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Rick Nielsen
real name Richard Alan Nielsen
Rockford, United States
Rick Nielsen is credited on 1,206 releases across 389 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1970–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,206
Credits
389
Albums
6
Decades active
874
In collections
Biography
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American guitarist and primary songwriter for the American rock band Cheap Trick, born 22 December 1948 in Rockford, Illinois, USA.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
1,206 releases · 389 albums · active 1970–2025
- Performance · 2,499
- Other credits · 299
Studios: Record Plant, N.Y.C. · Budokan · Record Plant, Los Angeles · Sunset Sound
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Made In Japan
1972
Cheap Trick At Budokan
1979
Sonic Highways
2014
Dr. Feelgood
1989
Greatest Hits
2001
Dream Police
1979
Contraband
2004
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2
2017
Heaven Tonight
1978
Songs About Fucking
1987
In Color
1977
Sound City - Real To Reel
2013
Heavy Metal (Music From The Motion Picture)
1981
Gene Simmons
1978
All Shook Up
1980
Cheap Trick
1977
Sound Of White Noise
1993
Cocked & Loaded
1989
Lap Of Luxury
1988
One On One
1982
Anthem
2003
Along The Red Ledge
1978
From The Inside
1978
Worship Music
2011
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Cheap Trick
- White Flag
- House Of Lords (2)
- Everclear
- Big Black
- Concrete Blonde
- Cell (3)
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