Loverboy "Big Ones (Austria, Columbia Records, 466006 2)"

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

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 Tonite" 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

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 AllMusic, and the album's liner notes.

Recording information:

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