Nine Lives (REO Speedwagon album)
Nine Lives is the eighth studio album by REO Speedwagon. It peaked at number #33 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1979.[1] The album went gold on December 5, 1979.[2] 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. In 2013, the album was released on CD by UK-based company Rock Candy Records, with expanded liner notes and photos.
The track "Only The Strong Survive" also later appeared on Gary Richrath's 1992 album Only the Strong Survive.
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Review scores |
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Allmusic |
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Track listing
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6. |
"Take Me" | Kevin Cronin |
3:29 |
7. |
"I Need You Tonight" | Kevin Cronin |
3:35 |
8. |
"Meet Me on the Mountain" | Gary Richrath |
4:04 |
9. |
"Back on the Road Again" | Bruce Hall |
5:39 |
Personnel
Additional personnel
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 and portrait photography: Neal Preston
- Back cover cat illustrations: Ginger Canzoneri
- Models: Candy Moore, Lindy Thorp, Shyanne Rippee, Karen Bilecky
Charts
Album
Release history
Region |
Date |
Label |
Format |
Catalog # |
USA |
July 20, 1979 |
Epic Records |
Stereo Vinyl |
E-35988 |
USA |
1979 |
Epic Records |
Tape |
PET-35988 |
USA |
1979 |
Epic Records |
8 TRK |
E35988 |
USA |
1990 |
Epic Records |
CD |
EK35988 |
Japan |
2011 |
Sony Music |
CD (DSD-Remaster) |
EICP 1489 |
UK |
2013 |
Rock Candy Records |
CD-24 bit audio (Remastered & Reloaded) |
CANDY177 |
References
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| Live albums | |
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| Compilation albums |
- A Decade of Rock and Roll 1970 to 1980
- Best Foot Forward
- The Hits
- The Second Decade of Rock and Roll 1981 to 1991
- Keep On Loving You - Best
- Starbox
- Believe in Rock and Roll
- Only The Strong Survive
- Premium Best
- The Ballads
- Take It On The Run
- Simply The Best
- Keep On Rollin'
- The Essential REO Speedwagon
- Rock Breakout Years: 1981
- Collections
- Greatest Hits, Steel Box Collection
- Playlist: The Very Best of REO Speedwagon
- The Box Set Series
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| Singles | |
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| Video albums |
- FM
- Live Infidelity
- Wheels are Turnin'
- A Video Anthology 1978-1990
- Arch Allies: Live at Riverport
- Live-Plus
- Real Artist Working
- Live Aid (1985)
- XM Artists Confidential
- PBS "SoundStage"
- Not So Silent Night...Christmas with REO Speedwagon, The Yule Log DVD
- Out of Nowhere: Champaign Music Scene Documentary
- Live in Germany 1982
- Live at Moondance Jam
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| Related articles | |
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Book:REO Speedwagon
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