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Though they're best-known for their anthemic pop/rock and hard rock singles like "The Kid Is Hot Tonite" and "Workin' for the Weekend," Loverboy did enough sweeping power ballads that their Love Songs collection is fairly substantial. "This Could Be the Night," "Heaven in Your Eyes," "When It's Over," and the Ann Wilson duet "Almost Paradise" are quintessential romantic rock ballads from the '80s, with searing guitars and synth washes conveying soaring passions. This being a Loverboy collection, however, lust is just as important -- if not more so -- than love, though it's possible that "Take Me to the Top" and "Lovin' Every Minute of It" could be seen as love songs to the group's raging libido. The group's occasionally silly lyrics ("Hot Girls in Love"'s "She's on a rainbow cruise all the way to my room" is a prime example) could be a mood-killer as well, depending on the mood you wish to set. Then there are the songs that just sound out of place, like the chugging, somewhat clunky "Lucky Ones" -- even if it's about getting lucky, the music just doesn't fit. Fortunately, "Always on My Mind," "Love Will Rise Again," "Lady of the '80s," and the seemingly Dungeons & Dragons-influenced "Sword and Stone" have a better balance of raunch, romance, and humor. Despite the band's name, Loverboy isn't as convincingly romantic as, say, Journey or Foreigner, but Love Songs is still a pretty good collection of their more tender moments -- relatively speaking, that is.
© Heather Phares /TiVo
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Loverboy, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Tom Allom, Producer - Paul Dean, Producer - P. DEAN, Composer, Lyricist - Jonathan Cain, Composer, Lyricist - M. Reno, Composer, Lyricist - B. Wray, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 1980 SONY BMG MUSIC (CANADA) INC.
Loverboy, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Paul Dean, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Bruce Fairbairn, Composer, Lyricist, Producer
(P) 1983 Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc.
Loverboy, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Doug Johnson, Composer, Keyboards, Lyricist, Saxophone, Synthesizer - Bruce Fairbairn, Producer - Mike Reno, Composer, Lyricist - Paul Warren Dean, Producer - Paul Dean, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist - Keith Stein, Engineer - Nancy Nash - Rob Porter, Assistant Engineer - Marc LaFrance - David Steele - George Marino - Scott Smith, Bass Guitar - Matt Frenette, Drums, Percussion
(P) 1981 Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc.
Loverboy, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Paul Dean, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Mike Reno, Composer, Lyricist - John Dexter, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Mae Moore, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 1986 Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc.
Loverboy, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Bruce Fairbairn, Producer - Paul Dean, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist - Mike Reno, Composer, Lyricist - Bob Rock, Engineer - Mike Fraser, Assistant Engineer - Nancy Nash - Matt Frenette, Drums - Doug Johnson, Keyboards - Scott Smith, Bass
(P) 1980 SONY BMG MUSIC (CANADA) INC.
Loverboy, Associated Performer, Main Artist - P. DEAN, Composer, Lyricist - P. Taylor, Composer, Lyricist - B. FAIRBAIRN, Composer, Lyricist - M. Reno, Composer, Lyricist - Bruce Fairbairn, Producer
1983 Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc.
Loverboy, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Mike Reno, Composer, Lyricist - Denise Thurlow, Composer, Lyricist - Scott Smith, Composer, Lyricist - Paul Dean, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Bruce Fairbairn, Producer - Keith Stein, Engineer - Rob Porter, Assistant Engineer
(P) 1981 Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc.
Loverboy, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Todd Cerney, Composer, Lyricist - Taylor Rhodes, Composer, Lyricist - Bruce Fairbairn, Producer
(P) 1987 Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc.
Loverboy, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Mike Reno, Composer, Lyricist - Paul Dean, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Bruce Fairbairn, Producer
(P) 1981 Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc.
Loverboy, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Mike Reno, Composer, Lyricist - Paul Dean, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist - Vern Wills, Composer, Lyricist - Doug Johnson, Composer, Keyboards, Lyricist - Matt Frenette, Drums - Scott Smith, Bass - Bruce Fairbairn, Producer - Bob Rock, Engineer - Mike Fraser, Assistant Engineer
(P) 1980 SONY BMG MUSIC (CANADA) INC.
Paul Warren Dean, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Brian MacLeod, Producer - Desmond Child, Composer, Lyricist - Paul Dean, Producer - Paul Stanley, Composer, Lyricist - B. Kulick, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 1989 Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc.
Loverboy, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Robert John Lange, Composer, Lyricist - Mike Reno - Paul Dean, Guitar - Nancy Nash - Marc LaFrance - David Steele - Scott Smith, Bass Guitar - Matt Frenette, Drums, Percussion - Doug Johnson, Keyboards, Saxophone, Synthesizer - Tom Allom, Producer - Paul Warren Dean, Producer - Mark Dodson, Engineer - Ron Obvious, Assistant Engineer - George Marino
(P) 1985 Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc.
Mike Reno, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Ann Wilson, Associated Performer, Featured Artist - Mike Reno feat. Ann Wilson, Associated Performer - E. CARMEN, Composer, Lyricist - D.Pitchford, Composer, Lyricist - Keith Olsen, Producer
(P) 1984 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
Though they're best-known for their anthemic pop/rock and hard rock singles like "The Kid Is Hot Tonite" and "Workin' for the Weekend," Loverboy did enough sweeping power ballads that their Love Songs collection is fairly substantial. "This Could Be the Night," "Heaven in Your Eyes," "When It's Over," and the Ann Wilson duet "Almost Paradise" are quintessential romantic rock ballads from the '80s, with searing guitars and synth washes conveying soaring passions. This being a Loverboy collection, however, lust is just as important -- if not more so -- than love, though it's possible that "Take Me to the Top" and "Lovin' Every Minute of It" could be seen as love songs to the group's raging libido. The group's occasionally silly lyrics ("Hot Girls in Love"'s "She's on a rainbow cruise all the way to my room" is a prime example) could be a mood-killer as well, depending on the mood you wish to set. Then there are the songs that just sound out of place, like the chugging, somewhat clunky "Lucky Ones" -- even if it's about getting lucky, the music just doesn't fit. Fortunately, "Always on My Mind," "Love Will Rise Again," "Lady of the '80s," and the seemingly Dungeons & Dragons-influenced "Sword and Stone" have a better balance of raunch, romance, and humor. Despite the band's name, Loverboy isn't as convincingly romantic as, say, Journey or Foreigner, but Love Songs is still a pretty good collection of their more tender moments -- relatively speaking, that is.
© Heather Phares /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:56:37
- Main artists: Loverboy
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Columbia - Legacy
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
(P) 1984, 1986 Sony Music Entertainment Inc., (P) 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 2003 Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc.
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