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

External links

Little River Band's official site

Little River Band

Wayne Nelson Greg Hind Chris Marion Rich Herring Ryan Ricks Graeham Goble Beeb Birtles Derek Pellicci Glenn Shorrock Roger McLachlan Graham Davidge Ric Formosa David Briggs George McArdle Geoff Cox Mal Logan Barry Sullivan Stephen Housden John Farnham David Hirschfelder Steve Prestwich Malcolm Wakeford James Roche Peter Beckett Tony Sciuto Richard Bryant Steve Wade Hal Tupea Paul Gildea Kevin Murphy Adrian Scott Glenn Reither Kip Raines Billy Thomas Mel Watts

Studio albums	Little River Band After Hours Diamantina Cocktail Sleeper Catcher First Under the Wire Time Exposure The Net Playing to Win No Reins Monsoon Get Lucky Where We Started From

Live albums	Backstage Pass Live Classics

Compilation albums	Greatest Hits Too Late to Load Worldwide Love The Definitive Collection

Videos & DVDs	Live Exposure

Singles	"Help Is on Its Way" "Reminiscing" "Lady" "Cool Change" "Take It Easy on Me" "When the War Is Over"

Related articles	Members Discography Birtles Shorrock Goble Birtles & Goble Mississippi

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