title: Temporary Sanity
text: # Temporary Sanity
  
  Temporary Sanity is the eighth studio album by American country music singer Eddy Raven. It was released in 1989 by Universal Records.
  
  ## Content and reception
  
  The album accounted for two number one singles on Hot Country Songs: "In a Letter to You" (a cover of Shakin' Stevens) and "Bayou Boys". Following these singles were "Sooner or Later" and "Island". The latter two were issued via Capitol Records, which acquired Universal in 1989.
  
  Raven said of the album's sound that he wanted to add influences of Latin and Caribbean music to his sound, noting in particular the inclusion of steel drums on "Bayou Boys", and comparing "Zydeco Lady" to the sound of Miami Sound Machine. Jason Ankeny of Allmusic called the album a "mixed bag", referring to "Island" as a "moody ballad" but calling the sound of "Bayou Boys" "hamfisted".
  
  ## Personnel
  
  Adapted from liner notes.
  
  ### Musicians
  
  * Eddie Bayers - drums
  * Barry Beckett - keyboards
  * Michael Black - background vocals
  * Larry Byrom - acoustic guitar
  * Paul Franklin - lap steel guitar
  * Mitch Humphries - keyboards, synthesizers
  * Mike Lawler - synthesizers
  * Frank J. Myers - acoustic guitar
  * Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
  * Dennis Wilson - background vocals
  * Curtis Young - background vocals
  * Reggie Young - electric guitar
  
  ### Technical
  
  * Barry Beckett - producer
  * Milan Bogdan - mastering
  * Robb Earls - mixing assistant
  * Scott Hendricks - recording, mixing
  * John Hurley - recording assistant
  * John Kunz - recording assistant
  * Simon Levy - art direction
  * Glenn Meadows - mastering
  * Peter Nash - photography
  * Willie Pevear - recording
  * Tom Singers - recording assistant
  
  ## Chart performance
  
  | Chart (1988) | Peak position |
  | - | - |
  | US Top Country Albums (Billboard) | 31 |
  