The Essential Cheap Trick (2004)
Disc One
1.ELO Kiddies
2.Hot Love
3.He's A Whore
4.Mandocello (Live)
5.Clock Strikes Ten
6.Southern Girls
7.Downed
8.Hello There
9.Surrender
10.California Man
11.High Roller
12.Auf Weidersehen
13.I Want You To Want Me (Live)
14.Ain't That A Shame
15.Takin' Me Back
16.Dream Police
17.Voices
18.Gonna Raise Hell (Live)
Disc 2
19.Way Of The World
20.Stop This Game
21.World's Greatest Lover
22.Everything Works If You Let It
23.She's Tight
24.If You Want My Love
25.I Can't Take It
26.Tonight It's You
27.This Time Around
28.The Flame
29.Had To Make You Mine
30.I Can't Understand It
31.Can't Stop Fallin' Into Love
32.Walk Away
33.Woke Up With A Monster
34.Hard To Tell (Live)
35.Say Goodbye
36.Scent Of A Woman
The best compilation available, by far, from Cheap Trick. Not surprisingly, this two disc set is broken down to where the first disc includes the first three years of the band's recording history, whereas the second disc includes the last twenty-six.
Unlike other compilations, this one features most of the band's well known hits along with some early fan favorites with no unnecessary "unreleased" tracks to bog down the experience. They also wisely swap in some live versions of songs that are much more powerful (among them are Mandocello featuring the Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan and Gonna Raise Hell from the same series of shows). They still seem resistant to include Don't Be Cruel. It's not here and it's a shameful omission (copyright issue, maybe?). The sin is a minor one.
This is the one release to have if you could only have one.
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