Disco de REO Speedwagon: “R.E.O./T.W.O.”

This is THE R.E.O. album - when they truly rocked. Love every song on the album (oops - "album" - showing my age?).So incredibly different and infinitely better than anything they did from 1980 forward. I absolutely CANNOT listen to anything they did after 1980 - pure drivel, compared to REO TWO. (In a similar vein, if you like Sammy Hagar with Van Halan, then check out his superior stint with Montrose - another classic must-have). I challenge anyone to stay still while listening to this CD.

Excellent album. The band sounds alive and energetic. They should. It was recorded live. The crowd was produced out in the studio. If you listen carefully during the course of the songs, you can here the audience through the music.

I do not believe that Kevin Cronin wrote any of the songs on this album. Maybe one or two. Gary Richrath was the bands leader along with Neil Doughty the keyboardist, although Kevin's voice was the final piece of the puzzle to make the band stand out.

This album, along with 'Live: You Get What You Play For!', stand out as perfect examples of what REO really was: one of the greatest live bar bands to walk on stage, their rightful home.

Formed at the University of Illinois in the late '60's, Kronon and Co. introduced so many of us to rock, we owe it to them to carry on. I saw them in the girls gym! in 1970. The GIRL'S GYM! Soon after, there first album REO, which has vanished for some reason, became the toast of rockville. This follow-up includes some equally great stuff. "Like You Do", fits early 70's rock like a glove. "Golden Country" is a follow-up protest song from REO ("Anti-establishment Man"). There is not a dissable tune on the entire recording. Their next 3 albums - "Ridin' The Storm Out", "Lost in a Dream", and a great live effort rock as well. After that, they went for the top [...] bucks. But who can blame them really? REO Speedwagon's first 5 albums help define the spirit of a time long lost, and mostly forgotten. But they were an intregal part of that spirit, and for that they shall remain deifyed. A final ob, their transition album, "The Gambler", [stinks]. Avoid at all costs!

This has to be one of the most underated rock albums of all time! " Like you do" is awesome. REO did not get much radio air time until they went to a more pop sound later in the bands days, but there was not much pop about "T.W.O.". Gary Richrath was considered one of the best guitar players going at this time. I am still waiting for the cd release of their first album (untitled) which was also very good.

REO TWO is a great example of down to earth rock. Seeing them in concert was fantastic in summer 1973, before the stardom took over. The talent was always there, but this was authentic enthusiasm and love for the stage. Opening for Black Oak Arkansas(REO should have been the headliners) they had the crowd of 35000 on their feet and dancing everywhere! Black Oak had a tough time bringing the crowd to the frenzy that REO had brought them to. They finally left the stage after many encores, leaving many of us wanting more, but bowing to the headliners out of respect. A class act with honesty in their blood. ROCK ON REO!!!