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List Price: $7.98 | | Label: Sbme Special Mkts.
Salesrank: 59827
Released: February 1, 2008 |
| Our Price: $3.92 |
| Used Price: $3.80 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Cheap Trick Track Listing:
1. ELO Kiddies
2. Daddy Should Have Stayed in High School
3. Taxman, Mr. Thief
4. Cry, Cry
5. Oh, Candy
6. Hot Love
7. Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace
8. He's a Whore
9. Mandocello
10. Ballad of TV Violence (I'm Not the Only Boy)
11. Lovin' Money [#][*][Outtake]
12. I Want You to Want Me [Early Version][#][*]
13. Lookout [Previously Unreleased Studio Version][*]
14. You're All Talk [Previously Unreleased Studio Version][*]
15. I Dig Go-Go Girls [#][*]
Editorial Review:
Once largely written off by critics as arena-rock dinosaurs, Rockford, Illinois's favorite musical sons have become darlings of an influential cadre of alternative and modern-rock superstars and the subjects of an overdue catalog upgrade--and for a slew of good reasons. The first of those would be Cheap Trick, the blistering 1977 debut that confounded reviewers nearly as well as it captured the band's edgy song sensibility and musical chops honed by their 200-plus-gig-a-year work ethic. Producer Jack Douglas wisely opted for a deceptively raw tack that captured Cheap Trick's manic live essence better than any other album--save, of course, Live at Budokan. The band's later bubble-gum rep is viciously and hilariously undercut here by songs about youth-culture cynicism ("Elo Kiddies"), pedophilia ("Daddy Should Have Stayed in High School"), mass murder ("The Ballad of TV Violence"), and gigolos ("He's a Whore"), not to mention a tasty cover of Terry Reid's "Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace." Guitarist Rick Nielsen's loud, trashy fretwork presaged "grunge" by a good 15 years, and Robin Zander's vocals show why he's since been tagged the Man of a Thousand Voices. And the rhythm section of drummer Bun E. Carlos and Tom Petersson was (and is) one of rock's most underrated. This Sony Legacy "Expanded Edition" restores the album's original running order (the previous version flipped the vinyl's A and B sides) and features new photos, liner notes, and five bonus cuts. One of rock's greatest albums, unsung or otherwise. --Jerry McCulley
Cheap Trick Reviews:
1977 Debut Album remastered 
2009-10-19 - When this first came out, it took a few listens, to really appreciate it. In any case, a unique band, with a unique sound had emerged, and the rest is history. Like the Ramones, or even Devo, for that matter, Cheap Trick's appearance, as well as some of the subject matter of the lyrics, it seemed like they were a joke at first. This was not the case, they were dead serious about the music.
elo kiddies!!!!
2009-09-08 - Well..in my humble opinion..the Trick never really surpassed themselves after this. Probably because i'm all about the raw..aggressive..guitar driven style of rock the 70's were famous for..and this delivers in aces! They were never as balls-out as they were here...yet retaining the pop sensebilities they are famous for. Saw them shortly after this was released at a small club..they played 2 sets..and i came away a fan. 'Daddy".."Elo".."Whore"..and 'Speak Now" are all classics that hold up along side anything they've done since. And with Ricks perfect "trash guitar" salvos..and Robins amazing vocals..they were a formidable band in their time. Don't get me wrong..they still exhibit an occasional flash of brilliance..but these days..they concentrate too much on ballads and sappy love songs for my taste. This is the pure undiluted Trick!!!
Pretty good first album 
2009-09-04 - This is cheap tricks first album. Its got some really good songs on it. there are a couple that are not quite as good, but they arent bad either.
Cheap Trick - A Strong Debut
2008-09-11 - Cheap Trick are one of those bands that perform basic rock n roll, but have always done it in a way that sounds like no one else. The band consisted of the two poster boys Robin Zander (vocals, guitar) and Tom Peterson (bass), teamed up with two total geeks in Bun. E. Carlos (drums) and the every unique Rick Neilson (guitars). This foursome has been able to carve a nice little niche for themselves in the pop rock world over the years and it all started with this their debut album. This one is far from the band's best, but broke them out of the box as a band to be reckoned with sporting a totally new take on Beatles influenced rock n roll. The first half of this album is great with quirky songs like "Elo Kiddies", "Daddy Should Have Stayed In High School", "TaxMan, Mr. Thief" with it's obvious ode to the Beatles, "Cry Cry" and "Oh Candy" all great tunes. The second half of the album is not nearly as strong to my ears and seems to come off as a bit more conventional. Overall this was a decent debut from the band and a preview of what they would do down the line.
Yeah I remember this now... I think? 
2008-06-09 - Cheap Trick... hmmmmmmm I dunno should I... gee I couldn't, I shouldn't, ohhhh please don't make me... welllll OK I guess!
CT was one of the bands from the seventies that I couldn't get into but that may have been my fault as admittedly their image (album cover and television spots) bugged me. These guys' image was so darned goofy with a guitarist who looked like something from The Bowery Boys on meth. that I just couldn't take it seriously. And with a name like CHEAP TRICK I assumed they were a bad joke. Besides Rob loved them and musically speaking Rob was an idiot. He had (probably still has) everything Moxy ever put out.
So is this album (CD) worth my hard earned cash for an AMAZON purchase and a place in my beloved digital collection? First of all I'll go to UTUBE and have a look/listen to "I WANT YOU TO WANT ME".
Well that's not really bad and, despite the silly image, it's not laughable like the DWIGHT YOKUM version is. Let's download the MP3s and see...
Oh... now I remember why I don't remember this. They were a cheap trick! It sounds very much like someone was looking for a new formula but didn't have any new ideas. The guitar playing isn't terrible but nothing remarkable by seventies standards or todays. The lyrics are banal, childish and overall uninteresting especially the "Daddy Should Have...." which is really nothing more than a pretty lame take off of Jethro Tull's "Aqualung". Vocally the whole thing sounds like a whiny Alice Cooper although Cooper's melodies were at least melodic whereas these are all half baked and forced. The Mondcello tune is probably the best on the title with some decent moments even if the lyrics are pure nonsense that go nowhere. Lovin' Memory is a Lennon influenced tune that might have been OK if it weren't such an obvious cash in on someone else's style.
Yeah, CHEAP TRICK... I always suspected.
