Kent Lavoie - The Best of Lobo (1975) 24-Bit/96-kHz Vinyl Rip

Roland Kent Lavoie, better known by the stage name Lobo (born July 31, 1943), is an American singer-songwriter who was successful in the early 1970s, scoring several U.S. Top 10 hits, including "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo", "I'd Love You to Want Me" and "Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend".
By 1971, Lavoie had started calling himself Lobo (Spanish for wolf). Gernhard was an executive for Big Tree Records, and the company released his first single, "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo". The first major hit for the label, it reached number 5 in the US and launched a successful series of singles. The song also reached number 4 in the UK. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc in September 1971.

His debut album, Introducing Lobo, followed that May. In June 1971 his second single, "She Didn't Do Magic", was released. In September of the same year, "California Kid And Reemo" was released, followed by The Albatross. When Big Tree Records merged with Bell Records, Lobo's second project album Close Up was never released.

Under the Lobo alias, he released Of a Simple Man in 1972, which included back-to-back U.S. Top 10 hits, including "Don't Expect Me To Be Your Friend", which reached number 8 in the US charts in the winter of 1973, and "I'd Love You to Want Me". The latter became Lobo's biggest hit, climbing to number 2 on the Billboard charts in 1972, and internationally reaching number 1 in Germany, and in the United Kingdom it peaked at No. 5 in July 1974. Another million seller it was granted gold disc status in November 1972.

With the release of Calumet in 1973, Lobo had three more Top 40 hits: "It Sure Took a Long, Long Time," "How Can I Tell Her" and "Standing at the End of the Line." He made an appearance on American Bandstand that year. There were two further minor hit singles from the album, "There Ain't No Way" and in 1975 "Standing At The End Of The Line".
(wikipedia)


Track Listing:

A1. Me and You and a Dog Named Boo ( #1 on Adult Contemporary Chart, 1971)
A2. She Didn't Do Magic ( #46 on Billboard Hot 100, 1971)
A3. I'm the Only One ( #14 on Adult Contemporary Chart, 1971)
A4. A Simple Man ( #56 on Billboard Hot 100, 1972)
A5. I'd Love You to Want Me ( #1 on Adult Contemporary Chart, 1972)
A6. Don't Expect Me to be Your Friend ( #1 on Adult Contemporary Chart, 1973)
B1. It Sure Took a Long, Long Time ( #3 on Adult Contemporary Chart, 1973)
B2. How Can I Tell Her ( #4 on Adult Contemporary Chart, 1973)
B3. There Ain't No Way ( #68 on Billboard Hot 100, 1973)
B4. Standing at the End of the Line ( #37 on Billboard Hot 100, 1974)
B5. Rings
B6. Don't Tell Me Goodnight ( #2 on Adult Contemporary Chart, 1975)