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Cheap Trick - Sex America Cheap Trick

Track listing:
Volume 1
  1. Hello there 1:41
  2. ELO Kiddies 3:42
  3. Hot Love 2:32
  4. Oh, Candy 3:07
  5. Mandocello 4:48
  6. Lovin' Money 4:09
  7. I want you to want me 3:01
  8. Southern Girls 3:36
  9. So good to see you 3:37
  10. Down on the Bay 3:33
  11. Mrs. Henry 9:36
  12. Violins 6:12
  13. Ballad of TV Violence 4:52
  14. You're all Talk 3:56
  15. Fan Club 7:11
Volume 2
  1. Surrender 4:15
  2. High Roller 3:59
  3. On top of the world 4:06
  4. Auf Wiedersehen 3:42
  5. I want you to want me (live) 3:43
  6. Clock strikes ten 3:56
  7. Dream Police 3:54
  8. Way of the world 3:39
  9. Gonna raise hell 9:20
  10. Voices 4:22
  11. Stop this game 3:57
  12. Just got back 2:05
  13. Baby loves to rock 3:17
  14. Everything works if you let it (alternate version) 3:56
  15. World's greatest lover (Rick vocal) 4:57
  16. Waitin' for the man/Herion (live) 7:47
Volume 3
  1. Daytripper 4:18
  2. World's greatest lover 4:51
  3. I need love 3:57
  4. I'm the man 2:11
  5. Born to raise hell 2:46
  6. Ohm sweet ohm 2:50
  7. She's tight 2:59
  8. Love's got a hold on me 2:37
  9. If you want my love (alternate) 4:26
  10. Lookin' out for number one 3:43
  11. Don't make our love a crime 3:34
  12. All I really want 2:30
  13. I can't take it 3:28
  14. Twisted Heart 4:17
  15. Invaders of the heart 4:00
  16. Y O Y O Y O Y 7:29
Volume 4
  1. Tonight it's you 4:48
  2. Cover girl 3:42
  3. This time around 4:34
  4. A Place in France 3:52
  5. Funk #9 (The Doctor demo) 3:36
  6. Take me to the top 4:00
  7. Money is the route of all fun 2:48
  8. Fortune cookie (demo) 3:41
  9. You want it 3:41
  10. The Flame 5:38
  11. Through the night 4:19
  12. Stop that thief 3:55
  13. I know what I want 4:45
  14. Had to make you mine 3:16
  15. I can't understand it 3:29
  16. Can't stop falling into love 3:50
  17. Come on Christmas 7:30

Notes


Sex, America, Cheap Trick is a classic example of a botched box set. Spanning four discs and 64 songs, the box contains nearly all of the group's hit singles and an amazing amount of rarities — a grand total of 30 outtakes, live tracks, demos, single versions, soundtrack songs, and B-sides. Despite all of the abundance of material, there are still a lot of essential items missing, as well as several odd inclusions. Many of the group's biggest hits and concert staples are present, but Cheap Trick classics like "He's a Whore," "Downed," "Come On, Come On," "Taxman, Mr. Thief," "California Man," and several others are inexplicably absent. Furthermore, the final two discs bog down with slick radio-ready pop, even though they rescue all the highlights from the band's decidedly uneven '80s recordings. Still, the rarities — particularly single versions of early tracks like "Oh, Candy" and "Southern Girls," demos like "Fan Club," and a ripping live set — are usually worthy, even if they might have been better showcased on a double-disc rarities set.