''Good Trouble'' is the tenth

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, released in 1982 as a follow-up to ''

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''. It peaked at #7 on the ''Billboard'' charts. The single " Keep the Fire Burnin'" gave the band a #7 hit on ''

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''s Pop Singles Chart and a #2 hit on the

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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 I went with the flow, and that was a mistake." None of the songs from this album have been performed by the band in concert since 1983 except "Keep the Fire Burnin'", which was played as an acoustic version in their two shows at Valencia, Venezuela during the "Live As We Know It Tour '87," and has been played occasionally in more recent years. "The Key" was part of a five-song medley the band performed during their 2001 tour.

Track listing

Personnel

REO Speedwagon * Kevin Cronin – lead and backing vocals (except on "Let's Be-Bop"), acoustic piano on "Keep the Fire Burnin'", acoustic and rhythm guitars *

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 ...

– electric guitar *

Neal Doughty Neal Allan Doughty (born July 29, 1946, in Evansville, Indiana) is an American keyboardist, best known as a founding member of the rock band REO Speedwagon and the only member to have played on every album. He formed the band in fall 1967, with or ...

– keyboards * Bruce Hall – bass, lead vocals on "Girl with the Heart of Gold" and "Let's Be-Bop" * Alan Gratzer – drums, tambourine Additional personnel * Steve Forman – chimes and crotales on "Sweet Time",

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on "The Key" * Tom Kelly – backing vocals *

Richard Page Richard Lewis Page (born 22 February 1941) is a former Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and from December 1979 to 2005. Early life Born the son of Victor Charles Page, he went to the independent Hu ...

– backing vocals

Production

* Kevin Beamish – producer, engineer * Kevin Cronin – producer, arrangements * Alan Gratzer – producer * Gary Richrath – producer * Bruce Barris – assistant engineer * Tom Cummings – assistant engineer * Jeff Sanders – mastering * John Kosh – art direction, design *

Ron Larson Roland "Ron" Edwin Larson (born October 31, 1941) is a professor of mathematics at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, Pennsylvania. He is best known for being the author of a series of widely used mathematics textbooks ranging from middle sch ...

– art direction, design * Aaron Rapoport – photography

Charts

Chart positions

Singles

Certifications

Notes

{{Authority control REO Speedwagon albums 1982 albums Epic Records albums Albums produced by Kevin Beamish Albums produced by Gary Richrath Albums produced by Kevin Cronin