Year : 1982 (Rock Candy Remastered 2013)
Style : Hard Rock , AOR
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans + Video
Size : 123 mb
Info:
REO Speedwagon (originally styled as R.E.O. Speedwagon) is an American rock band. Formed in 1967, the band cultivated a following during the 1970s and achieved significant commercial success throughout the 1980s. Hi Infidelity (1980) contained four US Top 40 hits and is the group's best-selling album, with over ten million copies sold.Over the course of its career, the band has sold more than 40 million records and has charted thirteen Top 40 hits, including the number ones "Keep On Loving You" and "Can't Fight This Feeling". REO Speedwagon's mainstream popularity dissipated in the 1990s but the band remains a popular live act.
Album:
Another of the 'big Eighties' classic records from chart-busters REO SPEEDWAGON has been recently reissued by Rock Candy Records in a 'Remastered & Reloaded' form; "Good Trouble".After the successful global success of 1980's Hi Infidelity, REO Speedwagon had the obvious uphill battle of trying to follow this up... and "Good Trouble" was the answer.'Hi Infidelity' achieved platinum status ten times over, hogging the #1 spot on the US album charts for an incredible fifteen weeks with singles becoming a mainstay of American radio play. From their hometown of Champaign, Illinois to drinking Champagne from crystal glasses, the band suddenly became the most talked about act in the country.Following up that super seller was never going to be easy, a fact not helped by pressure from their label to deliver another album with super human speed. Internally all was not wine and roses either, frontman and prominent songwriter Kevin Cronin was dealing with a bout of writer's block and a growing feeling of uncertainty about the band's new found rock star notoriety.Fortunately help was on hand from the rest of the band, including guitarist Gary Richrath and bassist Bruce Hall, stepping up to the plate and providing enough material to put the project back on the straight and narrow. The album's opener and big hit, "Keep The Fire Burnin", sets the record in motion; maybe not the songwriting graft that the band might have hoped for considering the recent success the group had enjoyed but still a major hit still the same. "Sweet Time", another hit single follows on, a catchy rocker with all the American melodic rock essence written all over it. There's some classic AOR moments in the shape of "Girl With The Heart Of Gold' and the sweet and soaring "Every Now And Then", both radio-ready staples."The Key" is a solid semi-ballad with classic keyboards, "Let's Be-Bop" is vintage and good REO, while "I'll Follow You" and "Stillness Of The Night" are the more rocking cuts in the best pedigree of the band.The album ends with one of my favorites, title track "Good Trouble", a muscular yet melodic rocker driven by a great riff and tight instrumentation. REO Speedwagon's "Good Trouble" packs a solid and strong collection of songs which although not outstanding as its predecessor, still rocks with class and melodic brim.
Line-Up:
Kevin Cronin - lead vocals, guitar, keyboards
Gary Richrath - lead guitar
Neal Doughty - organ, synthesizer, piano, Hammond organ
Bruce Hall - bass, lead vocals on "Let's Be-Bop"
Alan Gratzer - drums, percussion, background vocals
Additional Musicians:
Steve Forman: percussion, chimes, shaker, crotales
Richard Page, Tom Kelly: backing vocals
Tracklist:
01. Keep The Fire Burnin'
02. Sweet Time
03. Girl With The Heart Of Gold
04. Every Now And Then
05. I'll Follow You
06. The Key
07. Back In My Heart Again
08. Let's Be-Bop
09. Stillness Of The Night
10. Good Trouble
+ Video "Keep The Fire Burnin'" (Official Video)
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