Good Trouble (album)


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 Billboards 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."
None of the songs from this album have been performed by the band in concert since 1983 except "Stillness of the Night", "Every Now and Then", "Good Trouble", and "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," was played occasionally after that, and became a fixture in the set again in 2012. "The Key" was part of a five-song medley the band performed during their 2001 tour.

Personnel

REO Speedwagon
Additional personnel

Production