Cheap Trick Music Cd

Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick

Cheap Trick      Artist : Cheap Trick      List Price : $9.98 USD        ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 1997-04-29      Studio : Red Ant / Indi      Label : Red Ant / Indi      Avg. Customer Rating : (27 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Cheap Trick      Cheap Trick - A Fine Return To Form, But Sadly Overlooked Album      Rating:      By 1997 Cheap Trick had a career that resembled a roller coaster ride. They became huge stars in the late 70's with their "Live At Budakon" album. Sales slid during the 80's until another big comeback with the more polished commercial sound of 1988's "Lap Of Luxury". During the 90's the band had only put out two albums, "Busted" in 1990 and "Woke Up With A Monster" in 1994. Record sales (and quality) again began to fall. During this time period the band switched record labels and by 1997 they were recording for the independent label Red Ant Records. Although their profile was not as high, recording for Red Ant enabled the band to take back some of the creative control that had been lost with the majors and put out one of their most immediate and best albums in many years with the self titled "Cheap Trick". Unfortunately Red Ant went belly up just a few weeks after this album came out which pretty much stifled any promotional effort to put behind the disc. Too bad as this is probably the best album the band had put out since "Dream Police" in 1979. Gone were the overproduced synthesized laden slop from the band's 80's era. In its place was a return to guitar oriented power pop rock which has always been the band's strong suite. Rick Nielson had not sounded this engaged in years, and the snarl was back in Robin Zander's voice. I pretty much like every song on this disc. For the single "Say Goodbye" their Beatles influence comes shining through, just like in the old days. "Eight Miles Low" could have been written by The Who with its heavy guitar crunch and biting lyrics. In fact just about every song on this disc finds the band wearing their influences on their sleeves. For some this would be a turn off, but Cheap Trick always manages to make these songs their own and sound like no one else. This is a really strong Cheap Trick album that was sadly overlooked. If you are a fan and don't have this one you owe it to yourself to pick it up. You can find this album used from Amazon for only 50 cents!     Customer Reviews for Cheap Trick Cd      Solid Cheap Trick CD, very good stuff      Rating:      Cheap Trick's 1997 "second" self-titled release is an excellect album. There are only two songs I tend to skip because they are "slow" songs and they don't maintain the power and energy of the others. I love the false-start drums on the opener, and "Anytime" is one of my favorite Cheap Trick songs from their entire career. "Carnival" should have been a huge hit it's very catchy yet also rockin. I have the version with the extra bonus CD containing two more songs, and they are both very good I highly recommend the two-disc edition if you can find it. So, I really enjoy 11/13 songs on this one. If you like albums including the debut, In Color, Heaven Tonight, Dream Police, and All Shook Up get the '97 self-titled it's another solid CD full of great songs from Cheap Trick. My favorite tracks: Anytime, Hard To Tell, Carnival, Wrong All Along, Eight Miles Low