This has been in my music queue at YourMusic.com for a while. I recently got an alert that supplies were dwindling, and they might not have it anymore by the time my queue got to it, so I bumped it to the top.
This was one of my favorite albums in high school. I think my sister actually bought the tape, but I listened to it more than she did, and it was in my possession when it finally gave up the ghost and I decided it was no longer listenable.
I grew up listening to country music, you know, since that's what my parents listened to. But the hideous cowpop that country music devolved into back then just didn't do anything for me, and REO was one of what I think of as a "transition group" when I started listening to rock music. Others among this list were Boston and Styx.
Not that I would ever want to go back to high school, but I do enjoy revisiting some of the music now and then. Although this album came out in 1980, it was still immensely popular in my small town when I was a senior two years later. Tomorrow is Friday, and I think I'll listen to this one really loud during the commute home after work tomorrow.
And although it wasn't a hit, and no one else remembers it, "I Wish You Were There" has always been, and still is, one of my favorite songs.
Next on the list of CDs to acquire because I lost or wore out the tape: "Mott the Hoople's Greatest Hits."
