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Cheap Trick - 1977 - CD ISSUE
Released: 1998
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{$Cheap Trick}'s eponymous debut is an explosive fusion of {$Beatlesque} melodic hooks, {$Who}-styled power, and a twisted sense of humor partially borrowed from {$the Move}. But that only begins... Continue[+]

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{$Cheap Trick}'s eponymous debut is an explosive fusion of {$Beatlesque} melodic hooks, {$Who}-styled power, and a twisted sense of humor partially borrowed from {$the Move}. But that only begins to scratch the surface of what makes {^Cheap Trick} a dynamic record. Guitarist {$Rick Nielsen} has a powerful sense of dynamics and arrangements, which gives the music an extra kick, but he also can write exceptionally melodic and subversive songs. Nothing on {^Cheap Trick} is quite what it seems. While the songs have hooks and attitude that {\arena rock} was sorely lacking in the late '70s, they are also informed by a bizarre sensibility, whether it's the driving {&"He's a Whore,"} the dreamy {&"Mandocello,"} or the thumping {$Gary Glitter} perversion {&"ELO Kiddies."} {&"The Ballad of TV Violence"} is about mass murder, while {&"Daddy Should Have Stayed in High School"} concerns pedophiles. All of it is told with a sense of humor, but it doesn't come off as cheap or smirking because of the group's hard-rocking drive and {$Robin Zander}'s {\pop}-idol vocals. Even {&"Oh, Candy,"} apparently a love song on first listen, is an affecting tribute to a friend who committed suicide. In short, {$Cheap Trick} revel in taboo subjects with abandon, devoting themselves to the power of the hook, as well as sheer volume and gut-wrenching {\rock & roll} -- though the record is more musically accomplished than {\punk rock}, it shares the same aesthetic. The combination of off-kilter humor, bizarre subjects, and blissful {\power pop} made {^Cheap Trick} one of the defining albums of its era, as well as one of the most influential. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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Baby Talk
Released: 1997
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Despite his strong anti-commercial stance (in the '80s anyway), {\indie}-icon {$Steve Albini} holds an obvious affinity for subversive {\pop} patrons {$Cheap Trick}. His band {$Big Black} even ran... Continue[+]

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California Man 78
Released: 1978
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When {$Cheap Trick} headlined {~the Paradise Theater} in Boston in 1978, the show was broadcast live by album rock powerhouse {@WBCN-FM}. Between {&"Stiff Competition"} and {&"On Top of the... Continue[+]

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When {$Cheap Trick} headlined {~the Paradise Theater} in Boston in 1978, the show was broadcast live by album rock powerhouse {@WBCN-FM}. Between {&"Stiff Competition"} and {&"On Top of the World,"} {$Robin Zander} jokingly said that the show would result in "our 69th bootleg"; and sure enough, that Boston gig is the main focus of the bootleg {^California Man 78}. Those who acquired this two-LP set found that while the sound quality is good, it isn't perfect; perhaps the bootlegger was working with a second or third-generation tape of the show. Nonetheless, {^California Man 78} is an exciting document of {$Cheap Trick}'s 1978 tour. From {&"Surrender"} and {&"Southern Girls"} to {&"Big Eyes,"} {&"Come on, Come On,"} and {&"Clock Strikes Ten,"} the band really tears into the material and never fails to sound inspired. While sides one through three are devoted to the Boston set, side four contains a handful of performances from a 1978 appearance at {~the Bottom Line} in New York. And once again, the sound quality is good but not perfect. Some of the songs are duplicated, including {&"California Man,"} {&"Need Your Love,"} {&"Southern Girls,"} and the opener {&"Hello There."} Had this been an official live album instead of a bootleg, you would not have heard two versions of those songs; casual listeners would see no point in hearing them twice. But then, bootleggers generally cater to hardcore fans instead of casual listeners, and the hardcore {$Cheap Trick} fans who bought {^California Man 78} didn't mind the songs being duplicated. All things considered, {^California Man 78} is a bootleg that collectors were glad to acquire in the late '70s. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

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Gift
Released: 1996
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This rocking stocking stuffer is actually one of the stunning surprises in {$Cheap Trick}'s dwindling catalog. The Rockford quartet donated all proceeds (wonder how much) to a local charity and... Continue[+]

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Silver - BONUS CD
Released: 2001
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{$Cheap Trick}'s been through it all: from bar rooms to {^Budokan} to barbecues to this birthday bash. A special limited pressing of the {^Silver} show includes a bonus DVD. This extra is quite... Continue[+]

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{$Cheap Trick}'s been through it all: from bar rooms to {^Budokan} to barbecues to this birthday bash. A special limited pressing of the {^Silver} show includes a bonus DVD. This extra is quite fabulous, as it delivers a behind-the-scenes segment showing the band and crew setting up, appropriately scored with an otherwise unavailable live reading of lost chestnut {&"Takin' Me Back."} The bonus also includes footage from {~Trickfest 3}, a four-day fan gathering in Merrillville, IN, which climaxed with the anniversary gala thrown in {$Trick}'s hometown of Rockford, IL, on August 28, 1999. At {~Trickfest}, the band performed a smoking all-covers show (Where is that DVD?), and {$Cheap Trick}'s take on {&"Stone Free"} is included here. Each member gave a technical clinic, which of course became a fan Q&A, and brief bits of all four are shown. {^Cheap Track}, from Japan, tears through {&"Auf Wiedersehen,"} the mind-numbing performance that led to the quartet winning the battle of the cover bands. The actual {^Silver} concert was broadcast on {@HBO 2} early in 2001, and interspersed with riotous commentary from each member, as well as clips from the heady {^Budokan} shows, snips of the first album promos, and blips of the {&"Woke up With a Monster"} video. {$Petersson}'s segments are especially funny, as he is filmed in the bathtub and bed, almost denying his involvement with the band. For some reason, music DVDs rarely offer anything beyond the VHS versions, so this bonus is most cool. As for the show on the main DVD: the boys blow through their career catalog, hitting the numerous high points of their 25 years as a group, and nailing each crowing achievement with the precision and confidence that could only come from rockin' the house together night after night. Several guests, some famous and some family, show up, but the true stars are, obviously, {$Rick Nielsen}, {$Robin Zander}, {$Tom Petersson}, and {$Bun E. Carlos}. {$Cheap Trick} is the brainstorm of colorful guitarist {$Nielsen}, who is one of the most memorable wiseacres ever in {\rock}, but, on this night, the Master of Ceremonies diplomatically steps aside (except for wartime valentine {&"World's Greatest Lover"} and the spellbinding train-wreck {&"Gonna Raise Hell"}), and lets his cohorts shine throughout the mammoth 29-song show. One of the greatest, but unsung, voices in {\rock}, {$Robin Zander}'s singing never needs support. His tone hardened with age, but never lost an ounce of power, and still sets the standard against which all {\pop} voices are measured. In fact, here he delivers the best version of {&"Voices"} ever. Midway through the set, {$Zander} proclaims he's sung enough {\ballads}, and intently begins belting out the rocky stuff. Whether snarling the incomprehensive lyrics of {&"You're All Talk "}(while playing a mean set of maracas) or crooning {&"Time Will Let You Know"} with his daughter, {$Robin} inadvertently blows away whoever's onstage with him. (A long-lost live version of {&"Johnny Be Good"} reveals {$Zander} could even out-scream {$Bon Scott}.) Meanwhile, {$Petersson}'s full-bodied 12-string lays the bedrock for {$Nielsen}'s flailing hot licks and {$Carlos}' wavering big beat. Tom's turn at the mike on the immortal throw-away {&"I Know What I Want"} is always a pleasure, even though {$Nielsen} has tortured his once delicious solo beyond recognition. And, in the end, as in the beginning, it all comes back to {$Carlos}, and the {&"Tusk"}-like chant {&"Who D' King."} Odd-man-out {$Jon Brant} shows up in some kooky headgear, working it on a couple of '80s killers he worked on. Shout-along should-have-beens like {&"She's Tight"} and {&"Never Had a Lot to Lose"} sound good, oh so good. The poignant {\pop} perfection of {&"Oh Candy"} and {&"Tonight It's You"} still resonates decades later. Like most great bands, {$Cheap Trick} possesses two personalities: one in the studio and the other under the spotlight. In the mid-'90s, when {$Cheap Trick} returned to the club circuit, the band didn't bring a keyboard player, and each song benefited highly from the bare-bones {^Live at Leeds} powerhouse delivery that first broke the quartet back in the '70s. Such is the case with the opening numbers here, but the deadly keys of fifth member {$Tod Howarth} soon crash into the set. Luckily, his big '80s chimes perfectly fit the wonderfully ridiculous {&"Can't Stop Falling Into Love"} and the {$Rockford Symphony} orchestration accompanying grand opuses like {&"Stop This Game"} and {&"World's Greatest Lover"} finally frames those works as the masterpieces they are. Although a few songs are missing on the aforementioned bonus version of the concert, neophytes need the comedy of the band's narrative to appreciate the irrelevance and ingeniousness that is {$Cheap Trick}. {^Silver} signals the end of an era for one of the greatest live bands of our time and one of the greatest {\rock} bands in history. This DVD works for the lucky people who were there and for the people who weren't. What more could you want? ~ Doug Stone, All Music Guide

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Voices
Released: 1992
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Another corralling of choice {$Cheap Trick} tracks, {^Voices} actually spins most excellently. Surprisingly (maybe not if you know {$Trick}), the budget collections not authorized by the quartet... Continue[+]

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Every Trick in the Book
Released: 1990
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Several rock bands were "darlings" of early {@MTV} -- {$Def Leppard}, {$Loverboy}, and {$M�tley Cr�e} immediately come to mind, as well as {$Cheap Trick}. Unlike the other then up-and-coming... Continue[+]

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Several rock bands were "darlings" of early {@MTV} -- {$Def Leppard}, {$Loverboy}, and {$M�tley Cr�e} immediately come to mind, as well as {$Cheap Trick}. Unlike the other then up-and-coming aforementioned bands, {$Cheap Trick} had been filming promo videos since the late '70s, and was already an arena-headlining veteran act. The 1990 home video compilation {#Every Trick in the Book} collects almost all of the group's videos from 1979's {^Live at Budokan} set up until {^Busted} over a decade later, containing many of the band's biggest hits. Highlights include great in-concert readings of {&"Surrender,"} {&"I Want You to Want Me,"} and {&"Ain't That a Shame"} -- the first two of these clips taken from the band's legendary 1978 concerts in Japan, while the third is a fiery performance from the 1980 Grammy Awards. Other standouts include a "video trilogy" from 1979's {^Dream Police} -- the title track, {&"Way of the World,"} and {&"Voices,"} as well as the early {@MTV} nuggets {&"She's Tight,"} {&"If You Want My Love,"} and {&"Tonight It's You,"} plus their big {\pop} hits from 1988, {&"The Flame"} and {&"Don't Be Cruel."} Although not a definitive collection of the videos {$Cheap Trick} had issued up until 1990 (longtime fans will notice that videos made for the band's classic 1977 self-titled debut and the humorous {&"Up the Creek"} clip from 1983 are missing), {#Every Trick in the Book} is a highly recommended collection of video snapshots of the band, and will create quite a stir of d�j� vu for early {@MTV} viewers. ~ Greg Prato, All Music Guide

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At Budokan
Released: February 1979
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While their records were entertaining and full of skillful {\pop}, it wasn't until {^At Budokan} that {$Cheap Trick}'s vision truly gelled. Many of these songs, like {&"I Want You to Want Me"} and... Continue[+]

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Sex, America, Cheap Trick
Released: August 1996
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Spanning four discs and 64 songs, {^Sex, America Cheap Trick} contains nearly all of the group's hit singles and an amazing amount of rarities -- a grand total of 30 outtakes, live tracks, demos,... Continue[+]

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Say Goodbye
Released: 1997
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Two first-class tunes from {$Cheap Trick}'s artistically-pleasing but ultimately ill-fated revival. {^Say Goodbye} delivers an irksome send-off which quotes {$Dylan} and {$the Beatles}. The back... Continue[+]

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