Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick (1977)

Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick (1977)

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Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick

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Side A

1. "Hot Love"   2:30

2. "Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace"   4:35

3. "He's a Whore"   2:43

4. "Mandocello"   4:47

5. "The Ballad of TV Violence (I'm Not the Only Boy)"   5:15

Side B

1. "Elo Kiddies"   3:41

2. "Daddy Should Have Stayed in High School"   4:44

3. "Taxman, Mr. Thief"   4:16

4. "Cry, Cry"   4:22

5. "Oh, Candy"   3:07

Cheap Trick Band Members / Musicians

Robin Zander – lead vocals, rhythm guitar

Rick Nielsen – lead guitar, mandocello, vocals

Tom Petersson – bass guitar, vocals

Bun E. Carlos – drums

Jack Douglas – producer

Jay Messina – engineer

Sam Ginsberg – assistant engineer

Paula Scher – cover design

Jim Houghton – photography

Cheap Trick is the debut studio album by the American rock band Cheap Trick, released in 1977. It was released under Epic Records and produced by Jack Douglas, a frequent collaborator of the band. The album did not reach the Billboard 200 chart but did "bubble under" at number 207 for one week in April 1977.

Cheap Trick are an American rock band from Rockford, Illinois, formed in 1973. The band's classic line-up consisted of frontman Robin Zander, guitarist Rick Nielsen, bassist Tom Petersson, and drummer Bun E. Carlos.

Cheap Trick released their self-titled debut album in 1977 and found success in Japan with the release of their second album, In Color, later that year. The band would achieve mainstream popularity in the United States in 1979 with their breakthrough album Cheap Trick at Budokan. Cheap Trick reached the Top 10 in the US charts in 1979 with the Budokan live version of "I Want You to Want Me" and topped the charts in 1988 with "The Flame".

Cheap Trick have performed live more than 3,700 times and sold more than 20 million albums. Over the course of its career, Cheap Trick has experienced several resurgences of popularity.

Cheap Trick were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016.

Cheap Trick Band Members / Musicians

Robin Zander – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (1974–present)

Rick Nielsen – lead guitar, backing vocals (1973–present)

Tom Petersson – bass, backing vocals (1973–1980, 1987–present)

Bun E. Carlos – drums, occasional backing vocals (1973–present)

Daxx Nielsen – drums (2001, 2010–present)

Robin Taylor Zander – guitar, backing vocals (2014–present; guest)

Randy Hogan (aka Xeno) – lead vocals (1974)

Pete Comita – bass, backing vocals (1980–1981)

Jon Brant – bass, backing vocals (1981–1987, 2004–2005, 2007; one-off 1999)

Magic Cristian – keyboards, backing vocals (1982–1986, 2008–2011, 2013; one-off 2002, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016)

Steve Walsh – keyboards, backing vocals (1985)

Mark Radice – keyboards, backing vocals (1985)

Tod Howarth – keyboards, backing vocals (1986–1987, 1990–1996, 2000, 2008; guest 1999)

Cheap Trick Discography Full

Cheap Trick (1977)

In Color (1977)

Heaven Tonight (1978)

Dream Police (1979)

All Shook Up (1980)

One on One (1982)

Next Position Please (1983)

Standing on the Edge (1985)

The Doctor (1986)

Lap of Luxury (1988)

Busted (1990)

Woke Up with a Monster (1994)

Cheap Trick (1997)

Special One (2003)

Rockford (2006)

The Latest (2009)

Bang, Zoom, Crazy... Hello (2016)

We're All Alright! (2017)

Christmas Christmas (2017)

In Another World (2021)