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Cheap Trick - In Color (Expanded Edition) (1977)

Track listing:
  1. Hello There 1:41
  2. Big Eyes 3:09
  3. Downed 4:11
  4. I Want You To Want Me 3:11
  5. You're All Talk 3:35
  6. Oh Caroline 2:59
  7. Clock Strikes Ten 3:02
  8. Southern Girls 3:44
  9. Come On, Come On 2:39
  10. So Good To See You 3:46
  11. Oh Boy (Instrumental Version) (Bonus Track) 3:10
  12. Southern Girls (Demo) (Bonus Track) 3:03
  13. Come On, Come On (Demo) (Bonus Track) 2:06
  14. You're All Talk (Live) (Bonus Track) 3:41
  15. Goodnight (Live) (Bonus Track) 2:18

Notes

Though Cheap Trick's second album In Color (And In Black and White) draws from the same stockpile of Midwestern barroom favorites as their debut album, it was produced by Tom Werman, who had the band strip away their raw attack and replace it with a shiny, radio-ready sound. Consequently, In Color doesn't have the visceral attack of its predecessor, but it still has the same sensibility and a similar set of spectacular songs. From the druggy psychedelia of "Downed" and the bubblegum sing-a-long "I Want You to Want Me" to the "California Girls" homage of "Southern Girls," the album has the same encyclopedic knowledge of rock & roll, as well as the good sense to subvert it with a perverse sense of humor. Portions of the album haven't dated well, simply due to the glossy production, but the songs and music on In Color are as splendid as the debut.