title: Love and Other Hard Times
text: # Love and Other Hard Times
  
  Love and Other Hard Times is the sixth studio album by American country music singer Eddy Raven. It was released in 1985 by RCA Nashville.
  
  ## Content and reception
  
  Three singles from the album made the Hot Country Songs charts: "Operator, Operator", "I Wanna Hear It from You", and "You Should Have Been Gone by Now".
  
  Cash Box reviewed the album positively, stating that it was "another exhibition of his fine vocal range and his valuable songwriting ability." Billboard also published a positive review of the album, which said that his "haunting and sincere voice is matched here by some of the best material he's recorded in recent years."
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Eddie Bayers - drums
  * Barry Beckett - keyboards
  * Dennis Burnside - keyboards, synthesizer
  * Don Gant - background vocals
  * Sonny Garrish - steel guitar
  * David Innis - synthesizer
  * Frank J. Myers - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  * Mark O'Connor - fiddle, mandolin
  * Joe Osborn - bass guitar
  * Eddy Raven - lead vocals
  * James Stroud - drums
  * Dennis Wilson - background vocals
  * Paul Worley - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  * Reggie Young - electric guitar
  
  ## Chart performance
  
  | Chart (1985) | Peak position |
  | - | - |
  | US Top Country Albums (Billboard) | 64 |
  