Cheap Trick
Noah’s Barks pages relating to the band Cheap Trick.
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Cheap Trick – “Cheap Trick”
The debut, self-album by Cheap Trick is a fantastic power pop album brimming with smooth melodies, catchy choruses, perfect-key harmonies and perverse fun. Whether it’s the stomping chant-a-long “ELO Kiddies,” the punk roar of “He’s a Whore,” or the dreamy ballad “Mandocello,” all these qualities consistently shine through this eclectic album. For all of the… (read more)
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Cheap Trick – “Sex, America, Cheap Trick”
Sex, America, Cheap Trick is a rather half-assed, unfocused box set. Primarily has rare and unreleased tracks/demos, but also seems to be trying to make a case for Cheap Trick by including some (but certainly not all) of their biggest hit songs. However, this is pointless because due to the haphazard track selection and random… (read more)
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Cheap Trick – “The Doctor”
If there’s ever been an album that highlights every negative facet of ’80s production standards, ‘The Doctor’ is it. (read more)
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Cheap Trick – “Woke Up With a Monster”
Cheap Trick loudly announce their distancing from their ’80s rock ballad phase. In ‘Woke Up With a Monster,’ the band adopt traits of grunge and heavy metal. While a bit cringe, it’s undeniably their best album in a while. (read more)
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Cheap Trick – “Cheap Trick” (1997)
‘Cheap Trick’ (1997) follows in the steps of ‘Woke Up With a Monster.’ Same grunge stylings, minus the embarrassing aesthetic. But is it as good? (read more)
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Cheap Trick – “Special One”
Another one of Cheap Trick’s best post-Dream Police albums, alongside Woke Up With a Monster and Rockford. Special One succeeds their 1997 self-titled, another solid album, but the two albums sound considerably different. In fact, this is probably Cheap Trick’s most unorthodox record. It doesn’t have the poppy sheen-like production values of many of their… (read more)
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Cheap Trick – “Rockford”
Cheap Trick has always been a band defined by their peak, which is unfortunate because it creates such high expectations for them. After making four of the best pop rock albums of all time, people naturally had high hopes for their following albums, of which they released many of varying overall quality. Cheap Trick would… (read more)
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Cheap Trick – “The Latest”
After 2006’s Rockford, it would be understandable to call The Latest a disappointment. But it would feel somewhat harsh. It’s a solid album, certainly par for the course for Cheap Trick lately, who showed on Rockford they still had quite a stock of catchy riffs and vocal harmonies in store. So why does so much… (read more)