Loverboy Classics
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Loverboy Classics was a compilation album by the Canadian rock
band Loverboy
, released on October 11, 1994. The album covered more ground than the previous compilation album released five years prior, and outsold it by far as well. As an added bonus, Mike Reno
and Ann Wilson
's duet song Almost Paradise was also included in the album.
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band Loverboy
Loverboy
Loverboy is a Canadian rock group formed in 1980 in Calgary, Alberta. Throughout the 1980s, the band accumulated numerous hit songs in Canada and the United States, earning four multi-platinum albums and selling millions of records...
, released on October 11, 1994. The album covered more ground than the previous compilation album released five years prior, and outsold it by far as well. As an added bonus, Mike Reno
Mike Reno
Mike Reno , born January 8, 1955 in New Westminster, British Columbia is a Canadian musician, drummer, and lead singer of the rock band Loverboy. He has also fronted other bands, including Moxy....
and Ann Wilson
Ann Wilson
Ann Dustin Wilson is an American musician, best known as the lead singer, flute player, songwriter, and occasional guitar player of the rock band Heart.-Personal life:...
's duet song Almost Paradise was also included in the album.
Track listing
- "Turn Me Loose" (Dean/Reno) - 5:38
- "Working for the WeekendWorking for the Weekend"Working for the Weekend" is a song released in 1981 on the rock band Loverboy's second album Get Lucky. The song contains more of a pop feel than the other songs that the band produced, but this new sound proved to generate a lot of success, as the song reached #29 on the pop singles charts, and...
" (Dean/Frenette/Reno) - 3:41 - "Take Me to the Top" (Dean/Johnson/Reno) - 6:13
- "The Kid Is Hot Tonight" (Aubin/Dean) - 4:28
- "This Could Be the Night" (Cain/Dean/Reno/Wray) - 4:58
- "Jump" (Adams/Dean/Frenette/Reno/Vallance) - 3:39
- "Lovin' Every Minute of ItLovin' Every Minute of It (song)"Lovin' Every Minute of It" is a song released in 1985 on the Canadian rock band Loverboy's album of the same title. The song reached #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 when released as a single later that year. It was written by Robert John "Mutt" Lange....
" (Lange) - 3:33 - "Notorious" (Bon Jovi/Cerney/Dean/Reno/Sambora) - 4:40
- "Almost ParadiseAlmost Paradise"Almost Paradise...Love Theme from Footloose" is the title of a duet by singers Mike Reno and Ann Wilson, written by pop music singer-songwriter Eric Carmen and co-written by Dean Pitchford....
" (Carmen/Pitchford) - 3:51 - "Lucky Ones" (Dean/Reno/Smith/Thurlow) - 3:51
- "Destination Heartbreak" (Dean/Reno/Smith/Wray) - 4:42
- "Hot Girls in LoveHot Girls in Love"Hot Girls in Love" is a song recorded by the rock band Loverboy. It appeared on their third album, Keep it Up, in 1983. When released as a single later that year, it reached number eleven on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the Top Rock Tracks chart....
" (Dean/Fairbairn) - 4:01 - "When It's Over" (Dean/Reno) - 5:07
- "It's Your Life" (Dean/Frenette/Johnson/Reno) - 4:04
- "Gangs in the Street" (Dean/Reno) - 4:33
- "Heaven in Your EyesHeaven in Your Eyes"Heaven in Your Eyes" was a single released in 1986 by the Canadian rock band Loverboy, for the Top Gun soundtrack. It later appeared on Loverboy's 1989 hits compilation Big Ones. The power ballad reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the U.S.The song was originally written by Mae Moore...
" (Dean/Dexter/Moore/Reno) - 4:05
Performers
- Mike RenoMike RenoMike Reno , born January 8, 1955 in New Westminster, British Columbia is a Canadian musician, drummer, and lead singer of the rock band Loverboy. He has also fronted other bands, including Moxy....
: Vocals - Paul DeanPaul Dean (guitarist)Paul Dean is the lead guitarist for the Canadian rock band Loverboy which reached huge fame in the early 1980s.-Biography:...
: Guitar, Vocals - Doug Johnson: Keyboards, SynthesizerSynthesizerA synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
, SaxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846... - Scott SmithScott Smith (musician)Donald Scott Smith , born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, was the original bassist for the Canadian rock band Loverboy, best known for their hit singles "Working for the Weekend" and "Turn Me Loose", although their U.S...
: Bass Guitar - Matt Frenette: Drums, Percussion, TimbalesTimbalesTimbales are shallow single-headed drums with metal casing, invented in Cuba. They are shallower in shape than single-headed tom-toms, and usually much higher tuned...
- Marc LaFrance: Background Vocals
- Nancy Nash: Background Vocals
- David Steele: Background Vocals