Cheap Trick
The greatest power pop band in the world. For three years. Then I dunno what happened. Since then it's been the rekindle-the-magic-mystery-tour and critical games of pin "their best album since Dream Police" on the donkey. By the late '80s they were record company whores. By the end of the '90s they were the godfathers of alternative rock or something like that. There's probably twenty great songs from their first four albums and maybe ten from all the albums after that, but I'd rather live in a world with Cheap Trick in it than without.
| Date | ALBUMS / Singles |
|---|---|
| 1977 | CHEAP TRICK |
| 1977 | Oh, Candy |
| 1977 | IN COLOR |
| 1977 | I Want You To Want Me |
| 1977 | Southern Girls |
| 1977 | SONGS FROM THE FILM "OVER THE EDGE" (EP) |
| 1978 | Clock Strikes Ten |
| 1978 | HEAVEN TONIGHT |
| 1978 July | Surrender |
| 1978 | FROM TOKYO TO YOU |
| 1978 | California Man |
| 1978 October | CHEAP TRICK AT BUDOKAN |
| 1978 | I Want You To Want Me (live) |
| 1979 July | Ain't That A Shame (live) |
| 1979 | Dream Police |
| 1979 October | DREAM POLICE |
| 1979 | Oh, Boy |
| 1979 November | Voices |
| 1979 | I Know What I Want |
| 1979 | Way of the World |
| 1980 | I'll Be With You Tonight |
| 1980 | FOUND ALL THE PARTS (EP) |
| 1980 | Day Tripper |
| 1980 May | Everything Works If You Let It |
| 1980 | ALL SHOOK UP |
| 1980 October | Stop This Game |
| 1980 | World's Greatest Lover |
| 1981 | Reach Out |
| 1982 | ONE ON ONE |
| 1982 May | If You Want My Love |
| 1982 | She's Tight |
| 1982 | Saturday At Midnight |
| 1983 | Spring Break |
| 1983 | NEXT POSITION PLEASE |
| 1983 | Dancing The Night Away |
| 1983 | I Can't Take It |
| 1983 | Up The Creek |
| 1985 | STANDING ON THE EDGE |
| 1985 | Little Sister |
| 1985 July | Tonight It's You |
| 1985 | Mighty Wings |
| 1985 | How About You |
| 1986 | THE DOCTOR |
| 1986 | It's Only Love |
| 1988 March | The Flame |
| 1988 April 18 | LAP OF LUXURY |
| 1988 July | Don't Be Cruel |
| 1988 October | Ghost Town |
| 1988 | Stop That Thief |
| 1988 December | Never Had A Lot To Lose |
| 1990 June | BUSTED |
| 1990 July | Can't Stop Fallin' Into Love |
| 1990 | If You Need Me |
| 1990 October | Wherever Would I Be? |
| 1991 October 1 | THE GREATEST HITS |
| 1992 July | COLLECTION (Castle) |
| 1992 | I WANT YOU TO WANT ME |
| 1992 | WORLD SUPER HITS |
| 1992 | VOICES |
| 1994 February | BUDOKAN II |
| 1994 March 4 | WOKE UP WITH A MONSTER |
| 1994 | Woke Up With A Monster |
| 1994 August | You're All I Wanna Do |
| 1994 | Never Run Out of Love |
| 1996 August 13 | SEX AMERICA CHEAP TRICK |
| 1997 February 25 | Baby No More |
| 1997 April 29 | CHEAP TRICK |
| 1997 | Say Goodbye |
| 1998 April 28 | CHEAP TRICK AT BUDOKAN: THE COMPLETE CONCERT |
| 1998 June | THE HITS OF CHEAP TRICK |
| 1998 November | DON'T BE CRUEL |
| 1999 June 8 | MUSIC FOR HANGOVERS |
| 2000 October 24 | AUTHORIZED GREATEST HITS |
| 2001 July 11 | SILVER |
| 2003 July 22 | SPECIAL ONE |
| 2005 April 5 | THE COLLECTION |
| 2006 June 6 | ROCKFORD |
| 2006 | Come On Come On Come On |
| 2007 May 22 | SUPER HITS |
| 2007 May 28 | THE COLLECTIONS SERIES |
| 2008 January 28 | THE VERY BEST OF CHEAP TRICK |
| 2009 March 31 | PLAYLIST: THE VERY BEST OF CHEAP TRICK |
| 2009 June 23 | THE LATEST |
| 2009 August 25 | SGT. PEPPER LIVE |
| 2010 May 25 | THE MUSIC OF CHEAP TRICK: THE BOX SET SERIES |
| 2010 June 15 | THE ESSENTIAL CHEAP TRICK: LIMITED EDITION 3.0 |
| 2010 July 13 | SETLIST: THE VERY BEST OF CHEAP TRICK LIVE |
SEE ALSO...
ROBIN ZANDER discography
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