records in June 1984. The album contains the singles "I Got Mexico", "I Could Use Another You", and "She's Gonna Win Your Heart".

==Content and reception== The album was one of the first production credits for Paul Worley, then primarily known for his work as a session guitarist.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MiQEAAAAMBAJ | title=New looks from old faces | magazine=Billboard | pages=WOCM10 | date=October 13, 1984}}</ref> The album accounted for three singles on the Hot Country Songs charts: "I Got Mexico", which was Raven's first number 1 hit there, followed by the title track and "She's Gonna Win Your Heart".<ref name="whitburn">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2017|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2017|pages=293–294|isbn=978-0-89820-229-8}}</ref>

''Cash Box'' magazine described the title track as "an upbeat tune stressing Raven’s clear, distinct vocals."<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1984/CB-1984-06-30.pdf | title=Singles reviews | journal=Cash Box | pages=19 | date=June 30, 1984}}</ref> Writing for ''Stereo Review'' magazine (now known as ''Sound & Vision''), Alanna Nash noted that while it had fewer songs written by Raven and a "slightly more mainstream" sound than its predecessors, the album was "well up to his own high standards", while also considering Raven's singing more upbeat and confident than on previous efforts.<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Audio/Archive-HiFI-Stereo/80s/HiFi-Stereo-Review-1984-10.pdf | title=Popular music | journal=Stereo Review | date=October 1984 | pages=102–103}}</ref>

==Track listing==

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| title1 = I Got Mexico | writer1 = Eddy Raven, Frank J. Myers | length1 = 2:27

| title2 = Keeper of the Flame | writer2 = Jerry McBee, Stewart Harris | length2 = 3:14

| title3 = Solo Sometimes | writer3 = Don Cook, Bill LaBounty | length3 = 3:16

| title4 = Someone Borrowed, Someone Blue | writer4 = Steve Dean, Myers, David Hungate | length4 = 3:06

| title5 = She's Gonna Win Your Heart | writer5 = Billy Burnette, Mentor Williams | length5 = 3:15

| title6 = I Could Use Another You | writer6 = Chris Waters, Bucky Jones, Tom Shapiro | length6 = 2:48

| title7 = Just for the Sake of the Thrill | writer7 = Raven | length7 = 3:02

| title8 = Love Burning Down | writer8 = Ron David Moore, Doug Hauseman | length8 = 3:40

| title9 = Looking for Ways | writer9 = Raven | length9 = 3:27

| title10 = Folks Out on the Road | writer10 = Raven, Myers, David Powelson | length10 = 2:53 }}

==Personnel== Adapted from liner notes.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=I Could Use Another You |others=Eddy Raven |year=1984 |type=LP jacket |publisher=RCA Records |id=AHL1-5040}}</ref>

;Musicians * Eddie Bayers - drums * Dennis Burnside - keyboards, synthesizer * Don Gant - background vocals * Shane Keister - synthesizer * Frank J. Myers - acoustic guitar * Joe Osborn - bass guitar (all tracks except 5) * Larry Paxton - bass guitar (track 5) * Eddy Raven - lead vocals * James Stroud - drums * Dennis Wilson - background vocals * Paul Worley - electric guitar, acoustic guitar * Reggie Young - electric guitar

;Technical * Barnes & Co. - album graphics * George Clinton - assistant engineer * Lee Groltzsch - assistant engineer * Hollis Halford - assistant engineer * Vicki Hicks - assistant engineer * Deb Mahalanobis - album design and lettering * Randy Martin - illustration * Glenn Meadows - mastering * Marshall Morgan - engineer, mixing * Eric Prestidge - engineer, mixing * Eddy Raven - producer * Joe Scaife - engineer * Mark Tucker - photography * Paul Worley - producer

==Chart performance== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1984) ! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position |- {{album chart|BillboardCountry|41|artist=Eddy Raven|rowheader=true|accessdate=December 19, 2017}} |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:1984 albums Category:Eddy Raven albums Category:RCA Records albums Category:Albums produced by Paul Worley