Disco de Cheap Trick: “The Gretatest Hits”

Featuring only 13 songs, "Their Greatest Hits" is a relatively skimpy anthology album for a band that at the time of its release had been rcording for more than a decade and a half. The album also, unfortunately, draws evenly from across the band's career, shorting their classic early days and overrepresenting their less graceful later output (for example: only one selection from "Heaven Tonight," their best studio album).

Things start off on the wrong foot with an awful previously unreleased version of The Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour." The highlights among the remaining dozen tracks include excellent early singles "Surrender" and "I Want You to Want Me," the latter from their breakthrough "Live at Budokan" album. "Budokan" provides another smokin' cover, "Ain't that a Shame." Other strong singles included are "She's Tight," "If You Want My Love," "I Can't Take It" and "Tonight it's You." On the downside are the vapid power ballad "The Flame" and a by-the-numbers cover of "Don't Be Cruel," both from the band's late 80s "comeback" album "The Flame."

Overall, a strangely programmed anthology album that doesn't really give these veteran rockers their just due.

Beginning the mix with a remake of the Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour" this Cheap Trick album begins with a bang and explodes 'til the last song is over.

Here is a perfect example of why Cheap Trick was such a great band. Every song on this album is fantastic, containing all their major hits like 'The Dream Police,' 'I Want You To Want Me,' 'Tonight It's You,' 'The Flame,' and of course their remake of Elvis' tune 'Don't Be Cruel,' and many more.

Cheap Trick has such a great studio sound, a good mix to their music, and have created solid rock tunes in an era of New Wave and Pop sounds in the 80's. They have an original sound, especially with Zander's vocals.

If you would like to get acquainted with Cheap Trick then this is a good album to begin with. However, if you have enjoyed listening to Cheap Trick on the radio and would like to get all their hits that have played, then this album is for you. I highly recommend it.

I wonder who compiled this set? A "one song per CD" focus seems to be in place making this a sampler not a Greatest Hits collection. Some good songs but the missing ones (ELO Kiddies, Southern Girls, Day Tripper, etc.) makes this far from what the title promises. For someone who might want to get an idea of this band's range but not for the true fan.

Cheap Trick's greatest hits are just that. I always liked some of their music, but didn't know that there was this much of it. Their cover of "Ain't That a Shame" would make Fats Domino proud.

My only critism of this cd is the omission of a few songs. There's room for some more here.

I like the version of Magical Mystery Tour. Southern Girls is lacking as is It's Only Love (I know it wasn't a hit) and something from All Shook Up and Cheap Trick would have comepleted the collection nicely. I guess it's a Greatest Hits so their Greatest Hits are on here.

If you're in the market, go for Essential Cheap Trick or Authorised Greatest Hits.