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California)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">Rock</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="duration"><span class="min">46</span>:<span class="s">26</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Epic_Records" title="Epic Records">Epic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Cronin" title="Kevin Cronin">Kevin Cronin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Harms" title="Jesse Harms">Jesse Harms</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Lord-Alge" title="Tom Lord-Alge">Tom Lord-Alge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Scott_(producer)" title="Jim Scott (producer)">Jim Scott</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/REO_Speedwagon" title="REO Speedwagon">REO Speedwagon</a> chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="color:inherit; background: transparent; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hits_(REO_Speedwagon_album)" title="The Hits (REO Speedwagon album)">The Hits</a></i><br />(1988) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em"><i><b>The Earth, a Small Man, His Dog and a Chicken</b></i><br />(1990) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em"><i><a href="/wiki/Building_the_Bridge" title="Building the Bridge">Building the Bridge</a></i><br />(1996) </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable floatright" style="width:24.2em;font-size:88%;text-align:center;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em;padding:0;border-spacing:0"><caption style="font-size:115%">Professional ratings</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:#202122;background:#d1dbdf;font-size:100%">Review scores</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">Source</th><th scope="col">Rating</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Weekly" title="Entertainment Weekly">Entertainment Weekly</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">C+<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Rolling_Stone_Album_Guide" title="The Rolling Stone Album Guide">The Rolling Stone Album Guide</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="1/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="1/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, 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style="white-space:nowrap" title="2/5 medals"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="2/5 medals"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/U%2B25A0.svg/11px-U%2B25A0.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/U%2B25A0.svg/17px-U%2B25A0.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/U%2B25A0.svg/22px-U%2B25A0.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/U%2B25A0.svg/11px-U%2B25A0.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/U%2B25A0.svg/17px-U%2B25A0.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/U%2B25A0.svg/22px-U%2B25A0.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/U%2B25A1.svg/11px-U%2B25A1.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/U%2B25A1.svg/17px-U%2B25A1.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/U%2B25A1.svg/22px-U%2B25A1.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="180" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/U%2B25A1.svg/11px-U%2B25A1.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/U%2B25A1.svg/17px-U%2B25A1.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/U%2B25A1.svg/22px-U%2B25A1.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="180" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/U%2B25A1.svg/11px-U%2B25A1.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/U%2B25A1.svg/17px-U%2B25A1.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/U%2B25A1.svg/22px-U%2B25A1.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="180" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>The Earth, a Small Man, His Dog and a Chicken</b></i> is the thirteenth <a href="/wiki/Studio_album" class="mw-redirect" title="Studio album">studio album</a> by <a href="/wiki/REO_Speedwagon" title="REO Speedwagon">REO Speedwagon</a>, and was released in 1990. </p><p>It marked the end of their contract with <a href="/wiki/Epic_Records" title="Epic Records">Epic Records</a> and is, to date, the last REO album to chart, peaking at No. 129 on the Billboard 200.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The song "Love Is a Rock" reached No. 65 on Billboard's Hot 100, and "Live It Up" reached No. 6 on Billboard's Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks. "Go For Broke" was written for the film <i><a href="/wiki/Days_of_Thunder" title="Days of Thunder">Days of Thunder</a></i> but ultimately not used. </p><p>Following the departure of two long-time members, guitarist and songwriter <a href="/wiki/Gary_Richrath" title="Gary Richrath">Gary Richrath</a> and drummer <a href="/wiki/Alan_Gratzer" class="mw-redirect" title="Alan Gratzer">Alan Gratzer</a>, more than half of the songs on this album were written or co-written by keyboardist <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Harms" title="Jesse Harms">Jesse Harms</a>. It is also the first album to include guitarist Dave Amato and drummer Bryan Hitt who remain with the band as of 2023. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Track_listing">Track listing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Earth,_a_Small_Man,_His_Dog_and_a_Chicken&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Track listing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236635009">.mw-parser-output .tracklist{border-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr{background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr:nth-child(2n-1){background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist caption{text-align:left;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .tracklist td,.mw-parser-output .tracklist 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td{background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);font-weight:bold;padding:0 10px 0 0}</style><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>Side one</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:60%">Title</th><th scope="col" style="width:40%">Writer(s)</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"Love Is a Rock"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Cronin" title="Kevin Cronin">Kevin Cronin</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">5:36</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"The Heart Survives"</td><td>Cronin, <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Harms" title="Jesse Harms">Jesse Harms</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">4:50</td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"Live It Up"</td><td>Harms</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:00</td></tr><tr><th id="track4" scope="row">4.</th><td>"All Heaven Broke Loose"</td><td><a href="/wiki/Neal_Doughty" title="Neal Doughty">Neal Doughty</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Gurvitz" title="Adrian Gurvitz">Adrian Gurvitz</a>, Harms</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:11</td></tr><tr><th id="track5" scope="row">5.</th><td>"Love in the Future"</td><td>Cronin, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Kelly_(musician)" title="Tom Kelly (musician)">Tom Kelly</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">4:32</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236635009"><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>Side two</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:60%">Title</th><th scope="col" style="width:40%">Writer(s)</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track6" scope="row">6.</th><td>"Half Way"</td><td>Cronin, Harms, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Spiro" title="Mark Spiro">Mark Spiro</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">4:17</td></tr><tr><th id="track7" scope="row">7.</th><td>"Love to Hate"</td><td>Harms</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:09</td></tr><tr><th id="track8" scope="row">8.</th><td>"You Won't See Me"</td><td>Cronin</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:21</td></tr><tr><th id="track9" scope="row">9.</th><td>"Can't Lie to My Heart"</td><td>Cronin, <a href="/wiki/Diane_Warren" title="Diane Warren">Diane Warren</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">4:40</td></tr><tr><th id="track10" scope="row">10.</th><td>"L.I.A.R."</td><td><a href="/wiki/Dave_Amato" title="Dave Amato">Dave Amato</a>, Cronin, Doughty, <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Hall_(musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bruce Hall (musician)">Bruce Hall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Hitt" title="Bryan Hitt">Bryan Hitt</a></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:09</td></tr><tr><th id="track11" scope="row">11.</th><td>"Go for Broke"</td><td>Amato, Cronin, Hall, Harms</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:28</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personnel">Personnel</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Earth,_a_Small_Man,_His_Dog_and_a_Chicken&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Personnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>REO Speedwagon</b><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Cronin" title="Kevin Cronin">Kevin Cronin</a> – lead vocals, acoustic guitar</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Amato" title="Dave Amato">Dave Amato</a> – lead guitars, backing vocals</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neal_Doughty" title="Neal Doughty">Neal Doughty</a> – <a href="/wiki/Organ_(music)" title="Organ (music)">organ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Hall_(musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bruce Hall (musician)">Bruce Hall</a> – bass</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Hitt" title="Bryan Hitt">Bryan Hitt</a> – drums, percussion</li></ul> <p><b>Additional performers</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Harms" title="Jesse Harms">Jesse Harms</a> – keyboards, backing vocals</li> <li>Steve Forman – percussion</li> <li>Debra Dobkin – backing vocals</li> <li>Beth Hooker – backing vocals</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darlene_Koldenhoven" title="Darlene Koldenhoven">Darlene Koldenhoven</a> – backing vocals</li> <li>Janis Liebhart – backing vocals</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Robinson_(singer)" title="Andrea Robinson (singer)">Andrea Robinson</a> – backing vocals</li> <li>Machan Taylor – backing vocals</li> <li>Terry Wood – backing vocals</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Earth,_a_Small_Man,_His_Dog_and_a_Chicken&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Kevin Cronin – producer</li> <li>Jesse Harms – producer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Lord-Alge" title="Tom Lord-Alge">Tom Lord-Alge</a> – producer, recording (3–11), mixing</li> <li>Jim Scott – producer (1, 2), recording (1, 2)</li> <li>Julie Last – assistant engineer (1, 2)</li> <li>Steve Gallagher – assistant engineer (3–11)</li> <li>Mike Tacci – assistant engineer (3–11)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Jensen" title="Ted Jensen">Ted Jensen</a> – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York).</li> <li>David Coleman – art direction, design</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Ryden" title="Mark Ryden">Mark Ryden</a> – illustration</li> <li>Dennis Keeley – photography</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Charts">Charts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Earth,_a_Small_Man,_His_Dog_and_a_Chicken&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Album">Album</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Earth,_a_Small_Man,_His_Dog_and_a_Chicken&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Album"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <tbody><tr> <th>Chart (1990) </th> <th>Peak<br />position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Swiss Albums (<a href="/wiki/Swiss_Hitparade" title="Swiss Hitparade">Schweizer Hitparade</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ac_Switzerland_REO_Speedwagon_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_Switzerland_REO_Speedwagon-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">38 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a><sup id="cite_ref-ac_Billboard200_REO_Speedwagon_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_Billboard200_REO_Speedwagon-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">129 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Singles">Singles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Earth,_a_Small_Man,_His_Dog_and_a_Chicken&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Singles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Single </th> <th>Chart </th> <th>Position </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6">1990 </td> <td rowspan="3">"Love Is a Rock" </td> <td>US <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">65<sup 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title="RPM (magazine)">Canadian <i>RPM</i> Singles Chart</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">81<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release_history">Release history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Earth,_a_Small_Man,_His_Dog_and_a_Chicken&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Release history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Region </th> <th>Date </th> <th>Label </th> <th>Format </th> <th>Catalog # </th></tr> <tr> <td>USA </td> <td>August 1990 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Epic_Records" title="Epic Records">Epic Records</a> </td> <td>Stereo <a href="/wiki/Gramophone_record" class="mw-redirect" 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