Customer Reviews

Good Trouble

5 star:		(18)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

Hi Infidelity got me hooked, but Good Trouble made me a fan. This album contains two of my all time favorite REO songs : 'Back in my Heart again' and 'Every now and then', but there is no filler material on this album. Every song is great and this album proves, that it is much better to have 10 killer songs than a 74 minutes CD full of poor material with two hit singles. I bought this album when it came out and I have never stopped to listen to it ever since.

Good trouble was the follow up to the mega successful High Infidelity and didn't burn up the charts like expected. But for true REO fans, this album is the best of all. It really doesn't contain any hits other than "Keep the Fire Burnin" but overall, it is the strongest of the REO albums. Kevin, Gary, and even Bruce contribute great songs that you can't help singin along to with just a couple of listens.
Great album from the Greatest Rock n Roll band!

All of the tracks on GOOD TROUBLE are excellent, and if you listen to it enough, you will no doubt find yourself singing each song word-for-word. Granted, the album is not at heartfelt and solid as YOU CAN TUNE A PIANO or HI INFIDELITY, but it stands above NINE LIVES, and definitely shows that the group was not really trying to compete with their recent successes from HI INFIDELITY. Sadly, after this album is when REO seemed to have lost their touch for making every song on their album a great one. A truly great buy...

You know, if you read interviews with REO members after "Wheels Are Turnin'" gave them another huge hit in 1985 (not a great tune, either), they really slag this album off, usually calling it a rushed effort after the enormous success of Hi Infidelity. Hey, THEY may not be too proud of it, but ya know what? This ain't a bad album at all. Far from it. I read the other reviews submitted here on this album and I was pleasantly surprised to see most of them mention Gary Richrath's "Every Now and Then". It's a good song, and would have made a damn good single, too. Never even thought about that til now. Gotta mention another Richrath song, "Stillness of the Night". I think that might be my personal favorite here, and there's more here as well. "The Key" is another good one with a nice piano solo from Neil Doughty, who really pitched in with some nice keyboard work here. (And those who have Hi Infidelity, go back and check out "In Your Letter"). It may have been done under a lot of pressure, and they did take two years to put out "Wheels Are Turnin'", but this is a pretty underrated album. Not a classic, but better than you might think. And by the way, "Good Trouble" reached #7 on the album charts....the same peak position as "Wheels...."

I love this CD. (Or in my case, I still have the record) I still listen to this album as much as I listen to Journey's Escape album. I like this album better than High Infidelity. "Keep The Fire Burnin' " is a great opening song and was the only hit off of the album. However, the songs are all great. Bruce Hall did a great job on "Let's Be-Bop"! I reccommend this album to any REO fan out there. If you like "Nine Lives" or "You Can Tuna Piano But You Can't Tuna Fish" You'll love this album too! Even REO underates this album. At least that's my opinion. If you Like REO and Journey, Listen to this album and Journey's Escape album back to back. You won't be disappointed. I love this album and so does anyone that I've referred it too.

When i first heard reo speedwagon was when i got drafted in the army.The song was take it on the run from hi fidelity and was the best song i have heard and it opened my eyes for this kind of music.Next was when i heard reo for the first time in swedish radio it was the song Keep the fire burning from Good Trouble.And i was so happy that day so i took my bicicle and went to the local recordshop and bought it.Songs like Every now and then with amazing guitar by Gary Richrath has inspired me when i started to learn to play music in a band.I tried to played bass and when i tried to write music i was very inspired by songs like the key and sweet time in this album so if you must have one cd with reo i recommend Good Trouble because every songs makes together the best studio album reo speedwagon ever did.

While "Hi Infidelity" and the "Tuna" album may be regarded as REO classics.."Good Trouble" can be regarded as the underrated gem of the band. Great Feel through out the album, "Keep the Fire Burnin", "Every Now and Then", "Back in my Heart again"...these songs are great! I can easily listen to the album the whole way through. Pick up this album today...you wont be disappointed!

I am a huge REO Speedwagon fan, from 1978's "Tuna Fish" album forward. This is my favorite of their albums. I thought it built nicely, stylistically on the direction the band took with Hi Infidelity. For whatever reason, the record-buying public thought differently. I thought this was Gary Richrath's peak as the guitarist for the band. I actually still rank Gary among the best in the world. His solo work on this album really shows you the talent that he possesses. Kevin Cronin's voice is also in good form on this album. Bruce Hall, while no Kevin Cronin, does a good lead vocal on "Girl With The Heart of Gold". A very solid effort, and highly underrated.

This was not the best of their albums, nor was it ever able to catch up with the phenominal success of what was "Hi-Infidelity" (why anybody would ask anybody to go through something like that ... ?), but is is still nontheless very good.

Just listen to "Keep the Fire Burning" and then ask yourself if this is not the classic Speedwagon sound. The whole rest of Side One is excellent .. Sweet Time & Every Now & Then still kick. The second half may have some weaker moments ... so what? Every album has that!

If you're a HUGE REO fan like I am, get this one. You will grow to enjoy it just the way I eventually did ... just give it some good old "Sweet Time".

A great follow-up to the highly successful Hi-Infidelity album of 1981. A slighly mellow CD with some great ballads including Sweet Time and the infectious Keep the Fire Burnin.