REO Speedwagon (album)
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REO Speedwagon was the debut album by American rock band REO Speedwagon
. Released in 1971, it was the only album recorded with singer Terry Luttrell until Kevin Cronin joined the band for R.E.O./T.W.O. The album sold well and produced the fan favorites "157 Riverside Avenue," "Sophisticated Lady" and "Lay Me Down." The songs "157 Riverside Avenue" and "Lay Me Down" were subsequently recorded on the live album "Live: You Get What You Play For." "157 Riverside Avenue" and "Sophisticated Lady" were both featured on the compilatation album "A Decade of Rock and Roll: 1970-1980." In 2007, the British company BGO Records released REO Speedwagon and R.E.O./T.W.O.
together (BGOCD775), marking the first time the band's first album was widely available in CD format. For some unknown reason, Epic Records never issued this first album on the cassette tape format.
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...
. Released in 1971, it was the only album recorded with singer Terry Luttrell until Kevin Cronin joined the band for R.E.O./T.W.O. The album sold well and produced the fan favorites "157 Riverside Avenue," "Sophisticated Lady" and "Lay Me Down." The songs "157 Riverside Avenue" and "Lay Me Down" were subsequently recorded on the live album "Live: You Get What You Play For." "157 Riverside Avenue" and "Sophisticated Lady" were both featured on the compilatation album "A Decade of Rock and Roll: 1970-1980." In 2007, the British company BGO Records released REO Speedwagon and R.E.O./T.W.O.
R.E.O./T.W.O.
R.E.O./T.W.O. is the second LP released by the Illinois based rock band REO Speedwagon. Under the leadership of guitarist Gary Richrath, this album continued the musical direction set on 1971's R.E.O...
together (BGOCD775), marking the first time the band's first album was widely available in CD format. For some unknown reason, Epic Records never issued this first album on the cassette tape format.
Track listing
All songs written by Terry Luttrell, Gary Richrath, Gregg Philbin, Neal Doughty, and Alan Gratzer:- "Gypsy Woman's Passion" – 5:17
- "157 Riverside Avenue157 Riverside Avenue"157 Riverside Avenue" is a song by REO Speedwagon from their first album, REO Speedwagon, released in 1971. It was written by all five band members at the time, Terry Luttrell, Gary Richrath, Gregg Philbin, Neal Doughty, and Alan Gratzer...
" – 3:57 - "Anti-Establishment Man" – 5:21
- "Lay Me Down" – 3:51
- "Sophisticated Lady" – 4:00
- "Five Men Were Killed Today" – 3:00
- "Prison Women" – 2:36
- "Dead at Last" – 10:08
Personnel
- Terry LuttrellTerry LuttrellTerry Luttrell is an American rock singer/musician who was the original lead vocalist for the band REO Speedwagon. He had played guitar with a local Champaign band, Terry Cook and the Majestics in the early to mid-sixties. In 1968, Terry joined REO Replacing Mike Blair on Vocals, at the...
- Vocals - Gary RichrathGary RichrathGary Richrath is an American guitarist, best known as a member of the band REO Speedwagon from 1970 until 1989...
- Guitar - Gregg Philbin - Bass
- 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...
- Keyboards - Alan Gratzer - Drums