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Standing On The Edge
Studio album by Cheap Trick
Released October 1985
Recorded 1984-85
Genre Rock
Length 39:44
Label Epic
Producer Jack Douglas
Professional reviews
Allmusic 2/5 stars link
Rolling Stone (positive) [1]
Standing on the Edge is an album by the American rock group Cheap Trick, released in 1985. Jack Douglas, the producer of Cheap Trick's debut album Cheap Trick, made a return for this release.
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Overview
Cheap Trick's LP Standing on the Edge, which peaked at number #35 on Billboard's Hot 100 LP chart in 1985, saw the band return to their standard hard-rocking sound with this album. The album was produced by Jack Douglas, who produced the band's eponymous debut album as well as the Found All The Parts EP. The original plans for the album called for band to return to the rough sound of their first album. However, Douglas backed out of mixing process due to legal issues he was having with Yoko Ono. Mixer Tony Platt was called in, and as a result, the album's production featured keyboards and electronic drums more prominently than the band and Douglas had intended.
The album's most successful single "Tonight It's You", is the most well-known track from the album and also appears on numerous greatest hits compilations. Two promotional music videos were made for the song and both clips received much airplay on MTV.
Track listing
"Little Sister" (R. Nielsen) – 3:55
"Tonight It's You" (M. Radice/J. Brant/R. Nielsen/R. Zander) – 4:47
"She's Got Motion" (R. Nielsen/M. Radice) – 3:17
"Love Comes" (R. Zander/R. Nielsen) – 4:40
"How About You" (R. Zander/R. Nielsen/M. Radice) – 3:00
"Standing on the Edge" (R. Nielsen/R. Zander/M. Radice) – 4:44
"This Time Around" (J. Brant/M. Radice/R. Zander/R. Nielsen) – 4:33
"Rock All Night" (R. Nielsen/R. Zander/B. Carlos/M. Radice) – 2:51
"Cover Girl" (R. Nielsen/M. Radice) – 3:41
"Wild Wild Women" (R. Nielsen/R. Zander/B. Carlos/M. Radice) – 4:16
The unreleased tracks are making their rounds on the bootleg circuit along with several other regular album tracks that are slightly different from the final album versions. These tracks may represent the way the band had intended them to sound.
Background information
Bun E. Carlos insisted on being credited with "acoustic drums" because mixer Tony Platt added the electronic drums that were used on much of the album during post-production.
Song doctor Mark Radice was brought in to help the band with the songwriting process. He played keyboards and co-wrote 8 of the album's 10 tracks. He claims that the majority of "Tonight It's You" was written by himself and Bassist Jon Brant.
Guitarist Rick Nielsen's name is misspelled on the back cover of the original pressing as "Rick Nelson." The Japanese import version has Nielsen's name spelled correctly.
Physical copies of the album were out of print for several years (with the exception of Japan), making the original pressing of the CD somewhat of a collectors' item.
Chart performance
Chart (1985)? Peak
position? Total
weeks?
U.S. Billboard 200[2] 35 ?
Personnel
Robin Zander - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Rick Nielsen - lead guitar, backing vocals
Jon Brant - bass, backing vocals
Bun E. Carlos - drums, percussion
Additional personnel
Mark Radice - Additional keyboards, vocals
Jack Douglas - Producer
Paul Klingberg - Recording engineer, keyboards
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