Nine Lives (REO Speedwagon album)

Nine Lives
Studio album by REO Speedwagon
Released	July 20, 1979
Recorded	Spring 1979
Studio	Sound City (Studio A) (Los Angeles) Kendun Recorders (Studio D) (Burbank)
Genre	Hard rock
Length	34:24
Label	Epic
Producer	Kevin Cronin, Gary Richrath, Kevin Beamish
REO Speedwagon chronology
You Can Tune a Piano But You Can't Tuna Fish (1978) Nine Lives (1979) Hi Infidelity (1980)

Nine Lives is the eighth studio album by REO Speedwagon. It peaked at number #33 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1979.^[1] The album went gold on December 5, 1979. The title Nine Lives was chosen because the album was the band's ninth, including their live album, and it also featured nine songs. It was the last REO album to prominently feature a more hard rock sound.^{[citation needed]} The group would turn to more pop-oriented material with 1980's Hi Infidelity. In 2013, the album was released on CD by UK-based company Rock Candy Records, with expanded liner notes and photos.

The track "Only the Strong Survive" also later appeared on Gary Richrath's 1992 album Only the Strong Survive.