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REO Speedwagon Life As We Know It (1987)
Originally Released February 1987\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: We Know It even received a ranking in the Worst Rock n' Roll Records of All Time. By now the fivesome's quest for a chart-busting ballad almost reached new age ("In My Dreams"). REO can still drop good punchy pop like "Can't Get You Out of My Heart." And, of course, Bruce Hall comes through with "Accidents Can Happen," one of those odd songs that could only fall from the radical '80s. Neal Doughty gives "Variety Tonight" some snap, but the band's reach overextends its grasp. As always when worrying about the wallet, REO alienates the old fans without drawing any new. -- Doug Stone\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nPleasantly Surprised, February 21, 2006\nReviewer: Anthony Vera\n"Life as We Know it" is a fantastic album. The songs are all catchy, light-hearted, and fun. Sure the sound on this album can be classified as cheesy, but you know something...IT WORKS! Through out their career, you can see REO roll with the changes in the music biz. "Life as We Know It" is much better than their previous effort "Wheels are Turnin" and I place this album up there with their classics. After this album Gary Richrath and Alan Gratzer left the band and REO, in my opinion, has never fully recovered. \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nSolid REO release, July 12, 2005\nReviewer: Jon (San Diego, California)\nThough this album was hugely overlooked does not mean it is a bad album. Trust me, it's not. REO always kept the rock rolling but they were always trying something new in their songs. This album is a prime example. NEW WAY TO LOVE, the first track on the album, is such a fun song with a catchy beat and nice horns, it makes you want to dance! Aside from the three singles in THAT AIN'T LOVE, IN MY DREAMS, and VARIETY TONIGHT - all of which are very catchy and good - the rest of the album is just as well-produced, written, and performed. Sadly, the last album with the classic line-up. Well worth the purchase.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nOne of Reo's finnest., September 4, 2004\nReviewer: Jukebox Hero (Allendale, IL United States) \nBuy the time Life as We Know it was released in 1987 some fans weren't to interested in buying a new Reo album, but Life as We Know it is Reo's strongest album since Hi Infidelity. New Way to Love kicks off the album, then the familiar That Ain't Love and In My Dreams. With Life as We Know it the boys really wrote a killer batch of tunes. One too Many Girlfriends, Variety Tonight, and Screams and Whispers also stand out. If you can find this one I highly recommend it.\n\n\nROLLING STONE REVIEW\nOn 'Life As We Know it,' REO Speedwagon grasps at maturity and falls down. On the surface, this ostensibly ambitious move makes sense: after a dozen-odd albums of peppy midtempo love songs and rockers, the group must have wanted to try something new, if only from boredom. But REO acts as if starting anew is a simple equation that can be solved by pushing the right buttons. The band has called in the songwriting team of Tom Kelly and Billy Steinberg ("Like a Virgin," "True Colors"), whose clich

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