- Audio CD (Jun 6 2006)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: EMI Music Canada
- ASIN: B000FILW86
- In-Print Editions: Audio CD
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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Track Listings
| 1. Welcome to the World |
| 2. Perfect Stranger |
| 3. If It Takes a Lifetime |
| 4. Come On Come On Come On |
| 5. O Claire |
| 6. This Time You Got It |
| 7. Give It Away |
| 8. One More Day |
| 9. Every Night and Every Day |
| 10. Dream the Night Away |
| 11. All Those Years |
| 12. Decaf |
Product Description
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Power pop pioneers and one of the all-time greatest live bands, Cheap Trick seems rock's answer to Rodney Dangerfield. CT may get no respect from the Rock Hall of Fame, corporate radio and most pop pundit fashionistas, but that hasn't stopped them from delivering another career highlight on their third studio effort since bolting the major label tilt-a-whirl a decade ago. Indeed, the album's bracing aggro-pop bent seems as rooted in stubborn defiance (of age, odds and indifference) as it does Trick's evergreen pantheon of influences. The only thing resembling a concession here is the Linda Perry co-written/co-produced single "Perfect Stranger," a burnished condensation of CT's still potent power-pop charms. The band-produced (with help from Steve Albini and vet Jack Douglas) balance is more to the point, with the hard-charging "Welcome to The World" and careening "Come On ..." setting an energetic tone that's less willfully precious than the previous Special One, if no less adventurous. "If It Takes a Lifetime" serves up an infectious slab of harmony-rich pop metal that rivals Def Leppard's prime, while the baroque-bubblegum of "Oh Claire" and chiming perfection of "Dream the Night Away" showcase a wealth of hooks that nonetheless remain only half the band's equation. Guitarist Rick Neilsen's penchant for the obtuse yields the deliciously loopy James Brown-meets-ELO workout "One More" while "Decaf" wraps it all up with a blast of patently snotty Trick energy, tracks where man-of-a-thousand voices Robin Zander adds a couple more to his burgeoning resume. --Jerry McCulley
Album Description
Cheap Trick is now set to release the highly anticipated new studio album Rockford on June 6th, 2006 via Cheap Trick Unlimited/Big3 Records. The first single "Perfect Stranger" - produced by Linda Perry and co-written by Cheap Trick and Perry- is currently being played at radio stations across the country. "This new record has all the best elements of our entire catalogue. It's by far our best work yet," says Tom Petersson. From the sweet simplicity of "O Claire" to the boisterous anthem "Welcome To The World," Rockford exemplifies the best of Cheap Trick.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
One of Their Newest,
By Luap Van Horn "THE NOSE" (Niagara Falls, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Rockford (Audio CD)
"Rockford" was an awaited for CD. "Cheap Trick" hadn't released a NEW CD for some time.It didn't disappoint me,as usual. "Cheap Trick" music!Again, should you already be a "Cheap Trick" fan you have probably already bought this.If you should be a new "Cheap Trick" fan, this may not be the first of their CDs you would want to buy. Get some of their earlier stuff first, and "slip" into their music.
5.0 out of 5 stars
The kings of pop/rock are back!!,
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This review is from: Rockford (Audio CD)
Cheap Trick's "Rockford" is easily the best album the guys have put out in years. From the opening vocals of "Welcome To The World" they've got you hooked...and hooks you'll get! The 2nd song and first single "Perfect Stranger" is a infectious bass pumping 4/4 number followed by the heartfelt but never sappy "If It Takes A Lifetime" and the scrappy rocker "Come On,Come On,Come On". Next up, the beautifully Beatlesque "O Claire" conceived in the bands early days and only finished now. "This Time You Got It", "Give It Away" and "One More" have choruses so upbeat and catchy I found it hard to get them out of my head! "Every Night And Every Day", "Dream The Night Away" and "All Those Years" are brilliantly melodic and well crafted songs that slow the tempo somewhat but never drag. The album finishes up on a rockier darker note with another heavy hook laden chorus with "Decaf". There is not a bad song in the bunch which makes this the most consistant Cheap Trick CD since "Cheap Trick 97" or quite possibly "Dream Police" and a great listen from start to finish.
1 of 4 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Somehting old, something new, something barrowed, nothing true,
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This review is from: Rockford (Audio CD)
Once again Cheap Trick has takena lloooonnggggg time coming out with an ordinary (for them) three star LP. Come On Come On Come On is too close to Come On, Come On and Come On Chri- stmas (from EP Gift and LPs: In Colour and Live first Budokan. Perfect Stranger, the first Nth Amer. (and last?) single is too close to Perfect Strangers, which is a song Jon Brant did on a soundtrack back, I beleive '88. Did you guys put yer hearts into this project? No, really... Optimistic Tom Petersson syas it's their best LP yet. Yea, and Bun E. said the same thing about Woke Up With A Monster...Yes, I do like this LP - barely. But here's the best for Cheap Trick fans and those sorta new to this very good (overall) band: Must Haves: (1) Next Position Please (CD), (2) Standing On The Edge (CD), (3) The Doctor (CD), (4) One On One (CD), (5) Sex, America, Cheap Trick (4-CDs), (6) Silver (DVD or 2-CDs), (7) (Live) Budo- kan II (CD), (8) (Live) At Budokan (CD), (9) Every Trick In The Book (VHS), and (10)[if you can still get it...] Cheap Trick Live in Germany (VHS - first con- cert of the Next Position Please Tour, 1:40 min(s) long, 25 songs, including 3 encores...
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