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Reo Speedwagon
The Essential 3.0 REO Speedwagon (Eco-Friendly Packaging)
Genres: Pop, Rock, Classic Rock, Metal

Track Listings (15) - Disc #1
1. Sophisticated Lady
2. Music Man
3. Golden Country
4. Son Of A Poor Man
5. Lost In A Dream
6. Keep Pushin'
7. (I Believe) Our Time Is Gonna Come
8. Lightning
9. Like You Do (Live)
10. Flying Turkey Trot (Live)
11. 157 Riverside Avenue (Live)
12. Ridin' The Storm Out (Live)
13. Roll With The Changes
14. Time For Me To Fly
15. Say You Love Me Or Say Goodnight
Track Listings (18) - Disc #2
1. Back On The Road Again
2. Only The Strong Survive
3. Don't Let Him Go
4. Keep On Loving You
5. In Your Letter
6. Take It On The Run
7. Keep The Fire Burnin'
8. The Key
9. One Lonely Night
10. Live Every Moment
11. Can't Fight This Feeling
12. That Ain't Love
13. In My Dreams
14. Variety Tonight
15. Here With Me
16. Love Is A Rock
17. Building The Bridge
18. Just For You
Track Listings (8) - Disc #3
1. I Do'wanna Know
2. Out Of Season
3. Sweet Time
4. Wherever You're Goin' (It's Alright)
5. Blazin' Your Own Trail Again
6. Being Kind (Can Hurt Someone Sometime)
7. Tough Guys
8. Live It Up (live

CD Details

All Artists: Reo Speedwagon
Title: The Essential 3.0 REO Speedwagon (Eco-Friendly Packaging)
Members Wishing: 4
Total Copies: 0
Label: Sony Legacy
Release Date: 8/25/2009
Genres: Pop, Rock, Classic Rock, Metal
Styles: Adult Contemporary, Soft Rock, Album-Oriented Rock (AOR), Arena Rock
Number of Discs: 3
SwapaCD Credits: 3
UPC: 886975409327

Synopsis

Album Description

Each Essential Limited Edition 3.0 expanded 3-CD set features the biggest hits and best-loved songs from superstar artists, including material not previously available in an Essential package. Definitive, career-spanning and comprehensive, The Essential 3.0 series features all of the must-have selections from the biggest names in music history--now with a 3rd disc! Now available for the first time in eco-friendly cardboard packaging. The Essential Series has sold more than 18 million units worldwide across 60+ titles!

CD Reviews

FINALLY!!!!!

R. Wilson | toronto canada | 01/30/2010

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I am so pleased to have finally got "I Do' Wanna Know" in excellent remastered sound quality. This song, which was the first single, from the Wheels Are Turnin' album, is not included on any REO Speedwagon best of CD, so the inclusion on this 3.0 Essential is a huge sigh of relief. Also the previous compliation "REO Speedwagon : The Hits" is an embarrasment in sound quality by comparrison. This collection is by far the best, in my opinion, REO Speedwagon has ever sounded."

Remastered?

J. Scott | 12/23/2009

(3 out of 5 stars)

"I've held off getting this compilation for a number of reasons, one of which is rectified here with the 3.0 edition adding a few missing tracks. The main hesitation is that I am concerned about the sound quality and mastering. Some reviewers of the standard, non-3.0 edition state that the sound is essentially cr*p or even remixed. Typically, the 3.0 Essential titles consist of the existing 2-CD versions (i.e. same mastering, track selection, etc.), while adding the bonus disc. Does anyone know if this version has been completely remastered a second time? The back panel states that "additional mastering" was done by Vic Anesini, one of the few mastering engineers who understands and listens to sound as well as music. If he has remastered the entire 3.0 package, I'll buy it with confidence (depsite the fact that I'll be unintentionally spending money on Can't Fight This Feeling).

As far as a proper review, this is the most comprehensive REO collection to date - essentially an expanded edition of the orignal Decade of Rock album - and the 3.0 edition makes it moreso. I could absolutely live without nearly everything past 1982 but the band were still selling records and having hits, so they need to be included in any retrospective. Sound quality? The jury is still out..."