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The Essential REO Speedwagon
''The Essential REO Speedwagon'' is a greatest hits album by the band REO Speedwagon released through Epic Records and Legacy Recordings. The collection spans the band's history from 1971 through 1999 and the package includes two compact discs. The album consists of tracks from nearly every studio album up to 1999 except " This Time We Mean It" from 1975. In 2009, the album was re-released as part of the Limited Edition 3.0 series which added a third bonus disc with eight more tracks. Track listing ''The Essential REO Speedwagon'' ''The Essential REO Speedwagon .0' Note: ''The Essential REO Speedwagon .0' has the same tracks above with an added CD with eight more tracks. Personnel *Kevin Cronin – Vocals (Disc 01: tracks 02-04, 06-15/All tracks on Disc 02 & 03); Rhythm guitar, Acoustic Guitar, and Piano on various tracks *Gary Richrath – lead guitars (All tracks on Disc 01/Disc 02: 01-15/Disc 03: 01-07) *Gregg Philbin – Bass (Disc 01: tracks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
REO Speedwagon
REO Speedwagon (originally stylized as R.E.O. Speedwagon) is an American rock band from Champaign, Illinois. Formed in 1967, the band cultivated a following during the 1970s and achieved significant commercial success throughout the 1980s. The group's best-selling album, ''Hi Infidelity'' (1980), contained four US top 40 hits and sold more than 10 million copies. Over the course of their career, the band has sold more than 40 million records and has charted 13 top 40 hits, including the number ones " Keep On Loving You" and "Can't Fight This Feeling". REO Speedwagon's mainstream popularity waned in the late 1980s, but the band remains a popular live act. History Formation In the autumn of 1966, Neal Doughty entered the electrical engineering program at the University of Illinois in Champaign, Illinois, as a junior. On his first night, he met fellow student Alan Gratzer. They held an impromptu jam session in the basement of their Illinois Street Residence Hall dormitory and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lost In A Dream (REO Speedwagon Album)
''Lost in a Dream'' is the fourth studio album by REO Speedwagon, released in 1974. It peaked at number 98 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1975, It was the second album to feature Mike Murphy on vocals. The title track was written by Murphy and future bassist Bruce Hall, who would join the band in 1978. The title track was featured on the compilation ''A Decade of Rock and Roll: 1970-1980''. The album was in print on CD format in 1992 for two months before being quickly deleted. Track listing Personnel REO Speedwagon *Mike Murphy - lead vocals *Gary Richrath Gary Dean Richrath (October 18, 1949 – September 13, 2015) was an American guitarist, best known as the lead guitarist and a songwriter for the band REO Speedwagon from 1970 until 1989. Early life Richrath was born in Peoria, Illinois, on Octob ... – guitar, lead vocals on "Wild as the Western Wind" *Neal Doughty – keyboards *Gregg Philbin – bass, backing vocals *Alan Gratzer – drums, backing vocals ;Technical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Lonely Night (song)
"One Lonely Night" is a song performed by the American band REO Speedwagon. The song is the third single from the band's 1984 album '' Wheels Are Turnin'''. It peaked at No. 19 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, making it the second best performing single from the album in the United States, although very far from the success of "Can't Fight This Feeling". Reception ''Cash Box'' said that "One Lonely Night" was "even more appealing han 'Can't Fight This Feeling'for its chiming chorus and sentiment soaked lyric." ''Billboard'' described it as "solid but sentimental rock ballad." Greg Kennedy of the ''Red Deer Advocate'' called it one of the few "winners" on ''Wheels Are Turnin'', describing it as a "soft-rock love ballad with a truly lush mix of instruments." ''Rapid City Journal'' writer Mike Sanborn called it one of REO Speedwagon's "best ballads." ''Wisconsin State Journal'' writer Dan Lindblade described it as an "optimistic song about the value of persistence." ''Chicago ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good Trouble (album)
''Good Trouble'' is the tenth studio album by REO Speedwagon, released in 1982 as a follow-up to ''Hi Infidelity''. It peaked at #7 on the ''Billboard'' charts. The single " Keep the Fire Burnin'" gave the band a #7 hit on ''Billboard''s Pop Singles Chart and a #2 hit on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, their highest-charting hit on this chart. In 2013, the album was released on CD by UK-based company Rock Candy Records, with expanded liner notes and photos. Background and recording REO Speedwagon lead vocalist/guitarist Kevin Cronin recalled, "After the huge success with ''Hi Infidelity''... everyone was putting pressure on us to get back in the studio as quickly as we could to ensure we made the most of the situation. As I was the main writer, I was the person who had to get the songs done. But I told them I didn’t have enough of a good enough standard ready. I should have really stuck by my guns and refused to be badgered into recording until I was prepared. But in the end ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keep The Fire Burnin' (REO Speedwagon Song)
"Keep the Fire Burnin'" is a song by REO Speedwagon from their 1982 album ''Good Trouble (album), Good Trouble''. This single was the only track from the ''Good Trouble'' album to make the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100, pop charts, cresting at number seven. Background It is also the only tune from the album to feature Kevin Cronin on keyboards (piano), which, although primarily the band's lead singer and acoustic/rhythm guitarist, he had begun using (in the studio) on the ''You Can Tune a Piano, but You Can't Tuna Fish'' album. This is the only song from the band's ''Good Trouble (album), Good Trouble'' album to have been performed live in its entirety following its supporting tour in 1983. Despite that fact, however, it is still a significant rarity in the band's setlists that has only been performed a handful of times over the last 35 years. In the past couple of decades, Kevin Cronin has played a shortened version of song during solo acoustic sets during REO concerts. Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Take It On The Run
"Take It on the Run" is a song by American rock band REO Speedwagon off the band's ninth studio album ''Hi Infidelity'' (1980). The song was written by lead guitarist Gary Richrath. "Take It on the Run" was the follow-up single behind the group's number-one hit, " Keep on Loving You". The single went gold on April 17, 1989. "Take It on the Run" has appeared on dozens of "various artists" compilation albums, as well as several REO Speedwagon greatest-hits albums. The 2017 song " Messin' Around" by Pitbull featuring Enrique Iglesias interpolates "Take It on the Run". Background According to REO Speedwagon lead singer Kevin Cronin, the original title to the song was "Don't Let Me Down." Cronin said that: Cronin says that he insisted that the title should be "Take It on the Run" and that he added the line to the refrain "You’re under the gun / So you take it on the run," which he says "either makes sense or it doesn’t, but it sure sung well and it sure rhymed, and it was a spu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Your Letter
"In Your Letter" is a song written by Gary Richrath that was first released on REO Speedwagon's 1980 album ''Hi Infidelity''. It was released as the fourth single from the album and just made the Top 20 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, peaking at #20. It also reached #26 on the ''Billboard'' Adult Contemporary chart. It also had some chart success in Canada, reaching #34. Lyrics and music Richrath was inspired to write the song based on a real life incident. According to band member Kevin Cronin, at the end of a tour fellow band member Neal Doughty came home to find a letter from his wife on the kitchen table informing him that she had left him for another man. The other man turned out to be the person who supplied the band with their "illegal substances." According to Cronin, Doughty's response to the letter was "I’m really gonna miss that guy." Casandra Armour of vintagerock.com says that lyrics contain "cutting accusations with cruel alliteration like 'But you hid be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keep On Loving You (song)
"Keep On Loving You" is a soft rock power ballad written by Kevin Cronin and performed by American rock band REO Speedwagon. It features the lead guitar work of Gary Richrath. The song first appeared on REO Speedwagon's 1980 album ''Hi Infidelity''. It was the first REO Speedwagon single to break the top 50 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100, reaching the number-one spot for one week in March 1981. The single was certified platinum for U.S. sales of over one million copies. It peaked at number seven on the UK Singles Chart. "Keep On Loving You" has been a mainstay on 1980s soft rock compilations and has appeared on dozens of 'various artists' compilation albums, as well as several REO Speedwagon greatest hits albums. Background and recording Kevin Cronin stated that he wrote "Keep On Loving You" as a more traditional love ballad, and the band as a whole developed it into its final arrangement as a power ballad. He recounted: Cronin also said: Epic Records did not think ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hi Infidelity
''Hi Infidelity'' is the ninth studio album by American rock band REO Speedwagon, released on November 21, 1980 by Epic Records. The album became a big hit in the United States, peaking at number one on the ''Billboard 200''. It went on to become the biggest-selling album of 1981, eventually being certified 10 times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. Of the four singles released, "Take It on the Run" went to number 5 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and the band got their first of two number one hits with " Keep On Loving You". Background The album title is a play on the term "in high fidelity," which used to appear on album covers. The album art is an illustration of this pun where an act of sexual infidelity is apparently occurring while the man is putting a record LP to play on the hi-fi stereo. Singles From the album six songs charted on the Billboard charts, including " Keep On Loving You" which was the band's first Number 1 hit, and "Take It on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't Let Him Go
"Don't Let Him Go" is a song written by Kevin Cronin. It was originally released as the opening song for REO Speedwagon's #1 album ''Hi Infidelity''. It was also released as a single, reaching #24 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. "Don't Let Him Go" has appeared on several REO Speedwagon greatest hits albums. Cronin recalls "Don't Let Him Go" being the first song he wrote for ''Hi Infidelity''. Like the #1 single from the album, " Keep on Loving You," the lyrics of "Don't Let Him Go" are about breaking up with a longtime girlfriend. According to Joseph Timmons of ''Seattle Post Intelligencer'', the song is a "warning to not take the man you love for granted." Casandra Armour of vintagerock.com described the lyrics as having the singer pleading on behalf of a friend who has "a lot of swag but not much substance" but "just needs a chance to grow." Cronin has said that the song is based on the experiences of all the band members and is basically a plea to all their girlfrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nine Lives (REO Speedwagon Album)
''Nine Lives'' is the eighth studio album by REO Speedwagon. It peaked at number #33 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1979. The album went gold on December 5, 1979. The title ''Nine Lives'' was chosen because the album was the band's ninth, including their live album, and it also featured nine songs. It was the last REO album to prominently feature a more hard rock sound. The group would turn to more pop-oriented material with 1980's ''Hi Infidelity''. In 2013, the album was released on CD by UK-based company Rock Candy Records, with expanded liner notes and photos. The track "Only The Strong Survive" also later appeared on Gary Richrath's 1992 album ''Only the Strong Survive''. Track listing Personnel REO Speedwagon *Kevin Cronin – lead vocals, rhythm guitar *Gary Richrath – lead guitar *Neal Doughty – keyboards * Bruce Hall – bass, backing vocals *Alan Gratzer – drums, backing vocals ;Additional personnel *Bill Champlin William Bradford Champlin (born May 21, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time For Me To Fly (song)
"Time for Me to Fly" is a song by American rock band REO Speedwagon, released in 1978 as the second single from the album '' You Can Tune a Piano, but You Can't Tuna Fish''. It was written by lead singer Kevin Cronin and took 10 years to write. The song originally reached number 56 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, but later reached number 34 on the Digital Songs chart after being used in Netflix's ''Ozark''. It also reached number 90 on the Canadian charts. The song has a BPM of 81 BPM and plays in 4/4 time signature. ''Cash Box'' praised the "melodic singing and acoustic guitar work...enveloping chorus and...catchy lyric." ''Record World'' said that it is "characteristic of the group's imaginative use of rock's common raw materials." Cronin said: Cronin also said: Dolly Parton also recorded the song for her 1989 album, ''White Limozeen''. In 2021, REO Speedwagon's home state of Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
