1984 Reo Speedwagon – Wheels Are Turnin’
Wheels Are Turnin’ is the eleventh studio album by REO Speedwagon, released in November 1984. It is their second best-selling album, tied with Good Trouble, reaching No. 7 on the Billboard 200. The lead single was “I Do’ Wanna Know,” which stalled at #29 on the Billboard Hot 100. The second single, “Can’t Fight This Feeling,” was REO’s second and longest-running number one single. Other singles released were “One Lonely Night” and “Live Every Moment”. These singles also reached the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, reaching #19 and #34, respectively. The singles from the album also had success on other Billboard charts: “Can’t Fight This Feeling” and “I Do’ Wanna Know” each reached #5 on the Mainstream Rock chart, with “One Lonely Night” reaching #17, and “Can’t Fight This Feeling” and “One Lonely Night” reached #3 and #10, respectively on the Adult Contemporary chart.
Tracks
1 I Do’ Wanna Know (Kevin Cronin) 04:13
2 One Lonely Night (Neal Doughty) 03:21
3 Thru the Window (Bruce Hall; Jeffrey B Hall) 05:02
4 Rock ‘N Roll Star (Gary Richrath; Kevin Cronin; Tom Kelly) 03:41
5 Live Every Moment (Kevin Cronin) 05:01
6 Can’t Fight This Feeling (Kevin Cronin) 04:55
7 Gotta Feel More (Gary Richrath; Kevin Cronin; Tom Kelly) 04:27
8 Break His Spell (Gary Richrath) 02:58
9 Wheels Are Turnin’ (Kevin Cronin) 05:51
Biography
Musicians
1 I Do’ Wanna Know
Bass | Bruce Hall |
Drums | Alan Gratzer |
Guitar | Gary Richrath |
Acoustic Guitar | Kevin Cronin |
Organ | Neal Doughty |
Background Vocals | Richard Page |
Background Vocals | Tom Kelly |
Vocals | Kevin Cronin |
2 One Lonely Night
Bass | Bruce Hall |
Drums | Alan Gratzer |
Guitar | Gary Richrath |
Acoustic Guitar | Kevin Cronin |
Synthesizer | Neal Doughty |
Background Vocals | Tommy Funderburk |
Vocals | Kevin Cronin |
3 Thru the Window
Bass | Bruce Hall |
Drums | Alan Gratzer |
Guitar | Gary Richrath |
Guitar | Kevin Cronin |
Synthesizer | Neal Doughty |
Percussion | Steve Forman |
Background Vocals | Richard Page |
Background Vocals | Tom Kelly |
Vocals | Kevin Cronin |
4 Rock ‘N Roll Star
Bass | Bruce Hall |
Drums | Alan Gratzer |
Guitar | Gary Richrath |
Acoustic Guitar | Kevin Cronin |
Organ | Neal Doughty |
Background Vocals | Tom Kelly |
Vocals | Kevin Cronin |
5 Live Every Moment
Bass | Bruce Hall |
Drums | Alan Gratzer |
Guitar | Gary Richrath |
Acoustic Guitar | Kevin Cronin |
Piano | Neal Doughty |
Synthesizer | Neal Doughty |
Congas | Steve Forman |
Shaker | Steve Forman |
Background Vocals | Richard Page |
Background Vocals | Tom Kelly |
Background Vocals | Tommy Funderburk |
Vocals | Kevin Cronin |
6 Can’t Fight This Feeling
Bass | Bruce Hall |
Drums | Alan Gratzer |
Guitar | Gary Richrath |
Acoustic Guitar | Kevin Cronin |
Piano | Neal Doughty |
Vocals | Kevin Cronin |
7 Gotta Feel More
Bass | Bruce Hall |
Drums | Alan Gratzer |
Guitar | Gary Richrath |
Acoustic Guitar | Kevin Cronin |
Synthesizer | Neal Doughty |
Vocals | Kevin Cronin |
8 Break His Spell
Bass | Bruce Hall |
Drums | Alan Gratzer |
Guitar | Gary Richrath |
Acoustic Guitar | Kevin Cronin |
Piano | Neal Doughty |
Vocals | Kevin Cronin |
9 Wheels Are Turnin’
Bass | Bruce Hall |
Drums | Alan Gratzer |
Guitar | Gary Richrath |
Acoustic Guitar | Kevin Cronin |
Piano | Neal Doughty |
Shaker | Steve Forman |
Background Vocals | Richard Page |
Background Vocals | Tom Kelly |
Vocals | Kevin Cronin |
Liner Notes
Producer – Alan Gratzer, Gary Richrath, Kevin Cronin
Arranged By – Kevin Cronin, REO Speedwagon
Engineer – David Devore
Engineer (Assistant) – Julian Stoll
Mastered By – Steve Hall
Orchestrated By – Bill Cuomo (Track 6)
Recorded By – David Devore
Art Direction, Design – John Kosh, Ron Larson
Photography – Randee St. Nicholas, Ronko
Mastered At Future Disc
Mixed At Rumbo Recorders
Recorded At Rumbo Recorders
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