This review was published in the March 2019 issue of Classic Rock magazine, no. 260.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Twelve years\u2019 worth of melodic rock crammed into one box\nset, and then some.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You Can Tune a Piano\nbut You Can\u2019t Tuna Fish<\/em> was the warmup for REO Speedwagon, and this re-release\noffers additional tracks Piano Interlude<\/em>\nand 157 Riverside Avenue<\/em>, the biggest\nhit from their 1971 debut record. Going through three lead vocalists before\nhitting their stride paid off by 1980, when Kevin Cronin returned for Hi Infidelity<\/em>, the album from which\nmainstream success and four hit singles were drawn. A whole CD is dedicated to Fidelity<\/em> bonus tracks, including unheard\ndemos – such gems include Someone Tonight<\/em>\nand a very special Keep On Loving You<\/em>:\nthe Reggae Edition – make of that what you will. Rest assured, 1987\u2019s Life As We Know It<\/em> hides no secret\ncountry renditions of Can\u2019t Fight This\nFeeling<\/em>, nor a thrash metal Gotta\nFeel More<\/em>, though both short and long edits of the latter lurk among the\nlast few numbers. The ninth instalment of this monster box set ties together\nthe golden age of Speedwagon: an extended Live,\n1980-1990<\/em>, showcasing their greatest hits and reaffirming REO\u2019s clout as a\nlive act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With every song in almost every variation, The Classic Years<\/em> delivers all fans\ncould possibly want, and more – and more on top of that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8\/10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This review was published in the March 2019 issue of Classic Rock magazine, no. 260. – Twelve years\u2019 worth of melodic rock crammed into one box set, and then some. You Can Tune a Piano but You Can\u2019t Tuna Fish was the warmup for REO Speedwagon, and this re-release offers additional tracks Piano Interlude and … Continue reading REO Speedwagon: The Classic Years, 1978-1990<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicmuses.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicmuses.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicmuses.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicmuses.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicmuses.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=392"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/musicmuses.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":393,"href":"https:\/\/musicmuses.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392\/revisions\/393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicmuses.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicmuses.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicmuses.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}