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Released
  
November 21, 1980

Length
  
34:55

Artist
  
REO Speedwagon

Label
  
Epic Records

Recorded
  
March–October 1980

Hi Infidelity (1980)
  
Good Trouble (1982)

Release date
  
21 November 1980

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Producer
  
Kevin Beamish, Kevin Cronin, Alan Gratzer, Gary Richrath

Genres
  
Rock music, Hard rock, Album-oriented rock, Pop rock

Nominations
  
Juno Award for International Album of the Year

Similar
  
REO Speedwagon albums, Rock music albums

Reo speedwagon hi infidelity full album


Hi Infidelity is the ninth studio album by the band REO Speedwagon, it was released on November 21, 1980 (see 1980 in music). The album became a big hit in the United States peaking at number one on the Billboard 200. It went on to become the biggest selling rock albums of 1981, eventually being certified nine times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. From the singles released the band got their first number one hit for "Keep On Loving You"on the Billboard Hot 100.

Contents

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Background

The album title is a play on the term Hi-Fi (high fidelity), and the album art is an illustration of this pun where an act of sexual infidelity is occurring while the man is putting a record LP to play on the hi-fi stereo.

Singles

From the album six songs charted Billboard charts, including "Keep On Loving You" which was the band's first Number 1 hit, and "Take It on the Run", which reached No. 5 on the charts. The song "Tough Guys" uses an audio clip from the 1938 Our Gang episode "Hearts Are Thumps".

"Tough Guys" was one of two songs from the album that charted on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart despite not being released as singles. Music critic Robert Christgau called "Tough Guys" his favorite song from the album but suggested that the line "They think they're full of fire/She thinks they're full of shit" would prevent the song from reaching the pop Top 40.

Reissues

In October 2004, the band recorded the songs of this album live from beginning to end for an XM Radio "Then Again Live" special.

On July 19, 2011, Sony Music rereleased Hi Infidelity with bonus demo tracks for the album's 30th anniversary.

Personnel

  • Kevin Cronin – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, piano
  • Gary Richrath – lead guitar
  • Neal Doughty – keyboards, synthesizer
  • Bruce Hall – bass, background vocals (lead on track 9)
  • Alan Gratzer – drums, percussion, background vocals
    • Additional personnel
  • Steve Forman - percussion
  • He-Man Broken Hearts Club Choir - chorus
  • Tom Kelly - vocals, background vocals, chorus
  • Richard Page - vocals, background vocals, chorus
  • N. Yolletta - vocals, background vocals, chorus (the name is a pun for the song "In Your Letter")

    • Production

  • Producers: Kevin Beamish, Kevin Cronin, Alan Gratzer, Gary Richrath
  • Engineer: Kevin Beamish
  • Assistant engineer: Tom Cummings
  • Mastering: Kent Duncan, Greg Fulginiti & Jo Hansch
  • Remastering: Joseph M. Palmaccio
  • Reissue producer: Al Quaglieri
  • Remastering supervisor: Laura Grover
  • Arranger: Kevin Cronin
  • Programming: Kevin Cronin
  • Lyric assistant: Kevin Cronin
  • Art direction: Kosh
  • Design: Bobby Gordon, Kosh
  • Photography: Aaron Rapoport
  • Lighting design: Bobby Gordon

    • Songs

    1Don't Let Him Go3:46
    2Keep on Loving You3:21
    3Follow My Heart3:50

    References

    Hi Infidelity Wikipedia
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