The Essential Cheap Trick
The Essential Cheap Trick is the fourth compilation album by Cheap Trick and part of Sony BMG's The Essential series. It contains at least one song from every album up to Special One (including Silver), except the commercial failure The Doctor. A reissue in 2010 described as version 3.0 added a third disc with seven additional songs.[5]
| The Essential Cheap Trick | ||||
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| Released | March 2, 2004 | |||
| Recorded | 1976–1999 | |||
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| Length | 2:26:50 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| PopMatters | (positive)[2] |
| Rolling Stone |  [3] |
| Uncut | [4] |
Track listing
Disc 1
All songs written by Rick Nielsen except as noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original release | Length |
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| 1. | "ELO Kiddies" (Single Version) | Cheap Trick (1977) | 3:42 | |
| 2. | "Hot Love" | Cheap Trick | 2:31 | |
| 3. | "He's a Whore" | Cheap Trick | 2:44 | |
| 4. | "Mandocello" (Live, with Billy Corgan) | Previously Unreleased (Cheap Trick) | 5:11 | |
| 5. | "Clock Strikes Ten" | In Color (1977) | 2:59 | |
| 6. | "Southern Girls" (Single Version) | Nielsen, Tom Petersson | In Color | 3:35 |
| 7. | "Downed" | In Color | 4:11 | |
| 8. | "Hello There" | In Color | 1:42 | |
| 9. | "Surrender" | Heaven Tonight (1978) | 4:15 | |
| 10. | "California Man" | Roy Wood | Heaven Tonight | 3:44 |
| 11. | "High Roller" | Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson | Heaven Tonight | 3:58 |
| 12. | "Auf Wiedersehen" | Nielsen, Tom Petersson | Heaven Tonight | 3:42 |
| 13. | "I Want You to Want Me" (Live) | Cheap Trick at Budokan (1979) (In Color) | 3:43 | |
| 14. | "Ain't That a Shame" (Live) | Antoine Domino, Dave Bartholomew | Cheap Trick at Budokan | 5:17 |
| 15. | "Takin' Me Back" | Heaven Tonight | 4:52 | |
| 16. | "Dream Police" | Dream Police (1979) | 3:51 | |
| 17. | "Voices" | Dream Police | 4:22 | |
| 18. | "Gonna Raise Hell" (Live) | Silver (2001) (Dream Police) | 9:06 |
Disc 2
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original release | Length |
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| 1. | "Way of the World" | Nielsen, Robin Zander | Dream Police | 3:37 |
| 2. | "Stop This Game" | Nielsen, Robin Zander | All Shook Up (1980) | 3:57 |
| 3. | "World's Greatest Lover" | All Shook Up | 4:51 | |
| 4. | "Everything Works if You Let It" (Full Version) | Authorized Greatest Hits (2000) (Roadie —- Original Motion Picture Sound Track) | 3:55 | |
| 5. | "She's Tight" | One on One (1982) | 2:59 | |
| 6. | "If You Want My Love" (Alternate, Extra Bridge Version) | Sex, America, Cheap Trick (1996) (One on One) | 4:26 | |
| 7. | "I Can't Take It" | Robin Zander | Next Position Please (1983) | 3:28 |
| 8. | "Tonight It's You" | Nielsen, Robin Zander, Jon Brant, Mark Radice | Standing on the Edge (1985) | 4:47 |
| 9. | "This Time Around" | Nielsen, Robin Zander, Jon Brant, Mark Radice | Standing on the Edge | 4:34 |
| 10. | "The Flame" | Bob Mitchell, Nick Graham | Lap of Luxury (1988) | 5:38 |
| 11. | "Had to Make You Mine" | Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson | Busted (1990) | 3:16 |
| 12. | "I Can't Understand It" | Nielsen, Robin Zander | Busted | 3:30 |
| 13. | "Can't Stop Fallin' into Love" | Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson | Busted | 3:49 |
| 14. | "Walk Away" (with Chrissie Hynde) | Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson | Busted | 3:42 |
| 15. | "Woke Up with a Monster" | Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson | Woke Up with a Monster (1994) | 4:54 |
| 16. | "Hard to Tell" (Live) | Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson | Silver (Cheap Trick) (1997) | 3:45 |
| 17. | "Say Goodbye" | Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson | Cheap Trick | 3:29 |
| 18. | "Scent of a Woman" | Nielsen, Robin Zander, Bun E. Carlos | Special One | 4:48 |
Disc 3 (Limited Edition 3.0 only)
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original release | Length |
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| 1. | "The Ballad of T.V. Violence (I'm Not the Only Boy)" | Cheap Trick | 5:16 | |
| 2. | "Big Eyes" (Live) | Cheap Trick at Budokan (In Color) | 3:46 | |
| 3. | "On Top of the World" | Heaven Tonight | 4:04 | |
| 4. | "Heaven Tonight" | Heaven Tonight | 5:28 | |
| 5. | "One on One" | One on One | 3:07 | |
| 6. | "Cover Girl" | Nielsen, Mark Radice | Standing on the Edge | 3:43 |
| 7. | "Standing on the Edge" | Nielsen, Robin Zander, Mark Radice | Standing on the Edge | 4:43 |
Personnel
- Robin Zander – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
- Rick Nielsen – lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
- Tom Petersson – bass, backing vocals
- Bun E. Carlos – drums
- Jon Brant – bass, backing vocals
- Mark Radice – keyboards, backing vocals
References
- Allmusic review
- PopMatters review
- Young, Charles M. (16 March 2004). "Cheap Trick: The Essential Cheap Trick". www.rollingstone.com. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
- "Cheap Trick - The Essential..." Uncut: 120. 2004. Retrieved 2013-05-30.
- Erlewine, S.T. "Essential 3.0". Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-09-05.
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