''Loverboy Classics'' is a compilation album by the Canadian rock band
Loverboy
Loverboy is a Canadian rock band formed in 1979 in Calgary, Alberta. Loverboy's hit singles, particularly " Turn Me Loose" and "Working for the Weekend", have become arena rock staples and are still heard on many classic rock and classic hits ...
, released on October 11, 1994. In 1998, the album was certified
Gold
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by the
RIAA
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for shipments of half a million copies.
The album covered more ground than the previous compilation album ''
Big Ones
''Big Ones'' is a compilation album by American rock band Aerosmith, released on November 1, 1994 by Geffen Records. ''Big Ones'' featured 12 hits from the band's three consecutive multi-platinum albums, '' Permanent Vacation'' (1987), ''Pump'' ...
'', and outsold it by far as well. It still does not contain their 1983 #34 U.S. hit "
Queen of the Broken Hearts
"Queen of the Broken Hearts" is a song featured on the 1983 album ''Keep It Up'' by the Canadian rock band Loverboy. The song was released as a single later that year, reaching #34 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #11 on the Mainstream Rock Chart. Des ...
".
Track listing
Personnel
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Mike Reno
Mike Reno (born Joseph Michael Rynoski; born January 8, 1955) is a Canadian musician, singer and the lead singer of the rock band Loverboy. He is reported to have taught himself how to play guitar. He fronted other bands, including Moxy, before ...
– lead vocals
*
Paul Dean – guitar, backing vocals
* Doug Johnson – keyboards
* Scott Smith – bass
* Matt Frenette – drums
*
Nancy Nash
Nancy Nash is a Canadian blues and pop singer, who has recorded and performed both under her birth name and as Sazacha Red Sky. Under the latter name, she garnered a Juno Award nomination for Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording at the Jun ...
– backing vocals
*
Bruce Fairbairn
Bruce Earl Fairbairn (December 30, 1949 – May 17, 1999) was a Canadian record producer. He was active as a producer from 1976 to 1999, and is considered one of the best of his era. His most successful productions are '' Slippery When Wet'' a ...
– producer
References
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1994 compilation albums
Loverboy albums
Albums produced by Bruce Fairbairn
Columbia Records compilation albums
Legacy Recordings compilation albums