{^At Budokan} unexpectedly made {$Cheap Trick} stars, largely because {&"I Want You to Want Me"} had a tougher sound than its original studio incarnation. Perversely -- and most things {$Cheap Trick} have done are somehow perverse -- the band decided not to continue with the direct, stripped-down sound of {^At Budokan}, which would have been a return to their debut. Instead, the group went for their biggest, most elaborate production to date, taking the synthesized flourishes of {^Heaven Tonight} to extremes. While it kept the group in the charts, it lessened the impact of the music. Underneath the gloss, there are a number of songs that rank among {$Cheap Trick}'s finest, particularly the paranoid title track, the epic rocker {&"Gonna Raise Hell,"} the tough {&"I Know What I Want,"} the simple {\pop} of {&"Voices,"} and the closer, {&"Need Your Love."} Still, {^Dream Police} feels like a letdown in comparison to its predecessors, even though it would later feel like one of the group's last high-water marks. [An expanded edition of {^Dream Police} was released in 2006 with four bonus tracks.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide