Year : 2009 (Rhino Records Special Edition 2017)
Style : Hard Rock , AOR
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 118 mb
Bio:
REO Speedwagon (originally styled as R.E.O. Speedwagon) is an American rock band. Formed in 1967, the band cultivated a following during the 1970s and achieved significant commercial success throughout the 1980s. Hi Infidelity (1980) contained four US Top 40 hits and is the group's best-selling album, with over ten million copies sold.Over the course of its career, the band has sold more than 40 million records and has charted thirteen Top 40 hits, including the number ones "Keep On Loving You" and "Can't Fight This Feeling". REO Speedwagon's mainstream popularity dissipated in the 1990s but the band remains a popular live act.
Album:
Not So Silent Night..Christmas with REO Speedwagon is the sixteenth and most recent to date, studio album by REO Speedwagon.It was released on November 3, 2009 by Sony Music, two years after the band's previous studio album, Find Your Own Way Home.On July 1, 2010, the album was re-released with three bonus tracks, and a DVD was released in a series from Sony Music called The Yule Log DVD, in which the music from "Not So Silent Night...Christmas with REO Speedwagon" is featured with three different holiday visuals (one of them the yule log of the series' title).REO SPEEDWAGON have re-released their Christmas album, Not So Silent Night… Christmas With REO Speedwagon, through Sony Music/ Legacy, produced by Joe Vannelli, along with associate producer and lead singer Kevin Cronin, in stores now.The album features 13 original tracks and three bonus tracks for the new release - Christmas classics with a unique REO Speedwagon musical twist.“Christmas is a very special time of year for all of us in REO Speedwagon as we have always enjoyed spending the time with our families,” said Cronin. “Making a Christmas album was an exciting endeavor for us and the three new tracks add to the holiday spirit we’ve already brought to the fans with classics that everyone loves.”After being inspired to create an album unlike anything they have before, original members, Kevin Cronin (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Bruce Hall (bass, vocals), and Neal Doughty (keyboards), and twenty-year REO veterans, Dave Amato (lead guitar, vocals) and Bryan Hitt (drums), were excited to put together the band’s first Christmas album. They gave these classics the full REO production treatment, providing a unique spin for the yuletide season. REO Speedwagon’s first Christmas album, Not So Silent Night... Christmas With REO Speedwagon, features a total of 16 Christmas classics, Speedwagon style, three of which are previously unreleased bonus tracks: 'Sleigh Ride', 'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing', and 'I Believe In Santa Claus', Kevin Cronin’s new acoustic Christmas song.Fans who purchase the album through the band’s website, or merch booths at their live shows, receive exclusive autographed copies and an additional exclusive downloadable track, 'We Three Kings'.Not So Silent Night... Christmas With REO Speedwagon is a unique new entry into the classic rock Christmas category. The album is available on both CD and DVD, the latter as part of Legacy’s The Yule Log Edition series, which pairs classic Christmas albums with Yule Log and other holiday imagery.
Line-Up:
Kevin Cronin – acoustic guitar, lead vocals (1-11, 13-16), backing vocals, arrangements (1-8, 10, 13, 15), vocal arrangements
Dave Amato – lead guitars, backing vocals
Neal Doughty – keyboards
Bruce Hall – bass, backing vocals, lead vocals
Bryan Hitt – drums, percussion
Additional performers:
Joe Vannelli – keyboards, orchestrations, arrangements (1-8, 10, 13, 15), vocal arrangements
Dave Pearlman – pedal steel guitar
Mark Goldenberg – acoustic guitar
Perri (Carol Perry, Darlene Perry, Lori Perry and Sharon Perry) – backing vocals
Holly Cronin – backing vocals
Production:
Joe Vannelli – producer, engineer, mixing
Kevin Cronin – associate producer
Jeremy Duche – assistant engineer
Meat and Potatoes, Inc. – art direction, design
Tracklist:
01. Heavy On Your Love
02. Drop It (An Old Disguise)
03. Only The Strong Survive
04. Easy Money
05. Rock & Roll Music
06. Take Me
07. I Need You Tonight
08. Meet Me On The Mountain
09. Back On The Road Again
10. Go Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen
11. Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
12. Blue Christmas
13. Joy To The World
14. Sleigh Ride (Bonus Track)
15. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Bonus Track)
16. I Believe in Santa Claus (Bonus Track)
17. We Three Kings (iTunes Bonus Track)
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