The Essential Cheap Trick

The Essential Cheap Trick
The Essential Cheap Trick
Greatest hits album by Cheap Trick
Released	March 2, 2004
Recorded	1976–1999
Genre	Rock; power pop;
Length	2:26:50
Label	Epic
Producer	Jack Douglas; Tom Werman; Cheap Trick; George Martin; Roy Thomas Baker; Todd Rundgren; Richie Zito; Ted Templeman; Ian Taylor;
Cheap Trick chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
PopMatters	(positive)^[2]
Rolling Stone	^[3]
Uncut	^[4]

The Essential Cheap Trick is the fourth compilation album by Cheap Trick and part of Sony BMG's The Essential series. It contains at least one song from every album up to Special One (including Silver), except the commercial failure The Doctor. A reissue in 2010, retitled "The Essential Cheap Trick: Limited Edition 3.0", added a third disc with seven additional songs.^[5]

Track listing

Disc 1

All songs written by Rick Nielsen except as noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original release	Length
1.	"ELO Kiddies" (Single Version)		Cheap Trick (1977)	3:42
2.	"Hot Love"		Cheap Trick	2:31
3.	"He's a Whore"		Cheap Trick	2:44
4.	"Mandocello" (Live, with Billy Corgan)		Previously Unreleased (Cheap Trick)	5:11
5.	"Clock Strikes Ten"		In Color (1977)	2:59
6.	"Southern Girls" (Single Version)	Nielsen, Tom Petersson	In Color	3:35
7.	"Downed"		In Color	4:11
8.	"Hello There"		In Color	1:42
9.	"Surrender"		Heaven Tonight (1978)	4:15
10.	"California Man"	Roy Wood	Heaven Tonight	3:44
11.	"High Roller"	Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson	Heaven Tonight	3:58
12.	"Auf Wiedersehen"	Nielsen, Tom Petersson	Heaven Tonight	3:42
13.	"I Want You to Want Me" (Live)		Cheap Trick at Budokan (1979) (In Color)	3:43
14.	"Ain't That a Shame" (Live)	Antoine Domino, Dave Bartholomew	Cheap Trick at Budokan	5:17
15.	"Takin' Me Back"		Heaven Tonight	4:52
16.	"Dream Police"		Dream Police (1979)	3:51
17.	"Voices"		Dream Police	4:22
18.	"Gonna Raise Hell" (Live)		Silver (2001) (Dream Police)	9:06

Disc 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original release	Length
1.	"Way of the World"	Nielsen, Robin Zander	Dream Police	3:37
2.	"Stop This Game"	Nielsen, Robin Zander	All Shook Up (1980)	3:57
3.	"World's Greatest Lover"		All Shook Up	4:51
4.	"Everything Works if You Let It" (Full Version)		Authorized Greatest Hits (2000) (Roadie —- Original Motion Picture Sound Track)	3:55
5.	"She's Tight"		One on One (1982)	2:59
6.	"If You Want My Love" (Alternate, Extra Bridge Version)		Sex, America, Cheap Trick (1996) (One on One)	4:26
7.	"I Can't Take It"	Robin Zander	Next Position Please (1983)	3:28
8.	"Tonight It's You"	Nielsen, Robin Zander, Jon Brant, Mark Radice	Standing on the Edge (1985)	4:47
9.	"This Time Around"	Nielsen, Robin Zander, Jon Brant, Mark Radice	Standing on the Edge	4:34
10.	"The Flame"	Bob Mitchell, Nick Graham	Lap of Luxury (1988)	5:38
11.	"Had to Make You Mine"	Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson	Busted (1990)	3:16
12.	"I Can't Understand It"	Nielsen, Robin Zander	Busted	3:30
13.	"Can't Stop Fallin' into Love"	Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson	Busted	3:49
14.	"Walk Away" (with Chrissie Hynde)	Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson	Busted	3:42
15.	"Woke Up with a Monster"	Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson	Woke Up with a Monster (1994)	4:54
16.	"Hard to Tell" (Live)	Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson	Silver (Cheap Trick) (1997)	3:45
17.	"Say Goodbye"	Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson	Cheap Trick	3:29
18.	"Scent of a Woman"	Nielsen, Robin Zander, Bun E. Carlos	Special One	4:48

Disc 3 (Limited Edition 3.0 only)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original release	Length
1.	"The Ballad of T.V. Violence (I'm Not the Only Boy)"		Cheap Trick	5:16
2.	"Big Eyes" (Live)		Cheap Trick at Budokan (In Color)	3:46
3.	"On Top of the World"		Heaven Tonight	4:04
4.	"Heaven Tonight"		Heaven Tonight	5:28
5.	"One on One"		One on One	3:07
6.	"Cover Girl"	Nielsen, Mark Radice	Standing on the Edge	3:43
7.	"Standing on the Edge"	Nielsen, Robin Zander, Mark Radice	Standing on the Edge	4:43

Personnel

Robin Zander – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Rick Nielsen – lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
Tom Petersson – bass, backing vocals
Bun E. Carlos – drums
Jon Brant – bass, backing vocals
Mark Radice – keyboards, backing vocals

References

^ Allmusic review
^ PopMatters review
^ Young, Charles M. (16 March 2004). "Cheap Trick: The Essential Cheap Trick". www.rollingstone.com. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
^ "Cheap Trick - The Essential..." Uncut: 120. 2004. Retrieved 2013-05-30.
^ Erlewine, S.T. "Essential 3.0". Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-09-05.

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[1] Allmusic review

[2] PopMatters review

[Rolling_Stone_16_March_2004-3] Young, Charles M. (16 March 2004). "Cheap Trick: The Essential Cheap Trick". www.rollingstone.com. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 5 November 2017.

[4] "Cheap Trick - The Essential..." Uncut: 120. 2004. Retrieved 2013-05-30.

[5] Erlewine, S.T. "Essential 3.0". Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-09-05.

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v t e Cheap Trick
Rick Nielsen Tom Petersson Robin Zander Bun E. Carlos Randy Hogan Pete Comita Daxx Nielsen Jon Brant
Studio albums	Cheap Trick In Color Heaven Tonight Dream Police All Shook Up One on One Next Position Please Standing on the Edge The Doctor Lap of Luxury Busted Woke Up with a Monster Cheap Trick (Cheap Trick '97) Special One Rockford The Latest Bang, Zoom, Crazy... Hello We're All Alright! Christmas Christmas In Another World
Compilation albums	The Greatest Hits Sex, America, Cheap Trick Authorized Greatest Hits The Essential Cheap Trick The Epic Archive, Vol. 1 (1975–1979) The Epic Archive, Vol. 2 (1980–1983) The Epic Archive, Vol. 3 (1984–1992)
Live albums	Cheap Trick at Budokan Budokan II Music for Hangovers Silver Sgt. Pepper Live
EPs	Found All the Parts
Singles	"Oh, Candy" "I Want You to Want Me" "Southern Girls" "Elo Kiddies" "Clock Strikes Ten" "Surrender" "California Man" "I Want You to Want Me (Live)" "Ain't That a Shame" "Dream Police" "Voices" "Way of the World" "Everything Works If You Let It" "Day Tripper (Live)" "Stop This Game" "World's Greatest Lover" "Reach Out" "If You Want My Love" "I Want You" "She's Tight" "Saturday at Midnight" "Dancing the Night Away" "I Can't Take It" "Up the Creek" "Tonight It's You" "Mighty Wings" "It's Only Love" "Kiss Me Red" "The Flame" "Don't Be Cruel" "Ghost Town" "Never Had a Lot to Lose" "Let Go" "Can't Stop Fallin' into Love" "Wherever Would I Be" "Magical Mystery Tour" "Woke Up with a Monster" "You're All I Wanna Do" "Didn't Know I Had It" "Cold Turkey" "Say Goodbye" "Carnival Game" "That '70s Song" "Scent of a Woman" "My Obsession" "Too Much" "Perfect Stranger" "If It Takes a Lifetime" "When I Wake Up Tomorrow" "Long Time Coming" "Gimme Some Truth"
Other songs	"He's a Whore" "Hello There" "High Roller" "Auf Wiedersehen" "Stiff Competition" "Need Your Love" "Gonna Raise Hell" "Back 'n Blue"
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