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Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick - Greatest Hits Audio CD

A fair review of the Cheap Trick "Cheap Trick - Greatest Hits" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Cheap Trick reviews here, or go back to the Cheap Trick tabs.

Cheap Trick Band: Cheap Trick
Title: Cheap Trick - Greatest Hits
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Release Date: 2002-05-14
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Clock Strikes Ten (Live) 2: Dream Police 3: Don't Be Cruel 4: Tonight It's You 5: She's Tight 6: I Want You To Want Me (Live) 7: If You Want My Love 8: Ain't That A Shame (Live) 9: Surrender 10: The Flame 11: I Can't Take It 12: Can't Stop Fallin' Into Love 13: Voices 14: Magical Mystery Tour

How Can You Lose?
I've already worn out one copy of this CD so just HAD to get it again! One thing: there is an extra song on this one which isn't all that great, but at least all the others are still there!!.


Cheap Trick still rocks
Definitely a great addition to my MP3 library of songs. All their best songs and a few I had forgotten they sang.


A decent intro and nothing more
Cheap Trick- Greatest Hits gives you most of their chart hits but doesn't give you their best stuff. I agree with most of the reviews here. The fact that there are no studio tracks from either of their first two (and best albums) underlines the problem with this collection. To be fair, there is still a lot to love here. You have the excellent "Voices" and the awesome title track from Dream Police. You have their signature track in "Surrender" along with the two big singles from At Budokan ("I Want You to Want Me" and "Ain't That a Shame"). You also have some golden nuggets from their inconsistent `80s albums, most notably "Tonight It's You", "She's Tight", and "I Can't Take It. " Then you get "The Flame", "Can't Stop Fallin' Into Love", and their mediocre version of Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel. " Big hits? Yes. Their best songs? Not even close. To top it off, you have the unnecessary cover of the Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour. " Your best bet? Pay an extra 6 bucks and pick up The Essential Cheap Trick which gives you a generous portion of their great early stuff (the first four albums) as well as the aforementioned nuggets and even the schmaltzy big hits. .


A Terrible Representation of Cheap Trick
However, their best material is omitted on this CD and the greatest sin of all is that there is not one song pulled from their phenomenal, yet under recognized debut. Cheap Trick was one of the finest rock bands of the late 70s. Skip this CD and fork out the extra cash to buy either all of their first five albums or a compilation that presents Cheap Trick as they truly were in their golden years, prior to the embarrassing 80s tripe; you will not be disappointed.


Great intro to a great band, if a bit lightweight
You have your Beatlesque power pop tunes, which brought the band deserved hits in the 70's and a place in the heart of indie rockers from Nirvana to Guided by Voices. Cheap Trick always seemed like three bands rolled up into one, and most of their career has been spent trying to find a balance between the different styles. You have the 80's AOR years, filled with ballads that are musically pleasing with great choruses but artistically less interesting, and often heavily produced. And finally, you have the side of the band that was capable of cranking out menacing rockers with dark lyrics such as "Auf Wiedersehen" and "I'm Not The Only Boy".

While the third side of Cheap Trick is pretty much ignored here, the first two are covered pretty well. There's a decent cover of "Magical Mystery Tour" here, though it seems like the boys are rocking by rote rather than adding anything new to the song. All of the big hits are here, including the two songs that guaranteed Cheap Trick their place in the classic rock pantheon - "Surrender" and "I Want You To Want Me".

If you're looking for a disc that captures Cheap Trick as you heard them on the radio, this is a good single-disc encapsulation of their biggest hits. But if you really want to find out what Cheap Trick was all about, and still get most of their big hits, splurge for all five of their first records - Cheap Trick (self-titled), In Color, Heaven Tonight, At Budokan, and Dream Police. While Dream Police is the weakest of the bunch, all of these albums are absolute classics and really cover ALL sides of Cheap Trick - one of the most misunderstood bands of all time.


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