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1.StopSmilin' in the End – REO Speedwagon 03:36
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2.StopFind Your Own Way Home – REO Speedwagon 04:48
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3.StopI Needed to Fall – REO Speedwagon 04:08
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4.StopDangerous Combination – REO Speedwagon 04:45
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5.StopLost on the Road of Love – REO Speedwagon 05:16
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6.StopAnother Lifetime – REO Speedwagon 04:04
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7.StopRun Away Baby – REO Speedwagon 03:05
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8.StopEverything You Feel – REO Speedwagon 05:29
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9.StopBorn to Love You – REO Speedwagon 04:46
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10.StopLet My Love Find You – REO Speedwagon 04:03
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11.StopKeep on Loving You [Live][*] – REO Speedwagon 03:31
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12.StopIn Your Letter [Live][*] – REO Speedwagon 03:12
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13.StopTake It on the Run [Live][*] – REO Speedwagon 03:59
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14.StopDon't Let Him Go [Live][*] – REO Speedwagon 04:24
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15.StopTough Guys [Live][*] – REO Speedwagon 03:51
REO Speedwagon delivered their 15th studio album, Find Your Own Way Home, 11 years after Building the Bridge. Given the band's slow drift into adult contemporary pop in the late '80s, it's a bit of surprise that this album rocks as hard as it does, opening with the strident rocker "Smilin' in the End," where Kevin Cronin doesn't sound anything like himself. It's an odd, disarming way to begin the record, and instead of proving the exception to the rule, it provides the touchstone for Find Your Own Way Home. Sure, on the next two songs -- "Find Your Own Way Home" and "I Needed to Fall" -- the group moves back toward the anthemic rock and power ballads that made them AOR staples in the '80s, but this doesn't have the gloss of their records from the late '80s and '90s. This is harder, punchier, the sound of a band that wants to reconnect with the rock band that played arenas in the '70s. This re-emphasis on rock suits the band now, not only because Cronin's voice is rougher and more gravelly than it was, but also because they sound stripped back to their basics. The band does sound as lean as a group of mainstream '70s rock veterans can -- the production isn't gritty, it's clean and punchy, but that fits with their past -- and they sound looser than they have in years, even succumbing to the pleasures of boogie rock on "Run Away Baby." If not all the songs are as memorable as this fun throwaway, not to mention their classic rock hits from the '70s and '80s, they're nevertheless stronger and harder than anything they've done in the last 20 years, and they provide a good vehicle to showcase this re-energized, back-to-basics lineup of REO Speedwagon. And while that may not be enough to win back the legions who haven't paid attention since either Hi Infidelity or 1985's "Can't Fight This Feeling," those hardcore fans who have kept the fire burning over the years will welcome this album warmly if not quite enthusiastically. [Teichiku Japan issued a CD/DVD edition (with bonus tracks -- natch) in 2008.] Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
- Genre: Rock
- Category Arena Rock, Album Rock, Adult Contemporary
- Label: TEICHIKU JAPAN
- Release Date: March 4, 2008
- Artist: REO Speedwagon
- Additional Artist: Dave Amato (Vocals ), Bruce Hall (Vocals ), Kevin Cronin (Vocals )