Reviews (page 4 of 9)
Today I learned that Cheap Trick played a show in Japan. I also learned that this is their best selling album. If you're a fan of them you'll like it.
Cheap Trick should not be anywhere near this list despite the fact, and I hate myself for admitting it, "I Want You to Want Me" is absolutely incredible track.
Meh
Not bad, lots of songs I recognized but not crazy about it
Brief but pretty good
I liked cheap trick before this but this helped me get it more. I would even go on to say that there are moments on this that channel the Beatles in a way I couldn’t have expected. Wish I could have been there myself, fantastic.
Stop with the live albums. I already have heard most of these songs off their actual album. 3/10
Genre: Power Pop Decent live album, with some fun interactions with the Japanese crowd, and some decent hit songs played well. Not sure why this is essential beyond it being a big seller, and Cheap Trick being very big at the time, but not bad, pretty quick, decent rock and roll. 3/5
It was ok, I guess.
They're just that,; a cheap trick. This felt more like a studio album with audience sounds added in than a live album. Favorite Track: "Clock Strikes Ten".
Never listened to Cheap Trick but had got the impression they would be kind of fun. However, this was somewhat underwhelming at first. Gets going a little more about halfway through when the songs improve. Still not convinced I need this in my life, though.
Pure intensive rock music.
One of those You Really Had To Be There live albums. Not great.
This was a jolly outing and a solid if uneventful little live album. I like a live recording where it’s all blended together like this, the proper feel of a ‘set’. I don’t think the recording was the best, but maybe to be expected for a live performance. Solid guitar, percussion and vocals. I’m not sure of the wider significance of this album (if any) but it’s a solid listen.
Enjoyed this as it seemed fairly niche yet had tracks of great familiarity which is either credit to them or the slightly mainstream nature of it. It's easy to absorb which means it may not have staying power but for me to have this new experience was refreshing and different. Live dimension was interesting and had great vibrancy to it. It started a little more heavy / rustic which I prefer but can't hide I enjoyed the riffy more pop central ones in the middle. Might come back as a worthy interest point.
This is exactly the sort of thing I envisioned listening to when I started this project. A live recording of a Japanese concert from a niche US rock band. There is something faintly Spinal Tap about the whole thing and I like it. And it was pretty good. Not the polished production of a studio album but it had good energy and I can see why this was picked up as a great performance. They have that classic American rock band flavour but there are also lots of moments that seem to foreshadow later bands, at some points the vocals almost sound like nineties brit-pop. I considered pushing this album into the upper marks. It's a cool recording of a fun, high energy performance and I was taken in by the story of the underappreciated band on an epic Japan tour. I think it just falls short for me just on the basis of the music being fairly formulaic and inside the box. Good solid stuff though nonetheless.
Cheap Trick are rubbish
Fun and energetic. A good live album.
I Want You to Want Me rolling right into Surrender is sick.
Great
59/100. An okay live album. The energy from the crowd is definitely there and gives the record a nice vibe, but for me, the songs themselves feel pretty repetitive.
# 596 : At Budokan At Budokan – Cheap Trick, Budget Sound Live albums are supposed to capture the magic of a band in their element—raw energy, crowd interaction, and a fresh spin on studio favorites. At Budokan does none of that. Instead, it’s a sloppy, uninspired mess that sounds like it was recorded from the back row with a potato. The hits are still decent, but everything feels loose and under-rehearsed. The lyrics are uninspiring, the energy is flat, and the crowd might as well be napping. There’s no spark, no moment that makes you stop and go, “Wow.” Just a lot of “Why is this considered essential?” I wouldn’t say it’s bad, but every song here is done better on the studio albums. This feels like a bootleg that accidentally made it onto Rolling Stone’s “Greatest Albums” list. Best Track (if you must): Ain’t That a Shame – ironically, the best thing here is a cover. Verdict: ★★ for nostalgia. File under “live albums that forgot to bring the live energy.”
Need Your Love
Tiene pinta de que me va a gustar el grupo, pero en general no entro en los discos en directo
Excellent. Solid classic rock
Ok I’ll admit it, this kinda slapped. They’ll never be my cup of tea, but what a fun, energy-packed live album!
I wonder why they have a live album instead of a studio one. Maybe they haven't released a worthy studio recording. This has 2 massive hits obviously but apart from that it's decent but don't think it's super great. Probably 3 stars
Another record that's just getting the 80s started. This isn't bad per se, it's just not something I'd intentionally revisit. Sounds like they put on a live and entertaining show, the music just doesn't quite grab me as other artists do. I'm a lenient and open-minded reviewer, so this will be another 3.
Cheap trick was never a favorite of mine.
I want you to want me feels out of place- many bangers here. Some classic buttrock
Cheap Trick is a band I forget I like so much. First two songs on this album was meh but everything else was real good. Surrender still comes out as my favorite by them.
Honestly, pretty fun! I'm sick as hell right now, so all the songs kind of flowed past me like water, however I had a good time with this! If it popped up on autoplay, I probably wouldn't turn it off. That said, I feel like this album was a little hurt by being a live album, with the *key exception* of the kpop-esque coordinated chanting during parts of the songs, which was *awesome*.
Another band I’ve known, but not fully experienced. For a live album, this was pretty solid.
It's energetic and the guitar work is skilled but as someone only passingly familiar with Cheap Trick who was born after this concert took place, there isn't much to recommend this album. The music is classic power pop, some of it bordering on self parody, and the crowd is appropriately worked up but, I don't know, I wasn't there so it just sort of feels like I'm trying to listen to a baseball game on the radio without the announcers. The album has a really cool story, but just listening to it, eh. The cover is a candid shot that you would tell your friend to delete, it's a 1/5.
Este es álbum que me genera sensaciones encontradas. Por un lado pienso que es un registro que contiene una historia interesante, la de un grupo que no estaba teniendo suficiente éxito comercial en Estados Unidos que va a realizar este concierto a Japón y tiene una recibida masiva, comparada con la Beatlemanía. 20.000 fans japoneses a los gritos son parte de la grabación de este álbum, cuya grabación es decente, pero el foco claramente fue volver a Estados Unidos triunfantes. Esta experiencia catapultó la popularidad de un grupo hasta entonces poco relevante. Aunque no fue una banda que pudo sostener por mucho tiempo su fama, tuvo su momento de gloria. Sin embargo pienso que también es un producto de su época, ya que muchos artistas de Estados Unidos durante los 70s, y parte de los 80s se dirigían a Japón para ser recibidos con mucha popularidad por parte del público de un país donde el sistema económico capitalista florecía, y el consumismo general, y en especial el de la cultura estadounidense post segunda guerra mundial en Japón crecía enormemente hasta encontrar su techo con la crisis económica en los 80s. Teniendo esto en cuenta no es tan sorprendente que una banda de power pop de Estados Unidos a fines de los 70s se tan bien recibida en Japón. No es por quitarle mérito a lo que logró la banda, pero me parece importante ilustrar el panorama, porque además lo cierto es que no considero que este sea un gran grupo, o que el álbum sea una excelente grabación. La música tiene sus momentos buenos, sobre todo creo que la sección rítmica tiene grooves interesantes. "Big Eyes" tiene un riff muy bueno en medio del tema, "I Want You To Want Me" es una linda composición. Pero en general la banda suena muy genérica y no ofrece más aspectos memorables a mi parecer. La ejecución musical es sólida, la grabación es decente considerando el contexto, las letras son muy cliché, la voz no es muy icónica pero cumple con su rol. Creo que el valor del álbum en esta lista viene más del fenómeno histórico que de la música en sí.
1001 rock band live albums recorded in Japan before you get through mid October. Not really essential, and while I enjoyed it well enough the deep purple one was definitely more impressive and interesting. Being live didn't really add that much here apart from a few introductions which are a negative point, so would rather have heard this recorded. Still basically fine but no reason to come back, 2.5.
I don't really understand why live albums are on the list. Or - why most love albums are on the list. This one doesn't really capture any essence of Japan, it is just a decent album. I Want You To Want Me is by far their best track. The rest are alright. Wore thin.
Another live in Japan album hey. I'm not familiar with cheap trick, but I did recognise "I want you to want me". I did think it sounded pretty decent, but I would rather not my first experience of them be a live album. Why so many live albums on the list. Do they really make for essential listening? Can't see anything in this one that does 2.5
I don't enjoy live albums. The whole point of live shows is to enjoy being there, it's not the same listening to below-par production and people screaming at home. Old live albums are even worse, the production is so messy the noise overwhelms me. My ears have been assaulted, it's causing anxiety. I couldn't finish it.
nice but i’d have to be in the mood to listen to it
So good.
Idk why this is on here. I like CT but not very good live album.
We don't do live albums. Sorry Cheap Trick.
Surrender bangs
Robert Dimery, my dude - you're officially fired. While certainly not the greatest band of all time, Cheap Trick DOES have a number of strong albums, and this live shit is NOT one of them. Seriously, Robert - you're honestly trying to tell us that THIS album above all others is THE must hear experience from their library? Have you ever listened to ANY Cheap Trick albums? Did you even listen to this one? If this were a road trip, and you were my DJ, your sorry ass would be walkin'.
A new low for me on this ridiculous list.
Live albums are not albums. It's memorabilia for die hard fans. Nothing about this justifies the inclusion on a list of essential releases. The tracks are okay at best, and nothing is gained by having this recorded with a crowd.
This one is for the cheap trick fan. Wherever you are
It's an OK live album I guess. Was going to give it a 2, but it ended up having its moments. Mostly not a fan of live albums on the list.
Rare instance where the back half of an album goes harder than the first half. Great cover of Ain't That a Shame. The end of Need Your Love really rocks. Have heard I Want You to Want Me a million times but it still rocks. Clock Strikes Ten is an excellent closer. 3.5/5
I struggled to clearly hear the audio due to a mixture of crowd noise. Not for me.
Live albums are awful. Extra star for Want You To Want Me.
It’s fine
Thoughts before listening: I was just reading up on Cheap Trick yesterday and was wondering if I had gotten them on this project yet. Really good live album from classic rock band that leans heavily into a power pop sound. Fun band. Review: Part of my research into the band was to find out that, to my surprise, Cheap Trick's debut album came out in 1977. These guys feel like they should be contemporaries of the 70s hard rock bands like Zeppelin and Aerosmith, but they were putting out their early albums at the same time that punk and new wave were taking off. That makes sense with their sound which comes off more akin to pop punk with a rock sheen than any sort of arena rock. This is definitely a fun album that I'll give 4-stars.
It's a live album. One of which, the top songs are songs I don't necessarily like.
Такий соьі альбом,мені не подобається
Pretty mid as the 13-year-old would say, but it was fun recognizing a few tracks that I've heard on the classic rock stations over the years. Not groundbreaking but not awful
I am not a fan of live albums
Damn. Cheap Trick can rock pretty hard man. This is just some by-the-book quintessential Classic Rock, but I think a rather good example of it. Clearly Tokyo was creaming their pants over it, and in a way I was too. Memorable songs, quality musicianship, and a willingness to get lost in the sauce. Vibes. Fave songs: - Lookout - Big Eyes - Need Your Love - Ain't That a Shame - Surrender - Clock Strikes Ten
𝘈𝘵 𝘉𝘶𝘥𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘯 captures the moment Cheap Trick went from cult favorites to international stars, thanks largely to their massive popularity in Japan. The live setting gives hits like 𝘐 𝘞𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘞𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘔𝘦 a rawer, more energetic edge, and that energy finally broke them into the U.S. charts. Still, for all the enthusiasm, Cheap Trick often sound like a second-tier hard rock/power pop band — fun and catchy, but never quite on the level of their bigger peers.
I mean, the live version of "I Want You To Want Me" and "Surrender" are superior to the original, the rest is kinda meh. Big in Japan ain't what it used to be...
my favourite thing to hear when listening to music alone is the screams of thousands before and after every song, thank you live album recording
i swear ive heard surrender before, good song. overall its a 3
Great live album
Great live album. One of the few cases where the live recordings surpass the studio ones as the definitive versions of the songs.
Slaps.
2 Just don't really have anything to say about it - didn't care for it, but it wasn't painful I suppose
One of the few live rock albums I honestly enjoy listening to. Most fall into the "had to be there" bin for me. The too long version of "Need Your Love" cost this one a star in my rating. Other than that one this album has it goin' on.
Really captures the energy the band has. Solid from beginning to end.
I didn't knew this band. They have a good vibe.
This album was a prelude to listening to Punk Rock bands for me. 4 stars or B+.
Cheap Trick is always a fun band, rocks but kinda poppy. I'd love to have been there for this show.
Another really great live album! So many good songs from Cheap Trick’s discography. A very fun upbeat album and you can tell the crowd is really into it. Standout Songs: Come On, Come On Lookout Need Your Love Ain't That A Shame I Want You To Want Me Surrender Goodnight
Art.
A totally fine live album. The big hits standout and the rest is pretty good. Enjoyed it enough and don’t plan on revisiting.
Boring songs, awful sound. Beats me how this could ever be a hit or considered an essential classic.
From the reputation of this Live album I was expecting it not to sound like a tinny, cheap bootleg, and yet that is the impression that I get. Some good tunes, but it's hard to get past the sound quality.
Sounds cheap, feels cheap is cheap
Cheap Trick is self explanatory.
Can you honestly tell me that you forgot? Forgot the magnetism of Robin Zander? Or the charisma of Rick Nielsen? Well I didn't forget. This one rules.
Never got into them when I was younger. Like a repeating record of previous comments, was expecting more.
Essential late 70's power pop that broke this deserving band into the mainstream and influenced rock bands everywhere. Plus it asked the question, "where the hell is Budokan"?
Eh…
By the shrieking in this album, you’d assume Cheap Trick was the Beatles. They weren’t. But they were good fun!
Good clean rock and roll
Definitely a turn the amps up to 11 kind of vibe. Cheap Trick is ultimately held back by their talent ceiling, but it's a fun live album
Their two okay songs don't really make a live album necessary
Didn’t think I would like this but they’re much better live than in studio
a hard rock album; this one is said to have kick-started cheap trick's popularity in the united states, it's their best-selling album. and holy cow, does it pack a lot. recorded at a tokyo arena, the album is FULL of raw old-school hard rock music paired with the eager and excited SQUEALS from the audience, especially young women fawning over the men performing. i can just feel the energy, and i love every minute of it. it must've been something, especially for the japanese citizens watching this live.. apparently they were as big as the beatles. i wonder what they thought of the band once their music got over there... it's imperfect, it's full of character, and it's a true capsule of how a live rock band performance should go. pretty amazing, if you ask me.
Good live album
Great live album. Done very well.
A pleasant live album from a solid act.
8/10
242/1089 - Very rudimentary and formulaic. A good showcase that there's a difference between simple and basic. This is either the worst 3 or the best 2.
I can't believe it, but I actually liked this. A Cheap Trick live album sounds like a terrible idea to me (and I still don't think this belongs in the 1001), but somehow this was fun. The run of tracks from Ain't That a Shame to Goodnight is a powerful hit parade. How could you not sing along to Surrender. On this occasion I liked finding out that the performance was 1 week after the track released, that was cool. 3.4/5
Most likely, the version of 'I Want You To Want Me' is from this album. Cheap Trick were heavily influential in the realm of writing lovely, catchy melodies and then layering them atop loud, driving guitars -- something that just sounds like a thousand bands in 2025. However, they hadn't achieved significant popularity in their home country until this particular record. This is a document of a band that had honed its craft for most of a decade (honestly, eight years isn't that long to toil on the cusp of making it big but I guess it seemed like it in the 70's, when music was everything and radio was music) and the skill is on display. You might think there are some corrections or some overdubs in post, but there aren't. Cheap Trick are what they are: power pop or melodic hard rock, however you want to slice the pie. They're the Foo Fighters, thirty years before there were Foo Fighters. Or Weezer. Or Nickelback, I guess. It's worth remembering that the dominant music of the 70's was a blend of soft rock (think America or Carly Simon) and disco, so an act breaking through with music based around pentatonic scales, power chords and ubiquitous distorted guitar is noteworthy. It's why Alice Cooper seemed shocking and why Kiss still has some real respect in elitist rock circles (despite being open, unabashed sellouts; this is kind of a hot take). It's also a fun listen. It functions as a bit of a greatest-hits up to that point, the recording is actually good (and has enough crowd noise to feel real) and Cheap Trick were genuinely a good band. It might sound kind of trite as I reach the first-quarter mark of the 21st century but that's because of almost fifty years of people building on this foundation. Great hits and the rest is also pretty good. Surrender is an absolutely excellent song and it's kinda halfway between Kiss and pop music -- and that's a remarkable innovation. Give this a listen. It's a 4/5 if you're predisposed to enjoy this sort of rock music (you probably know what I mean, at this point) but in the spirit of my electronic-hater-adjustments, it might be a 3/5 for people who aren't me. Still: well worth your time, if only to hear how live albums really took off at this point in history.
Ugh. Another live? No thanks, not even for cheap trick.
Another disappointing entry on the list. It's not that this is bad, it's just mediocre covers. A fun cover band, sure, but it doesn't even sniff the top 1000.
Not a fan of live albums, but this one is really good and the sound quality is not too bad.
It's okay, just a live album
Some great songs on this album, but it's still not my favorite. I do like the live aspect.
Really enjoyed this one, great songs and great atmosphere
4.4/5 really great live album haven’t listened before but very good 70s rock
It was ok. The screaming became tiresome.
It took them a few songs to get going and even then the performance still felt average. Also the crowd interaction was pretty minimal for a live album.
Love Cheap Trick! This should be a double album as most of deep cuts are missing (and they are amazing)! This is music that makes you wanna party from the get go, just so much fun. Fav Tracks: Lookout!, Clock Strikes Ten. Pity it's only Cheap Trick album on the list. If you liked it, you should also check S/T (1977), Heaven Tonight (1978) and All Shook Up (1980)
Funny to think that these guys were once considered to be the next Beatles.
Decent live album
My parents’ music
Hell yeah
This fucking RIPS! No further explanation needed.
"Hello There" - 2, I can’t hear shit "Come On, Come On"- 3 "Lookout"-3 "Big Eyes"-4 "Need Your Love"-3 "Ain't That a Shame"- 4 "I Want You to Want Me" - 3.5 "Surrender"- 4 "Goodnight Now" -3 "Clock Strikes Ten"-4
"Hello There" - 2 "Come On, Come On"- 3 "Lookout"- 3 "Big Eyes"- 3 "Need Your Love"- 2.5 "Ain't That a Shame"- 3 "I Want You to Want Me" - 4.5 "Surrender"- 4.5 "Goodnight Now" - 3 "Clock Strikes Ten"- 3
Scontato
Not really that memorable. Even the hits aren't that memorable.
Enjoyable, high energy live concert. Audio out of a tin can.
I can’t stand “I want you to want me” and have never been able to but Surrender is a good song
Nice, iconic album/performance. I never realized I’ve heard the live version of “I want you” so many times that I knew the introduction of the song.
“Come On, Come On” rocks. Want you to want me, Surrender also great. The rest falls off, but pleasant enough for the most part.
Favorites: I Want You to Want Me, Surrender, Clock Strikes Ten Unfortunately, this didn't really do much for me. Compared to the other live albums I've heard so far, I didn't feel too immersed in this one. I thought the performances of I Want You to Want Me and especially Surrender were great, but outside of that I wasn't too impressed and felt rather bored. 6/10
solid live album.
lapsiyleisö kuulee äänestä. vähän mietityttää että minkälaistam umusiikkia tulee kun lapset kaikki tykkää jeejee.. ehkä en kuitenkaan rupee näitä kuuntelee enempää taravi. kuitenki ollaan jo kasvattu. saa olla lapsellinen saa olla lapsellinen. mutta en mä frööbelin palikoita enään kuuntele kuitenkaan ja aika sama meininki menossa.. meidän laivassa meidän laivassa siinä on iso reikä pohjassa ja se uppoaa se uppoaa jos et ryhdy toimimaan ahh bändi.. ylös alas näin ja näin ykköspumbbu nyt jo käy ahh motherfuckers. lapset vaan huutaa rallallaa ei mielessä ole mitään muuta paitsi rallatus ja hallatus eo helevteei soikoon. ned your live
Great live rock performance, let down by a poor quality recording. The Beatlemania type screaming from the crowd is weird.
Some bangers, cheap trick had more than i realised
Meh
Fav: Surrender Least Fav: Hello There Not much to say, wasn’t a big fan outside a couple songs and it was pretty generic. Boring
I was pretty disappointed with this when I got the CD in a 12 for the price of 1 deal from BMG music club in the 00s. Surrender is an amazing song and I Want you to Want me is an overplayed but endearingly earnest timeless power pop gem, but the rest is pretty boring stuff, sitting somewhere between 70s classic rock and 80s new wave - chugging along at mid tempo with a bluesy beat, tons of guitar noodling, insistent drumming, and kind of thin but very charismatic vocals. The rhythm guitar tone is great though, bright and scuzzy chords ringing out loudly. They're the of arena rock version of a John Hughes movie - saccharine teenage bubblegum.
There’s a certain rawness to the recording of this that I really like. It’s what I enjoy about live records. It’s what the band actually sounds like which is actually really taboo these days.
Classic
new band to me, sounds intriguing and old me would have loved them even more.
3.5/5
There's a couple decent songs but a pretty terrible recording all around
I won’t be listening to the live versions , no time for that. Catching up after being sick but I like all these songs.
they dont call them cheap trick for nothing
First listen, probably bit wasted on me listening to a live album when I've never listened to the band. Was decent though
4/5. This was actually a lot heavier than I was expecting it, it went pretty hard especially for the first side. Then the second side comes exploding with hit after hit. The production is pretty bad with vocals but the guitar comes through nice and clean. The roaring audience adds to the excitement for sure, almost tricking me into thinking this was the best music of all time. As the songs go, this isn't anything crazy, but the recognition they received can be felt. Aura alone shoots this up to a 4 but it's definitely not perfect. Best Song: I Want You To Want Me, Need Your Love, Big Eyes, Ain't That A Shame
A good set by a decent band, and all the Japanese screaming from the crowd added a nice layer of energy. The music was simple but effective
Power. Nice.
A pretty raw and fun live album. Gives a little depth to the cliche of a band being "big in Japan". I didn't think the recording was very good quality but the band played with lots of energy. Not quite sure if I am missing something that is supposed to seperate this album from the hundreds of other live albums of the same genre and era.
Cheap Trick and Alice Cooper was the first real concert I ever attended in 2005 when I was 14. Honestly not sure why my dad got us tickets because I don’t think either of us were massive fans of either band, but it was still an incredible experience. Listening to Cheap Trick at Budokan now immediately took me back to that show. 27 years after Budokan and I’m pretty sure they had a very similar set in Toronto at the Docks. I wonder if they already had the 5-neck guitar in 1978. Overall, this was an enjoyable listen, but I still don't think Cheap Trick are going to be my favourite band or anything.
Rating: 9/10 Have not listened to a lot of this band but this feels like the only album worth listening to: has all of their amazing hits, great energy, and overall catchy and fun to listen to from start to finish. My favorite live album so far.
My only previous engagement with Cheap Trick was buying an album of theirs on cassette cheap at a new year WH Smith sale. Their big hit Surrender was on it so the album must have been Heaven Tonight. It was very much a punt purchase as I’d no idea what I was buying. The cassette like very many suffered the same fate of being chewed up in my cars stereo system. So I remember little about it other than I considered it a good buy for the few pence paid. So until today that was my sum involvement with Cheap Trick. This album opens up the argument again about the inclusion of live albums on this list. I sit on the fence over this. Some of my favourite all time albums are live. The Who Live at Leeds, Purples Made in Japan and Keith Jarrett’s Koln Concert are all landmark albums. But this one ain’t. Sound quality is poor as if recorded on a single mic cassette recorder. The quality of the music is no better. Sounds like a tribute band playing at a boozy Christmas party. I’m sure those who were at the gig have a different view as the audience sound right up for it. And to me that is where the majority of live albums sit. As a memento of the gig to those attending it and for committed fans as a must have album to maintain their collection. 2/5 29/8/25
I think this is good. I think this is REALLY good. This might be the best live album I've gotten so far. "ALRGHT TOKYOOO. ARE YOU READYYY??"
Funner than expected
I don't think this album or artist has quite the same 'value' in the UK as in the US. I'm not very familiar with the for sure. It was an ok album, I made it all the way through, but not one track stood out and I have no desire to listen again. I must admit that, in general, I'm not a fan of the live album sound.
7/10. 70s rock is awesome. Favorite song - surrender, GOTG throwback
It’s a live rock album. The guitar flows well with the singer. Drums and bass slap. I liked most of the songs. I’d rank Ain’t That a Shame at the top.
Classic rock well done just not my style
As I've written here before, I don't really like live albums. But this seems like a solid example of a worthwhile live album. The guitar sounds great, and the whole sound has an punchy energy without being rough around the edges. I've never listened to Cheap Trick's studio records, so not sure how they compare. The crowd noise doesn't detract, and you can imagine how fun it would have been playing to a hyped crowd in Tokyo in the 1970s. On the downside, the actual compositions do very little for me - it's standard hard rock, medium hard like a boiled egg. The lyrics all go like this: "oooh baby baby, I need your loving little girl waaaaah waaah wowowow baby little girl". Standard boomer rockstar stuff. There's a cover of "I Want You to Want Me", and this version sucks apart from the crowd's energy carrying it. IN CONCLUSION: live albums, surprisingly redeemed; Cheap Trick, not for me. 3*
Legendary for a reason.
3.7
What's with all the screaming. Rather boring and indulgent.
Surprisingly boring. Surrender is still my favorite. Three stars
Great live set. Some obvious classics, but some more run of the mill songs too.
Live albums kinda suck
Bleh.
Great guitar riffs to listen to some classics. I remember overall really good album really cool that it was live.
Un poil pop pour mon goût, mais quand même fun.
A cheap trick live album? On a list of the 1001 albums to hear before you die? While surrender is an amazing song, im not sure there is single good reason you could give for this album being on this list.
Big in Japan. Huh.
Pas mal, pas trop mon style mais sympa à écouter, en accompagnement d’une activité créative.
Good
Good energy
not quite 4, could i write poetry to this? n
Possibly the greatest live album ever. It pushed a middling Rock band to superstardom and signaled the beginning of the end for Disco.
I don’t know. Never really got the appeal of Cheap Trick
Never been a big fan of Cheap Trick, and the fact their live songs were the ones that got radio play were a part of that. The appeal of a live recording is to hear the band play off of the energy of the crowd and really go all out, and it didn't really hit that way with me this time. Surrender is still pretty neat though.
classic concert rock album
This is the hundred ninety seventh album I’m rating. Not a lot of genre diversity on this list. Adding to my Playlist - Hello There, Come On, Come On, Lookout, Big Eyes, Need your Love, Ain’t that a Shame, I Want you to Want me, Surrender, Goodnight Now, and Clock Strikes Ten. Not Adding to my Playlist - Nothing. All in all I liked 10/10 songs. Some of the best classic rock on this list.
Not my taste, still good music
I want you to want me
Had a great time with this! I didn’t realise how many of these songs I knew, mostly from Guitar Hero and the soundtrack to Daddy Day Care. Surrender is probably my favourite but they’re all kind of bangers and you gotta respect a band with deliberate opening and closing (Hello There and Goodnight) songs. I still don’t love a live album but otherwise I find this hard to fault, at least in my current good mood. (4.5 stars)
What a boring live performance. Saved from a one star by some good songs at the end, even though the performance was bleh.
Classic album from an ok band.
I knew a song so that was fun, otherwise it was a standard live album with no crowd banter whatsoever
Day588 - i’m a fan of live albums and this is a good one. the beastie boys are the coolest for sampling the opening to surrender on check your head
"I Want You to Want Me" and "Surrender" are a catchy vibe. But this recording is ass.
I would've given this 4 stars, but a concert recording isn't an album, so gets demoted.
2.5 / 5.0 Uncle music. Coworker music. NPC music. Music that makes you glad you weren't a teenager in the late 70's because this lame stuff would've been your childhood.
A good album, I liked Come On, Come On, I Want You To Want Me and Surrender the most.
I have always had a respect for Cheap Trick but never would consider myself a true fan. This album made me want to build a Time Machine to go back and see them. The energy radiating of this album is incendiary, and I don’t know if there is a bad track. Obviously, I want You to Want Me is a Gen-X ska-remake classic due to Letters to Cleo, but the original is poppy fun. A-ha moment came at the end with the “this next song…” which I did not realized was a sample used by the Beastie Boys on Jimmy James. I think my favorite track was the slow-grinding Need Your Love, with is long camp and guitar breaks. Rethinking about this album and relistening to tracks as I’m writing this, hell with it: I’m getting my Einstein Physics book and a Dolorean! Let’s do this!!.
Random thoughts: - “this is the first track on our new album”. So cool to hear that sample in its original form. - “want you to want me” and “surrender” are the standouts. - the crowd does seem really into Cheap Trick. - I feel this one is a little overrated. People really love the 70s rock live shows. Maybe I had to be there to get it.
Many song brought me back to my old days
Despite my feelings that live albums are cop outs, this rocks
My first time sitting down with a Cheap Trick album. Damn they’re bad ass! The guitars are super loud even heavy at times but also Very Beatles-esque. Really enjoyed the songs Big Eyes, Need Your Love, Surrender live sounds so rad.
Excellent live album. Cheap Trick aren’t my fav, but this is so easy to listen to. Also has THE version of I Want You To Want Me
As always with live albums, I guess you had to be there.
It's full of good, upbeat rock numbers, and it's a reminder that I should check out more Cheap Trick. I'd prefer to hear an actual studio album though so I can check out the songs properly. It's always a bit strange listening to a live album for a band you don't really know that well. I only knew Surrender on this album (which I love) and that hit well as a result. Overall... it was a good gig. 3.5 rounded down.
Flashero para su época, parece más de los 80. Nota: 2.7
banger
Au départ, je croyais tomber sur une belle découverte, mais j’ai pas accroché! Avec le soleil, j’avais le goût d’écouter ça dans une décapotable, mais la version Geo Métro jaune de la décapotable. (Vous irez googler et vous saisirez mon image)!
Billy Corgan m'a partagé son admiration pour Cheap Trick.
Pas vraiment mon bag. Il y a du bon musicianship je dois admettre... La plus grande qualité de l'album c'est de m'avoir rappelé de retourner écouter Dylan @ Budokan. Je donne une étoile de plus que mérité pour ça. Je vais aller manger ma crème caramel, c'est définitivement meilleur que ça.
Mon premier 1 étoile! Excitant. À la base je trouve que les albums live c’est réservé à ceux qui sont déjà fan du groupe. Je ne connais rien de Cheap Trick, sauf I Want You to Want Me (et je ne pensais même pas que c’était la leur, je connaissais le cover). Ce faisant, c’est difficile de se sentir concerné. La qualité de l’enregistrement me semble quelconque, on peine à reconnaître les riffs ou bien entendre les paroles. Et indépendamment de ça je ne pense pas aimer Cheap Trick. On à écouté du rock 70’s 1000x meilleur dans les dernier mois. Next!
This power pop/pop rock style isn't my favorite genre but they do it well enough to keep me entertained. 6/10
Sits perfectly at a 3.
Guys of a certain age will talk about Cheap Trick as if they’re the biggest band in the world. Had to be there I guess. Like some middle aged Gen Z parent telling their kid about how Imagine Dragons ruled the charts for a decade and the kid is like “huh?”
Really really good live album. Only knew two songs (all timers Surrender and I want you to want me) but enjoyed the whole thing.
Great guitar solos, loved the rhythm, Surrender is 10/10. Probably will never listen to it again tho
Another live album for a rock band. What else is there to say?
I was so distracted by poor quality the recording, especially toward the beginning of the album.
The "If You're Happy and You Know It" of hard rock.
Nothing special about this album. Just another live “greatest hits” type album, so no fair comparison to a regular cut studio album.
This live album is incredible. I want you to want me is literally transformed into a completely incredible song and it was incredible. Very pleasantly surprising
Mike Damone loved these guys and would sell you the best tickets to see them. Sure it's basic power pop and they're not the best or most creative musicians but it's dumb fun and goddamn this album was massive (if memes existed in the 80s/90s it would have been everywhere) - that's why it's on this list, kids. Pro tip: side 2 (...2nd half) is way better than the first - if it feels a little light at the top of the lineup, once you get to the heart of the order the cleanup hitter will bring you home. Man have you heard the studio version of "I Want You To Want Me?" I bought that record when I was about 14 and it was not the droid I was looking for - this version's the shit. Also I haven't listened to the album in about 30 years but I swear this streaming version is totally different than the original CD I grew up with - drums sound more raw yet...better than I remember? 8/10 4 stars.
really really solid live album for a band that i don't even really listen to apart from surrender
I don’t know if this is a topic of a lot of discussion or not but here is my hot take: LIVE albums should not be on the list unless that live album has an entirely original set/track list. Like this album is basically just a greatest hits album recorded in japan. There are a lot of things to praise about this album. For example, the production is super clean and clear. The actual playing is perfect, super clean as well. And even the tracklist itself shows how many hits Cheap Trick had under their belt by this point. Honestly it’s a great album, and much like the live Thin Lizzy album I gave a 5 to, it just kinda feels unfair to have this on the list. ESPECIALLY if the studio albums that contain these songs are ALSO on this list. Because at that point it’s like what am I reviewing? Their ability to play these albums to the studio quality? I mean yah I guess that is impressive when you think about it. But it feels like a cheap excuse to include this music/band without actually picking a studio album. I’m sure I might be in the minority but I’ll say it again, live albums do not belong on this list.
Sounds like a fun concert.
An old friend that brings back sunny feelings. A great listen, even if you hate the shrieking girls. A great rock and roll live album.
maybe my dad made a few points with this one
this was so fun! i loved that this was in tokyo and you hear the screams and fanchants and fans!
Fun fun fun
Sounds like quite the evening! Love the energy, not so much the lyrics.
Much better than I expected when I saw it was a live album. Ultimately it's still a live album though. I like the energy, I dislike the screaming audience and the fact it sounds like it's recorded from far away and is almost a bit hollow in its sound Standouts Come On, Come On I Want You to Want Me Clock Strikes Ten 3/5
Low 4, enjoyed everything until the last track and the cable tv guitar riff
I really didn't like this. I don't like live albums generally, and this one just doesn't sound good. 1/5
I saw that they only had three albums out when they dropped a live album, so I was skeptical about it. I think that you can only do a live album only after releasing at least five albums, but this was a pretty fun show
This album is everything I dislike about stadium rock, without doing quite enough to make me truly hate it.
3?5
This is all pretty good, and the hits at the end are great, but I resent live albums being included in here so I'm docking a point to make it a 2
good ol' rock
This was a solid listen, though it didn’t fully win me over. I can see why this album became such a big deal — the crowd energy is wild, and the band clearly knows how to work a stage. There’s a real sense of fun to the whole thing, and a few moments that made me grin, especially when the fans start losing it over songs like “I Want You to Want Me.” The performances are tight, the guitars are crunchy in all the right ways, and the live setting adds a punch that the studio versions sometimes lacked. That said, I think it might hit harder if you already have a strong attachment to these songs. For me, it felt more like a good time capsule than an essential listen. It’s energetic and catchy, sure, but it didn’t quite leave a lasting impression. I liked it
If I was at this concert I would have been booored out of my mind. At least they made the song in 10 Things I Hate About You
It's fine, but I'd literally rather listen to studio versions of the same material
Realizing that I enjoy live albums. Honestly considering 4 or 5 for this. Also rare that a live album song version is the definitive recording (I want you to want me).
Every live album at Budokan I’ve heard sounds like a great time.
Dang, this get a whole star boost for goodnight ladies and gentlemen. More bands need to play themselves off. The vibes were a blast throughout. Minus a star cuz I’ll just never vibe with jam-y sounding bands I don’t think.
I don’t like “I want you to want me” enough to knock this down to a 3. If it had Dream Police instead, it gets a 4
Erstmal: Ich kenne den Artist noch gar nicht! Bin gespannt - dass es ein Live Album ist find ich schonmal cool.
Genuinely thought the song 'I want you to want me' was by Letters to Cleo 😂 Not that fussed by the rest of the album, sorry Jed
Love Cheap Trick so much. Such an underrated band. Anyone who gives this anything lower than a 4 is getting blocked.
Hahaha, a long time fave, actually since I was a kid. it is fun to listen to, and I love „Surrender“.
Never particularly a fan and I’m not a great lover of live albums but this was quite jolly. I recognised more songs than I thought I would.
As a massive fan of this band, I was initially put off that this was the one selection from their catalog. Seemed a bit of a cop-out, considering the bounty of albums to choose from — the first four alone could all merit consideration. But then I listened to the record, with as fresh ears as I could, and holy shit. This is a masterclass in being a live power-pop rock band. Or any kind of band. Robin Zander's performance is exhibit number one as to why he's in the top-tier running for best rock singer ever. He can do it all. Sing sweetly, belt his balls off, and everything in between — with a range that makes most vocalists jealous. And he's doing it over a crushing backline of music. Tom Petersson's (12-string) bass is super cool and mammoth and locks in with Bun E. Carlos' underappreciated drums — he's like Ringo meets Bonham with a bunch of swing. And Rick Nielsen manages to be loose while embodying rock and roll guitar — not to mention having written some of the most enduring riffs of his day. At Budokan showcases a band in ferocious form, smashing out songs from its first three records (Heaven Tonight, which would have been my pick if I had to come up with just one, had just been released when they played this show) plus a few added treats, and god damn they just kill it. Set the bar for the next few decades, and they're still at it. Great pick. Great album. Great band.
I'm not much of a fan of these guys. I'm not sure why. They like a lot the same bands as I do. And they can play and sing really well. But I find myself wanting to like them more than actually achieving it. But I liked this album. Aside from the two hits, all of these were new to me. Not sure i need to hear I Want You to Want Me ever again, but Surrender is an all time classic. (Funny: I accidentally started this in shuffle mode and I was kind of down on it. I thought, Christ, these guys don't know how to make a show flow. But once I realized my mistake and started over again, things worked out perfectly.)
In the old days, I found pop culture wherever I could. Doodles on paper bag book covers and school notebooks. Best pop culture was when my brother’s girlfriends came over and I could glimpse their style, their book cover art. I still remember Cheryl Kirstein letting me sit with them while she doodled on her notebook: Cheap Trick Cheap Trick Cheap Trick Cheap Trick What did it mean?! It was all so mysterious and so alluring. It wasn't like I could just play Cheap Trick back then. All my albums were Beatles and Dylan and Greg's were Kiss and Rush. When I FINALLY heard Cheap Trick, I'm sure I didn't know it was them. I just knew the song Surrender and thought "that's cool." As I aged they were more in my periphery but I just tossed them into the rock bucket of sounds I probably would not like. And then I met Andre. While his enthusiasm was as sexy as watching Cheryl doodle Cheap Trick on her notebooks, I still didn't quite get the greatness. But one day, Andre had me watch Cheap Trick perform Sgt Pepper in Vegas. It all crystallized. I don't know all the history around this---why Japan? The audience sounds so into it. And of course...it's all their great hits and Surrender's live debut. What a time for rock and roll. Viva Cheap Trick!
Wasn't feeling the first half too much, but the second half made up for it. 3.5/5
Bunny is among the most underrated drummers in rock
God kok. Likte detta. 3,2/5
# Album Name: At Budokan # Artist: Cheap Trick # Rating: 3/5 # Comments: Not bad. Two good tunes on the album. Not sure whats so special about this live performance though. # Top Tunes: Surrender / I want you to want me # Would I listen to it again? Not bad. Maybe.
Three stars for the genre, knew I Want You To Want Me from 10 Things I Hate About You. The album is fine, but boring.
2.0 Such an extremely odd choice. This list has done well to shy away from live albums, only doing so when it's been slightly necessary (e.g. capturing the Grateful Deads early, non-album live performances). So why on earth a live album for a pretty naff one-hit wonder band, with poor fidelity to boot, is included is beyond me. There are probably 1001 better, more interesting live albums than this.
I was alive when them album came out. I loved it then and still do.
Didn't finish it. This didn't do it for me. Butt rock.
no me gustó ni me disgusto, debería darle otra chance a la banda, no se si un vivo es la mejor primera escucha
No lo llegué a terminar pero no estaba tan mal
1 Stern
It was OK. Didn't know "I want you to want me" was by them. Screaming crowd was annoying.
DNF. Really wasn’t feeling this one. I just really don’t like this style of rock I guess.
A couple of catchy and fun tracks. Seems like a nice atmosphere. Probably won't listen again though
It is o.k. but not a live-performance that thrills me. And so I rate it down as always just because it is a live-album. best known: "I Want You To Want Me", "Surrender"
#18 At Budokan ~ Cheap Trick The story of Cheap Trick's early success might seem a bit strange today. The American rock band did not find much immediate success at home, but in JAPAN, they found themselves gods by the time of their second album. And after a legendary performance at the Nippon Budokan, their live recording album was their first significantly mainstream album, spread via word of mouth. From there, there popularity was cemented. The sound of At Budokan is quite catchy and neat, loud rolling, tight guitar work underpinned by a steady rhythm section. This is the sauce of Cheap Trick. Solos are kept fairly short and conservative, melodies are very simple and catchy. And harmonies are lavishing stripped down to the essentials and filled out by the sound of the guitar. And the lyrics might not mean much, just sing about something empowering. Nowadays this is pigeonholed by critics as power pop or pop punk, but in the late 70s this genre was practically dead, placed by disco and soft folk rock. Cheap Trick revived this genre, and the raw sound of this band can point to how. The nature of this album being a live album serves well to show the power of Cheap Trick, but its muddied mixing might hide the fact that this is a incredibly tight and urgent band, and that tightness is what brings some of the flair of Cheap Trick. And by today's standards, the songs may seem very uninspired and kitsch in comparisons by their direct descendants in the 80s and 90s: Guns and Roses, Green Day and their ilk. Preferably you check out Cheap Trick's early catalogue as they sound much more interesting there than on the live album. But if you are starting to get into Cheap Trick (it's never too late), you can't go wrong with Cheap Trick At Budokan.
Cheap Trick’s performance here is overall pretty MEH. Did not enjoy it at all. The only redeeming part of this live album is the crowd is HYPE AF.
"Cheap Trick at Budokan" is first live album by Rockford, Illinois rock band Cheap Trick. Hard rock and power pop are the Wiki-listed genres. Yep, to a tee. The album was recorded at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo and kickstarted the band's popularity. Cheap Trick is Robin Zander (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Rick Nielsen (lead guitar, backing vocals), Tom Petersson (bass, backing vocals) and Bun E. Carlos (drums). Commercially, the album is their best selling recording reaching #4 in the US and #29 in the UK and, critically, it is considered one of the greatest live rock albums of all time. In 2019, the album was inducted into the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress for its artistic significance. Fans screaming and a guy with a deep voice asking "Are you ready?" begin the album and "Hello There." A blazing guitar, pounding drums and Zander's screaming vocals. A driving song. The sound is kind of muffled though. A short Nielsen guitar solo and a Carlos drum outro. Get used to that cause it's in most of these songs. Zander opens the side one closer "Need Your Love" by saying "I need your love." A slower start with echoing guitars. Nielsen gives a great shredding guitar solo. This overly long 8-minute song might be the only misstep on the album. I guess even classics gave way to 1970's rock indulgence. There are no missteps on side two which opens with the cover of Fats Domino's "Ain't That a Shame." An extended drum intro which leads to a looping guitar riff and guitar solo. This is a guitar and drumming prowess showcase. Robin Zander states " I Want You To Want Me." Another drum intro and the classic guitar riff. Melodic and probably Zander's best vocal performance on the album. It's funny when this live version is the version of the song that you know and the studio version sounds different. It's also funny when Zanders introduces "Surrender" as the first song from their new album just released last week. The drums, that looping background guitar and they give a nod to Kiss. I guess this is the Baby Boomer rebellion song. At least the Gen Xers have "Loser." A nice, clear recording. This album showcases a tight band that was playing 200 concerts a year. The guitar and drums are the highlights. Nielsen's riffs, solos, power chords, short breaks, shredding and urgency. The drums are in the intros, outros, fast and in the forefront. The music is great. There is one long song and the singer announcing the next song before the previous song cut are my only two critiques. Well, you can get the whole concert if you really want. Anyway, a classic album any way you slice it with versions of songs played more and probably better than their studio versions. A must listen-to album.
naja. rock-pop aus den 70ern. und das war es.
Hardrock vom Feinsten. Ja, es gibt Konzerte die hat man verpasst. Zum Glück dachte jemand daran, eine Aufnahme zu machen.
Haven’t listened to Cheap Trick in so many years! “Surrender” still makes me happy I like the rest too, but honestly, it gets a bit much if I try to take it all in at once. Still, a fun live album.
p440. 1979. 2 stars. The musical equivalent of winning the lottery. Average US band with average songs somehow sells 3 million copies with a live album. WTF.
pretty good live album
I’ve always thought that Cheap Trick was kind of a mid rock band. The best songs on this live album are Surrender and I Want You to Want Me no questions. Their songs are a bit repetitive and whiney but still worth checking out and listening to.
I don't care for live albums typically, and this one is no different, but it does make me want to listen to more Cheap Trick, so I guess it worked?
Mest bare støj men fin udgave af de sange jeg i forvejen kunne lide
Ok rock
a big swirling candymeat gumbo Something! really is the ideal power pop blueprint, with sweet and sour melodic ideas delivered in the most sweaty muscly way possible,,,its not druggy music rly, but there is smth ab it that makes me feel like im lifting out of my body a bit. rick and robin especially whip things into an absolute storm. gonna have to listen to this more before im satisfied with pinning down what it is that just made me fall in love so fast and hard but with something this fun its not like im groaning at the homework! just a rly rly incredible rock outfit turning already bouncy songs into a roaring jet engine. ive liked surrender for a rly long time but im starting to wonder if its actually one of my fave songs ever FHJFSHJFS
I'm not a huge fan of live albums, and this one actually kept my attention for longer than most. I like it! Surrender is my favorite Cheap Trick song, and they nailed it's energy live. The screaming ladies was a bit much, but overall, a fun listen. 3.25/5
Fun, loud, and energizing. The background sounds of charmingly naive crowd added to the experience.
Energetic, lively hard rock live album by Cheap Trick from the late 70s. There are better live albums which are not included on this list, though. It's probably not something I will listen to again.
Good album. Always enjoy listening to it.
3*. The first album I've gotten where the B side has done all of the heavy lifting.
5/10
Absolutely forgettable back ground rock
A fun live album. If Cheap Trick wasn’t the densest talent band ever, they were excellent at performing and creating their product and this album reflects that. I think it’s great to keep in mind that it’s a Japanese audience while listening to this: the great vibes in the audience come through while listening regardless of language barriers and being recorded -47 years ago. Also it’s always hilarious to point out that Cheap Trick’s album art always featured the two good looking guys and not the other two guys in the band
It felt like hearing the evolution of Cheap Trick in the album, very cool to hear I Want You to Want Me and Surrender back to back here
Bang average live album
Not a huge fan of Cheap Trick. This recording has never sounded great to me either.
Decent
loved it
At Budokan doesn't really do anything all that special or unique but it does what it does pretty well. I'm pretty sure that i have never heard any of this band's studio songs (If the version of I Want You to Want Me that plays on my local classic rock station is this version) but i still think that these guys definitely sound really good when they are performing live. The songs themselves are also enjoyable listens with them mostly being your typical late 70s sounding hard rock songs. There wasn't too much of a difference between any of the songs but i still thought that this album didn't drag. This album isn't perfect but it is still a very good listen. Best Song: Surrender Worst Song: Hello There
Back half of album is ok. This band is dull, corporate nonsense.
one of the first albums i ever had on vinyl!
Maybe 3.5
Again I ask myself, why is this in here. I suppose 1001 albums is a lot and there has to be some fluff as there's probably only 300 GREAT ones... 🤣 It wasn't too bad, but I don't know why it would be here...
I thought I'd like more of these US AOR acts but this all just sounds dull and uninvolving
I can't say I've cared about Cheap Trick outside of "Dream Police" and, to a lesser extent, "Surrender"; not for lack of trying, either. Somehow, At Budokan flew under my radar and I'm only just getting to it as part of this list. It's an unfortunately short set (clocking in at just under 42 minutes), but I'm left wanting more. Despite a few questionable choices ("Big Eyes"; "Need Your Love"), Cheap Trick delivers a memorable performance. Highs: "Hello There", "Come On, Come On", "Surrender", "Goodnight"
Haven't heard "At Budokan" but I know Cheap Trick wrote "He's a Whore" so that instantly elevates them to an A-tier band. Also, the two guys look like Roger Taylor and Roger Waters, two of my favourite musicians, so more points.
What is not to like about this album? So much energy, so much love from the crowd. The set list is great, the 3-song run of "Ain't That a Shame", "I Want You to Want Me", and "Surrender" is one of the best, and "Clock Strikes Ten" is such a good ending ... Brought me back to high school and nights out do high school stuff, a great listen.
why is this on the list?
Pre-listening thoughts: uh oh a live album. But I freak with Surrender so maybe this will be good Post/during listening thoughts: yeah idk why I said that. There are very few bands where a live album should be their ONLY inclusion. Not sure why we didn’t just pick a studio album for these guys (or why they’re on the list at all. Always thought they were a one hit wonder). I mean it was FINE but like definitely not worth my time at all. 4/10 DID I NEED TO HEAR THIS BEFORE I DIE: no Fav tracks: Surrender Least fav tracks: half of the songs they just wailed on guitar for 5 mins I did not gaf
zero
6/9/25. Good, fun live album! Great example of the power pop sound as each song is catchy, and the crowd was super into it based on the audio. I think this is a good introduction to Cheap Trick.
low quality recording and low energy performance, everything i look for in a live album
Always meant to listen to this album because BIG 100.3 plays the Live at Budokan version of "I Want You to Want Me". Pretty good album.
Quite good (for a live album).
I think i like live albums and this one was done well
Groupe connu, probablement entendu à la radio à l'époque mais aussi vite oublié. Rock pas très dynamique ni original. Aucun morceau remarquable sauf peut-être 'Need your love' (+1) un peu plus travaillé avec ses 9 mn. =>2/5
Not that well-recorded. Still pretty okay to listen to. Why exactly it's on this list, though, I have zero idea, given its run-of-the-mill 70s rock.
Good shit, rockin n rollin all nite long bby
It was okay. “I Want You To Want Me” and “Surrender” are descent songs. The whole album was middle of the road rock.
Another solid and expected performance. 3/5
Love Cheap Trick, and have seen em a few times live now, though obviously not as good as this album is live. However, its a better concert than it is an album. Though "I Want You..." will infinitely be better Live than the studio.