The Essential Cheap Trick
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| The Essential Cheap Trick | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by Cheap Trick | ||||
| Released | March 2, 2004 | |||
| Genre | Rock, Power pop | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| PopMatters | (positive)[2] |
| Rolling Stone |  [3] |
| Uncut | [4] |
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 3rd disc with seven additional songs.[5]
Track listing
Disc 1
| No. | Title | Original release | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "ELO Kiddies" (Single Version) | Cheap Trick | 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 | 2:59 |
| 6. | "Southern Girls" (Single Version) | In Color | 3:35 |
| 7. | "Downed" | In Color | 4:11 |
| 8. | "Hello There" | In Color | 1:42 |
| 9. | "Surrender" | Heaven Tonight | 4:15 |
| 10. | "California Man" | Heaven Tonight | 3:44 |
| 11. | "High Roller" | Heaven Tonight | 3:58 |
| 12. | "Auf Wiedersehen" | Heaven Tonight | 3:42 |
| 13. | "I Want You to Want Me" (Live) | Cheap Trick at Budokan (In Color) | 3:43 |
| 14. | "Ain't That a Shame" (Live) | Cheap Trick at Budokan | 5:17 |
| 15. | "Takin' Me Back" | Heaven Tonight | 4:52 |
| 16. | "Dream Police" | Dream Police | 3:51 |
| 17. | "Voices" | Dream Police | 4:22 |
| 18. | "Gonna Raise Hell" (Live) | Silver (Dream Police) | 9:06 |
Disc 2
| No. | Title | Original release | Length |
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| 1. | "Way of the World" | Dream Police | 3:37 |
| 2. | "Stop This Game" | All Shook Up | 3:57 |
| 3. | "World's Greatest Lover" | All Shook Up | 4:51 |
| 4. | "Everything Works if You Let It" (Full Version) | Authorized Greatest Hits (Roadie —- Original Motion Picture Sound Track) | 3:55 |
| 5. | "She's Tight" | One on One | 2:59 |
| 6. | "If You Want My Love" (Alternate, Extra Bridge Version) | Sex, America, Cheap Trick (One on One) | 4:26 |
| 7. | "I Can't Take It" | Next Position Please | 3:28 |
| 8. | "Tonight It's You" | Standing on the Edge | 4:47 |
| 9. | "This Time Around" | Standing on the Edge | 4:34 |
| 10. | "The Flame" | Lap of Luxury | 5:38 |
| 11. | "Had to Make You Mine" | Busted | 3:16 |
| 12. | "I Can't Understand It" | Busted | 3:30 |
| 13. | "Can't Stop Fallin' Into Love" | Busted | 3:49 |
| 14. | "Walk Away" (with Chrissie Hynde) | Busted | 3:42 |
| 15. | "Woke Up with a Monster" | Woke Up with a Monster | 4:54 |
| 16. | "Hard to Tell" | Silver (Cheap Trick) | 3:45 |
| 17. | "Say Goodbye" | Cheap Trick | 3:29 |
| 18. | "Scent of a Woman" | Special One | 4:48 |
Disc 3 (Limited Edition 3.0 only)
| No. | Title | 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" | Standing on the Edge | 3:43 |
| 7. | "Standing on the Edge" | Standing on the Edge | 4:43 |
References
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ PopMatters review
- ↑ Rolling Stone review
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