Fretplay.com Cheap Trick CD reviews Cheap Trick guitar tabs Cheap Trick CD reviews Cheap Trick tabs All Shook Up


Cheap Trick - All Shook Up Audio CD

A fair review of the Cheap Trick "All Shook Up" 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: All Shook Up
Rating:
Release Date: 2008-03-25
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Stop This Game 2: Just Got Back 3: Baby Loves To Rock 4: Can't Stop It But I'm Gonna Try 5: World's Greatest Lover 6: High Priest Of Rhythmic Noise 7: Love Comes A-Tumblin' Down 8: I Love you Honey But I Hate Your Friends 9: Go For The Throat (Use your Own Imagination) 10: Who D'King 11: Everything Works If You Let It 12: Day Tripper (Live Version) 13: Can't Hold On (Live Version) 14: Such A Good Girl 15: Take Me I'm Yours

One of the best albums CT ever did.....
I still have the original vinyl. I remember getting this on vinyl in 1980. One of the most experimental records Cheap Trick ever did. Vastly underrated and overlooked. As far as I'm concerned the last great record until Cheap Trick 1997. Produced by Beatles legend George Martin who says more with less on the production end. A lost classic lovingly remastered here. It's worth every penny. .


Digital Remaster plus extra songs is worth it
The sound quality was low. I had the original pressing of this CD and it was ok. I decided to upgrade to the digital remaster since many of my AC/DC, Kiss, and Van Halen CDs sound much better with the remasters. This one gets high marks too. Just listen to the drums on "Who'd King" and "Just Got Back" and you will understand. You can hear so much more percussion. The extra songs are a great blast from the past from CT from this era. The live "Day Tripper" is a must have for any CT fan. Plus the liner notes has comments about each song from Rick, Bun E, and George Martin. Enjoy!.


Cheap Trick + George Martin = awesome album!
The results equal one of my favorite Cheap Trick albums, and I love Cheap Trick so when I say it's probably my favorite release from them that carries some weight. It was a dream come true for uber-Beatles fans Cheap Trick to have George Martin produce an album with them. It might sound odd but I think Heaven Tonight is their "best" album but All Shook Up is probably my "favorite" album, and I can't leave In Color out of the running for either spot because that's outstading as well. Anyway, All Shook Up has some oddball stuff like a Darth Vader-synth voice on "High Priest Of Rhythmic Noise" and a tribal-esque drum chant party on "Who D King. " Add to those a grandiose theme song like "Stop This Game," a couple of old-school rockers like "Just Got Back" and "Baby Loves to Rock," and one of the best power ballads EVER in "World's Greatest Lover" and you have one heck of a record. I have the original 10-song version (after my old LP literally wore out) so I can't comment on the remastering or bonus tracks. I have to mention that "Can't Stop It But I'm Gonna Try," "I Love You Honey But I Hate Your Friends," and "Go For The Throat (Use Your Own Imagination)" are also classic Cheap Trick tunes. There is literally not a bad song on this entire album. Favorite songs: all of the above. .


Personal digression on my hometown heroes
But since recently rediscovering my hometown heroes, the songs put a boying grin on my face. This album means so much to me, actually reminds me of one of the most painful periods of my life.

Being from Rockford, Cheap Trick and their growing fame were a good calling card for me for me in 1978-79 when my dad moved us out to California. I guess I was about 12 and one of my favorite hobbies was air-guitaring to "Gonna Raise Hell" in the living room.

Anyway, we moved back to the Midwest at about the time the All Shook Up LP came out and I can remember how I couldn't wait to get my hands on a copy. We lived in a cheap apartment building on the outskirts of Chicago. Just walking around in the place would bump our Dual turntable, so my dad decided to suspend it from the ceiling. It stopped the arm from jumping.

I played the hell out of this album and I can also remember picking up a copy of Judas Priest's British Steel.

There's something beautiful and sad about Stop This Game, but perhaps it's just my associations.


Last Good CT Record!.
Check it out!. The very first concert I saw UFO opening for Cheap Trick on this tour, Love the Album, every song is a little different and rocking!.


You can see a complete list of all Cheap Trick discography, or go back to the Cheap Trick tabs. There is also a good guide on how to read guitar tabs here.

Search guitar tabs

#ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
[ Search tabs | Guitar tabs | Bass tabs |
Easy guitar tabs | Guitar solo tabs |
Acoustic guitar tabs | Guitar chords |
How to read guitar tabs ]
Forum topics
Music forums
- Bands and artists - Songwriting and lyrics - Tablature talk - Promote your band
Instrument forums
- Guitar basics - Gear & accessories - Bass guitar
Community
- The pit - Site Feedback - Reviews
[ User survey | About us | Privacy statement ]