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Cheap Trick Album: “Cheap Trick [1977]”
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Cheap Trick [1977] |
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Release Date:2003-07-15
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:Rock, Classic Rock, Mainstream Rock
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Label:Japanese Import
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Explicit Lyrics:Yes
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UPC:766482518043
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Review - :
{$Cheap Trick}'s eponymous debut is an explosive fusion of {$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. [The 1998 {@Epic}/{@Legacy} reissue of {^Cheap Trick} features a different track sequence than the original and also adds several bonus tracks, many of which are previously unreleased.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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