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Nine Lives (REO Speedwagon album)

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Released
  
July 20, 1979

Nine Lives(1979)
  
Hi Infidelity(1980)

Release date
  
20 July 1979

Genre
  
Hard rock

Length
  
34:24

Artist
  
REO Speedwagon

Label
  
Epic/Sony Records

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Recorded
  
Spring 1979 at Sound City, Studio A and Kendun Recorders, Studio D

Producers
  
Kevin Cronin, Gary Richrath, Kevin Beamish

Similar
  
REO Speedwagon albums, Hard rock albums

Reo speedwagon heavy on your love with lyrics


Nine Lives is the eighth studio album by REO Speedwagon. It peaked at number #33 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1979. The album went gold on December 5, 1979. The title Nine Lives was chosen because the album was the band's ninth, including their live album, and it also featured nine songs. It was the last REO album to prominently feature a more hard rock sound. The group would turn to more pop-oriented material with 1980's Hi Infidelity. In 2013, the album was released on CD by UK-based company Rock Candy Records, with expanded liner notes and photos.

Contents

The track "Only The Strong Survive" also later appeared on Gary Richrath's 1992 album Only the Strong Survive.

Reo speedwagon nine lives


Personnel

REO Speedwagon

  • Kevin Cronin – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar
  • 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
  • Bill Champlin – background vocals
  • Steve Forman – percussion, sound effects, congas
  • Tom Kelly – background vocals
    • Production
  • Producers: Kevin Cronin, Gary Richrath, Kevin Beamish
  • Engineers: Kevin Beamish, Gary Lubow
  • Arranger: Kevin Cronin
  • Associate Producer: Alan Gratzer
  • Production Assistance: Gary Lubow
  • Assistant engineers: Steve Williams, D. C. Snyder
  • Direction: John Baruck, Alex Kochan, Tom Consolo, JoAnn D'Agostino, Lynne Kirkwood
  • Art direction: Tom Drennon
  • Design: Tom Drennon, Ginger Canzoneri
  • Cover photographer: John Bilecky
  • Center spread and portrait photography: Neal Preston
  • Back cover cat illustrations: Ginger Canzoneri
  • Models: Candy Moore, Lindy Thorp, Shyanne Rippee, Karen Bilecky

    • Songs

    1Heavy on Your Love3:35
    2Drop It (An Old Disguise)3:14
    3Only the Strong Survive3:53

    References

    Nine Lives (REO Speedwagon album) Wikipedia
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