''The Hits'' is a

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from

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 ...

. It contains hits such as "Can't Fight This Feeling" and "Keep on Loving You", as well as new tracks "Here with Me" and "I Don't Want to Lose You". "Here with Me" cracked the top 20 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. and the top ten on the

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; however, it would be the last single to feature

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Alan Gratzer and guitarist Gary Richrath, as they each left the band within the year following this album's release. The album has sold over 4 million copies in the U.S. which led it to go 4× Platinum. A conspicuous absentee from the album is " Keep the Fire Burnin', which reached #7 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1982. The collection is one of several released by the band's label. The album was

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ed and reissued in 2002. The album was also re-released in 2020 on black and white vinyl. ''

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'' called "Here with Me" a "power ballad that lifts you up where you belong, a majestic and sweeping effort that has romanticism, leavened with pop sensibility." ''

'' called "I Don't Want to Lose You" a "hard-driving, corporate-sounding rocker."

Track listing

Personnel

REO Speedwagon * Kevin Cronin – lead vocals, rhythm guitars, keyboards * Gary Richrath – lead guitars * Neal Doughty – keyboards, synthesizers * Gregg Philbin – bass, backing vocals * Bruce Hall – bass, backing vocals * Alan Gratzer – drums, backing vocals Additional personnel * Tommy Funderburk – backing vocals * Eric Persing – additional synthesizers, programming

Production

* Keith Olsen – producer (1, 2) * Kevin Cronin – producer (3-9, 11, 12, 13) * Gary Richrath – producer (3-9, 11-14) * Paul Grupp – producer (3, 11) * John Boylan – executive producer (3, 11) * Kevin Beemish – producer (4, 6, 8, 13) * Alan Gratzer – co-producer (4, 6, 8), producer (5, 7, 9, 12), associate producer (13) * David DeVore – producer (5, 7), production assistant (9, 12), package assembling, mastering * John Stronach – producer (10, 14) * Gary Lubow – production assistant (13) * John Henning – producer (14) *

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– engineer * Steve Hall – mastering *

Tony Lane Anthony Samuel Lane (May 2, 1944 – January 1, 2016) began his career as an assistant to Alexey Brodovitch at Harper's Bazaar, and became an early art director for Rolling Stone magazine. He was the designer of iconic album covers for Simon & Garf ...

– art direction * Nancy Donald – art direction * David Coleman – design * Harry Mittman – photography * Dennis Keeley – inner sleeve photography * Malcolm Dome – liner notes * Baruck-Consolo Managerment – management Studios * Recorded and Assembled at Pacific Studios (Chatsworth, California). * Mastered at Future Disc (North Hollywood, California).

Charts

Certifications

Catalog numbers

*Original 1988 release:

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OE/OET/EK 44202 *2002 remastered CD release:

EK 86518

Notes

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