Comments for Cheap Trick, Cheap Trick [1976]

This is a great album. It stands, sadly, as a testament of unused potential. If Cheap Trick had stayed in this mold, they could very possibly have made history.

I don't know about tham staying in that particular mould. There's some good stuff on it for sure, especially "He's a Whore", but nothing really screams HIT y'know? Oh Candy does hint at what was to come in the next year or two. You remember Surrender etc. True later stuff like the Flame smells but what can you do? After all in the last couple of years they are at least trying again. Whatever happened to Tom Werman, the producer of their 2nd,3rd and the Live lp's?? Is he still alive? I don't remember him doing anything else.

Their best, if not the best album of all time. Sick lyrics shake hands with dense, abrasive guitars-and hooks that make me swoon. From "Hot love" to the catharsis that is "Oh, candy", the Trick fuck your mom...and feel no shame. So, take some ludes, drink a Schafer, and dream of Bun E.

Their best, if not the best album of all time. Sick lyrics shake hands with dense, abrasive guitars-and hooks that make me swoon. From "Hot love" to the catharsis that is "Oh, candy", the Trick fuck your mom...and feel no shame. So, take some ludes, drink a Schafer, and dream of Bun E.

This albumn, their first, sounds a lot like they actually played in the dives of Rockford, Chicago and the Midwest. They were a great bar band.

A classic, in your face testament to American rock'n'roll.

THIS WAS A GREAT ALBUM.THE BAND WAS ON A ROLL & EVERYONE WHO HAD SEEN THEM AT THE CLUBS=NIGHT GALLERY,DOWN THE STREET,THE BIG HORN & ECT.REALLY GOT THE FULL FORCE OF THE BAND ON STAGE ITS A SHAME THEY DID NOT CONTINUE THIS TREND & ATTEMPTED TO GO MORE MAIN STREAM.THE TRICKSTERS WERE A GREAT PARTY BAND & ROCKED LIKE NOBODY ELSE COULD.I MISS THEM & THE DAYS OF THEIR HI ENERGY!

THIS WAS A GREAT ALBUM.THE BAND WAS ON A ROLL & EVERYONE WHO HAD SEEN THEM AT THE CLUBS=NIGHT GALLERY,DOWN THE STREET,THE BIG HORN & ECT.REALLY GOT THE FULL FORCE OF THE BAND ON STAGE ITS A SHAME THEY DID NOT CONTINUE THIS TREND & ATTEMPTED TO GO MORE MAIN STREAM.THE TRICKSTERS WERE A GREAT PARTY BAND & ROCKED LIKE NOBODY ELSE COULD.I MISS THEM & THE DAYS OF THEIR HI ENERGY!

i disagree with some comments.yes, a great album, but i think its cool that they change their sound for each album. it shows how truly talented ct is!

If there is a recording with a fatter guitar sound than "Taxman, Mr. Thief" or "Daddy Should Have Stayed in High School," or even CT's cover of "Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace," I haven't heard it. This album has great songs and great production, and for a debut it's almost scary. Because it had no radio "hit," the record company probably began its manipulation of the band. Had the guys been left to their own judgment, the band probably would get its rightful due as one of the best American bands of all time.

A great album, but pretty raw. (Tom Werman, by the way, went on to produce Twisted Sister's Stay Hungry album in 1984.) The next few albums to follow their debut are far better, as far as songs are concerned. Their newest (untitled) CD (1997) strongly echoes their first album.

Their first, their best.

CHEAP TRICK IS WAY BETTER THAN ANY SHIT OUT THERE TODAY!!!!!!!!THIS ALBUM ROCKS!!!! ALL THERE SHIT IS GREAT!!! LOOK AROUND AT ALL THE CRAP BANDS PUT OUT TODAY...IT SUCKS!!!! 25 YEARS LATTER AND STILL AROUND...AND GREAT!

1st, best, and totally under-appreciated. THIS IS ROCK AT IT'S VERY BEST. Combining raw energy with thought-provoking lyrics, this album still holds up today, which not a lot of artists of the same period can claim! So what if it's not some piece of slick, over-produced POP? THAT'S THE APPEAL OF THIS LP! I wish that CT had continued on in this vein, "In Color" would have rocked harder stripped down! This album IS Cheap Trick, and I am glad they have made the move back to their roots on their last album.

Oh Candy is great and so are the other 9 songs. Pretty sick stuff for pop music in 1977. Gotta love how they paved the way for other great musicians with a love for twisted subject matter.

Cheap Trick`s first album and probably their best- veryBeatlesque songs, but louder and faster than the Beatles(and quirkier in some instances)