REO Speedwagon includes: Kevin Cronin (vocals, guitar); Gary Richrath (guitar); Neal Doughty (keyboards, synthesizer); Bruce Hall (bass); Alan Gratzer (drums). Additional personnel includes: Eric Persing (synthesizer, programming); Tommy Funderburk (background vocals). Producers include: Keith Olsen, Kevin Cronin, Gary Richrath, Paul Grupp, Kevin Beamish. Reissue producer: Al Quaglieri. Recorded between January 1976 & April 1988. Includes liner notes by Malcolm Dome. All tracks have been digitally remastered. Like Journey and Styx, REO Speedwagon was a '70s rock band that scored its biggest hits with radio-friendly rock and lovesick power ballads during the early '80s. Rock dudes could easily identify with guitarist Gary Richrath's crunchy power chords, while the girls could find solace in singer Kevin Cronin's delicate tales of the ups and downs of love. On the 1988 compilation THE HITS, the best of REO Speedwagon's both worlds are featured--rocking standouts like "Ridin' the Storm Out" and "Roll with the Changes," as well as such softer fare as "Keep on Lovin' You" and "Can't Fight This Feeling." Although one of their biggest hits, "Keep the Fire Burnin'," is strangely absent, THE HITS is by and large a well-assembled collection of REO's biggest hits.
Disc 1: I Don't Want To Lose You Here With Me Roll With The Changes Keep On Lovin' You That Ain't Love Take It On The Run In My Dreams Don't Let Him Go Can't Fight This Feeling Keep Pushin' Time For Me To Fly One Lonely Night Back On The Road Again Ridin' The Storm Out