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Cheap Trick

Overview

Cheap Trick is an American rock band from Rockford, Illinois, that gained popularity in the late 1970s. The band consists of Robin Zander (vocals, guitar), Rick Nielsen (guitar, vocals), Tom Petersson (bass guitar, vocals), and Bun E. Carlos (drums, percussion). Though they have had only brief flirtations with mainstream success, Cheap Trick has held a substantial following through regular touring and a hard-edged yet blissful pop sound that combines the tunefulness of The Beatles with the speed and energy of punk rock. The band's biggest hits over the years include "I Want You to Want Me", "Surrender", "Dream Police", "Don't Be Cruel" (a cover of Elvis' hit), and "The Flame". Their most recent release, Rockford, has gained critical acclaim.

History

(1968-1974) Virgin years
Rockford, IL natives Rick Nielsen, Tom Petersson, and Bun E. Carlos, along with Loves Park,Il native Robin Zander formed a Midwest coming-of-age band just as the British Invasion hit. Inspired by British rock, these young men did what a lot of other young music fans did, picking up instruments and forming bands.

In 1961 Nielsen began playing locally in Rockford, utilizing his ever-increasing collection of rare and valuable guitars. He formed The Phaetons which became The Boyz, then The Grim Reapers, and finally Fuse in 1967 with the addition of bassist Tom Petersson. Prior to joining Fuse, Petersson was in a band called The Bo Weevils. Fuse released a self-titled album FUSE for Epic in 1968, which was generally ignored. Frustrated, Fuse, which by then included college dropout Bun E. Carlos on drums, moved to Philadelphia in 1971. As Sick Man of Europe, they enlisted ex-Nazz vocalist Robert “Stewkey” Antoni, but the group soon disbanded. After a year in Europe, Nielsen and Petersson returned to Rockford, reunited with Carlos, and a few months later asked folkie vocalist Zander to join the group they named Cheap Trick. Midwestern booking agent Ken Adamany, who’d played in one of Steve Miller’s high school bands, became their manager. Adamany encouraged them to develop their stage show, and Cheap Trick toured incessantly over the next several years, playing an average of 250 shows a year, opening for Kiss, the Kinks, Santana, Boston, and others.http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/cheaptrick/biography

In its early days Cheap Trick would be seen playing some free admission venues, such as Sinnissippi Park, on Rockford's east side (forshadowing their performances at parks in years to come). With a vivid image, a great singer and more instruments than a music store, Cheap Trick brought arena-scaled flamboyance to the unsigned band circuit, and became the area's biggest local attraction. After being sold on the idea by producer Jack Douglas (who had seen the group play at the Sunset Bowl in Waukesha, WI), Epic signed the group in 1976, and released its self-titled album the following February. The roaringly wild debut got great reviews but didn't sell; the more pop-conscious follow-ups, In Color and Heaven Tonight, were amazing pop records but it was the unexpected surprise platinum album At Budokan that made Cheap Trick a household name.
(1976-1979) Success in Japan
The Budokan concerts introduced the Rick Nielsen and Tom Petersson composition "Need Your Love", which the band had already recorded proper for their next studio album, Dream Police, which was released later that year. The success the band enjoyed in Japan was enormous, some even describing the band as superstars in that country. This success far exceeded their popularity in the States, at least initially. After their Budokan success the band gained in popularity in the U.S. The look and sound of Cheap Trick in these early years was somewhat groundbreaking, if not always categorizable. The black and white checkerboard motif used by Nielsen seemed to foreshadow the large changes in the music and pop culture scene in the early 1980s, as typified by the movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High, where the character played by Sean Penn wore Vans sneakers with a similar checkerboard pattern. After the release of All Shook Up in 1980, bassist Tom Petersson left the group to produce other artists and record with his then-wife, Dagmar.
(1980-1987) Post-Petersson years
All Shook Up(#24, 1980), produced by George Martin, went gold in late 1980 but was considered a disappointment, producing no Top 40 singles. The band contributed “Everything Works If You Let It” (#44, 1980) to the Roadie soundtrack that year, and Nielsen and Carlos played on John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s recording sessions for Double Fantasy. (They appear on The Lost Lennon Tapes and “I’m Losing You.”)

1981 was a transitional period for the band. Behind the scenes the band was in a tug of war with Epic Records. They had recorded two songs for the soundtrack to the Heavy Metal movie, and it was reported that the Elektra Records (home of the Cars and the label that had issued the Heavy Metal soundtrack) were eager to lure the band away from CBS http://hesawhore.blogspot.com/2007/09/year-is-1981-tom-petty-cheap-trick.html.

For subsequent tours Pete Comita, and shortly thereafter Jon Brant, replaced Petersson. The first album recorded with Brant was One on One, the group's seventh album, which appeared in 1982. It was produced by Roy Thomas Baker, famous for his work with Queen, The Cars and Foreigner among others. The following year the band released Next Position Please with Todd Rundgren as the producer. In 1985 they were reunited with Jack Douglas, who had produced their groundbreaking 1977 debut Cheap Trick, releasing Standing on the Edge. In 1986 the Doctor was released. It was the final album featuring Jon Brant. They also performed Mighty Wings in the movie Top Gun. In 1981, the band appearanced on Saturday Night Live, episode 6.7
(1988-1997) Record label problems
Bassist Tom Petersson rejoined the group in 1987 and helped record 1988's Lap of Luxury, the album from which the band's first-ever No. 1 single, "The Flame," came. He has remained with the band ever since.

Over the course of the 1990s the band experienced several new lows when Sony Music, the successor to the band's CBS Records contract, put Cheap Trick's name on several budget compilations including Voices, I Want You To Want Me, Don't Be Cruel, and several others without their prior knowledge, consent, or agreement. Robin Zander's self titled record produced by Jimmy Iovine was released in 1993 and quickly cut out.

The group had left CBS for Warner Bros., but following the poor performance of the 1994 Warners album release Woke Up with a Monster, Cheap Trick decided it was time to go back to the basics, concentrating on using the strength of their live reputation and releasing new recordings to independent labels, rather than to major companies. Over the next few years several bands who had been influenced by Cheap Trick gave them opportunities to open for them.

In 1998, Cheap Trick signed with indie label/distributor Red Ant/Alliance, and released Cheap Trick. Seven weeks after the release, Red Ant/Alliance declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy, causing a furious music retail community to yank the record from stores and nearly bankrupting the band in the process.
(1998-2003) Rebuilding
1998 saw the band rebuilding by trying to restore normal relations with Sony and the music retail community, and establishing their own record company, Cheap Trick Unlimited. They toured behind the re-mastered re-releases of Budokan: the Complete Concert, and their first three records. One of the multi-night stands from this tour resulted in Music For Hangovers, a vibrant live effort. Amid much criticism, Cheap Trick Unlimited sold the CD exclusively on Amazon.com for 8 weeks prior to releasing it in stores. To support the record they headlined, co-billed with Guided By Voices, and opened for Pearl Jam. In early 2000, Cheap Trick entered into a license with Musicmaker.com to directly download and create custom CDs for over 50 songs. After spending a good part of 2001 writing songs and about six weeks of pre-production, Cheap Trick went into Bearsville Studios in Woodstock, NY in March 2002 where the band put together their first studio album in six years, Special One. Zander said, "This time each of us had songs and bits and pieces of songs – like a verse here, a chorus there, or a melody with no lyric. After putting it all together for this album, we'd lost track of who wrote what and just decided to put all of the writers on each song equally." Petersson added, "What I think is great about this record is that it sounds like an entire piece of music rather than a bunch of assorted, unrelated songs."
(2004-2007) Independence and Recognition
Cheap Trick's own label, Cheap Trick Unlimited, was started in 1997, controlling a substantial inventory of master recordings, including Cheap Trick 97 (Red Ant), Woke Up with a Monster (Warner Bros. Records 1994), Silver (a double live CD/DVD), Music for Hangovers (live CD/DVD), various singles including the theme from Fox's That 70's Show, "That 70's Song" and "Cold Turkey", Bun E. in a Box (a drum sample CD), plus various videos and live footage. Nielsen commented: "Running our own label has been a lot of fun. One day Bun E. gets to be President and one day I get to play President." Zander added: "It's been a little tedious and a little overwhelming at times but we've got more control over our chaos." In May 2003, Cheap Trick brought their record label to Big3 Entertainment. Under the deal, Cheap Trick Unlimited/Big3 Records released Special One. Said Bun E.: "We brought our label to Big3 because we got tired of being record moguls and riding around in limos and making the big bucks. We thought we'd give Big3 a chance."

Through the mid 90's and on, many compositions from Cheap Trick began appearing in commercials, video games, movie soundtracks, and on T.V. episodes, For example in 1999, a live version of their song Surrender from the Live At Budokan album was used in the soundtrack to the movie Detroit Rock City. Cheap Trick wrote and performed the theme song for Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, featuring former Daily Show correspondent Stephen Colbert. Rick Nielsen recently played guitar with Peter Frampton and members of indie band The Decemberists for a jam session at the end of Stephen Colbert's humorous "Shred-Off" at the end of Colbert's show, the Colbert Report. Cheap Trick also performed "That '70s Song", the theme song to the Fox Network television series That '70s Show. The song is a remake of the Big Star song "In The Street", but with references to Cheap Trick's own "Surrender" included. In the 2003 film Daddy Day Care, performing the song "Surrender", with Jeff Garlin in guest vocals. On March 7th, 2006, "Surrender" became the theme song to the ABC show, Sons and Daughters.

On June 6, 2006, Cheap Trick released the album Rockford on Cheap Trick Unlimited/Big3 Records. The first single from the album was "Perfect Stranger" (produced by Linda Perry and co-written by Cheap Trick and Perry). The band promoted the album through appearances on the Sirius and XM satellite radio networks and a North American tour. Also in 2006, "Surrender" was featured as a playable track in the hit video game Guitar Hero II.

In 2007, officials of Rockford, Illinois honored Cheap Trick by reproducing the Rockford album cover art on that year's "city sticker" (vehicle registration). On June 19, 2007, Senators Syverson and Burzynski of Illinois offered Senate Resolution No. 255 designating April 1 of every year as Cheap Trick Day in the State of Illinois. The Senate of the 95th General Assembly resolved the resolution. The resolution can be found in Senate Journal No. 57 of the State of Illinois-95th General Assembly. http://www.ilga.gov/senate/journals/95/2007/SJ095057R.pdf

On Aug 10th & Aug 11th 2007 Cheap Trick honored the 40th Anniversary of the Beatles classic "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" by playing the album in its entirety with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra (conducted by Edwin Outwater) along with guest vocalists Joan Osborne, Aimee Mann among others.http://hollywoodbowl.com/tix/performance_detail.cfm?id=3251 An amazing feat considering the Beatles themselves never played the album live, considering it too challenging. Of particular note was that the Beatles' original engineer, Geoff Emerick, who had engineered all the sound effects on "Sgt. Pepper's", engineered the same sounds live for these two concerts, providing concert-goers with an authentic sound replica of the original album.

The Chicago Chapter of NARAS (National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences) honored Cheap Trick at the 2007 Recording Academy Honors event in Chicago on October 11, 2007. Both Rick Nielsen and Bun E. Carlos were on hand to receive the award, which was presented to them by Steve Albini. The band "Plain White T's" played a medley of "I Want You to Want Me" and "Surrender" - with Rick joining in on "Surrender." [www.cheaptrick.com]

Instruments

The band is known for its use of unusual guitars and basses. Robin Zander plays a Hamer 12-string guitar in addition to a Gibson Firebird, Chandler "Telecaster" and Rickenbacker 450http://www.ticketspecialists.com/concert/cheap_trick_tickets.htm. Rick Nielsen is an avid collector who, despite rationalizing his guitar collection, still has over 250 collector's pieces in his possession. He has collaborated with Hamer Guitars, on trademark 'themed' guitars, some based on Cheap Trick albums (such as "Rockford" and "The Doctor") and even songs (such as "Gonna Raise Hell)." Hamer also made unique five-necked guitars and electric mandocellos for Nielsenhttp://www.hamerguitars.com/?fa=rick_nielsen.

Bassist Tom Petersson is generally credited for having the initial idea for a 12-string bass. Petersson used a Gibson Thunderbird in the "He's a Whore" era. Petersson had used a Hagstrom 8-string bass, and then asked Jol Dantzig at Hamer Guitars to make him a 12 string bass. The company initially made him a 10-string bass. Following the successful trial use of that bass, the prototype 12-string bass (The Hamer 'Quad') was produced. Petersson later used 12-string basses made by Kids (a Japanese guitar maker), Chandlerhttp://www.12stringbass.com/Tom%20Petersson%20interview%20AARVAK.htm, and signature models from Waterstonehttp://www.dealtime.com/xFS?KW=tom+petersson&FN=Musical+Instruments&FD=0, as well as an impressive array of 4, 5 and 8 stringed basses from other makers http://wmmo.com/dcs/cheaptrick_november06_trivia.html. Bun E.Carlos has played with numerous commercial drum accessories, including Lutwig, Slingerland, Radio King, Zildjian, Gladstone and Gretchen drums and Capella drum sticks. http://www.classicdrummer.com/archives/vdmarchives/Drummers/BunECarlos.pdf

Band members

Current members
*Robin Zander - lead vocals, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar (1974-present) *Rick Nielsen - lead & rhythm guitars, acoustic guitar, keyboards, piano, bass, mandocello, backing vocals (1974-present) *Tom Petersson - bass, 12-string bass, 8-string guitar, 12-string guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "I Know What I Want", "Waitin' for the Man" (1974-1980, 1987-2004, 2004-2007, 2007-present) *Bun E. Carlos - drums, cymbals, percussion, backing vocals (1974-present)

with

*Tod Howarth - keyboards, backing vocals (touring)
Former members
*Jon Brant - bass, backing vocals (1981-1987, 1999, 2004, 2007) *Pete Comita - bass, backing vocals (1980-1981) *Randy "Xeno" Hogan - lead vocals (1974) *Phil Cristian (known as "Magic Cristian") - keyboards, backing vocals (touring only 1982-1986)<b>

Discography

Studio albums
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</b>Cheap Trick
<center> 1977<center> Image:CheapTrickInColor.jpg|<center>
In Color
<center> 1977<center> Image:CheapTrickHeavenTonight.jpg|<center>
Heaven Tonight
<center> 1978<center> Image:CheapTrickDreamPolice.jpg|<center>
Dream Police
<center> 1979<center> Image:CheapTrickAllShookUp.jpg|<center>
All Shook Up
<center> 1980<center> Image:Cheap_Trick_One_on_One.jpg|<center>
One on One
<center> 1982<center> Image:CheapTrickNextPositionPlease.jpg|<center>
Next Position Please
<center> 1983<center> Image:CheapTrickStandingOnTheEdge.jpg|<center>
Standing on the Edge
<center> 1985<center> Image:CheapTrickTheDoctor.jpg|<center>
The Doctor
<center> 1986<center> Image:CheapTrickLapofLuxury.jpg|<center>
Lap of Luxury
<center> 1988<center> Image:CheapTrickBusted.jpg|<center>
Busted
<center> 1990<center> Image:CheapTrickWokeUpWithAMonster.jpg|<center>
Woke Up With A Monster
<center> 1994<center> Image:CheapTrickCheapTrick97.jpg|<center>
Cheap Trick
<center> 1997<center> Image:CheapTrickSpecialOne.jpg|<center>
Special One
<center> 2003<center> Image:CheapTrickRockford.jpg|<center>
Rockford<b></br><center> 2006
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</b>Studio Albums Peak Chart Position<b> (Billboard Top 200)
Live albums
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</b>At Budokan
<center> 1979<center> Image:CheapTrickAtBudokanTheCompleteConcert.jpg|<center>
At Budokan: the Complete Concert
<center> 1998<center> Image:CheapTrickMusicForHangovers.jpg|<center>
Music for Hangovers
<center> 1999<center> Image:CheapTrickSilver.jpg|<center>
Silver<b></br><center> 2001
</gallery>
Compilations
* (1991) ''The Greatest Hits'' * (1996) ''Sex, America, Cheap Trick'' (box set including unreleased tracks) * (1996) ''I Want You To Want Me (IMG Records)'' * (1998) ''Hits of Cheap Trick'' (Import) 16 Selected Hits * (1998) ''Don't Be Cruel (Collectables Label)'' 9 Selected Singles * (2000) ''Authorized Greatest Hits'' * (2004) ''The Essential Cheap Trick'' * (2005) ''Collection (Cheap Trick/In Color/ Heaven Tonight)'' Remastered and unreleased tracks from first 3 albums * (2005) ''Cheap Trick Rock On Break Out Years: 1979 (Madacy Records)'' http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,3435148,00.html * (2007) ''Super Hits (Sony Musical Special Products)'' * (2007) ''Discover Cheap Trick'' (Epic/Legacy Records)
Movie and TV Soundtracks
*''Over the Edge'' (1979): Speak Now; Hello There; Surrender; Downed *''Roadie'' (1980): Everything Works If You Let It; Gonna Raise Hell *''Up The Academy'' (1980): Surrender *''Heavy Metal'' (1981): Reach Out; I Must Be Dreamin *''Rock & Rule'' (1981): I'm The Man; Born To Raise Hell; Ohm Sweet Ohm *''Spring Break'' (1983): Spring Break *''Up the Creek'' (1984): Up The Creek *''Top Gun'' (1986): Mighty Wings *''Say Anything'' (1988): You Want It *''Caddyshack 2'' (1988): Money (That's What I Want) *''Another Way'' (1988): Stop That Thief *''Queens Logic'' (1990): I Want You To Want Me *''Look Who’s Talking Too'' (1991): Wherever Would I Be *''Gladiator'' (1992): I Will Survive *''Encino Man'' (1992): Wild Thing *''Howard Stern's Private Parts'' (1997): I Want You To Want Me *''Beavis And ButtHead'' Episode "''Teen Talk''"(1994): Woke Up With A Monster *''Small Soldiers'' (1998): Surrender *''Detroit Rock City'' (1999): Surrender *''Joe Dirt'' (2001): If You Want My Love *''Scrubs''
"My Old Man" (2002): Surrender
"My First day" (2001): I Want You To Want Me *''Daddy Day Care'' (2003): Surrender *''This Thing of Ours'' (2003): D.E.C.A.F. *''One Tree Hill</b>
You Gotta Go There To Come Back (2004): Downed *The Comeback
Valerie Relaxes In Palm Springs (2005): I Want You To Want Me *John Tucker Must Die (2006): I Want You To Want Me
Singles (Side A/Side B)
* (1977) "Oh Candy/Daddy Should Have Stayed in High School" * (1977) "I Want You To Want Me/Oh Boy" * (1977) "Southern Girls/You're All Talk" * (1978) "So Good To See You/You're All Talk" * (1978) "Surrender/Auf Wiedersehen" - #62 US * (1978) "California Man/Stiff Competition" * (1978) "California Man/I Want You To Want Me" * (1979) "I Want You To Want Me"/Clock Strikes Ten" - #7 US, #29 UK, #2 Can, #15 Aus * (1979) "Ain't That A Shame/Elo Kiddies" - #35 US, #10 Can * (1979) "Dream Police/Heaven Tonight" - #26 US, #79 JP, #4 Can * (1979) "Voices/Surrender (Live)" - #32 US, #12 Can, #16 Aus * (1980) "Way Of The World/Oh Candy" - #73 UK, #72 US * (1980) "Everything Works If You Let It/Way Of The World/Heaven Tonight" - #44 US, #14 Can * (1980) "Stop This Game/Who'D King" - #48 US, #6 Can * (1980) "World Greatest Lover/High Priest of Rhythmic Noise" * (1981) "Reach Out/I Must Be Dreaming" * (1982) "If You Want My Love/4 Letter Word" - #45 US, #57 UK, #2 Australia * (1982) "She's Tight/All I Really Want To Do" - #65 US * (1983) "Dancing The Night Away/Don't Make Our Love A Crime" * (1983) "Dancing The Night Away/I Want You To Want Me/Ain't That A Shame" * (1983) "I Can't Take It/You Talk Too Much" * (1984) "Spring Break/Get Ready" * (1984) "Up The Creek" * (1985) "Tonight It's You/Wild Wild Women" - #44 US, #8 BB Mainstream Rock * (1986) "Mighty Wings" * (1986) "It's Only Love/Name Of The Game" - US * (1988) "The Flame/Through The Night" - #1 US, #77 UK. #1 Aus, #3 BB Mainstream Rock * (1988) "Don't Be Cruel/I Know What I Want" - #4 US, #77 UK, #8 BB Mainstream Rock, #13 Aus * (1988) "Ghost Town/Wrong Side Of Love" - #33 US, #32 Mainstream Rock * (1989) "Never Had A Lot To Lose/All We Need Is A Dream" - #75 US * (1989) "Let Go" - #35 BB Mainstream Rock * (1990) "Can't Stop Fallin' Into Love/You Drive, I'll Steer" - #12 US, #10 Can, #4 BB Mainstream Rock, #26 Auslia * (1990) "Wherever Would I Be/Busted" - #50 US * (1990) "If You Need Me/Big Bang" * (1990) "Back N' Blue" - #32 BB Mainstream Rock * (1991) "Magical Mystery Tour' * (1994) "Woke Up With A Monster" - #16 BB Mainstream Rock * (1994) "You're All I Wanna Do" * (1994) "Girlfriends" * (1995) "Cold Turkey" * (1996) "Gift" - US * (1997) "Say Goodbye/Yeah Yeah" - #39 BB Mainstream Rock * (1997) "Baby No More/Anytime/Brontosaurus" * (1997) "Baby Talk/Brontosaurus" * (1999) "That 70's Song" * (2003) "Scent Of A Woman" * (2006) "Perfect Stranger" * (2006) "Come On, Come On, Come On"

VIDEO GAMES

A cover of "Surrender" is featured in the video game "Guitar Hero II".
Various Artists Releases
* (2007) Mullets Rock! Too! Mullets In Love (Legacy Recordings), The Flame * (2005) Classic Rock Gold (Hip-O Records), I Want You To Want Me * (2005) 20 Greatest From The Golden Age of Power Pop (Varese Vintage), Surrender * (2005) Legends Of Rock (Time/Life Music), Surrender * (2005) This Is Mullet Rock (Deadline Music), Surrender * (2005) Casey Kasem Presents America's Top Ten: The 70's Greatest Rock (Top Sail Productions), I Want You To Want Me * (2003) Mullets Rock! (Epic), Surrender * (2001) 80's Pop Hits (Sony), The Flame * (2001) Greatest Hits of the 70's (Sony), Surrender * (2001) Produced By George Martin (Capitol/EMI Music), World's Greatest Lover * (2000) Rock Giants, Vol. 2 (Platinum Disc Corp.), I Want You To Want Me * (2000) Sensational 70's (Madacy Records), I Want You To Want Mehttp://www.buy.com/prod/sensational-70-s/q/loc/109/60455540.html * (2000) Ultimate Rock Classics, Vol. 2. (Columbia House), I Want You To Want Me * (1999) The Train Kept On Rollin' (Sony), Surrender * (1999) Greatest Hits of The 80's (Platinum Disc), The Flame * (1999) Alive In The 90's, Vol. 4 (Platinum Disc), Can't Stop Falling Into Love * (1998) Rock & Roll Relix: 1980-1989 (Eclispse Music Group), The Flame * (1997) Feel Like Makin' Love: Romantic Power Ballads (Rhino Records), The Flame * (1997) 80's #1 Pop Hits (K-Tel), The Flame * (1997) Starflight, Vol. 2 (K-Tel), I Want You To Want Me * (1997) Poptopia! 70's Power Pop Classics (Rhino/WEA), Come On, Come On * (1997) Rock Album, Vol. 1 (K-Tel), Dream Police * (1997) All The King's Men - Scotty Moore & DJ Fontana (Sweetfish Records), Bad Little Girlhttp://theband.hiof.no/albums/all_the_kings_men.html * (1996) Ultimate Rock 'N' Roll Collection (EMI), I Want You To Want Me * (1995) Billboard Top Hits 1985-1989 (Rhino Records), The Flame * (1995) Teenage Kicks, 46 Classic Punk & New Wave Tracks (Polygram), I Want You To Want Me * (1995) Heart of America: 19 Soft Rock Ballads (Griffin Records), The Flame * (1995) Working Class Hero: Tribute to John Lennon (Hollywood Records), Cold Turkey * (1995) Greatest Class Rock Hits (Mca Special Products), I Want You To Want Me * (1994) 80's Greatest Rock Hits 5: From The Heart (Priority Records), The Flame * (1994) Read The Hits: Best of The 80's (Risky Business), The Flame * (1994) Billboard Top Hits: 1988 (Rhino Records), The Flame * (1994) Stardust: Metal, Vol. 1 (Stardust), If You Want My Love, I Want You To Want Me * (1994) Double Take (Import/Generic), Don't Be Cruel * (1993) Keep On Loving You (Columbia Special Products), The Flame * (1993) Back Stage Pass (Live & Rockin') (Priority Records), I Want You To Want Me * (1988) Billboard Top Hits: 1988 (Rhino), The Flame

External links

* Cheap Trick.com - Official website