REO Speedwagon (album)

REO Speedwagon
Studio album by REO Speedwagon
Released	October 1971
Recorded	1970 at Connecticut Recording Studios Inc. "Prison Women" recorded at Columbia Recording Studios in Chicago, Illinois
Genre	Hard rock
Length	38:10
Label	Epic
Producer	Paul Leka, Billy Rose III
REO Speedwagon chronology
- REO Speedwagon (1971) R.E.O./T.W.O. (1972)

REO Speedwagon was the debut album by American rock band REO Speedwagon. Released in 1971, it was the only album recorded with singer Terry Luttrell until Kevin Cronin joined the band for R.E.O./T.W.O. The album sold well and produced the fan favorites "157 Riverside Avenue", "Sophisticated Lady" and "Lay Me Down". "157 Riverside Avenue" and "Lay Me Down" were subsequently recorded on the live album Live: You Get What You Play For. "157 Riverside Avenue" and "Sophisticated Lady" were both featured on the compilatation album A Decade of Rock and Roll: 1970-1980. In 2007, the British company BGO Records released REO Speedwagon and R.E.O./T.W.O. together (BGOCD775), marking the first time the band's first album was widely available in CD format. For some unknown reason, Epic Records never issued this first album on the cassette tape format.

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Track listing

All songs written by Terry Luttrell, Gary Richrath, Gregg Philbin, Neal Doughty, and Alan Gratzer.

1. "Gypsy Woman's Passion" – 5:17
2. "157 Riverside Avenue" – 3:57
3. "Anti-Establishment Man" – 5:21
4. "Lay Me Down" – 3:51
5. "Sophisticated Lady" – 4:00
6. "Five Men Were Killed Today" – 3:00
7. "Prison Women" – 2:36
8. "Dead at Last" – 10:08

Personnel

• Terry Luttrell - vocals
• Gary Richrath - guitar
• Gregg Philbin - bass guitar
• Neal Doughty - keyboards
• Alan Gratzer - drums