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Cheap Trick

Cheap Trick

1997 · Rock, Pop

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Cheap Trick by Cheap Trick

Cheap Trick is a Rock album by Cheap Trick, originally released in 1997. On Gatefold: 15 pressings tracked, owned by 3 collectors.

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Cheap Trick’s self-titled debut is a power pop tour de force that packs a punch harder than a heavyweight’s haymaker, mixing sneering punk rock energy with rousing melodies. Thrills abound from start to finish: Look to the jagged guitar blasts of “Hot Love” and its face-melting blues swagger, or the glittering, emotional burn of “Oh, Candy,” a tribute to a suicidal friend. The paranoid finale—“The Ballad of TV Violence (I’m Not the Only Boy)”—devolves into a wild wall-shaker to end the record on a dangerous note.

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Tracklist

  1. 1ELO Kiddies (Single Version)3:41
  2. 2Daddy Should Have Stayed in High School4:44
  3. 3Taxman, Mr. Thief4:15
  4. 4Cry, Cry4:22
  5. 5Oh, Candy3:07
  6. 6Hot Love2:30
  7. 7Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace4:35
  8. 8He's a Whore2:42
  9. 9Mandocello4:47
  10. 10The Ballad of TV Violence (I'm Not the Only Boy)5:15

Sound DNA

  • Rock
  • Power Pop
  • raw
  • aggressive
  • punky

Album notes

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Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

Recorded at Pie Studios, Glen Cove, NY.
Additional recording at The Noise Chamber, Loves Park, IL and The Music Palace, Hempstead, NY.
Mixed at Cove City Sound Studios, Glen Cove, NY.
Mastered at Gateway Studios, Portland, ME.
CD matrix: MASTERED BY MAYKING [inverted]

Credits

The people behind it.

Performers

  • Bun E. CarlosDRUMS DRUMS, CYMBAL DRUMS, CYMBAL, TAMBOURINE
  • Rick NielsenGUITAR ACOUSTIC GUITAR ELECTRIC GUITAR
  • Robin ZanderVOCALS VOCALS, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, PIANO, BARITONE GUITAR, GUITAR VOCALS, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, SLIDE GUITAR
  • Tom PeterssonBASS 12-STRING BASS 12-STRING BASS , VOCALS
  • Mike BeertCELLO
  • Richie CannataPIANO

3 collectors on Gatefold own this · 15 pressings tracked on Gatefold

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