Disco de Cheap Trick: “Standing on the Edge”

Mixing arena-rock flamethrowers, stunningly effective ballads and a bit of their old mischief, Cheap Trick comes up with a rockin' good record. Most folks only remember the brilliant "Tonight It's You," but the sweet and sincere "Loves Come Around" is almost as potent. Best of all are a handful of giddy rockers -- the hyperactive "How 'Bout You," "Little Sister" and the mighty title track. After watering down their bombast to suit producer Todd Rungren on "Next Position Please," Trick sounds delighted to crank up the amps once again. While "Standing..." is a far cry from the glory days of "In Color" and "Heaven Tonight," the band wouldn't sound this convincing again until the great "Cheap Trick '97."

Ok Listen up...This is a true 1980's essential Cd. It starts out with a hard pumpin song "Little sister" written by the man Rick N. it leaves no stone un-turned. We all know how great" Tonight it's you" is but if you want a hard rockin jam than "Standing on the edge" does it, Robin Zander's voice takes over you and you wonder did he ever take a breath" I get pysched up going over the lyrics in my head. This time around" is a great tuned down song with some great lyrics as is "Love comes around"..For the finisher "Cover girl" is fun and has great sing along lyrics that will make you remember why the 80's really were so much fun. This Cd needs to have more attention to it, spread the word..

album shouldn't disappoint any buyer. It is the best power pop I've heard (tell me, who are the other bands in this genre?). All band members contributed on songwriting, and it shows. Every song has a powerful chorus that provides an excellent hook. The choruses make it a great album that you and your friends will sing along to. "Tonight It's You" is a powerful tune that builds into an exciting chorus, and "How About You" delivers the same effect. "Love Comes" and "This Time Around" are great, original sounding ballads. A few songs have risque lyrics that may offend some, and "Rock All Night" is plodding, but this is an excellent album from start to finish.

...the standout cut on this "lost in the 80s" Trick album, proves that he is truly one of the greatest rock vocalists of all time. I can forgive the group for not performing the track live more often because I can only imagine what it must take to wring that level of emotion out of a performance!

I was geniunely caught off guard with this one. I bought it for a couple of the hits, like TONIGHT ITS YOU, an MTV staple in the old days, but this is a strong album all around. Robin is in great voice, turning in performances that are some of his best on record. The sound is very polished, but the material manages to retain the swinging rock feel that Cheap Trick long ago mastered. Some of their best harmonies are on this album as well, and other songs rate high enough to sound like movie title-crawl music, but without the movie titles....