REO Speedwagon - R.E.O./T.W.O. [Epic Records PE 31745] (December 1972)

Dynamic Range Released: December 1972
Country: US
Label: Epic Records
Catalog: PE 31745
Genre: Rock

Item# SR-EPPE31745
Ratings: C=VG+; LP=VG+

Note: This Reissue 1979

T R A C K L I S T:
01 Let Me Ride
02 How The Story Goes
03 Little Queenie
04 Being Kind (Can Hurt Someone Sometimes)
05 Music Man
06 Like You Do
07 Flash Tan Queen
08 Golden Country




R.E.O./T.W.O.
REO Speedwagon


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Album Review

Stephen Thomas Erlewine [allmusic.com]

As soon as REO Speedwagon's second album -- aptly titled T.W.O. -- kicks off with ''Let Me Ride,'' it's clear that the band has made some significant strides in gaining a personality. Part of this is due to singer Terry Luttrell being swapped out for Kevin Cronin, whose keening tenor is markedly different from Luttrell's bluesy gargle, and part is due to three of the songs, dramatic multi-sectioned rockers, being more distinguished than the pedestrian boogie of the debut. That boogie hasn't been abandoned -- the group takes the swing out of Chuck Berry's ''Little Queenie,'' which brings it closer to the anonymous thud that characterizes Gary Richrath's ''Flash Tan Queen,'' along with much of the rest of the album. Although REO don't always succeed when opening up their music -- ''Being Kind (Can Hurt Someone Sometimes)'' winds up getting stuck in the murk -- Cronin's two side-openers of ''Let Me Ride'' and ''Music Man'' point the way toward the group's classic sound.