''Nine Lives'' is the eighth

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. It peaked at number #33 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1979. The album went

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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 ''

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''. 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

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's 1992 album ''Only the Strong Survive''.

Track listing

Personnel

REO Speedwagon *

Kevin Cronin Kevin Patrick Cronin (born October 6, 1951) is an American singer and songwriter, who is the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and pianist for the rock band REO Speedwagon. The band had several hits on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 throughout the ...

– lead vocals, rhythm guitar *

– lead 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, backing vocals *Alan Gratzer – drums, backing vocals ;Additional personnel *

Bill Champlin William Bradford Champlin (born May 21, 1947) is an American singer, musician, arranger, producer, and songwriter. He formed the band Sons of Champlin in 1965, which still performs today, and was a member of the band Chicago from 1981–2009. H ...

– backing vocals *Steve Forman – percussion * Tom Kelly – backing vocals ;Production *Producers: Kevin Cronin, Gary Richrath, Kevin Beamish *Engineers: Kevin Beamish, Gary Lubow *Arranger: Kevin Cronin *Associate Producer: Alan Gratzer *Production Assistance: Gary Lubow *Assistant engineers: Steve Williams, D. C. Snyder *Direction: John Baruck, Alex Kochan, Tom Consolo, JoAnn D'Agostino, Lynne Kirkwood *Art direction: Tom Drennon *Design: Tom Drennon, Ginger Canzoneri *Cover photographer: John Bilecky *Center spread and portrait photography: Neal Preston *Back cover cat illustrations: Ginger Canzoneri *Models: Candy Moore, Lindy Thorp, Shyanne Rippee, Karen Bilecky

Charts

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Certifications

Release history

References

{{Authority control REO Speedwagon albums 1979 albums Epic Records albums Albums produced by Kevin Beamish Albums produced by Gary Richrath Albums produced by Kevin Cronin