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This article is about the music album. For the TV series, see Good Trouble (TV series). For the documentary about John Lewis, see John Lewis: Good Trouble.
Good Trouble
Studio album by
REO Speedwagon
ReleasedJune 11, 1982
RecordedFebruary–May 1982
StudioSound City Studios (Los Angeles, California); Kendun Recorders (Burbank, California).
GenreAOR
Length37:57
LabelEpic
ProducerKevin Cronin, Kevin Beamish, Alan Gratzer, Gary Richrath
REO Speedwagon chronology
Hi Infidelity
(1980) 		Good Trouble
(1982) 		Wheels Are Turnin'
(1984)
Singles from Good Trouble
  1. "Keep the Fire Burnin'"
    Released: June 1982 [1]
  2. "Sweet Time"
    Released: August 1982 (US) [2]
  3. "The Key"
    Released: November 1982 [3]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]
Rolling Stone[5]

Good Trouble is the tenth studio album by REO Speedwagon, released in 1982 as a follow-up to Hi Infidelity. It peaked at #7 on the Billboard charts. The single "Keep the Fire Burnin'" gave the band a #7 hit on Billboard's Pop Singles Chart and a #2 hit on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, their highest-charting hit on this chart.

In 2013, the album was released on CD by UK-based company Rock Candy Records, with expanded liner notes and photos.

Background and recording

REO Speedwagon lead vocalist/guitarist Kevin Cronin recalled, "After the huge success with Hi Infidelity... everyone was putting pressure on us to get back in the studio as quickly as we could to ensure we made the most of the situation. As I was the main writer, I was the person who had to get the songs done. But I told them I didn’t have enough of a good enough standard ready. I should have really stuck by my guns and refused to be badgered into recording until I was prepared. But in the end I went with the flow, and that was a mistake."[6]

None of the songs from this album have been performed by the band in concert since 1983 except "Keep the Fire Burnin'", which was played as an acoustic version in their two shows at Valencia, Venezuela during the "Live As We Know It Tour '87," and has been played occasionally in more recent years. "The Key" was part of a five-song medley the band performed during their 2001 tour.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Keep the Fire Burnin'"Kevin Cronin3:53
2."Sweet Time"Cronin3:08
3."Girl with the Heart of Gold"Bruce Hall4:24
4."Every Now and Then"Gary Richrath4:00
5."I'll Follow You"Richrath4:24
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."The Key"Cronin3:26
7."Back in My Heart Again"Richrath3:19
8."Let's Be-Bop"Hall3:14
9."Stillness of the Night"Richrath3:43
10."Good Trouble"Cronin4:08

Personnel

REO Speedwagon

  • Kevin Cronin – lead and backing vocals (except on "Let's Be-Bop"), acoustic piano on "Keep the Fire Burnin'", acoustic and rhythm guitars
  • Gary Richrath – electric guitar
  • Neal Doughty – keyboards
  • Bruce Hall – bass, lead vocals on "Girl with the Heart of Gold" and "Let's Be-Bop"
  • Alan Gratzer – drums, tambourine

Additional personnel

Production

  • Kevin Beamish – producer, engineer
  • Kevin Cronin – producer, arrangements
  • Alan Gratzer – producer
  • Gary Richrath – producer
  • Bruce Barris – assistant engineer
  • Tom Cummings – assistant engineer
  • Jeff Sanders – mastering
  • John Kosh – art direction, design
  • Ron Larson – art direction, design
  • Aaron Rapoport – photography

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[9] 2× Platinum 2,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Notes

  1. ^ "REO speedwagon singles".
  2. ^ "REO speedwagon singles".
  3. ^ "REO speedwagon singles".
  4. ^ Stone, Doug. REO Speedwagon: Good Trouble at AllMusic. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  5. ^ Rolling Stone review
  6. ^ Cronin, Kevin (May 11, 2016). "The 10 Best REO Speedwagon Songs, by Kevin Cronin". Classic Rock. Louder Sound. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  7. ^ "Results – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on 2015-09-27. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
  8. ^ Steffen Hung. "Discografie REO Speedwagon". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
  9. ^ "American album certifications – REO Speedwagon – Good Trouble". Recording Industry Association of America.
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