Arch Allies: Live at Riverport

According to REO Speedwagon vocalist/rhythm guitarist Kevin Cronin, the tour sampled on the album was the first time REO Speedwagon and Styx had ever played together, and "We hit it off so well, we ended up putting on a double live CD together. It’s just been a tremendous synergy between the bands on a personal level and on a musical level as well. Tommy Shaw and I have become really good friends."{{cite web |first=Zach |last=Everson |url=http://www.louisville.com/content/reo-speedwagons-kevin-cronin-louisville-power-ballads-and-if-my-wifes-slut |title=REO Speedwagon's Kevin Cronin on Louisville, power ballads and if my wife's a slut |work=Louisville |date=February 24, 2010 |access-date=February 24, 2010 |archive-date=June 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120623120047/http://www.louisville.com/content/reo-speedwagons-kevin-cronin-louisville-power-ballads-and-if-my-wifes-slut |url-status=dead }}

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Allmusic gave the video release a rave review, opining that both bands gave strong performances and gel together "surprisingly well" in the collaborative jam which ends the album. The review especially praised the performances of new Styx members Glen Burtnik, Todd Sucherman, and Lawrence Gowan, comparing the Styx lineup favorably to that of the band's commercial heyday.

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Album

| headline = Disc one

| title1 = Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)

| writer1 = Tommy Shaw

| extra1 = Pieces of Eight (1978)

| length1 = 5:00

| title2 = The Grand Illusion

| writer2 = Dennis DeYoung

| extra2 = The Grand Illusion (1977)

| length2 = 5:39

| title3 = Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)

| writer3 = Tommy Shaw

| extra3 = The Grand Illusion

| length3 = 6:18

| title4 = Lady

| writer4 = Dennis DeYoung

| extra4 = Styx II (1973)

| length4 = 4:47

| title5 = Brave New World

| writer5 = Tommy Shaw, James "J.Y." Young

| extra5 = Brave New World (1999)

| length5 = 5:43

| title6 = Edge of the Century

| writer6 = Glen Burtnik, Bob Burger

| extra6 = Edge of the Century (1990)

| length6 = 5:10

| title7 = Heavy Water

| writer7 = James Young, Tommy Shaw

| extra7 = Brave New World

| length7 = 5:50

| title8 = Too Much Time on My Hands

| writer8 = Tommy Shaw

| extra8 = Paradise Theater (1981)

| length8 = 5:23

| title9 = Renegade

| writer9 = Tommy Shaw

| extra9 = Pieces of Eight

| length9 = 7:24

}}

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Album

| headline = Jam versions with REO Speedwagon

| total_length = 62:31

| title10 = Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)

| writer10 = Tommy Shaw

| extra10 = Pieces of Eight

| length10 = 5:20

| title11 = Roll with the Changes

| writer11 = Kevin Cronin

| extra11 = You Can Tune a Piano, but You Can't Tuna Fish (1978)

| length11 = 5:58

}}

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Album

| headline = Disc two

| title1 = Don't Let Him Go

| writer1 = Kevin Cronin

| extra1 = Hi Infidelity (1980)

| length1 = 4:30

| title2 = Music Man

| writer2 = Kevin Cronin

| extra2 = R.E.O./T.W.O. (1972)

| length2 = 3:20

| title3 = Take It on the Run

| writer3 = Gary Richrath

| extra3 = Hi Infidelity

| length3 = 4:18

| title4 = Can't Fight This Feeling

| writer4 = Kevin Cronin

| extra4 = Wheels Are Turnin' (1984)

| length4 = 5:26

| title5 = Time for Me to Fly

| writer5 = Kevin Cronin

| extra5 = You Can Tune a Piano, but You Can't Tuna Fish

| length5 = 3:33

| title6 = Back on the Road Again

| writer6 = Bruce Hall

| extra6 = Nine Lives (1979)

| length6 = 7:09

| title7 = Keep on Loving You

| writer7 = Kevin Cronin

| extra7 = Hi Infidelity

| length7 = 3:26

| title8 = Roll with the Changes

| writer8 = Kevin Cronin

| extra8 = You Can Tune a Piano, but You Can't Tuna Fish

| length8 = 6:18

| title9 = Ridin' the Storm Out

| writer9 = Gary Richrath

| extra9 = Ridin' the Storm Out (1973)

| length9 = 5:11

| title10 = 157 Riverside Avenue

| writer10 = Gary Richrath, Alan Gratzer, Terry Luttrell, Gregg Philbin, Neal Doughty

| extra10 = R.E.O. Speedwagon (1971)

| length10 = 7:39

}}

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Album

| headline = Jam versions with Styx

| total_length = 62:04

| title11 = Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)

| writer11 = Tommy Shaw

| extra11 = Pieces of Eight

| length11 = 5:20

| title12 = Roll with the Changes

| writer12 = Kevin Cronin

| extra12 = You Can Tune a Piano, but You Can't Tuna Fish

| length12 = 5:58

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The DVD of the show omits "The Grand Illusion" from the Styx set and "Roll With The Changes" from the REO Speedwagon set (although the jam version with Styx is still present at the end).

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• Tommy Shaw - guitar, vocals
• Lawrence Gowan - keyboards, vocals
• James "J.Y." Young, guitar, vocals
• Glen Burtnik - bass, guitar, vocals
• Chuck Panozzo - bass
• Todd Sucherman - drums

REO Speedwagon

• Kevin Cronin - lead vocals, rhythm guitar, piano
• Dave Amato - lead guitar, backing vocals
• Bruce Hall - bass, backing and lead vocals
• Neal Doughty - keyboards
• Bryan Hitt - drums

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• [http://www.allmusic.com/album/arch-allies-live-at-riverport-mw0000618895 Arch Allies: Live at Riverport] at AllMusic

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