Track Listing
1. ELO Kiddies (single version)
2. Hot Love
3. He's A Whore
4. Mandocello (live) - Cheap Trick & Billy Corgan
5. Clock Strikes Ten
6. Southern Girls (single version)
7. Downed
8. Hello There
9. Surrender
10. California Man
11. High Roller
12. Auf Wiedersehen
13. I Want You To Want You (live)
14. Ain't That A Shame (live)
15. Takin' Me Back
16. Dream Police
17. Voices
18. Gonna Raise Hell (live)
1. Way Of The World
2. Stop This Game
3. World's Greatest Lover
4. Everything Works If You Let It (full version)
5. She's Tight
6. If You Want My Love (alternate extra bridge version)
7. I Can't Take It
8. Tonight It's You
9. This Time Around
10. Flame
11. Had To Make You Mine
12. I Can't Understand It
13. Can't Stop Falling Into Love
14. Walk Away - Cheap Trick & Chrissie Hynde
15. Woke Up With A Monster
16. Hard To Tell (live)
17. Say Goodbye
18. Scent Of A Woman
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 2 | | Producer: | Bruce Dickinson (compilation) | | Recording Type: | Mixed | | Distributor: | Sony Music/Arvato Services | | Recording Mode: | Stereo |
Album Notes
Cheap Trick: Robin Zander (vocals, guitar); Rick Nielsen (guitar); Tom Petersson (bass); Bun E. Carlos (drums).Additional personnel: Chrissie Hynde, Billy Corgan.Recorded between 1977 & 1996. Includes liner notes by Ron Albanese.Although multiple Cheap Trick collections have been released, the two-disc ESSENTIAL is an excellent compilation for those wanting more than just a cursory overview of the Illinois quartet's work. The band's masterful combination of harmonies, hooks, and crunchy guitar riffs has influenced a legion of younger artists--including Guns N' Roses, Material Issue, and the Smashing Pumpkins--and this hard-rocking mix is on full display throughout the album. The amazingly catchy radio hits--"Surrender," "Dream Police," and "I Want You to Want Me"--are all here, along with lesser-known tracks such as the Beach Boys-flavored "Southern Girls" and a rollicking reading of the Move's "California Man." ESSENTIAL also presents a live version of the melancholy "Mandocello" (with special guest Billy Corgan) and other concert performances, proving that Cheap Trick are a formidable power-pop band both on the stage and in the studio.
Editorial Reviews
4 stars out of 5 - [With] the grand gestures of arena rock, decent hooks and explosions of Dionysian ecstasy that left audiences happy...Uncut (p.120) - 4 stars out of 5 - Thrilling, audacious and bang on the money.
Rolling Stone (04/01/2004)
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