AMG Review of At Budokan

Stephen Thomas Erlewine
All Music Guide

Alright, this is a little tricky. The original Cheap Trick at Budokan rounded up highlights from Cheap Trick’s legendary 1978 stand at Budokan, it was later expanded to The Complete Concert in 1998, a two-disc set that contained the complete set list but apparently drew from the best versions from their three-night stint. All three nights were featured on the 30th Anniversary box set -- the first two nights issued on the CD, the third as a DVD -- and now, in 2010, there’s At Budokan, that contains the first night as a CD and a DVD. The CD contains familiar recordings but the DVD is something new, the first DVD release of the Friday show, which should be enough of a hook for the hardcore to pick this up for the fourth time.