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This article is about the Loverboy album. For the Aerosmith album, see Big Ones. 1989 greatest hits album by Loverboy
Big Ones
Greatest hits album by Loverboy
ReleasedOctober 11, 1989
GenreRock
Length64:11
LabelColumbia
ProducerBruce Fairbairn
Tom Allom
Bob Rock
Loverboy chronology
Wildside
(1987) 		Big Ones
(1989) 		Loverboy Classics
(1994)
Professional ratings
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Big Ones is 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". The compilation includes 3 new studio tracks: "For You", "Ain't Looking for Love" and "Too Hot". 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.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Original AlbumLength
1."Working for the Weekend"Get Lucky (1981)3:39
2."For You"
  • Paul Dean
  • Mike Reno
  • Kenny Kaos
New song5:46
3."The Kid Is Hot Tonite"Loverboy (1980)4:21
4."Lovin' Every Minute Of It"Robert John LangeLovin' Every Minute of It (1985)3:31
5."Lucky Ones"Get Lucky3:48
6."Hot Girls in Love"Keep It Up (1983)3:56
7."This Could Be the Night"Lovin' Every Minute of It4:55
8."Ain't Looking for Love"
  • Paul Dean
  • Mike Reno
New song4:34
9."Turn Me Loose"
  • Paul Dean
  • Mike Reno
Loverboy5:35
10."Notorious"Wildside (1987)4:36
11."When It's Over"
  • Paul Dean
  • Mike Reno
Get Lucky5:02
12."Too Hot"
  • Paul Dean
  • Mike Reno
New song4:19
13."Take Me to the Top"Get Lucky6:09
14."Heaven in Your Eyes"Top Gun soundtrack (1986)4:00
Total length:64:11


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.
  • Track information and credits verified from Discogs, AllMusic, and the album's liner notes.

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.
  2. "Discogs Credits". Discogs. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  3. "AllMusic Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  4. Big Ones (liner notes). Loverboy. Columbia Records. 1989. CK 45411.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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