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| recorded = June–October 1980 | | recorded = June–October 1980 | ||
| studio = Crystal Studios (Los Angeles, California) <br /> Kendun Recorders (Burbank, California) | | studio = Crystal Studios (Los Angeles, California) <br /> Kendun Recorders (Burbank, California) | ||
| genre = {{hlist|[[Pop rock]]|[[hard rock]]|[[arena rock | | genre = {{hlist|[[Pop rock]]|[[hard rock]]|[[arena rock]]<ref name="Trenz 1998">{{cite book|first= Brandon|last= Trenz|editor1-first= Gary|editor1-last= Graff |editor2-first= Daniel |editor2-last= Durchholz |year= 1998 |title= MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |chapter= REO Speedwagon|publisher= [[Visible Ink Press]] |location= Detroit |pages= 935–936}}</ref>}} | ||
| length = 34:55 | | length = 34:55 | ||
| label = [[Epic Records|Epic]] | | label = [[Epic Records|Epic]] | ||
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On July 19, 2011, Sony Music re-released ''Hi Infidelity'' with bonus demo tracks for the album's 30th anniversary.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.sony.com/en_us/SCA/company-news/press-releases/sony-music-entertainment/2011/reo-speedwagons-30-year-anniversary-of-multi-plati.html | title = REO Speedwagon's 30-Year Anniversary of Multi-Platinum #1 Breakthrough Hit Hi Infidelity | access-date = January 25, 2015 | work = [[Sony Corporation of America]] | publisher = Tom Cording | archive-date = July 9, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150709073857/http://www.sony.com/en_us/SCA/company-news/press-releases/sony-music-entertainment/2011/reo-speedwagons-30-year-anniversary-of-multi-plati.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> Demo tracks were recorded Live at Crystal Studios, Hollywood, June through August 1980. | On July 19, 2011, Sony Music re-released ''Hi Infidelity'' with bonus demo tracks for the album's 30th anniversary.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.sony.com/en_us/SCA/company-news/press-releases/sony-music-entertainment/2011/reo-speedwagons-30-year-anniversary-of-multi-plati.html | title = REO Speedwagon's 30-Year Anniversary of Multi-Platinum #1 Breakthrough Hit Hi Infidelity | access-date = January 25, 2015 | work = [[Sony Corporation of America]] | publisher = Tom Cording | archive-date = July 9, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150709073857/http://www.sony.com/en_us/SCA/company-news/press-releases/sony-music-entertainment/2011/reo-speedwagons-30-year-anniversary-of-multi-plati.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> Demo tracks were recorded Live at Crystal Studios, Hollywood, June through August 1980. | ||
In 2024 album was again remastered for vinyl reissue. It was also made available on streaming. | |||
== Track listing == | == Track listing == | ||
=== Original release === | === Original release === | ||
{{track listing | {{track listing | ||
| headline | | headline = Side one | ||
| title1 | | title1 = [[Don't Let Him Go]] | ||
| writer1 | | writer1 = [[Kevin Cronin]] | ||
| length1 | | length1 = 3:47 | ||
| title2 | | title2 = [[Keep On Loving You (song)|Keep On Loving You]] | ||
| writer2 | | writer2 = Cronin | ||
| length2 | | length2 = 3:23 | ||
| title3 | | title3 = Follow My Heart | ||
| writer3 | | writer3 = [[Tom Kelly (musician)|Tom Kelly]], [[Gary Richrath]] | ||
| length3 | | length3 = 3:50 | ||
| title4 | | title4 = [[In Your Letter]] | ||
| writer4 | | writer4 = Richrath | ||
| length4 | | length4 = 3:20 | ||
| title5 | | title5 = [[Take It on the Run]] | ||
| writer5 | | writer5 = Richrath{{efn|name=lyric|Although the song is officially credited solely to Richrath, the album's liner notes also list Kevin Cronin as providing "lyrical assistance".}} | ||
| length5 | | length5 = 4:01 | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{track listing | {{track listing | ||
| headline | | headline = Side two | ||
| title1 | | title1 = Tough Guys | ||
| writer1 | | writer1 = Cronin | ||
| length1 | | length1 = 3:51 | ||
| title2 | | title2 = Out of Season | ||
| writer2 | | writer2 = Cronin, Kelly | ||
| length2 | | length2 = 3:07 | ||
| title3 | | title3 = Shakin' It Loose | ||
| writer3 | | writer3 = Richrath{{efn|name=lyric}} | ||
| length3 | | length3 = 2:27 | ||
| title4 | | title4 = Someone Tonight | ||
| writer4 | | writer4 = [[Bruce Hall (musician)|Bruce Hall]] | ||
| length4 | | length4 = 2:41 | ||
| title5 | | title5 = I Wish You Were There | ||
| writer5 | | writer5 = Cronin | ||
| length5 | | length5 = 4:27 | ||
}} | }} | ||
=== 30th Anniversary | === 30th Anniversary Edition (2011) === | ||
{{Track listing | |||
| headline = Disc one: Remastered Album | |||
}} | |||
{{Track listing | {{Track listing | ||
| headline | | headline = Disc two: The Crystal Demos | ||
| title1 | | title1 = Someone Tonight | ||
| writer1 | | writer1 = Hall | ||
| length1 | | length1 = 2:49 | ||
| title2 | | title2 = Tough Guys | ||
| writer2 | | writer2 = Cronin | ||
| length2 | | length2 = 3:35 | ||
| title3 | | title3 = In Your Letter | ||
| writer3 | | writer3 = Richrath | ||
| length3 | | length3 = 4:08 | ||
| title4 | | title4 = Follow My Heart | ||
| writer4 | | writer4 = Kelly, Richrath | ||
| length4 | | length4 = 3:57 | ||
| title5 | | title5 = Take It on the Run | ||
| writer5 | | writer5 = Richrath | ||
| length5 | | length5 = 4:01 | ||
| title6 | | title6 = Don't Let Him Go | ||
| writer6 | | writer6 = Cronin | ||
| length6 | | length6 = 4:20 | ||
| title7 | | title7 = Keep On Loving You | ||
| writer7 | | writer7 = Cronin | ||
| length7 | | length7 = 3:30 | ||
| title8 | | title8 = Shakin' It Loose | ||
| note8 | | note8 = Instrumental | ||
| writer8 | | writer8 = Richrath | ||
| length8 | | length8 = 2:32 | ||
| title9 | | title9 = I Wish You Were There | ||
| writer9 | | writer9 = Cronin | ||
| length9 | | length9 = 4:58 | ||
| total_length | | total_length = 33:54 | ||
}} | }} | ||
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'''REO Speedwagon''' | '''REO Speedwagon''' | ||
* [[Kevin Cronin]] – lead and backing vocals (except on "Someone Tonight"), acoustic and rhythm guitars, acoustic piano on "Keep on Loving You" and "I Wish You Were There" | * [[Kevin Cronin]] – lead and backing vocals (except on "Someone Tonight"), acoustic and electric rhythm guitars, acoustic piano on "Keep on Loving You" and "I Wish You Were There" | ||
* [[Gary Richrath]] – electric guitar | * [[Gary Richrath]] – electric guitar | ||
* Neal Doughty – keyboards | * Neal Doughty – keyboards | ||
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* [[Tom Kelly (musician)|Tom Kelly]] – backing vocals | * [[Tom Kelly (musician)|Tom Kelly]] – backing vocals | ||
* [[Richard Page (musician)|Richard Page]] – backing vocals | * [[Richard Page (musician)|Richard Page]] – backing vocals | ||
* N Yolletta – backing vocals on "In Your Letter" | * "N. Yolletta" – backing vocals on "In Your Letter" | ||
* [[Maggie Ryder]] – backing vocals on "Keep On Loving You" | * [[Maggie Ryder]] – backing vocals on "Keep On Loving You" | ||
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! scope="row"|US Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1981/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1981|work=Billboard|access-date=February 26, 2021}}</ref> | ! scope="row"|''US Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1981/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1981|work=Billboard|access-date=February 26, 2021}}</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:49, 7 December 2025
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Of the four singles released, "Take It on the Run" went to number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, and the band got their first of two number one hits with "Keep On Loving You".
Background
The album title is a play on the term "in high fidelity," which used to appear on album covers. The album art is an illustration of this pun where an act of sexual infidelity is apparently occurring while the man is putting an LP record to play on the hi-fi stereo.
Songs
Six songs from the album charted on the Billboard charts, including "Keep On Loving You" which was the band's first Number 1 hit, and "Take It on the Run", which reached No. 5 on the charts. The song "Tough Guys" uses an audio clip from the Our Gang short film Hearts Are Thumps (1937).[1]
"Tough Guys" was one of two songs from the album that charted on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart despite not being released as singles. Music critic Robert Christgau called "Tough Guys" his favorite song from the album but suggested that the line "They think they're full of fire/She thinks they're full of shit" would prevent the song from reaching the pop Top 40.[2]
Record World described "I Wish You Were There" as having a "novel gospel touch."[3]
Reissues
On October 25, 2004, the band recorded the songs of this album live from beginning to end for an XM Radio "Then Again Live" special.
On July 19, 2011, Sony Music re-released Hi Infidelity with bonus demo tracks for the album's 30th anniversary.[4] Demo tracks were recorded Live at Crystal Studios, Hollywood, June through August 1980.
In 2024 album was again remastered for vinyl reissue. It was also made available on streaming.
Track listing
Original release
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30th Anniversary Edition (2011)
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Personnel
REO Speedwagon
- Kevin Cronin – lead and backing vocals (except on "Someone Tonight"), acoustic and electric rhythm guitars, acoustic piano on "Keep on Loving You" and "I Wish You Were There"
- Gary Richrath – electric guitar
- Neal Doughty – keyboards
- Bruce Hall – bass, lead vocals on "Someone Tonight"
- Alan Gratzer – drums, tambourine on "I Wish You Were There"
Additional musicians
- Steve Forman – percussion on "Keep on Loving You"
- Tom Kelly – backing vocals
- Richard Page – backing vocals
- "N. Yolletta" – backing vocals on "In Your Letter"
- Maggie Ryder – backing vocals on "Keep On Loving You"
Technical personnel
- Kevin Beamish – producer, engineer
- Kevin Cronin – producer, arrangements
- Gary Richrath – producer
- Alan Gratzer – co-producer
- Tom Cummings – assistant engineer
- Jeff Eccles – assistant engineer
- Kent Duncan – mastering at Kendun Recorders (Burbank, California).
- Aaron Rapoport – photography
- John Kosh – art direction, design
- Bobby Gordon – lighting design
- John Baruck – management
- Al Quaglieri – reissue producer
- Joseph M. Palmaccio – remastering
- Laura Grover – remastering supervisor
Charts
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Certifications
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Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog # |
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| United States | November 21, 1980 | Epic | Stereo vinyl | FE 36844 |
| United States | November 21, 1980 | Epic Records | Cassette | FET 36844 |
| United States | 1980 | Epic | 8-track | E36844 |
| United Kingdom | April 10, 1981[11] | Epic Records | vinyl | EPC84700 |
| United States | 1985 | Epic | CD | EK 36884 |
| United States | 2000 | Epic/Legacy | CD (Remaster) | EK 61614 |
| United States | 2011 | Epic/Legacy | CD (30th anniversary 2 discs) | 88697695792 |
| Japan | 2011 | Sony Music | CD (DSD-Remaster) | EICP 1223 |
Notes
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