Big Ones (Loverboy album)

Big Ones was a compilation album released in 1989 by the Canadian rock band Loverboy. The album was the band's first compilation, including hit tracks such as "Working for the Weekend" and "Lovin' Every Minute of it". It was also released in the same year that the band decided to break up a second time, and another compilation would not be released until five years later.

Big Ones
Greatest hits album by
ReleasedOctober 11, 1989
GenreRock
Length68:01
LabelColumbia
ProducerBruce Fairbairn
Tom Allom
Bob Rock
Loverboy chronology
Wildside
(1987)
Big Ones
(1989)
Loverboy Classics
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing

Track Title Composer(s) Length Original Album
01 "Working for the Weekend" (Dean/Frenette/Reno) 3:41 Get Lucky
02 "For You" (Dean/Kaos/Reno) 5:57 unreleased
03 "The Kid Is Hot Tonight" (Aubin/Dean) 4:29 Loverboy
04 "Lovin' Every Minute Of It" (Lange) 3:34 Lovin' Every Minute Of It
05 "Lucky Ones" (Dean/Reno/Smith/Thurlow) 3:52 Get Lucky
06 "Hot Girls in Love" (Dean/Fairbairn) 4:01 Keep It Up
07 "This Could Be the Night" (Cain/Dean/Reno/Wray) 5:00 Lovin' Every Minute Of It
08 "Ain't Looking For Love" (Dean/Reno) 4:41 unreleased
09 "Turn Me Loose" (Dean/Reno) 5:39 Loverboy
10 "Notorious" (BonJovi/Cerney/Dean/Reno/Sambora) 4:41 Wildside
11 "When It's Over" (Dean/Reno) 5:10 Get Lucky
12 "Too Hot" (Dean/Reno) 4:25 unreleased
13 "Take Me to the Top" (Dean/Johnson/Reno) 6:13 Get Lucky
14 "Heaven in Your Eyes" (Dean/Dexter/Moore/Reno) 4:02 Top Gun Soundtrack

Note

  • Tracks 7 and 14 are bonus tracks on the CD and cassette versions.
  • Track 14, while previously released as a single and on the soundtrack to the film Top Gun, makes its first appearance on a Loverboy album here.
  • Keyboard player Doug Johnson's photo does not appear on the album's back cover, although all four other members do.

Personnel

  • Mike Reno - lead vocals
  • Paul Dean - guitar, backing vocals
  • Doug Johnson - keyboards
  • Scott Smith - bass
  • Matt Frenette - drums

Production

  • Bruce Fairbairn - Producer
  • Paul Dean - Producer
  • Tom Allom - Producer
  • Mark Dodson - Engineer
  • Michael Fraser - Engineer, Assistant Engineer
  • Ken Lomas - Assistant Engineer
  • Bob Rock - Producer, Engineer
  • Randy Staub - Engineer
  • Keith Stein - Engineer
  • Chris Taylor - Assistant Engineer
  • Dave Ogilvie - Assistant Engineer
  • John Dexter - Producer
  • Mark Burdett - Art Direction
  • James O'Mara - Photography
  • Ron Obvious - Assistant Engineer
  • Sandee Bathgate - Production Coordination
  • Rob Porter - Assistant Engineer

Notes

  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Big Ones - Review". Allmusic.
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