- Nine Lives (REO Speedwagon album)
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Nine Lives 
Studio album by REO Speedwagon Released July 20, 1979 Recorded Spring 1979 at Sound City, Studio A and Kendun Recorders, Studio D Genre Hard rock Length 34:24 Label Epic Producer Kevin Cronin and Gary Richrath with Kevin Beamish Professional reviews REO Speedwagon chronology You Can Tune A Piano But You Can't Tuna Fish
(1978)Nine Lives
(1979)Hi Infidelity
(1980)Nine Lives is the eighth studio album by REO Speedwagon. 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.
Contents
Track listing
Side one
- "Heavy on Your Love" (Kevin Cronin, Gary Richrath) – 3:35
- "Drop It (An Old Disguise)" (Cronin) – 3:14
- "Only the Strong Survive" (Richrath) – 3:52
- "Easy Money" (Richrath) – 4:01
- "Rock & Roll Music" (Chuck Berry) – 2:55
Side two
- "Take Me" (Cronin) – 3:29
- "I Need You Tonight" (Cronin) – 3:35
- "Meet Me on the Mountain" (Richrath) – 4:04
- "Back on the Road Again" (Bruce Hall) – 5:39
Personnel
- Kevin Cronin – lead vocals, background vocals, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitars
- Gary Richrath – lead guitars, rhythm guitars, B-52 guitar
- Neal Doughty – Hammond organ, piano, Moog synthesizer, tack piano
- Bruce Hall – bass, background vocals, lead vocal on "Back on the Road Again"
- Alan Gratzer – drums and percussion, background vocals
Additional personnel
- Steve Forman – percussion, sound effects, congas
- Tom Kelly – vocals, background vocals, chorus
- Bill Champlin – 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 & portrait photography: Neal Preston
- Back cover cat illustrations: Ginger Canzoneri
- Models: Candy Moore, Lindy Thorp, Shyanne Rippee, Karen Bilecky
Neal Doughty • Kevin Cronin • Bruce Hall • Dave Amato • Bryan Hitt
Alan Gratzer • Mike Blair • Joe Matt • Gregg Philbin • Terry Luttrell • Bob Crownover • Joe McCabe • Marty Shepard • Duke Tumatoe • Steve Scorfina • Gary Richrath • Mike Murphy • Graham Lear • Miles Joseph • Carla Day • Melanie Jackson • Jesse HarmsStudio albums REO Speedwagon • R.E.O./T.W.O. • Ridin' the Storm Out • Lost in a Dream • This Time We Mean It • R.E.O. • You Can Tune a Piano but You Can't Tuna Fish • Nine Lives • Hi Infidelity • Good Trouble • Wheels Are Turnin' • Life as We Know It • The Earth, a Small Man, His Dog and a Chicken • Building the Bridge • Find Your Own Way HomeLive albums Live: You Get What You Play For • Arch Allies: Live at RiverportCompilations Songs "157 Riverside Avenue" • "Keep on Loving You" • "Take It on the Run" • "Can't Fight This Feeling" • "I Needed to Fall"Related articles Categories:- REO Speedwagon albums
- 1979 albums
- Epic Records albums
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