Hi Infidelity

For the Italian film, see High Infidelity.
Hi Infidelity
Studio album by REO Speedwagon
Released November 21, 1980
Recorded March–October 1980
Genre AOR
Length 34:55
Label Epic
Producer Kevin Beamish, Kevin Cronin, Alan Gratzer, Gary Richrath
REO Speedwagon chronology

Nine Lives
(1979)		 Hi Infidelity
(1980)		 Good Trouble
(1982)
Singles from Hi Infidelity
  1. "Keep On Loving You"
    Released: November 4, 1980
  2. "Take It on the Run"
    Released: January 1981
  3. "Don't Let Him Go"
    Released: 1981
  4. "In Your Letter"
    Released: 1981
  5. "Tough Guys"
    Released: 1981
  6. "Out of Season"
    Released: 1981
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Robert Christgau B−[2]

Hi Infidelity is the ninth studio album by REO Speedwagon, released in 1980 (see 1980 in music). It went on to become the biggest selling rock LP of 1981, eventually selling over ten million copies. Six songs from this album hit Billboard charts, including "Keep On Loving You" which was the band's first Number 1 hit, and "Take It on the Run", which reached No. 5 on the charts. The album title is a play on the term Hi-Fi (high fidelity), and the album art is an illustration of this pun where an act of sexual infidelity is occurring while the man is putting a record LP to play on the hi-fi stereo. The song "Tough Guys" uses an audio clip from the 1938 Our Gang episode Hearts Are Thumps.


In October 2004, the band recorded the songs of this album live from beginning to end for an XM Radio "Then Again Live" special.

On July 19, 2011, Sony Music rereleased Hi Infidelity with Bonus Demo tracks for the album's 30th anniversary.[3]

Track listing

Side 1
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Don't Let Him Go"  Kevin Cronin 3:47
2. "Keep On Loving You"  Kevin Cronin 3:22
3. "Follow My Heart"  Gary Richrath, Tom Kelly 3:50
4. "In Your Letter"  Gary Richrath 3:18
5. "Take It on the Run"  Gary Richrath 4:01
Side 2
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
6. "Tough Guys"  Kevin Cronin 3:51
7. "Out of Season"  Kevin Cronin, Tom Kelly 3:07
8. "Shakin' It Loose"  Gary Richrath 2:27
9. "Someone Tonight"  Bruce Hall 2:42
10. "I Wish You Were There"  Kevin Cronin 4:27

Personnel

REO Speedwagon

Additional personnel

Production

Album catalog numbers

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1981 Billboard 200 1 (15 weeks)

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1981 "Don't Let Him Go" Mainstream Rock 11
1981 "Don't Let Him Go" Pop Singles 24
1981 "In Your Letter" Pop Singles 20
1981 "Keep on Loving You" Mainstream Rock 9
1981 "Keep on Loving You" Pop Singles 1
1981 "Out of Season" Mainstream Rock 59
1981 "Take It on the Run" Mainstream Rock 6
1981 "Take It on the Run" Pop Singles 5
1981 "Tough Guys" Mainstream Rock 25

Notes

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
  3. ↑ "REO Speedwagon's 30-Year Anniversary of Multi-Platinum #1 Breakthrough Hit Hi Infidelity". Sony Corporation of America. Tom Cording. Retrieved 2015-01-25.