Find Your Own Way Home
Find Your Own Way Home is the fifteenth studio album by REO Speedwagon. It was produced by Joe Vannelli and Kevin Cronin and was released in 2007 by Speedwagon Recordings and Mailboat Records. The album came eleven years after the band's previous studio album, Building the Bridge. The album found the band returning to its trademark hard rock sound after the soft ballads of Bridge. Though the album did not chart, it did produce the minor hit "I Needed to Fall", which peaked at #25 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. "Smilin' in the End" was released at the same time as "I Needed to Fall" to classic rock stations, but did not chart. The third single from the album, the title track, reached #23 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart.[1]
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| Released | April 3, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2005-06 | |||
| Studio | Blue Moon Studio, Agoura Hills, CA | |||
| Genre | Rock, hard rock | |||
| Length | 43:55 | |||
| Label | Mailboat Speedwagon | |||
| Producer | Joe Vannelli, Kevin Cronin | |||
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Also released in a limited edition package including XM Artist Confidential, a live DVD recorded at the XM Performance Theatre in Washington, D.C., and the live CD Hi Infidelity Then Again...Live, also recorded at the same venue. The CD also includes enhanced video content.
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
Track listing
Find Your Own Way Home
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Smilin' in the End" | Kevin Cronin | 3:36 |
| 2. | "Find Your Own Way Home" | Cronin | 4:48 |
| 3. | "I Needed to Fall" | Cronin | 4:08 |
| 4. | "Dangerous Combination" | Cronin, Jim Peterik | 4:45 |
| 5. | "Lost on the Road of Love" | Cronin | 5:16 |
| 6. | "Another Lifetime" | Dave Amato, Cronin, Bruce Hall, Bryan Hitt | 4:04 |
| 7. | "Run Away Baby" | Cronin | 3:05 |
| 8. | "Everything You Feel" | Cronin | 5:29 |
| 9. | "Born to Love You" | Hall | 4:46 |
| 10. | "Let My Love Find You" | Cronin | 3:58 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11. | "Take It on the Run" (+) | Gary Richrath | 2:23 |
| 12. | "Smilin' in the End" (+) | Cronin | 3:39 |
| 13. | "I Needed to Fall" (+) | Cronin | 4:18 |
| 14. | "Ridin' the Storm Out" (+) | Richrath | 4:59 |
| Total length: | 59:24 | ||
(+) Previously unreleased acoustic versions
XM Artist Confidential DVD
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Interview" | 0:58 | |
| 2. | "Music Man" | Cronin | 3:38 |
| 3. | "Interview" | 2:58 | |
| 4. | "Dangerous Combination" | Cronin, Peterik | 4:53 |
| 5. | "Interview" | 2:54 | |
| 6. | "Ridin' the Storm Out" | Richrath | 5:03 |
| 7. | "Interview" | 3:32 | |
| 8. | "I Needed to Fall" | Cronin | 4:19 |
| 9. | "Interview" | 6:07 | |
| 10. | "Smilin' in the End" | Cronin | 3:44 |
| 11. | "Interview" | 5:20 | |
| 12. | "Take It on the Run" | Richrath | 2:22 |
| 13. | "Interview" | 1:07 | |
| 14. | "Roll with the Changes" | Cronin | 5:20 |
| Total length: | 52:24 | ||
Hi Infidelity Then Again...Live
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Don't Let Him Go" | Cronin | 4:24 |
| 2. | "Keep On Loving You" | Cronin | 3:31 |
| 3. | "Follow My Heart" | Tom Kelly, Richrath | 3:34 |
| 4. | "In Your Letter" | Richrath | 3:12 |
| 5. | "Take It on the Run" | Richrath | 3:59 |
| 6. | "Tough Guys" | Cronin | 3:50 |
| 7. | "Out of Season" | Cronin, Kelly | 3:11 |
| 8. | "Shakin' It Loose" | Richrath | 2:34 |
| 9. | "Someone Tonight" | Hall | 2:44 |
| 10. | "I Wish You Were There" | Cronin | 4:20 |
| Total length: | 35:23 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Out of Season" | Cronin, Kelly | 3:11 |
| 2. | "Someone Tonight" | Hall | 2:44 |
| 3. | "I Wish You Were There" | Cronin | 4:20 |
Personnel
REO Speedwagon
- Kevin Cronin – lead vocals (1-8, 10), backing vocals, acoustic guitar, rhythm guitars
- Dave Amato – lead guitars, electric guitars, backing vocals
- Neal Doughty – synthesizers, Hammond organ (1)
- Bruce Hall – bass, backing vocals, lead vocals (9)
- Bryan Hitt – drums, percussion
Additional personnel
- Joe Vannelli – acoustic piano (2, 3, 9, 10), Hammond organ (2, 9), virtual strings (2, 3, 6, 10), electric piano (5, 7, 8), synthesizers (8)
Release history
| Region | Date | Title | Label | Format | Catalog # |
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| USA | 2007 | Find Your Own Way Home | Speedwagon recordings | CD | 5500 |
| USA | April 3, 2007 | Find Your Own Way Home XM Artist Confidential DVD Hi Infidelity Then Again...Live |
Speedwagon recordings | 2-CD / DVD (Box set) | 7500 |
| USA | April 24, 2007 | Find Your Own Way Home | Mailboat | CD | MBOT 3500 |
| UK | 2007 | Find Your Own Way Home | Artful Records | CD | ARTFULCD61 |
| Germany | September 24, 2007 | Find Your Own Way Home | Edel Records | CD (European bonus tracks) | 0184492ERE |
| Japan | 2008 | Find Your Own Way Home | Teichiku Records | CD (Bonus tracks) / DVD | TECI-33458 |
References
- "Adult Contemporary". Billboard. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
- Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. REO Speedwagon: Find Your Own Way Home at AllMusic. Retrieved April 29, 2020.