Description
Also available in a 3-pack with CHEAP TRICK and HEAVEN TONIGHT.
Cheap Trick: Robin Zander (vocals, guitar); Rick Nielsen (guitar, vocals); Tom Petersson (bass, vocals); Bun E. Carlos (drums).
Reissue producer: Bruce Dickinson.
Recorded at Kendun Recorders, Los Angeles, California; Ardent Studios, Memphis, Tennessee; Live at The Whiskey, Los Angeles, California. Includes liner notes by Greg Kot.
Digitally remastered by Vic Anesini (Sony Music Studios).
Cheap Trick: Robin Zander (vocals, guitar); Rick Nielsen (guitar); Tom Petersson (bass guitar); Bun E. Carlos (drums).
Though Cheap Trick's second album, In Color, draws from the same stockpile of Midwestern barroom favorites as their debut album, it was produced by Tom Werman, who had the band strip away their raw attack and replace it with a shiny, radio-ready sound. Consequently, In Color doesn't have the visceral attack of its predecessor, but it still has the same sensibility and a similar set of spectacular songs. From the druggy psychedelia of "Downed" and the bubblegum singalong "I Want You to Want Me" to the "California Girls" homage of "Southern Girls," the album has the same encyclopedic knowledge of rock & roll, as well as the good sense to subvert it with a perverse sense of humor. Portions of the album haven't dated well, simply due to the glossy production, but the songs and music on In Color are as splendid as the band's debut. [The 2006 Japanese edition includes bonus tracks.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
- Format: CD
- Genre: Pop
- Released: 02/01/2008
- Released: 2/1/2008