CD

Rockford

Cheap Trick

User Review :5.0

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VICP63423
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1
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CD
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1BonusTrack

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Cheap Trick's recorded work has been so inconsistent for so long, bouncing back and forth between belabored attempts to reach radio and self-conscious returns to their classic early work, it's kind of a shock to discover that 2006's Rockford is a good, solid Cheap Trick record. Scratch that — it's a very, very good Cheap Trick record, glistening with Beatlesque harmonies, sugary hooks and snarling guitars, and built on a set of songs that emphasize their strengths without seeming fussy or formulaic. They also don't seem tired or juvenile, either, nor do the band try to rock too hard or heavy, the way they did on the good but occasionally stilted Steve Albini-produced 1996 self-styled comeback, Cheap Trick. Albini is back for portions of Rockford, as is Jack Douglas, the producer behind their early masterworks, and 2000 rock's flavor of the month Linda Perry drops by for a single too — but far from being a case of too many cooks spoiling the soup, it's more that each producer/engineer/collaborator helps bring out a different aspect of Cheap Trick. Sure there are songs that serve up crunching hard rock along with a little bit of streamlined arena rock, but there are pop songs built upon the British Invasion, bittersweet ballads, even a little bit of disco-funk on "One More." When all these different sounds are put together, it does indeed add up to the most diverse album they've made in many a moon, but since there's such a strong emphasis on melody, vocal harmonies, and guitar hooks, all wrapped up in three-minute songs, it also winds up as Cheap Trick's first genuine power pop album since their heyday, and their best album since Dream Police. After all these years and all those uneven albums, it's a bit of a surprise to have the band deliver an album this good completely out of the blue but, as their catalog proves, Cheap Trick have never done things the easy way — and it's better to finally get a very, very good Cheap Trick record unexpectedly, some 27 years after the last good one, instead of not getting one at all. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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完全に全盛期のチープトリックが戻ってきた...

投稿日:2010/08/29 (日)

完全に全盛期のチープトリックが戻ってきたね。 一曲目から最後まで、ぶっ通して聞ける。 捨て曲無し、隙無し、まさに完全無欠の1枚。

素敵な問題児15号 さん | 愛知県 | 不明

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多分この10年で最も衝撃を与えた一枚でし...

投稿日:2009/07/13 (月)

多分この10年で最も衝撃を与えた一枚でしょう。チープトリックがチープトリック以上にチープトリックしてる。こんな芸当が出来るなんて信じられません。自分自身、簡単に老け込んじゃいけないな、なんて改めて考えさせられたりした。。。号泣しながら聞いているけど、それは決して感傷ではなく、チープトリックを聞くと自然とそうなりますね。これからもこんなアルバム作っていただけるんでしょうか?だとしたら嬉しいですし、なんか明日も明るく生きられそうです。

どらん さん | 埼玉県 | 不明

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素晴らしいメロディの曲を惜しげもなく短く切...

投稿日:2008/10/10 (金)

素晴らしいメロディの曲を惜しげもなく短く切り詰め、次から次へとチープ・トリック節をたたみかけるように披露する会心作。確かに久々という感じですが、聴き手の懐古の情を満足させるだけで終わらない新鮮さも感じます。恐るべき傑作!…なのに今まで聴く機会が無かったのは、ひとえに、パッケージデザインがあまりにも内容の充実度とはかけ離れた雰囲気だったから。前作といい、かなり見た目で損しているように、個人的には思います。

sman さん | 大阪 | 不明

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