Hi Infidelity

Hi Infidelity
Studio album by REO Speedwagon
Publication (s)	November 21, 1980
admission	1980
Label (s)	Epic Records
Format (s)	CD, LP
Genre (s)	skirt
Title (number)	10
running time	34:33
occupation	Neil Doughty Kevin Cronin Bruce Hall Gary Richrath Alan Gratzer
production	Kevin Beamish Kevin Cronin Alan Gratzer Gary Richrath
chronology Nine Lives (1979) Hi Infidelity Good Trouble (1982)

Hi Infidelity is the ninth studio album by the American rock band REO Speedwagon and was released on November 21, 1980. It is the band's most commercially successful album and has sold more than ten million copies to date (over nine million copies in the United States alone) and was nominated for a Grammy in 1982 for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal .

Track list

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Hi Infidelity   DE 18th 05/25/1981 (25 weeks)   UK 6th 04/25/1981 (29 weeks)   US 1 02/21/1981 (101 weeks)

Singles

Keep On Loving You   DE 15th 05/04/1981 (20 weeks)   CH 4th 04/12/1981 (10 weeks)   UK 7th 04/11/1981 (14 weeks)   US 1 03/21/1981 (28 weeks) Take it on the run   DE 55 08/17/1981 (7 weeks)   UK 19th 06/27/1981 (14 weeks)   US 5 05/30/1981 (20 weeks) Don't Let Him Go   US 24 08/01/1981 (14 weeks) In your letter   US 20th 09/26/1981 (13 weeks)

1. Don't Let Him Go (Cronin) - 3:47
2. Keep On Loving You (Cronin) - 3:22
3. Follow My Heart (Richrath, Tom Kelly) - 3:50
4. In Your Letter (Richrath) - 3:18
5. Take It on the Run (Richrath) - 3:59
6. Tough Guys (Cronin) - 3:50
7. Out of Season (Cronin, Kelly) - 3:07
8. Shakin 'It Loose (Richrath) - 2:25
9. Someone Tonight (Hall) - 2:40
10. I Wish You Were There (Cronin) - 4:28

Charts

Hi Infidelity is REO Speedwagon's most commercially successful album to date. In the United States, the album rose to number 1, reached platinum status on February 2, 1981 and has sold a total of over nine million times. The song Keep On Loving You also reached number 1 on the charts and reached platinum status on April 17, 1989.

In Canada, the album rose to number 4 and stayed in the charts for 39 weeks. The album reached another top 10 position at number 7 in the Netherlands, where it stayed in the charts for a total of 24 weeks. Hi Infidelity also came in 25th in Sweden, 17th in Norway and 34th in New Zealand.

reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine from Allmusic rated the album 4.5 out of 5 stars. The band deserved success because they had built a large audience on their tours through the United States over the years. Hi Infidelity is not a mere summary of the musical strength of the band, but also an appropriation of what makes stadium rock. Erlewine particularly highlights the songs Keep On Loving You and Take It on the Run . What makes the album special is that the other songs are also good and are in no way inferior to the ones mentioned.

Web links

Hi Infidelity at Allmusic (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Charts DE Charts CH Charts UK Charts US
2. ↑ riaa.com: Platinum status Hi Infidelity
3. ↑ collectionscanada.gc.ca: highest ranking Canada ( memento of the original from January 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ collectionscanada.gc.ca: Total weeks of Canadian charts ( memento of the original from December 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ dutchcharts.nl: album placement in the Netherlands
6. ↑ swedishcharts.com: Album placement Sweden
7. ↑ norwegiancharts.com: Album placement Norway
8. ↑ charts.org.nz: album placement New Zealand
9. ^ Allmusic.com: Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine