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Artist: REO Speedwagon

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CD Title: Nine Lives

 

Category: AOR

Year: 1979

Label: Epic Records

Catalog Number: EK 35988

Personnel

Kevin Cronin lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Gary Richrath lead and rhythm guitars
Alan Gratzer drums, percussion, backing vocals
Neal Doughty piano, organ, Moog
Bruce Hall bass, backing vocals
Tom Kelly guest backing vocals
Bill Champlin guest backing vocals

Tracks

1.	Heavy on Your Love	3:35
2.	Drop It (an Old Disguise)	3:14
3.	Only the Strong Survive	3:52
4.	Easy Money	4:01
5.	Rock and Roll Music	2:55
6.	Take Me	3:29
7.	I Need You Tonight	3:35
8.	Meet Me on the Mountain	4:04
9.	Back on the Road Again	5:39
Total Running Time:		34:24

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Existing comments about this CD

From: Knuckles	Date: March 26, 2002 at 22:22
This is my favorite REO album. It is good song to song. Back on the road again is a classic tune.

From: Phil

Date: October 6, 2003 at 18:50

This is the last album REO recorded before they turned into a bunch of pussies. Great guitar solos on Easy Money, Only The Strong Survive and Meet Me on the Mountain. Rock and Roll Music is a cover of the old Chuck Berry tune, and Richrath does it up in style. Take Me is a egotistical rant by Cronin, which is a foreboding of what's to come with this band. "I could be dancing on the ocean. I could be singing to the sea. But I am poetry in motion. I'm yours, people. Take me." GAG ME, CRONIN!!!

From: Rockpig!

Date: November 14, 2003 at 18:27

I agree with Phil! If their career was an LP, everything from here on back would be the "Rockin' Side", while everything after this would be their "Wimp Side"... Just another example of a once promising "Rock Band" succumbing to the Record Label pressures of creating another "hit single"...I loved the early stuff, but anything after this just GAGS me! No wonder Richrath left the band just a few releases after this!

From: AOR freaky	Date: December 16, 2003 at 9:04
By far their best album ! Good songs ! The rest of Reo is not that good. An overrated band by miles, but this is a good one !

From: Gar	Date: December 16, 2003 at 19:56
What you talkin bout, Freddy?! This is one of REO's more mediocre releases. It's got maybe 3 good songs and the rest are filler. They had much better albums than this.

From: AOR freaky	Date: December 18, 2003 at 10:22
Are you serious Gar ? Tell which one is better (Hi Infidelity ?). The others s. . .k big way, I think. But if you think otherwise, that's your freedom ! Average band, I can't repeat this enough !

From: Gar	Date: December 19, 2003 at 1:13
Well, yeah "Hi Infidelity" is better. But I think their best albums were "REO TWO" & "You Can Tune a Piano..." Most of their albums are kinda hit or miss, but there's usually enough quality material to make them worthwhile. In my opinion, "9 Lives" & "Life As We Know It" were their weakest efforts. Maybe they are just an average band, but they did provide us with a few gems along the way.

From: BIG AL	Date: December 22, 2003 at 9:30
I DONT KNOW WHAT "FREAKY" IS TALKIN' ABOUT, IHAVE BEEN PLAYING GUITAR FOR 20 YEARS, THE REASON I STARTED,,,HI IN FIDELITY, THE FIRST TIME I HEARD "TAKE IT ON THE RUN" I SAID THATS WHAT I WANT TO DO, HOWS THAT FOR AN ALBUM WITH IMPACT!!

From: Tony

Date: April 11, 2004 at 14:22

To this day I can't listen to anything from "Hi Infidelity" on and cringe at the wimpiness factor but to this day this album still does it for me. From the opening riff on "Heavy On Your Love" till the end of the disc the air guitar comes out every time. This along with "You Can Tune..." are my favorite REO albums. It's not that I hate latter day REO it's just they basically became Chicago without the horns after this release. If a release could be labeled "hard rock" by these guys it's this

From: Rockhead	Date: April 26, 2004 at 7:32
This is a great album form back in the day. A definate summer Cd to listen to in the garden with a few beers!! Choc full of classic songs my favourite is Back on the Road-a monster song that brings back fond memories of times 20+ years ago.

From: Propane	Date: December 3, 2004 at 9:50
This one is a great addition to the collection. Air guitar afficianados will keep playing this one over and over again.

From: Lennie	Date: April 13, 2005 at 14:58
'Back on the Road Again' - bloody marvellous is all I can say. Just buy and enjoy...driving melodic hard rock at its best.

From: Remastered Reason

Date: February 3, 2009 at 22:06

As a whole, this album uncovers & releases that punch of energy that the band had bottled up on most of their previous albums. Mostly, a high octane boogie set that pretty much rocks as hard as the band ever had & would in the future. Agree, that no REO album is a complete classic of their genre from start to finish but there are enough moments on each record to call great. In particular, "Back on the Road Again" is the quality tune here.

From: rick kerch vzla	Date: May 25, 2012 at 23:36
Good rocking album by REO!!!..."Heavy On Your Love","Drop It","Take Me","Meet Me On The Mountain" & "Back On The Road Again"(the best cut for me)are songs that you'll love surely...recommended...85/100

From: MysticHealer	Date: April 5, 2013 at 17:24
Best REO release by a long way. Great album and a rockin one too.

From: bmoviecritic	Date: August 5, 2019 at 2:32
I Need You Tonight is super cheesy, but the rest of the record is more aggressive than they've been and that is a good thing, Bruce Hall delivers a vocal on a song that has become a radio staple, the rest of the songs are memorable but they have been lost to time.

From: Elljam

Date: March 2, 2022 at 9:15

I remember hearing "Back on the road again" on a free compilation L.P. in Sounds magazine & rushing out to buy the Nine Lives album. I absolutely loved it with tracks like "Heavy on your love", "Drop it", "Only the strong", "Easy Money", & of course "Back on the road again". I even like "I need you tonight" with the vocal harmonies . This is definitely their most rocking release, so for me It never got any better than this but these are one of those bands who I've always had a soft spot for and enjoy most of what they have done apart from Find your own way home.

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