Good Trouble is the tenth studio album by REO Speedwagon, released in 1982 as a follow-up to Hi Infidelity. It was the second-best selling album in the band's history, subsequently tied with Wheels Are Turnin', peaking at #7 on the Billboard charts. The single "Keep the Fire Burnin'" gave the band a #7 hit on Billboard's Pop Singles Chart and a #2 hit on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, their highest-charting hit on this chart.

Good Trouble
Studio album by REO Speedwagon
Released	June 11, 1982
Recorded	February–May 1982
Studio	Sound City Studios (Los Angeles, California); Kendun Recorders (Burbank, California).
Genre	AOR
Length	37:57
Label	Epic
Producer	Kevin Cronin, Kevin Beamish, Alan Gratzer, Gary Richrath
REO Speedwagon chronology
Hi Infidelity (1980) Good Trouble (1982) Wheels Are Turnin' (1984)
Singles from Good Trouble
"Keep the Fire Burnin'" Released: June 1982 [1] "Sweet Time" Released: August 1982 (US) [2] "The Key" Released: November 1982 [3]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[4]
Rolling Stone	[5]

None of the songs from this album have been performed by the band in concert since 1983 except "Keep the Fire Burnin'", which was played as an acoustic version in their two shows at Valencia, Venezuela during the "Live As We Know It Tour '87," and has been played occasionally in more recent years. "The Key" was part of a five-song medley the band performed during their 2001 tour. In 2013, the album was released on CD by UK-based company Rock Candy Records, with expanded liner notes and photos.

Track listing

Personnel

REO Speedwagon

• Kevin Cronin – lead vocals (1-7, 9, 10), backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 7, 10), acoustic piano (1), acoustic guitar (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9), rhythm guitar (6, 10), harmony vocals (8)
• Gary Richrath – electric guitar (1, 2, 4-7, 9, 10), guitars (3, 8)
• Neal Doughty – organ (1, 2, 6, 10), synthesizers (3, 7, 8, 9), acoustic piano (5, 6, 7)
• Bruce Hall – bass, co-lead vocals (3), lead vocals (8)
• Alan Gratzer – drums, tambourine (3, 7)

Additional personnel

• Steve Forman – chimes (2), crotales (2), shaker (6)
• Tom Kelly – backing vocals (1-4)
• Richard Page – backing vocals (1-4)

Production

• Kevin Beamish – producer, engineer
• Kevin Cronin – producer, arrangements
• Alan Gratzer – producer
• Gary Richrath – producer
• Bruce Barris – assistant engineer
• Tom Cummings – assistant engineer
• Jeff Sanders – mastering
• John Kosh – art direction, design
• Ron Larson – art direction, design
• Aaron Rapoport – photography

Charts

Certifications

Notes