Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. ELO Kiddies
2. Hot Love
3. He's a W****
4. Mandocello - (live, with Billy Corgan)
5. Clock Strikes Ten
6. Southern Girls
7. Downed
8. Hello There
9. Surrender
10. California Man
11. High Roller
12. Auf Wiedersehen
13. I Want You to Want Me - (live)
14. Ain't That a Shame - (live)
15. Takin' Me Back
16. Dream Police
17. Voices
18. Gonna Raise Hell - (live)
DISC 2:
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 version)
7. I Can't Take It
8. Tonight It's You
9. This Time Around
10. Flame, The
11. Had to Make You Mine
12. I Can't Understand It
13. Can't Stop Falling Into Love
14. Walk Away - (with Chrissie Hynde)
15. Woke up With a Monster
16. Hard to Tell - (live)
17. Say Goodbye
18. Scent of a Woman
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Billy Corgan, Chrissie Hynde | | Distributor: | Sony Music Distribution ( | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
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 - Thrilling, audacious and bang on the money.
Uncut
4 stars out of 5 - [With] the grand gestures of arena rock, decent hooks and explosions of Dionysian ecstasy that left audiences happy...
Rolling Stone (04/01/2004)
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