CHEAP TRICK: Cheap Trick (Cheap Trick ’97) s.t 1997 CD. Check video + a video review of the album + an 11 minute preview of ALL songs!!!!

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Cheap Trick, commonly referred to as Cheap Trick ’97, is the second eponymous album, and thirteenth studio album, by the American rock band Cheap Trick, produced by the band and Ian Taylor. The album features a black-and-white themed cover and a stripped-down sound reminiscent of the band’s eponymous debut album 20 years earlier. It was named after the 1977 debut. Rick Nielsen and Bun E. Carlos are represented on the front cover (rather than the back) of a Cheap Trick album for the first and only time, likewise Robin Zander and Tom Petersson are relegated to the back, but their gear appears instead of the band members themselves. Some have suggested that the band chose this approach treating their debut with Red Ant/Alliance as an opportunity to re-introduce themselves as a band to a new era. Red Ant filed for bankruptcy three weeks after the album’s release. There was one black-and-white video shot for “Say Goodbye“.

Track Listings: 15 minute preview of ALL songs   http://chirb.it/fsH8mL
1. Anytime
2. Hard To Tell
3. Carnival Game
4. Shelter
5. You Let A Lotta People Down
6. Baby No More
7. Yeah Yeah
8. Say Goodbye
9. Wrong All Along
10. Eight Miles Low
11. It All Comes Back To You

Having freed themselves of major label shenanigans, against the odds this was Cheap Trick’s best album for more than 10 years. And with it they were determined to prove that there was more to the band than nostalgia.
Song-wise, there isn’t anything here that can match the glories of their 70s material, but there was enough to convince sceptics that, as the millennium ended, Cheap Trick had still a purpose. Unfortunately the label went bust just three weeks after the album’s release, scuppering any real hopes for it.
As well as having the same title as their debut, the album cover was similar too. Hope for a re-birth in a new era.

Though one might have assumed Cheap Trick were history, this 1997 self-titled (their second such) disc proves those notions false. In fact, they are as vital as they’ve ever been and their sweet-yet-tough, Beatles-influenced pop is as relevant today as it was in the bands late-’70s heyday. Cheap Trick sound much as they did in those first five classic albums. The band has stuck closely to the simplicity of two guitars, bass, drums, and vocals, and it works superbly. The songs are some of the strongest Cheap Trick have written–instantly hummable and brimming with fine pop hooks. Robin Zanders voice is flawless, and the simple, sparkling recording gives him the spotlight without overshadowing Rick Nielsens fine guitar work and the understated rhythm section of drummer Bun E. Carlos and bassist Tom Peterson. Freed of the shackles of their previous recording contract, with Cheap Trick (1997), Cheap Trick return to writing the calibre of songs–some light, some serious–that made them rock & roll icons in the ’70’s. Welcome back!

Additional musicians:

  • Mike Beert – cello (track 4)
  • Richie Cannata – piano (track 11)
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  • You may figure you don’t need Cheap Trick,   especially if you’re still steamed about those power-ballad records the band made in the ’80s. But give this one time and volume; you’ll come to love it. The title and black-and-white cover evoke the napalm-in-stereo glories of the original Cheap Trick album, the group’s 1976 debut. Yet the dark heart and barbed-guitar snag of this Cheap Trick sneak up on you: the white-knuckle creep of “You Let a Lotta People Down,” Robin Zander’s shredded-Lennon bellow in “Yeah Yeah.” More toxic-guitar ravers like “Baby No More” would have been cool, but that’s a minor beef. After all this time, these guys have still got it. You should get it.

5.0 out of 5 stars BACK IN BLACK AND WHITE,
CHEAP TRICK ’97 was as strong and as muscular a CD as the band had made in their glory days. Too bad the Red Ant label took the fall within weeks of the records release! It remains Cheap Tricks last album to crack the top 100, and might have easily brought them the same kind of comeback “Lap Of Luxury” afforded them. Even more to the point, this is a better record than “Lap,” and an all-the-way Cheap Trick effort.
There is more snarl to opener, “Anytime,” than most of the pretenders to the crown could muster for a whole CD. And things just get better from there. You get the wicked punkish bite of “Wrong All Along,” the pitch perfect Beatle-esque single “Say Goodbye,” and the most beautiful and intimate song the band has ever recorded with “Shelter.” Every single song bristles with energy and memorable hooks, and there isn’t a moment here where the band sounds forced (see “Lap Of Luxury” and “Busted”). All four Tricksters are at there finest form, manning their posts like they were a hungry young band and not the grizzled vets they are.

I recommend this to anyone who ever loved Cheap Trick at any stage in their career, or if good old fashioned power pop makes your heart beat just a little faster.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Living in Black and White, Dreaming In Color,
Back in 1997 Cheap Trick was finally getting their due and a host of up and coming bands were giving Cheap Trick their props. Then Cheap Trick came out with this self titled, self produced cd, and jaws around the industry dropped. They made the perfect pop/rock record in the tradition of the Beatles, and the Kinks. How could a band in this stage of their career do this? After all most rock bands when they reach this stage of their career are forced to become a middle age over produced shadow of themselves. Cheap Trick, however took that myth and stood it upon its ear. There is not one mis-step here. Everything is dead on. From the growling “Anytime,”(One can here where Kurt Cobain learned his style) to the perfect pop of “Hard to Tell,” and “Carnival Game,” and the incredible “Say Goodbye,” Cheap Trick had something to prove and prove it they did. There is power, hooks and wit on this cd that bands half their age would sell their soul to have. The most impressive thing about this cd was the sonic quality. Left to their own devices Cheap Trick nails their live sound for almost the first time on a studio recording. In other words they are ready and more than willing to rock. “Baby No More,” “You Let a Lot of People Down,” “Eight Miles Low,” “Yeah, Yeah,” “Wrong All Along,” can all attest to this. This is the cd that Cheap Trick always had in them, but certain record labels would not let them make. Too bad Red Ant went bankrupt soon after this cd was released or a lot of record industry people would have had to eat a lot of crow. This CD was not just one of the best cds of 1997, but of the entire 90s. In a world full of dull gray bands that all sounded alike and dressed alike, this CD was like a full blast of color and personality all mixed together with a great sound that is timeless, and yes urgent as well. If you want a cd that combines the Beatles, Stones, The Who, the Move with a unique American twist that only Cheap Trick can provide, say hello to this cd.


Is there a better power pop voice than that of Robin Zander? Listen to his tone on the last song and tell me that there’s a style he can’t nail. Cheap Trick really got the record company shaft on their mid to late 90s albums. This and ‘Woke Up With A Monster’ were buried by label politics and it’s too bad. There’s some AOR gems on this. 9.5/10.


No reason not to pick this CD up. A strong album from the kings of power pop. It’s a shame that a lot of their best work seems to fall on deaf ears. There’s so much more to the band than “I Want You To Want Me”(though that song IS deserving of its classic status).


This is their strongest album since “Dream Police”. Tracks such as “Hard To Tell”, “Shelter”, and “Say Goodbye” are all excellent additions to the bands catalogue. 9.5/10


excellent release by CHEAP TRICK back in 97 and it s truly amazing how these guys sound always fresh and updated without changing anything and they always write good songs!”it all comes back to you”,”hard to tell”,”yeah,yeah” and “baby no more” are the highlights of this highly recommended release!

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