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CD: Cheap Trick - All Shook Up (Expanded & Remastered)
All Shook Up (Remastered + Expanded)
2006 Epic/Legacy

Originally Released 1980
CD Edition Released June 14, 1988
Remastered + Expanded CD Edition Released March 7, 2006

AMG EXPERT REVIEW: Cheap Trick's first genuinely disappointing album
(1979's Dream Police wasn't bad, it just wasn't up to the level of the
first four), 1980's All Shook Up is pretty much a complete botch. Much
of the blame belongs to producer George Martin, who, for all his
brilliance, was simply a wrongheaded choice for these brash power
poppers; his production style simply doesn't translate. Unfortunately,
primary songwriter Rick Nielsen has to shoulder his portion of the
blame as well: the band's sixth album in under four years shows that
the guitarist is starting to run out of both hooks and interesting
lyrics. Too many songs are based around half-baked braggadocio like
"High Priest of Rhythmic Noise" and "World's Greatest Lover," without
the snarky wit that elevated their earlier albums, and the tunes
themselves are substandard boogie deficient in both head-bobbing riffs
and singalong choruses. "Baby Loves to Rock" is a glad-handing rocker
with a certain resemblance to T. Rex's classic string of hits, but
it's not enough to save the album. [An Expanded edition of All Shook
Up was released in 2006 with five bonus tracks.] -- Stewart Mason

AMG EXPERT REVIEW: With the legendary George Martin sitting in the
producer's chair for this one, you'd think that Cheap Trick would have
had it made. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case, for with All Shook
Up, the hits stopped coming and the near constant touring was
beginning to take its toll. Well worth seeking out, but it's not the
best in Cheap Trick's notable history. -- James Chrispell

AMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW
Great Album, Great Bonus Tracks, Bad Remastering, March 7, 2006
Reviewer: Marshall Boswell (Memphis, TN USA)
The album gets five stars: I'm slamming the "remastering," which was
done by some hack named Vic Anesini, who clearly did little more than
add some equalization to the original master. Also listen closely to
the "remastering" of the bonus EP that comes attached: the opening
high-hat cymbal bit from "You're Such A Good Girl" sounds like it was
recorded on french toast. Surely a genuine "remastering" would have
cleaned this up. I have a Japanese remastered CD of the EP that's
included here and the difference is very dramatic. That being said,
this is the last absolutely great Cheap Trick album, and deserves a
reevaluation. George Martin produced it: there are orchestral Who-like
numbers, Zeppelin rockers, Beatles-esque ballads, industrial workouts,
trashy nods to the Faces, and now you get "Everything Works If You Let
It" plus the entire "Found All the Parts" EP, complete with the "Day
Tripper" cover. Cheap Trick unleashed this great homage to British
Rock in 1980 and was trashed by the critics as derivative. Oasis and
Ocean Colour Scene did the same thing thirteen years later and topped
the charts. Now we can appreciate this as a postmodern piece of loving
pastiche by an amazing band, one of America's greatest ever rock acts.
Pity about the remastering, though.

AMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW
They Finally Found All The Parts, March 7, 2006
Reviewer: P. Morand "PJM" (Knoxville, TN United States)
"All Shook Up" has always been one of Cheap Trick's most problematic
albums, and the muddy mix of the original CD issue only made it that
much more of a difficult listen. This remastering job goes a long way
toward reclaiming some of the virtues of the recording, although it
does bring the weaker material ("High Priest of Rythmnic Noise") into
somewhat unwelcome relief. No matter. It is still, overall, a decent
album even if it is not on par with Cheap Trick's best. The real treat
is the inclusion of the long lost "Found All The Parts" EP. It's nice
to have these songs back after all these years. Well worth the price!

AMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW
The Road Less Traveled, June 24, 2001
Reviewer: Kevin OConnor from Clearwater, FL USA
At this junture of Cheap Trick's career it would have been a safe bet
to stick to formula, you know play it safe. The suits at Epic must
have been hoping that Cheap Trick take that route. Nope, Cheap Trick
came up with an album that has taken most critics and fans twenty
years to get. When All Shook Up came out in 1980 nothing sounded like
it. With just about everybody and their mom trying to mimick the soft
rock sound of the Eagles and their ilk, Cheap Trick went for the
throat. All Shook Up is chock full of diversity, with each track
sounding different from the other. There is no preaching or finger
pointing going on here just some playful fun lyrics with some dark
brooding thrown in to make it all balanced. On top of that pile of
humanity, there is some good punk rock energy surging on songs like on
"Just Got Back," and "Love comes A tumblin' Down." Then there is "Baby
Loves to Rock," with the everything but the kitchen sink style
production (Think the Beatles Good Morning, Good Morning). "Stop This
Game," is power, with a great swooping bass line, that reminds me of
the tone in the Beatles Song "Rain"(Maybe because George Martin
produced it). The Mambo Bridge on "I Hate Your Friends," is priceless.
But, the real tour deforce is "High Priest Of Rhythmic Rhythmic Noise.
" Its weird, its fun, it is so far removed from formula it makes Pluto
seem close. The Band took a lot of heat for not playing it safe, and
confusing all the boring hippies at Rolling Stone. Since most critics
could not understand All Shook Up they ridiculed it, calling it a
comedy album. It took critics, suits at Epic and music fans in general
till 1991 to catch up to Cheap Trick's vision via Nirvana. So Check
All Shook up out and for that matter their first 8 albums, and their
studio album from 1997. Cheap Trick is one of ther most courageous
band in the history of rock music. If all you know about them is the
Flame or I Want You to Want Me, you are missing out.

CD Connection.com Review
Cheap Trick: Robin Zander (vocals); Rick Nielsen (guitar, piano); Tom
Petersson (bass); Bun E. Carlos (percussion).

Recorded at Air Studios, Montserrat, England.

ALL SHOOK UP was produced by George Martin, the genius behind the
boards for the Beatles (and was also recorded by longtime Beatle
engineer Geoff Emerick). But ALL SHOOK UP isn't any more Beatle-
influenced than any other Trick album; in fact, with the exception of
the majestic "World's Greatest Lover," which Martin actually arranged,
the band mostly nods to other stylistic influences.

For instance, "Just Got Back" has '70s glam touches as well as a big
percussion sound reminiscent of Adam and the Ants or Bow Wow Wow. Then
the very funny "Baby Loves to Rock" (one of Robin Zander's best vocals
ever) manages to reference the Yardbirds, early Led Zeppelin, and the
Move. The splendidly titled "I Love You Honey But I Hate Your Friends"
is a cross between EXILE-era Stones and the Faces with Rod Stewart.
And "High Priest of Rhythmic Noise," fittingly, is heavy on the sound-
effects and actually veers in the direction of techno.

01. Stop This Game [0:03:56.10]
02. Just Got Back [0:02:05.17]
03. Baby Loves To Rock [0:03:17.45]
04. Can't Stop It (But I'm Gonna Try) [0:03:30.63]
05. World's Greatest Lover [0:04:52.35]
06. High Priest Of Rhythmic Noise [0:04:12.55]
07. Love Comes A-Tumblin' Down [0:03:09.12]
08. I Love You Honey But I Hate Your Friends [0:03:50.40]
09. Go For The Throat (Use Your Own Imagination) [0:03:05.08]
10. Who D'King [0:02:20.12]
11. Everything Works If You Let It (Bonus Track) [0:03:29.63]
12. Day Tripper (Live - from 'Found All The Parts' EP) [0:03:40.35]
13. Can't Hold On (Live - from 'Found All The Parts' EP) [0:05:56.47]
14. Such A Good Girl (from ''Found All The Parts'' EP) [0:03:06.15]
15. Take Me I'm Yours (from 'Found All The Parts' EP) [0:04:34.35]

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