The Best REO Speedwagon Albums of All Time

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REO Speedwagon are considered one of the best classic rock bands. Since they’re such an influential band, let’s rank the best REO Speedwagon albums, with the help of your votes. Formed in 1967 in Champaign, Illinois, the band achieved massive commercial success throughout the 1980s, especially with Hi Infidelity (1980) which contained four U.S. Top 40 hits and sold over 10 million copies.

This REO Speedwagon discography is ranked from best to worst, so the top REO Speedwagon albums can be found at the top of the list. To make it easy for you, we haven't included REO Speedwagon singles, EPs, or compilations, so everything you see here should only be studio albums. If you think the greatest REO Speedwagon album isn't high enough on the list, then be sure to vote for it so it receives the credit it deserves. Make sure you don't just vote for critically acclaimed albums; if you have a favorite REO Speedwagon album, then vote it up, even if it's not necessarily the most popular.

The Earth, a Small Man, His Dog and a Chicken (1990) and Building The Bridge (1996) are only the beginning of the albums you'll find on this list. This list of popular REO Speedwagon CDs has been voted on by music fans around the world, so the order of this list isn't just one person's opinion.

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172 VOTES
R.E.O. / T.W.O.
1. Let Me Ride
2. How the Story Goes
3. Little Queenie
4. Being Kind (Can Hurt Someone Sometimes)
5. Music Man
6. Like You Do
7. Flash Tan Queen
8. Golden Country
172 votes
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261 VOTES
Hi Infidelity
1. Don't Let Him Go
2. Keep On Loving You
3. Follow My Heart
4. In Your Letter
5. Take It on the Run
6. Tough Guys
7. Out of Season
8. Shakin' It Loose
9. Someone Tonight
10. I Wish You Were There
261 votes
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244 VOTES
You Can Tune a Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish
1. Roll with the Changes
2. Time for Me to Fly
3. Runnin' Blind
4. Blazin' Your Own Trail Again
5. Sing to Me
6. Lucky for You
7. Do You Know Where Your Woman Is Tonight?
8. The Unidentified Flying Tuna Trot
9. Say You Love Me or Say Goodnight
244 votes
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140 VOTES
Nine Lives
1. Heavy on Your Love
2. Drop It (An Old Disguise)
3. Only the Strong Survive
4. Easy Money
5. Rock & Roll Music
6. Take Me
7. I Need You Tonight
8. Meet Me on the Mountain
9. Back on the Road Again
140 votes
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119 VOTES
R.E.O.
1. Keep Pushin'
2. Any Kind of Love
3. (Only A) Summer Love
4. (I Believe) Our Time Is Gonna Come
5. Breakaway
6. Flying Turkey Trot
7. Tonight
8. Lightning
119 votes
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130 VOTES
Wheels Are Turnin'
1. I Do' Wanna Know
2. One Lonely Night
3. Thru the Window
4. Rock 'N Roll Star
5. Live Every Moment
6. Can't Fight This Feeling
7. Gotta Feel More
8. Break His Spell
9. Wheels Are Turnin'
130 votes
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124 VOTES
Good Trouble
1. Keep the Fire Burnin'
2. Sweet Time
3. Girl with the Heart of Gold"
4. Every Now and Then
5. I'll Follow You
6. The Key
7. Back in My Heart Again
8. Let's Be-Bop
9. Stillness of the Night
10. Good Trouble
124 votes
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126 VOTES
Ridin' the Storm Out
1. Ridin' the Storm Out
2. Whiskey Night
3. Oh Woman
4. Find My Fortune
5. Open Up
6. Movin'
7. Son of a Poor Man
8. Start a New Life
9. It's Everywhere
10. Without Expression (Don't Be That Man)
126 votes
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116 VOTES
R.E.O. Speedwagon
1. Gypsy Woman's Passion
2. 157 Riverside Avenue
3. Anti-Establishment Man
4. Lay Me Down
5. Sophisticated Lady
6. Five Men Were Killed Today
7. Prison Women
8. Dead at Last
116 votes
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88 VOTES
Life as We Know It
1. New Way to Love
2. That Ain't Love
3. In My Dreams
4. One Too Many Girlfriends
5. Variety Tonight
6. Screams and Whispers
7. Can't Get You Out of My Heart
8. Over the Edge
9. Accidents Can Happen
10. Tired of Getting Nowhere
88 votes

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85 VOTES
The Earth, a Small Man, His Dog and a Chicken
1. Love Is a Rock
2. The Heart Survives
3. Live It Up
4. All Heaven Broke Loose
5. Love in the Future
6. Half Way
7. Love to Hate
8. You Won't See Me
9. Can't Lie to My Heart
10. L.I.A.R.
11. Go for Broke
85 votes
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68 VOTES
Lost in a Dream
1. Give Me a Ride (Roller Coaster)
2. Throw the Chains Away
3. Sky Blues
4. You Can Fly
5. Lost in a Dream
6. Down by the Dam
7. Do Your Best
8. Wild as the Western Wind
9. They're on the Road
10. I'm Feeling Good
68 votes
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66 VOTES
Find Your Own Way Home
1. Smilin' in the End
2. Find Your Own Way Home
3. I Needed to Fall
4. Dangerous Combination
5. Lost on the Road of Love
6. Another Lifetime
7. Run Away Baby
8. Everything You Feel
9. Born to Love You
10. Let My Love Find You
66 votes
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60 VOTES
Building the Bridge
1. Can't Stop Rockin'
2. I Still Love You
3. Building the Bridge
4. When I Get Home
5. Then I Met You
6. Look the Other Way
7. After Tonight
8. Hey Wait a Minute
9. One True Man
10. She's Gonna Love Me
11. Ballad of the Illinois Opry
60 votes
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56 VOTES
This Time We Mean It
1. Reelin'
2. Headed for a Fall
3. River of Life
4. Out of Control
5. You Better Realize
6. Gambler
7. Candalera
8. Lies
9. Dance
10. Dream Weaver
56 votes
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47 VOTES
Not So Silent Night: Christmas With REO Speedwagon
1. The First Noel
2. Winter Wonderland
3. Silent Night
4. Deck the Halls
5. Little Drummer Boy
6. The White Snows of Winter
7. Angels We Have Heard on High (Gloria)
8. Children Go Where I Send Thee
9. I'll Be Home for Christmas
10. God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen
11. Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
12. Blue Christmas
13. Joy to the World
47 votes