Track Listing 1. Welcome to the World 2. Perfect Stranger 3. If It Takes a Lifetime 4. Come on Come on Come On 5. O Claire 6. This Time You Got It 7. Give It Away 8. One More 9. Every Night and Every Day 10. Dream the Night Away 11. All Those Years 12. Decaf
| Details | | Producer: | Cheap Trick, Jim "Pinky" Beeman, Julian Raymond, Linda Perry, Steve Albini | | Distributor: | EMI Music Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Cheap Trick: Robin Zander (vocals, guitar); Rick Neilsen (guitar, background vocals); Tom Petersson (bass guitar, background vocals); Bun E. Carlos (drums, background vocals). Largely rudderless and in label limbo since the early 1990s, Cheap Trick showed new signs of life on 2003's SPECIAL ONE, an album that found the long-running rock band signed to Big 3 Records. This relationship clearly served the group well, since '06's ROCKFORD, named after Cheap Trick's Illinois hometown, sees the band proudly returning to its power-pop roots. Tracks such as the hard-rocking "Welcome to the World," the Beatlesque "O Claire," and the jubilant "This Time You Got It" are (no kidding) in the same league as the quartet's classic late-'70s work, with frontman Robin Zander in fine voice, guitarist Rick Nielsen churning out huge riffs, and the rhythm section of bassist Tom Petersson and drummer Bun E. Carlos sounding as tight as ever. Those who had written off Cheap Trick as rock has-beens are proven resoundingly wrong with this delightful and wonderfully assured record.
Editorial Reviews 3.5 stars out of 5 -- [T]heir ability to craft an instantly catchy power-pop tune remains strong. Rolling Stone
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