Find Your Own Way Home
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Find Your Own Way Home is the fifteenth studio album by REO Speedwagon
. It was released in 2007, eleven years after the band's previous studio album, Building the Bridge
. The album found the band returning to its trademark hard rock sound after the soft ballads of Bridge. Though the album did not chart, it did produce the minor hit "I Needed to Fall
", which peaked at #25 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. "Smilin' in the End" was released at the same time as "I Needed to Fall" to classic rock stations, but did not chart. The third single from the album--the title track--reached #23 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart.
Also released in a limited edition package including "XM Artist Confidential", a live DVD recorded at the XM Performance Theatre in Washington, D.C., and the live CD "Hi Infidelity Then Again...Live", also recorded at the XM Performance Theatre in Washington, D.C. The CD also includes enhanced video content.
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REO Speedwagon
REO Speedwagon is an American rock band. Formed in 1967, the band grew in popularity during the 1970s and peaked in the early 1980s. Hi Infidelity is the group's most commercially successful album, selling over ten million copies and charting four Top 40 hits in the US...
. It was released in 2007, eleven years after the band's previous studio album, Building the Bridge
Building the Bridge
Building the Bridge is a 1996 album by REO Speedwagon. The album, which features mostly Adult Contemporary-flavored ballads, received mixed reviews from fans and is generally regarded as REO's weakest effort...
. The album found the band returning to its trademark hard rock sound after the soft ballads of Bridge. Though the album did not chart, it did produce the minor hit "I Needed to Fall
I Needed to Fall
-Charts:...
", which peaked at #25 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. "Smilin' in the End" was released at the same time as "I Needed to Fall" to classic rock stations, but did not chart. The third single from the album--the title track--reached #23 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart.
Also released in a limited edition package including "XM Artist Confidential", a live DVD recorded at the XM Performance Theatre in Washington, D.C., and the live CD "Hi Infidelity Then Again...Live", also recorded at the XM Performance Theatre in Washington, D.C. The CD also includes enhanced video content.
Track listing
All songs written by Kevin CroninKevin Cronin
Kevin Cronin is the lead vocalist/ rhythm guitarist/ occasional pianist for the American rock band, REO Speedwagon. REO Speedwagon had two #1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 written by Cronin, "Keep on Loving You" and "Can't Fight This Feeling" .- Early life and career :Cronin was born in Evanston,...
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- "Smilin' in the End" - 3:36
- "Find Your Own Way Home" - 4:48
- "I Needed to FallI Needed to Fall-Charts:...
" - 4:08 - "Dangerous Combination" - 4:45 (Cronin, Jim PeterikJim PeterikJim Peterik is an American musician and songwriter. He is best known as a member of the band Survivor and as vocalist and songwriter of the hit song "Vehicle" by The Ides of March...
) - "Lost on the Road of Love" - 5:16
- "Another Lifetime" - 4:04 (Cronin, Dave Amato, Bruce HallBruce Hall (musician)Bruce Hall is the current bass guitarist for the rock and roll band REO Speedwagon. He joined the band in 1977, making an appearance on the album, You Can Tune a Piano but You Can't Tuna Fish released the following year...
, Bryan HittBryan HittBryan Keith Hitt is the drummer for the rock band REO Speedwagon.Prior to his involvement with REO Speedwagon, Hitt played with Cher, Graham Nash, and The Spencer Davis Group. He also recorded with Nick Gilder, Gary Busey and Wang Chung.He joined the band's line up in 1990 for the release of album...
) - "Run Away Baby" - 3:05
- "Everything You Feel" - 5:29
- "Born to Love You" - 4:46 (Hall)
- "Let My Love Find You" - 3:58
XM Artist Confidential DVD track listing
- "Music Man"
- "Dangerous Combination"
- "Ridin' The Storm Out"
- "I Needed To Fall"
- "Smilin' In The End"
- "Take It On The Run"
- "Roll With The Changes"
Hi Infidelity Then Again...Live track listing
- "Don't Let Him Go"
- "Keep On Loving You"
- "Follow My Heart"
- "In Your Letter"
- "Take It On The Run"
- "Tough Guys"
- "Out Of Season"
- "Shakin' It Loose"
- "Someone Tonight"
- "I Wish You Were There"
- "Out Of Season" (enhanced video)
- "Someone Tonight" (enhanced video)
- "I Wish You Were There" (enhanced video)
Personnel
- Kevin CroninKevin CroninKevin Cronin is the lead vocalist/ rhythm guitarist/ occasional pianist for the American rock band, REO Speedwagon. REO Speedwagon had two #1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 written by Cronin, "Keep on Loving You" and "Can't Fight This Feeling" .- Early life and career :Cronin was born in Evanston,...
- lead vocals, rhythm guitarRhythm guitarRhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
, acoustic guitarAcoustic guitarAn acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound... - Bruce HallBruce Hall (musician)Bruce Hall is the current bass guitarist for the rock and roll band REO Speedwagon. He joined the band in 1977, making an appearance on the album, You Can Tune a Piano but You Can't Tuna Fish released the following year...
- bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... - Dave AmatoDave AmatoDave Amato is an American musician, best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band REO Speedwagon.He was born and raised near Framingham, Massachusetts...
- lead guitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
, vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... - Neal DoughtyNeal DoughtyNeal Doughty is an American keyboardist and the sole remaining founding member of REO Speedwagon.Doughty wrote "Sky Blues" from 1973, "One Lonely Night" from 1984 and "Variety Tonight" from 1987...
- keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments... - Bryan HittBryan HittBryan Keith Hitt is the drummer for the rock band REO Speedwagon.Prior to his involvement with REO Speedwagon, Hitt played with Cher, Graham Nash, and The Spencer Davis Group. He also recorded with Nick Gilder, Gary Busey and Wang Chung.He joined the band's line up in 1990 for the release of album...
- drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
Additional personnel
- Joe VannelliJoe VannelliJoe Vannelli , is an Italian-Canadian musician, composer and record producer. He was credited on most records of his brother, Gino Vannelli, and in collaboration with youngest brother Ross Vannelli, the three have won many awards.Vannelli studied music theory in Montreal, and learned to play piano...
- ProducerRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, PianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, Hammond organHammond organThe Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company. While the Hammond organ was originally sold to churches as a lower-cost alternative to the wind-driven pipe organ, in the 1960s and 1970s it became a standard keyboard...