REO Speedwagon (album)

Infobox Album
Name = REO Speedwagon
Type = studio
Artist = REO Speedwagon


Released = 1971
Recorded = 1970 Connecticut Recording Studios Inc. "Prison Women" recorded at Columbia recording studios Chicago, Illinois
Genre = Hard rock
Length = 38 min.
Label = Epic
Producer = Paul Leka Billy Rose III
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fxfpxqy5ldfe link]
Last album =
This album = "REO Speedwagon" (1971)
Next album = R.E.O./T.W.O. (1972)

"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.

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 Avenue" – 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 Luttrell - Vocals Gary Richrath - Guitar Gregg Philbin - Bass Neal Doughty - Keyboards Alan Gratzer - Drums