Lovin' Every Minute of It

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Lovin' Every Minute of It
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1985
Studio Little Mountain Sound Studios
Genre Arena rock, pop rock
Length38:19
Label Columbia
Producer Tom Allom and Paul Dean
Loverboy chronology
Keep It Up
(1983)
Lovin' Every Minute of It
(1985)
Wildside
(1987)
Singles from Lovin' Every Minute of It
  1. "Lovin' Every Minute of It"
    Released: 1985
  2. "Dangerous"
    Released: 1985
  3. "This Could Be the Night"
    Released: 1986
  4. "Lead a Double Life"
    Released: 1986
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]

Lovin' Every Minute of It is the fourth studio album, released in 1985 by the rock band Loverboy. The album became a hit thanks to the title track which reached #9 at US Hot 100, while "This Could Be The Night" was #10, "Dangerous" #65 and "Lead A Double Life" #68. The album went double platinum, being the last of the band's to do so.

Contents

This is the first album where the band did not use Bruce Fairbairn as their producer due to scheduling conflicts. [3] Tom Allom was hired as a replacement.

Cash Box said of the single "Lead a Double Life" that "Loverboy’s trademark straightforward pop/rock angle is given a slight 'new music,' Devo-ish bent here." [4] Billboard said it borrows "aggressive mannerisms from the new wave." [5]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Lovin' Every Minute of it" Robert John "Mutt" Lange 3:30
2."Steal the Thunder"Paul Dean, Mike Reno, Davitt Sigerson, Bill Wray 4:09
3."Friday Night"Patrick Mahassen, Wray, Dean, Sigerson3:33
4."This Could Be the Night" Jonathan Cain, Dean, Reno, Wray4:56
5."Too Much Too Soon"Dean, Sigerson, Wray4:07
6."Lead a Double Life"Doug Johnson, Sigerson, Ted Johnson, Wray, Dean, Reno4:20
7."Dangerous" Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance3:29
8."Destination Heartbreak"Scott Smith, Wray, Reno, Dean4:42
9."Bullet in the Chamber"Dean, Sigerson, Wray, Reno5:11

Personnel

All information from the album booklet. [6]

Loverboy

Additional backing vocals

Production

Charts

Chart (1985)Peak
position
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [7] 22
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [8] 54
US Billboard 200 [9] 13

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [10] Platinum100,000^
United States (RIAA) [11] 2× Platinum2,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Notes

  1. DeGagne, Mike. "Lovin' Every Minute of it – Review". AllMusic .
  2. Suter, Paul (17 October 1985). "Loverboy 'Lovin' Every Minute of It'". Kerrang! . Vol. 105. London, UK: Morgan Grampian. p. 22.
  3. "The Difficult Triumphs of Loverboy's 'Lovin' Every Minute of It'".
  4. "Single Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. April 19, 1986. p. 9. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
  5. "Reviews". Billboard. April 19, 1986. p. 85. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  6. (1985). "Lovin' Every Minute of It liner notes". In Lovin' Every Minute of It [CD booklet]. Columbia Records.
  7. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 0581". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  8. "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  9. "Loverboy Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  10. "Canadian album certifications – Loverboy – Lovin' Every Minute of It". Music Canada.
  11. "American album certifications – Loverboy – Lovin' Every Minute of It". Recording Industry Association of America.

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