The Hits (REO Speedwagon album) - Composition

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The Hits is a compilation album from REO Speedwagon. It contains hits such as "Can't Fight This Feeling" and "Keep on Loving You", as well as new tracks "Here with Me" and "I Don't Want to Lose You". "Here with Me" cracked the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100.[3] and the top ten on the Adult Contemporary chart; however, it would be the last single to feature drummer Alan Gratzer and guitarist Gary Richrath, as they each left the band within the year following this album's release. The album has sold over 4 million copies in the U.S. which led it to go 4× Platinum.

The Hits

Greatest hits album by

REO Speedwagon

Released

May 18, 1988 (Original)
April 30, 2002 (Remastered)
2020 (Vinyl re-release)

Recorded

January 1976–April 1988

Genre

Rock

Length

52:55

Label

Epic

Producer

Keith Olsen
John Stronach
John Henning
Gary Richrath
Kevin Cronin
Kevin Beamish
Alan Gratzer
David DeVore

REO Speedwagon chronology

Life as We Know It
(1987)

The Hits
(1988)

The Earth, a Small Man, His Dog and a Chicken
(1990)

Singles from The Hits

"Here with Me"
Released: June 1988
"I Don't Want to Lose You"
Released: November 1988

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	C[2]

A conspicuous absentee from the album is "Keep the Fire Burnin'", which reached #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1982. The collection is one of several released by the band's label. The album was remastered and reissued in 2002. The album was also re-released in 2020 on black and white vinyl.[4]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Album	Length
1.	"I Don't Want to Lose You"	Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg		3:08
2.	"Here with Me"	Rick Braun, Kevin Cronin		5:05
3.	"Roll with the Changes"	Cronin	You Can Tune a Piano, but You Can't Tuna Fish (1978)	5:37
4.	"Keep on Loving You"	Cronin	Hi Infidelity (1980)	3:21
5.	"That Ain't Love"	Cronin	Life as We Know It (1987)	4:02
6.	"Take It on the Run"	Gary Richrath	Hi Infidelity	4:02

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Album	Length
7.	"Don't Let Him Go"	Cronin	Hi Infidelity	3:48
8.	"Can't Fight This Feeling"	Cronin	Wheels Are Turnin' (1984)	4:55
9.	"Keep Pushin'"	Cronin	R.E.O. (1976)	4:06
10.	"In My Dreams"	Cronin, Kelly	Life as We Know It	4:31
11.	"Time for Me to Fly"	Cronin	You Can Tune a Piano, but You Can't Tuna Fish	3:44
12.	"Ridin' the Storm Out" (live)	Richrath	Live: You Get What You Play For (1977)	5:51

CD edition track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"I Don't Want to Lose You"	Kelly, Steinberg	Keith Olsen	3:08
2.	"Here with Me"	Cronin, Braun	Olsen	5:05
3.	"Roll with the Changes"	Cronin	Kevin Cronin, Gary Richrath	5:37
4.	"Keep on Loving You"	Cronin	Kevin Beamish, Cronin, Richrath	3:21
5.	"That Ain't Love"	Cronin	David Devore, Cronin, Richrath, Alan Gratzer	4:02
6.	"Take It on the Run"	Richrath	Beamish, Cronin, Richrath	4:02
7.	"In My Dreams"	Cronin, Kelly	Devore, Cronin, Richrath, Gratzer	4:31
8.	"Don't Let Him Go"	Cronin	Beamish, Cronin, Richrath	3:48
9.	"Can't Fight This Feeling"	Cronin	Cronin, Richrath, Gratzer	4:55
10.	"Keep Pushin'"	Cronin	John Stronach	4:06
11.	"Time for Me to Fly"	Cronin	Cronin, Richrath	3:44
12.	"One Lonely Night"	Neal Doughty	Cronin, Richrath, Gratzer	3:23
13.	"Back on the Road Again"	Bruce Hall	Beamish, Cronin, Richrath	5:29
14.	"Ridin' the Storm Out" (live)	Richrath	Stronach, John Henning, Richrath	5:51
Total length:				61:07

Personnel

REO Speedwagon

Kevin Cronin – lead vocals, rhythm guitars, keyboards
Gary Richrath – lead guitars
Neal Doughty – keyboards, synthesizers
Gregg Philbin – bass, backing vocals (tracks 9 and 12 on the original CD, tracks 10 and 14 on the reissue)
Bruce Hall – bass, backing vocals (lead on track 13)
Alan Gratzer – drums, backing vocals

Additional personnel[5]

Tommy Funderburk – backing vocals
Eric Persing – additional synthesizers, programming

Production

Keith Olsen – producer (1, 2)
Kevin Cronin – producer (3-9, 11, 12, 13)
Gary Richrath – producer (3-9, 11-14)
Paul Grupp – producer (3, 11)
John Boylan – executive producer (3, 11)
Kevin Beemish – producer (4, 6, 8, 13)
Alan Gratzer – co-producer (4, 6, 8), producer (5, 7, 9, 12), associate producer (13)
David DeVore – producer (5, 7), production assistant (9, 12), package assembling, mastering
John Stronach – producer (10, 14)
Gary Lubow – production assistant (13)
John Henning – producer (14)
Joe Gastwirt – engineer
Steve Hall – mastering
Tony Lane – art direction
Nancy Donald – art direction
David Coleman – design
Harry Mittman – photography
Dennis Keeley – inner sleeve photography
Malcolm Dome – liner notes
Baruck-Consolo Managerment – management

Studios

Recorded and Assembled at Pacific Studios (Chatsworth, California).
Mastered at Future Disc (North Hollywood, California).

Charts and certifications

Album

Chart (1988)	Peak position
US Billboard 200	56[6]
Canadian Albums Chart	62[7]

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1988	"Here with Me"	US Billboard Hot 100	20[3]
		US Adult Contemporary	9[8]
		Canadian RPM Singles Chart	25[9]

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[10]	4× Platinum	4,000,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)[11]	Silver	60,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Album catalog numbers

Original 1988 release: Epic Records OE/OET/EK 44202
2002 remastered CD release: Epic Records EK 86518

Notes

Allmusic review
Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
"Billboard: Hot 100 REO Speedwagon". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
"REO Speedwagon - The Hits (2020, Clear w/Black and White Splatter, Vinyl)". discogs. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
REO Speedwagon The Hits - "I Don't Want to Lose You" and "Here with Me". Sony Music Entertainment. 1988. p. 3.
Whitburn, Joel (2011). Top Pop Albums (Seventh ed.). Record Research. ISBN 978-0-89820-183-3.
"Top Albums/CD's – Volume 48, No. 16, August 6, 1988". RPM. RPM Music Publications Ltd. August 6, 1988. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
"Adult Contemporary". Billboard. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
"Top Singles – Volume 48, No. 20, September 3, 1988". RPM. RPM Music Publications Ltd. September 3, 1988. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
"American album certifications – R.E.O._Speedwagon – The Hits". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
"British album certifications – REO Speedwagon – The Hits". British Phonographic Industry.

v t e REO Speedwagon
Neal Doughty Kevin Cronin Bruce Hall Dave Amato Bryan Hitt Terry Luttrell Bill Fiorio Gary Richrath Graham Lear Jesse Harms
Studio albums	R.E.O. 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 Home Not So Silent Night ... Christmas with REO Speedwagon
Live albums	Live: You Get What You Play For Arch Allies: Live at Riverport Hi Infidelity Then Again...Live
Compilation albums	The Hits The Ballads The Essential REO Speedwagon
Singles	"157 Riverside Avenue" "Time for Me to Fly" "Keep On Loving You" "Take It on the Run" "Don't Let Him Go" "In Your Letter" "Keep the Fire Burnin'" "I Do' Wanna Know" "Can't Fight This Feeling" "One Lonely Night" "Live Every Moment" "In My Dreams" "I Needed to Fall"
Video albums	FM Arch Allies: Live at Riverport Live Aid (1985) XM Artists Confidential Not So Silent Night...Christmas with REO Speedwagon, The Yule Log DVD
Related articles	Discography Members

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The Hits è una Compilation della rock band statunitense REO Speedwagon, pubblicato dalla casa discografica Epic Records nel maggio del 1988[7].

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