Cheap Trick

Cheap Trick is a studio album released in 1977 by the American rock band Cheap Trick. It was their debut album, produced by Jack Douglas. Most of the songs have a more raw sound, and deal with more extreme subject matter than later albums. For instance, "The Ballad of T.V. Violence" is about serial killer Richard Speck, "Daddy Should Have Stayed in High School" is about a pedophile, and "Oh Candy" is about a friend of the band who committed suici... more

Cheap Trick is a studio album released in 1977 by the American rock band Cheap Trick. It was their debut album, produced by Jack Douglas. Most of the songs have a more raw sound, and deal with more extreme subject matter than later albums. For instance, "The Ballad of T.V. Violence" is about serial killer Richard Speck, "Daddy Should Have Stayed in High School" is about a pedophile, and "Oh Candy" is about a friend of the band who committed suicide. This album, along with the following three albums, are considered by fans and critics to be Cheap Trick's best works. This one, however, is more known for capturing both their dark side and the fierceness of their early live performances more than any other studio release in their catalogue. The album was produced by Jack Douglas, who had achieved a similar sonic density with Aerosmith, and the album sounds quite different than subsequent Cheap Trick records. Jack Douglas later worked with the band on the Found All The Parts EP and the... less