The Definitive Collection (Little River Band album)

The Definitive Collection
Greatest hits album by Little River Band
Released	2002; 2005
Recorded	1975-1985
Genre	Rock; Pop rock
Length	1:18:45[1]
Label	EMI, Capitol
Producer	Little River Band
Little River Band chronology
Test of Time (2004) The Definitive Collection (2005) Re-arranged (2007)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

The Definitive Collection, originally released in Australia in 2002 and released in the U.S. in 2004 offers 13 of Little River Band's biggest hits among its 19 tracks,^[3] including Help Is on Its Way, "Happy Anniversary", "Reminiscing", "Lady", "Lonesome Loser", "The Night Owls", "Cool Change", "Take It Easy on Me" and "Man on Your Mind". While the 2000 expanded version of Greatest Hits has more actual charting American hits, including "I'll Always Call Your Name" and "You're Driving Me Out of My Mind", neither of which are here, this nevertheless has the great majority of LRB's best work.^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"It's a Long Way There"	Graeham Goble	8:39
2.	"Curiosity Killed the Cat"	Beeb Birtles	3:40
3.	"Emma"	Glenn Shorrock	3:04
4.	"Everyday of My Life"	Birtles	3:40
5.	"Help Is on Its Way"	Shorrock	3:55
6.	"Home on Monday"	Birtles, Shorrock	3:51
7.	"Happy Anniversary"	Birtles, David Briggs	3:58
8.	"Shut Down, Turn Off"	Shorrock	3:58
9.	"Reminiscing"	Goble	4:09
10.	"Lady"	Goble	4:43
11.	"Lonesome Loser"	Briggs	3:52
12.	"Cool Change"	Shorrock	4:51
13.	"The Night Owls"	Goble	5:07
14.	"Take It Easy on Me"	Goble	3:45
15.	"Man on Your Mind"	Shorrock	4:05
16.	"We Two"	Goble	4:25
17.	"Down on the Border"	Goble	2:56
18.	"The Other Guy"	Goble	2:49
19.	"Playing to Win"	Farnham, Goble	2:57
Total length:			1:18:45

Personnel

• Glenn Shorrock - lead vocals (tracks 01-15)
• Graeham Goble - guitars and backing vocals (all tracks)
• Beeb Birtles - guitars and backing vocals (tracks 01-18)
• Derek Pellicci - drums (tracks 01-18)
• Ric Formosa - lead guitar (tracks 01-04)
• Roger McLachlan - bass guitar (tracks 01-04)
• David Briggs - lead guitar (tracks 05-15)
• George McArdle - bass guitar (tracks 05-11)
• Wayne Nelson - lead vocals and bass guitar (track 13), bass guitar and backing vocals (tracks 14-19)
• Stephen Housden - lead guitar (tracks 16-19)
• John Farnham - lead vocals (tracks 16-19)
• David Hirschfelder - keyboards (tracks 16, 19)
• Steve Prestwich - drums (track 19)

Additional personnel

• Geoff Skewes - clavinet
• Gary Hyde - percussion
• Ian Piano - acoustic piano
• Bobby Venier - trumpets, flugelhorn
• Peter Salt - trmupets
• Don Lock - trombone
• Tony Buchanan - tenor saxophone
• Graeme Lyall - alto saxophone
• Peter Sullivan - piano
• Peter Jones - electric piano
• Clive Harrison - bass guitar
• Mike Clarke - bass guitar
• Bill Harrower - tenor saxophone

Charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[5]	31

References

1. http://untimemusic.blogspot.com/2011/07/little-river-band-definitive-collection.html
2. The Definitive Collection (Little River Band album) at AllMusic
3. http://www.discogs.com/Little-River-Band-The-Definitive-Collection/release/2409812
4. http://totallyfuzzy.blogspot.com/2011/07/flashback-little-river-band-definitive.html
5. "Australiancharts.com – Little River Band – The Definitive Collection". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 March 2015.

External links

• Little River Band's official site