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| Cheap Trick - Rockford |
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Review By discconnected
It is refreshing to know that in an ever-changing world,
Cheap Trick are still able to put out an album full
of snappy hooks, hard-driving guitar and Beatles-like
vocal harmonies. I am almost tempted to end this review
without typing another word.
Over the last ten years, it seems like Cheap Trick kept
trying to release concert albums that would recover
the magic of their breakthrough 'Live At Budokan' album.
Three live albums, two greatest hits collections and
one box set were released compared to the two proper
album releases, which were excellent efforts but seemed
to go unnoticed. Here's hoping that Rockford,' a collection
of 12 new Cheap Trick songs gets noticed.
'Welcome To The World' is an energetic opener, immediately
followed by the Linda Perry-produced 'Perfect Stranger,'
which is also the album's first single (as if there
were such a things as singles anymore). Their bubblegum
harmonies and edgy guitars still sound fresh in 2006,
yet nothing on the album is as refreshingly retro as
'If It Takes A Lifetime,' arguably one of the strongest
tracks recorded by this band in fifteen years.
The following lyric from 'Perfect Stranger' says it
all. "I don't need another perfect stranger/Driving
me insane/Constantly saying 'it's time for you to change'"
Cheap Trick haven't changed, and they don't have to.
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