★★★★★
At the mention of the band Loverboy, other than one of their hit songs, what comes to mind? Yeah, I know. It's vocalist Mike Reno's trademark red leather pants and permanent bandana. The press material states that he recently lost 50 pounds to keep up the touring pace. Maybe those pants still fit. I don't know if that's an image you want to have in your head for too long. Loverboy: getting some face time. Canada's Loverboy returns with a 'new' album, Rock 'N' Roll Revival...
- www.dangerdog.com
2012-08-16
★★★★★
Sound: Ah yes, I'm back, reviewing more 80's stuff that probably some others scratch their head and go... "Why Mad-Mike?", well, I'm here to review one of my favorite bands... The Canadian band Loverboy. Loverboy formed in 1979 with the former members of Streetheart (Paul Dean, Guitar.....
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-04-12
★★★★★
The '80s were a kind decade to this rock band from Vancouver, BritishColumbia. As part of VH1 Classic/Legacy's We Are the '80s series (acollection of CDs trotting out the most influential artists of the decade), all of the U.S. chart hits from Loverboy are presented here for your sonicenjoyment. They get the color scheme right on the artwork, since red and black was an important component of the band's look (who can forget the the red leather "butt shot" cover of their second album Get Lucky?)...
- www.the-trades.com
2010-12-07
★★★★★
So many bands from our past are regrouping and recording again. The list includes new music from Europe, REO Speedwagon, and Hanoi Rocks just to name a few. This puts a fan and a music reviewer in a bad spot. Call it, 'between a rock and hard place.' We loved their past stuff and we wonder what they will bring to the table in this new century. Will it be more of the same, the music we loved so much, or will it be something more modern, so modern we grimmace in pain...
- www.dangerdog.com
2010-12-06
★★★★★
Wish I could work up the fine pitch of loathing this received, synthesized, male chauvinist pop metal theoretically deserves, but in fact it's not completely awful: "Working for the Weekend" articulates a real class dilemma, "Get Lucky" puns on the band's careerist fortunes, and "Emotional" is a better Stones rip than "It's Only Rock 'n Roll."
- www.robertchristgau.com
2009-07-17
★★★★★
As the Eighties recede further and further into the past, the nostalgic glow around the decade grows, resurrecting even its most dubious legacies. Rose-tinted retrospect is vital if you want to make it past the first few tracks of this greatest hits live collection...
- www.rollingstone.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
Lacking Paul Dean's amicable guitar chug or Mike Reno's excitable vocal pounce, 1985's Lovin' Every Minute of It fails to sport anything as catchy as "Working for the Weekend" or as rock steady as "The Kid Is Hot Tonite," and because of this, the album comes off as one of the band's poorest releases. Although the title track cracked the Top Ten, its lethargic, see-saw pace fell short of what the band had put into past hits...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28