Big Ones

Released

October 11, 1989

Genre

Rock

Length

64:11

Label

Columbia

Producer

Bruce Fairbairn
Tom Allom
Bob Rock

Loverboy chronology

Wildside
(1987)

Big Ones
(1989)

Loverboy Classics
(1994)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Big Ones is a compilation album released in 1989 by the Canadian rock band Loverboy. The album was the band's first compilation, including hit tracks such as "Working for the Weekend" and "Lovin' Every Minute of it". The compilation includes 3 new studio tracks: "For You", "Ain't Looking for Love" and "Too Hot". It was also released in the same year that the band decided to break up a second time, and another compilation would not be released until five years later.

Track listing

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No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original Album	Length
1.	"Working for the Weekend"	Paul Dean Mike Reno Matt Frenetta	Get Lucky (1981)	3:39
2.	"For You"	Paul Dean Mike Reno Kenny Kaos	New Song	5:46
3.	"The Kid Is Hot Tonight"	Paul Dean Bernie Aubin	Loverboy (1980)	4:21
4.	"Lovin' Every Minute Of It"	Robert John Lange	Lovin' Every Minute Of It (1985)	3:31
5.	"Lucky Ones"	Paul Dean Mike Reno Scott Smith Denise Thurlow	Get Lucky	3:48
6.	"Hot Girls in Love"	Paul Dean Bruce Fairbairn	Keep It Up (1983)	3:56
7.	"This Could Be the Night"	Paul Dean Mike Reno Bill Wray Jonathan Cain	Lovin' Every Minute Of It	4:55
8.	"Ain't Looking for Love"	Paul Dean Mike Reno	New Song	4:34
9.	"Turn Me Loose"	Paul Dean Mike Reno	Loverboy	5:35
10.	"Notorious"	Paul Dean Mike Reno Jon Bon Jovi Richie Sambora Todd Cerney	Wildside (1987)	4:36
11.	"When It's Over"	Paul Dean Mike Reno	Get Lucky	5:02
12.	"Too Hot"	Paul Dean Mike Reno	New Song	4:19
13.	"Take Me to the Top"	Paul Dean Mike Reno Doug Johnson	Get Lucky	6:09
14.	"Heaven in Your Eyes"	Paul Dean Mike Reno Mae Moore John R. Dexter	Top Gun Soundtrack (1986)	4:00
Total length:				64:11

Note

Tracks 7 and 14 are bonus tracks on the CD and cassette versions.
Track 14, while previously released as a single and on the soundtrack to the film Top Gun, makes its first appearance on a Loverboy album here.
Keyboard player Doug Johnson's photo does not appear on the album's back cover, although all four other members do.
Track information and credits verified from Discogs,^[2] AllMusic,^[3] and the album's liner notes.^[4]

Personnel

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Mike Reno - lead vocals
Paul Dean - guitar, backing vocals
Doug Johnson - keyboards
Scott Smith - bass
Matt Frenette - drums

Production

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Bruce Fairbairn - Producer
Paul Dean - Producer
Tom Allom - Producer
Mark Dodson - Engineer
Michael Fraser - Engineer, Assistant Engineer
Ken Lomas - Assistant Engineer
Bob Rock - Producer, Engineer
Randy Staub - Engineer
Keith Stein - Engineer
Chris Taylor - Assistant Engineer
Dave Ogilvie - Assistant Engineer
John Dexter - Producer
Mark Burdett - Art Direction
James O'Mara - Photography
Ron Obvious - Assistant Engineer
Sandee Bathgate - Production Coordination
Rob Porter - Assistant Engineer

Notes

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^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Big Ones - Review". Allmusic.
^ "Discogs Credits". Discogs. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
^ "AllMusic Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
^ Big Ones (liner notes). Loverboy. Columbia Records. 1989. CK 45411.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

v t e Loverboy
Mike Reno Paul Dean Doug Johnson Matt Frenette Ken Sinnaeve Scott Smith
Studio albums	Loverboy Get Lucky Keep It Up Lovin' Every Minute of It Wildside Six Just Getting Started Rock 'n' Roll Revival Unfinished Business
Compilation albums	Big Ones Loverboy Classics Temperature's Rising Live, Loud, and Loose
Singles	"Turn Me Loose" "The Kid Is Hot Tonite" "Working for the Weekend" "When It's Over" "Hot Girls in Love" "Queen of the Broken Hearts" "Lovin' Every Minute of It" "Dangerous" "This Could Be the Night" "Heaven in Your Eyes" "Notorious"
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