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4 freaking degrees!! here today. Something to warm the bones...
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Cheap Trick
Heaven Tonight
Play Heaven Tonight
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AMG Review of Heaven Tonight
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
All Music GuideHeaven Tonight, like In Color, was produced by Tom Werman, but the difference between the two records is substantial. Where In Color often sounded emasculated, Heaven Tonight regains the powerful, arena-ready punch of Cheap Trick, but crosses it with a clever radio-friendly production that relies both on synthesizers and studio effects. Even with the fairly slick production, Cheap Trick sound ferocious throughout the album, slamming heavy metal, power pop, and hard rock together in a humongous sound. "Surrender," the definitive Cheap Trick song, opens the album with a tale about a kid whose parents are hipper than himself, and the remainder of the record is a roller coaster ride, peaking with the sneering "Auf Wiedersehen," the dreamily psychedelic title track, the roaring rocker "On Top of the World," the high-stepping, tongue-in-cheek "How Are You," and the pulverizing cover of the Move's "California Man." Heaven Tonight is the culmination of the group's dizzying early career, summing up the strengths of their first two albums, their live show, and their talent for inverting pop conventions. They were never quite as consistently thrilling on record ever again. [The 2006 Japanese edition includes bonus tracks.]
Monday Under the Self-Effacing Blankets:Cheap Trick's Hit Machine at Full Steam(Dec'08 #21)
I'm Late (for Sunday Under Covers, sue me) (Dec'08 #20)
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Listen as Cheap Trick pay homage to their roots by annihilating The Move's classic single. Hey, what Move recording was the original on?? Inquiring imbecile (me) wants to know.
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Torture Tunes - Barney or Metallica? You will have to decide
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On the way to work this am, I flipped through the free daily, which was given to me by a man who said, "God bless you," as he handed each one out. This was trippy enough, but to then turn to the headlineMilitary Blasts AC/DC, 'Barney' Music at Detaineeswas beyond what my mind could process before my morning joe.Here are a few of the songs listed as effective torture tunes.....Enter Sandman - Me...
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