Life as We Know It (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Life as We Know It
Type = Album
Artist = REO Speedwagon


Released = February 1987
Recorded = January-August 1986
Genre = Rock
Length = 40:19
Label = Epic
Producer = Kevin Cronin; Gary Richrath; Alan Gratzer
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|2|5
Last album = "Wheels Are Turnin'"
(1984)
This album = "Life as We Know It"'
(1987)
Next album = "The Earth, A Small Man, His Dog and a Chicken"
(1990)

""Life as We Know It" is the twelfth studio album by REO Speedwagon, released in 1987 (see 1987 in music). It features "That Ain't Love", "Variety Tonight", and "One Too Many Girlfriends" Which showcased the ongoing friction between band members Kevin Cronin and Gary Richrath

Track listing

# "New Way To Love" (Cronin)
# "That Ain't Love" (Cronin)
# "In My Dreams" (Cronin, Tom Kelly)
# "Variety Tonight" (Doughty)
# "Screams and Whispers" (Cronin, Kelly Richrath)
# "Can't Get You Out of My Heart" (Cronin, Kelly Steinberg)
# "Over the Edge" (Cronin, Kelly, Richrath)
# "Accidents Can Happen" (Hall, Hall)
# "Tired of Getting Nowhere'" (Cronin)

Personnel

REO Speedwagon
* Kevin Cronin - acoustic guitar, guitar, piano, rhythm guitar, vocals, background vocals, chorus
* Gary Richrath - guitar, electric guitar, vocals
* Neal Doughty - organ, synthesizer, piano, keyboards, Hammond organ
* Alan Gratzer - drums, tambourine, background vocals
* Bruce Hall - bass, guitar, vocals