Reviews (page 5 of 9)
I find live albums a bit hit-and-miss, especially if it's not an artist you know. This was OK, a good performance. I enjoyed 'Clock Strikes Ten' and its use of Big Ben's peals
Album art:2
A middling band makes good in Japan.
Pretty forgettable, but not too bad
Cheap Trick deserves credit for the influence they had on rock in the 80s and 90s but this live album is unnecessary. 5.5/10
Live from somewhere
There’s little to enjoy on this rather pedestrian dad rock
This album was fine. I don't love live albums that have tons of screaming/cheering from the audience, and this one has that. It just takes up too much time when I want to hear the song, not random people from years ago. The band sounded fine, and I like a couple of their songs on their own, so it was cool to hear them played live. But that's about it. It's middle of the road.
i always appreciate a good live album! and this was pretty solid all things considered, plus this is the Superior version of i want you to want me. no new-to-me tracks grabbed me though
This album was all the rage when it came out. After that it seemed like every band did a concert at Budokan. Listening to the album now, it’s a solid live rock album but doesn’t seem to rise to the level of four or five stars.
As established previously, I do not like a live album. I do like Cheap Trick (or at least, I liked their singles). So, very mixed feelings about this one. As an album I would never listen to it, though, so I'll give it a 2. Does anyone even like live albums? (I guess they must.) Highlights: 'I Want You to Want Me', 'Surrender'
joyous power-pop - great energy and swagger
I was expecting punk for some reason, but this is gnarly and riff-heavy. One of the few live albums that really works.
The only songs I liked were the ones I already knew.
Good
It's like, a fictional tv band playing music
Decent sound to their stuff, but I'm not really a fan of live albums and it's overall just not that interesting. Generic rock album. I Want You To Want Me is a banger though.
I enjoyed this album and experience. This is the first live album I have encountered on the list. Surrender represents the best of the album. It has a bounce in the bass line that the other songs in their line up are missing that really completes the sounds. Very enjoyable overall.
Their name says it all. Overrated!
Good live album. Didn’t know any songs by name, but then I heard and recognized them.
I don’t know why but I didn’t like this album at all
Goddamn it! If I get another double album or "live" album from the 70s, I might be done with this challenge. Good songs for the most part, but the piped in crowd noise is ridiculous. 2.5/5 Album 55/1001
Nuevamente toca una banda que ubico de nombre: quizás escuchando alguna canción de este disco los reconozco. Al final, no los reconocí. Sí puedo decir que suenan a rock and roll clásico, con voces que homenajean en parte a Elvis y sonidos sutilmente punkies, principalmente en la primera canción. Buenos temas. Rockerazos. Pegadizos. Sumados al espíritu del show en vivo, hacen de éste un buen disco. Hasta mañana.
Just a great live album
I know the 3 popular tracks on this album and have never listened to anything from Cheap Trick that I haven't heard on the radio. I do enjoy Surrender quite a bit but overall an ok 3 star album for me.
It's a good live album. I run hot and cold with Cheap Trick. There are a few songs on here that I enjoy occasionally if I'm in the right mood (Surrender, I Want You To Want Me, Hello There/Goodnight) but the rest of the album is just alright. 3 stars.
nit schlecht aber muss man ah nit ghört haben. 2.5
Solid album
I think it ok for a live album
If you like glossy 70s power pop to the accompaniment of screaming girls you’ll love this. I don’t.
you have to love the energy, the tight playing, and the showmanship. unfortunately i just don't really care all that much for the songs
Let's get my one criticism with this album out of the way - the sequencing of these tracks feels deceptive. Of the 19 tracks that Cheap Trick played at each of their Budokan arena shows in 1978, only ten made it onto this release. It could be argued that these ten were chosen as the best tracks representative of those performances, and I'm not against such an argument. But then, they changed the track order around from what actually happened. The new song "Lookout" was placed before "Big Eyes" when it was the other way around. A similar case with placing "I Want You to Want Me" before "Surrender". The most egregious example of this trend was after playing the second iteration of "Hello There" known as "Goodnight" to close out the main set, frontman Robin Zander comes back out for the anticipated encore, saying, "This one, I'm sure you all know..." In the actual set, the band went into their cover of Fats Domino's "Ain't That a Shame", which made sense because that's a big song from a more well-known artist people would be familiar with. On the album, this went into "Clock Strikes Ten", as "Ain't That a Shame" got placed before "I Want You to Want Me". "Clock Strikes Ten" was their second encore song and the final song of the night, which is fine. But making Robin sound as if this was the track people should know feels wrong. The band would later provide the full unaltered performance of their Budokan shows for the 30th anniversary version of this album, but that's not the version that made the books. Which is a shame, because this is still a fun romp. Everyone in the group gave their all in a high-octane performance that got the crowd screaming, especially the well-timed chanting in the second chorus of "I Want You to Want Me" before launching into Rick Nielsen's jaunty guitar soloing. Not a dull moment could be found on Cheap Trick's At Budokan record, and its legacy as a live album that revitalized a band's career cannot be ignored. I may wish the people who arranged this album had stayed more true to the performance itself, but I can't deny I had a fun time with it.
Olihan tässä energiaa. Arvostan, että vedettiin läpi vailla hitaita biisejä ja että yleisö oli alusta asti noin mukana (mitä kirkumisesta voi päätellä). Biisit sinällään ihan perusrockia, mikään ei noussut mahtavana esiin.
Taputtelevat kuulijan selkärankaa. PS. Fats Domino -versio ilahdutti. 1,5
Der er ingen, der nogensinde har været så begejstrede for at se Cheap Trick som de her japanere. Det lyder ad helvede til drenge! Mellem to af numrene siger sangeren “this next one is the first song off our new album”, og det samplede Beastie Boys til album åbneren på Check Your Head 🤓
Live album hater strikes again!
Japenese fans will go crazy over anything...
Favorite Track: I Want You to Want Me
For a live album, this sounded pretty good, love how the name of the album was the place they performed the set. though it's rock music and it sounded a lot like a bunch other stuff i've heard recently.
Honestly, kind of a dull live album. It didn't do a lot to achieve greatness, like it was an ordinary live album of Cheap Trick that I would expect if I went to their concert. Like, it isn't bad, but fairly generic rock music.
I loved this! So fun, would definitely revisit. “Ain’t That A Shame” was a surprise, I didn’t look at the track list as I listened
It’s no “Hot August Night”
I like “Come On, Come On”
I quite enjoyed this. Loud and fun, more or less what I expected.
Meh
⭐️⭐️ 1001 ALBUMS- # 30 ‘Bud-o-kan’ this really be one of the best live albums ever recorded… The power pop genre has never really grabbed my interest, most of it feels rather childish and a little too accessible to really hook my analytical brain, preferring much more complex and layered arrangements. Having said that, it is hard to deny the straightforward catchiness of this feel good music, especially when well produced and executed. For a live album this lands rather well, however I do struggle with the notion of it being considered among the very best of its kind. Cheap Trick was really a one trick pony (as is the case with most power pop groups), truly unfathomable to me that this is the recording that brought them into the stratosphere of mainstream success, quite the intriguing story behind it with their Beatle-Mania esque reception in Japan that initiated this rise to fame following three studio records that fell flat commercially in the U.S. This album does capture the roar of that crowd, which the band clearly benefited from with the energy behind their performance delivery of the songs. There are some clear highlights here that would become mainstays in their catalogue, they are just not enough for me personally to want to revisit with any heightened interest. 🎧 Classic Track: I Want You to Want Me 🎧 Deep Cut Gem: Need Your Love 🚫 Skip Track: Clock Strikes Ten The tricks are cheap, but hey if this is your thing you'll likely have great fun with it. Hit the Thumbs Up icon below if you enjoyed my hot take on the album :)
It was okay.
Oh my God, this was hard going. The sheer tedium. Imagine being a young Japanese person in 1978, craving American culture and getting Cheap Trick and Jerry Lewis. Then imagine being a young American and gobbling up the bland pap that has been peddled overseas in your name. Then fast forward nearly 50 years later and imagine sitting in a lounge room in Australia, thinking you'd escaped being offered this mild excrement until one day you discover an app that shares a daily music discovery from years gone by in the name of broadening your mind and musical horizons, and it serves you this. When will it end? How do we break the cycle? Still, better than Morrissey. Two stars.
Never saw the appeal of Cheap Trick, Surrender is a lame song. Crowd is hype but the live album itself isn't a great one either. I suppose now I've at least given their big album a shot and it did nothing for me. Cheap Trick sucks.
This s one of the iconic albums of the 70s adn 89s. Great songs, great perfromances.
An album where the live setting really makes a difference. This is the sort of album that wouldn’t normally leave much if any impression on me at all, but something about the sounds of the crowd really made me imagine being there at that place and that time, and it seemed like everyone was having a blast. Somehow it resonated with me and felt weirdly nostalgic. I don’t know how to rate this, really, because the music itself is unremarkable, but it did make me feel something to imagine life there and then.
(30 known/60 new)
This was pleasant. Good tunes, lots of energy and perfectly seviceable
на любителя.
Live albums are a finicky bunch to rate. On the one hand, some live albums are larger than life and can present a band in their best light. Some transcend the band's recorded work. Others are a really fun way to experience the band's music in a way you wouldn't get to normally, or just to relive a fun experience. This is neither. As a live album, this is pretty terrible as it captures more audience noise than band half the time, and none of the subtleties of Cheap Trick come through. Further, you really need to know the band and have an appreciation for them to get any enjoyment from this album. There's the one hit, but the rest are...fine? What I was left with was the distinct impression that this is best listened to after listening to another Cheap Trick album, or better yet left off the list entirely so other, more deserving bands could be represented.
Sounds like generic rock band, meh
Pretty generic 70s rock. 2/5
Cheap trick is great but hate live albums
Heavy but good
Nao gostei
It's ok, I guess. A rock band playing solid rock solidly. Track 7 is indeed the strongest of the bunch. Nothing too special so far. Can't imagine myself going back to it. That's why it's a
I didn’t like the live version but some of the hits I liked. Added them to my various playlist
Liked. But maybe not worth to do a review. At Budokan's better than the studio version tho.
Gostei da história que acompanha o disco, de como a banda Cheap Trick teve seu próprio momento de "Beatlemania", só que no Japão. Achei interessante e nunca tinha ouvido disso antes. Fora isso, esse álbum é a DEFINIÇÃO de Boomer-Rock. Isso não é uma ofensa. Melhor ser boomer-rock do que rock-bunda (tipo guns n' roses ou aerosmith). Tem algumas que eu já conhecia, sem nem saber que conhecia! Hits classicos mesmo. Mas fora os grandes hits, não senti nada demais pro resto das faixas. Tudo bom, mas nada super memoravel. 3/5
I think the cultural significance of this is lost on me, as it sounds no better than a pub rock band running through some average songs.
Ok, I think I finally get Cheap Trick. A big, bright rock and roll party which veers from hook to hook via bursts of melody, riffage, pounding drums and joyous harmonies (vocals and guitar!). Great crowd! Mega bass, that 12-string does a great job of filling the sound right out. Rocks harder than I expected. Favourite tracks: Lookout, Need Your Love (bass!), Surrender
I knew the band name from my youth, but I was no longer familiar with the music. I don't think the live recording is particularly good. It all sounds a bit flat and muddy. The only song I still knew was "I Want You to Want Me", which was the same. In the right mood, it's definitely fun at parties. But I'm not in that mood right now. 3/5
Never saw what all the fuss was about back in the day, and I still don't. Massive in Japan. Best track on the album is "Need Your Love", and the second best is their cover of the Fats Domino classic "Ain't That a Shame". A live album which is marred slightly by the incessant screaming of the fans.
Ненавижу лайвы в записи. Вот прям физически неприятно слушать. Видосы с лайвов воспринимаю нормально, но вот такой формат вообще бесит. Звук всегда хуже, но при этом неприятно хуже. Что касается самого музла - сложно оценить учитывая вышесказанное, но вообще это такой обычный хардрок. Честно говоря не понимаю что в этом альбоме такого примечательного. Ну норм, так, среднестатистический рок.
Flojo.
Ha, why does the guy doing the banter - or just stating the song titles sound so wimpy? Anyway, its pretty catchy, and not too polished. And the guitar's ok, but not guitar idol worthy. Also does not succumb to the bloat, and I like that they have dedicated intro and outro songs. And the clock chiming bits tight. Lyrics are so corny though.
okay but not for me
Sometimes you just need big dumb rock and roll. This album satisfied that need. Good stuff that’s only a little downgraded by some age.
fun!
Great power pop album by a band having fun with a crowd that's loving it.
I feel like at some point in the past I may have like this more and maybe I will I in the future. But not today unfortunately
Ha, I have actually never listened to this (that I can recall.) I just realized for the first time ever that "Hello There" - which I only know as the intro song for Rock Band 2 on the Nintendo Wii - is Cheap Trick. What a fantastic song to open a show (or video game.) I was never a big Cheap Trick fan. I feel like they were a much bigger deal to people about a half-generation ahead of us (basically the kids in Dazed & Confused.) I've never really liked "I Want You to Want Me" but this version is pretty great. And holy shit, I don't think I ever knew that the opening to Check Your Head was sampled from the beginning of "Surrender" off this album. This was a fun listen. (P.S. - Another live album with 40 seconds of crowd noise at the end? This HAS to have something to do with pressing vinyl back then.)
2.5 - I feel like I have a special place for live albums but this was kinda mid
It's the most emotionless piece of shit I've ever listened to
Great energy, wasn't bored at all throughout. The two big singles back to back are the main highlight.
Hit after hit. What an amazing setlist. What incredible song writers.
very good introduction to Cheap Trick, love this album very good
Quintessential power pop music. It's got all the power you'd want - not only from the band itself, but even the audience play their part flawlessly - along with earworms for weeks. They don't let up for even second, even on the nearly 9-minute song. Very infectious stuff.
Японские девочки пищат сорок минут, пока дядьки исполняют разной степени качества поп-роцк 70-ых. По большей части окэй. По большей части из-за японских девочек. Лучшая песня - Surrender.
This is pure dynamite, incredible energy
Surprisingly good, especially for a live album. I knew a handful of cheap trick songs, but this fits right in with the best power-pop/melodic rock stuff. Great melodies and harmonies, riffs galore, and a real feeling of "being there"
This album encapsulates the 70s for me, when there was a thin dividing line between hard rock and power pop music, bands were expected to throw in guitar solos, and lyrics were questionable at best. The songs are pretty bland, with some awful drumming, generic guitar, annoying vocals. There were a couple of songs around the two-thirds mark that I didn't outright hate, so I'm going with 2 stars.
Definitely one of the best live albums of all time. "I Want You To Want Me" is iconic, but every song on here is perfection. Cheap Trick doesn't necessarily do it for me in general, but something about this live album just brings them to life in a different way.
Alright, some Cheap Trick finally! This concert rules; they're not the best rock band in the world but they certainly sound like they're having the most fun. 4/5
Good live album. I enjoyed it. 3.49/5
Ugh! Not my thing.
I was really expecting this to have more 'oomph' as a live recording, but this recording fails in a lot of ways to capture the energy of the live recording. There's little crowd interaction and the crowd mics needed to be quieted during some of the performances. Man, that squealing can be annoying! There's also the fact that Cheap Trick has five or six truly incredible songs, but only three of them appear here. Still, those songs are so good that it lifts this from two stars to three.
Some great songs here that I’ve heard all my life but never knew who sang them. A high 3 or low 4 but I am really not crazy about live albums.
another mid Japan live album
Live album vind ik dubieus, niet echt nodig. Wel vermakelijke muziek.
Carino ma non coinvolgente
um, cheap trick expert here! this album doesn’t even crack my top 15 cheap trick albums so I am providing help if you actually want to open your mind to this weirdo band if you want their best album: listen to Dream Police if you want a proto punk, heavier album: listen to their debut Cheap Trick if you want quintessential power pop, the genre they helped form: listen to Heaven Tonight if you want their 80s power ballad, some slight hair tease: listen to Lap of Luxury if you want a christmas album: listen to Christmas Christmas if you want a taste of how they transformed their sound into a modern era: listen to The Latest I could go on. If you want a better version of Live at Budokan, listen to the 30th anniversary edition CHEAP TRICK 4 EVERRRRR
It kinda just sounds like grown ass men having fun. I’m not mad about it
Fun! 3.5
Pretty good, good sound a great song selection.
Found myself jamming at times but also switching it off.
This feels like what Spinal Tap was making fun of. Need your love is a good live track though and I like surrender/i want you to want me as those are just instant classics.
The sound is really muddy, but to be honest even if it were pristine and sharp this still wouldn't be my bag.
fun listen but nothing exciting
Inoffensive. A couple nice songs
One of the first records I owned. Some good tunes some just ok
Solid album with some good songs. Good energy and an interesting listen!
I'm pretty surprised by the negative reviews on this one. What more do people want? It's straightforward, uncomplicated, great live rock n roll. And I say this as someone who usually really prefers eclectic studio albums, but this one just has such infectuous energy.I find something very charming about the idea of a Western band using their "we're big in Japan!" street cred to break into the charts in the UK and America. Every song is great and the whole album is a tight 42 minutes. There's no bad song here and "Surrender" is a classic. Many other people are hearing something awful that I've missed, but I'll enjoy my blissful ignorance.
Good vocal harmonies, fun live atmosphere
One of the greatest live albums ever
Klasse! Kannte die Band nicht, als ich die Platte erhielt. Aufgelegt und begeistert. Gefällt mir heute noch besser als alle Studioplatten von CT!
I don't normally love live albums, but this one is so legendary, I guess it kinda gets a pass. Funnily enough, when discussing my dislike for live albums, the version of I Want You To Want Me on this album is my number one offender. So many people quote this as one of the best live tracks ever, and it is very good, but one day years ago, I thought about the fact that the audience sings along to the song, so I reasoned that it had to exist before this recording was made. So I searched for the studio album that was released before this concert, and found Cheap Trick's album, In Color, which features the studio recording of this track (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWDGv0L1HfI), and bought it on CD (this was before the days when YouTube had everything available to listen for free) from Amazon. I absolutely loved the quieter, more subdued sound of the studio track, and I will die on the hill that the studio version is vastly superior to the Live at Budokan version. Okay, putting away the soapbox. I did listen to this twice, so I give it four stars.
Grundsätzlich ein gute Album, die Tonqualität ist unterirdisch…
Sound quality, ehh
I immediately entered this album with a negative bias as I do towards all live albums. Poor sound quality and usually it's just a compilation of well received songs as opposed to a crafted piece of art that a good album should be. While this live album does have some of those flaws, it really won't me over. It feels like Cheap Trick really excels at live music and that's why this live album was chosen. There were some killer guitar and drum solos on this set and the vocals are very energetic. Funny that the two most famous Cheap Trick songs I Want You To Want Me and Surrender were probably my least favorite on the project. Overall it was a great listen.
Live album, not my favourite. One big hit with a prolonged intro. Overall, meh. 2.5/5
Still have this on vinyl!
Pretty good
I Want You to Want Me was one of the best live songs ever to me a few years ago, and it still shines in a category that is easy to mess up. The rest of this live album makes me want to honk memememe, though.
Didn’t get to listen to the entire thing
Some of this felt very same compared to other stuff, but it Is done well. "surrender' and "I want you to want me' were obvious highlights. I feel like if I heard the studio version of this album I would give it a four, but because this is live and it is done so well, and indistinguishable from the studio version, It gets bumped to a five. Classic rock done well.
Rocketing straight to mediocrity
Utterly top notch, forgot that it was a live album at times!
Bra drag, men inte så engagerad efter ett tag. Tre.
Ugh. Cheap Trick is bad enough. Cheap Trick live. Just no.
It was probably better to be there.
Pretty good, not really sure why this is on here as a live album though. it's fine and has a decent selection of cheap trick songs but you'd be better off listening to an album
"I want you to want me" is about as electric as live music recordings can get for me. Love that. Outside of that song, this music is pretty good without really grabbing me.
Fantastic. I remember hearing this when I was young and the guitar and beat just keeps it being awesome
Every negative review of this one is accurate, but who cares? This would have been SUCH a fun show! My brain says this shouldn’t be a 5, but I enjoyed the absolute fuck out of this, so why wouldn’t it be 5 stars?
Super fun
Concert albums aren’t really my thing but otherwise a solid album.
I have a massive, pulsating, throbbing hate boner for many of the live albums on this list, but this one actually has merit for being a little bit of a musical curio. Never in all of music history did I think that there would be a live album that outsells the main discography of the artist that it belongs to, has singles released, is inducted into the library of congress and launches the career of the band in multiple countries. It's also performed in wholesome and based Nihongoland or something I don't know. Usual criticisms of live albums apply here. It's tough to appreciate this album without being a fan of the artist's discography. It isn't influencing the future of popular music or advancing music as an artform and it doesn't really capture the experience of listening to music live. However, it is popular. It's also pretty funny hearing a bunch of Japanese girls going absolutely batshit over this random ass yankee hard rock band, so I guess that's a plus, too. This album has the weird and rare phenomenon of being super backloaded - I'll assume that it has to do with these songs being ordered chronologically. Just when I'd completely checked out I was struck by the electric atmosphere of "I Want You to Want Me" and the appeal of the album kinda just clicked with me from then on. Never review these albums when you're actively listening to them, I guess. Gave this album a relisten and the whole thing is pretty alright. The second half remains much, much better. I'll retrieve this album from the designated "live album" pit that I threw it into earlier, where it is currently waiting to be incinerated. These fellas are rocking with "At Folsom Prison" now.
I’m not a fan of live albums at the best of times and this one is just dull and the sound is terrible. Apparently it has cultural and aesthetic significance though so what the hell do I know?
This is the second time I've listened to At Budokan, and my opinion hasn't changed. It's really fun - the crowd is delirious for them, the songs are catchy, and the energy is high. But I wouldn't say I'm wild about Cheap Trick. I've always liked I Want You To Want Me and Surrender, and I'm okay with leaving it there, though Need Your Love from this album is pretty cool too.
Absolutely nothing going on here, I have bootlegs with better quality
Fun to have an opening song that you can close the show with by changing the lyrics. Always a nice listen.
Just skip to track 7 and vibe.
I wanted me to want them, but I think they wanted it more than I wanted.
certainly cheap, not many tricks
Catchy songs and excellent live performance
I’m really glad live albums are on the list. This is also a great one. I heard it first on xrt fr their Friday night lives (or some shit). The energy just courses through your veins. The Cheap trick hits sound great and the other songs can be pretty good too.
Did not have a Cheap Trick live album on my bingo card. Would’ve been a fun show to be at! 7/10
I like Cheap Trick, but I've never really gotten into live albums. I like live shows, but the sound quality always seems to suffer.
Dit heeft alle schijn tegen in mijn boek, maar toegegeven, dit valt echt reuze mee. Ik kende natuurlijk het trio 'Ain't That A Shame', 'I Want You To Want Me' en 'Surrender', wat natuurlijk best gangmakers zijn, maar echt generieke rock zoals ze dat eigenlijk alleen in de 70s konden. 13 in een dozijn. Maar als je het hele album in één zit luistert kan het je toch niet ontgaan dat het best dynamisch is, en dat de band niet alleen typische 70s (hard) rock produceert, maar dat het gekleurd is met tinten powerpop, pub rock en zelfs een beetje (proto-)punk. De energie matcht af en toe wel die van het legendarische live-album van MC5 uit 1969. Maar dan bekijk ik het héél positief. Een meevaller, dat is het. 6,5/10 Highlights: Need Your Love I Want You To Want Me
Bij live albums vraag ik me altijd af; had ik er graag bij willen zijn. En heel eerlijk, bij Cheap Trick vraag ik me dat af. Tussen gillende Japanse meisjes luisteren naar lange gitaarsolo's staat niet hoog op mijn bucketlist. Wat mij vooral fascineert aan de band is 1. Dat ze mainstream succes bereiken met een live album. Hoe verklaren we dit? 2. Dat hun muziek leeft op de overgang van 70-s rock, punk en powerpop zonder een rol te hebben gespeeld in het kruidvat. 6/10 Highlights Aint that a shame Surrender
Great album. Great genre. Great decade for music.
Not a huge fan of live albums, the 70s in general, or Cheap Trick in particular, but this wasn't a bad listen. I wouldn't seek it out, nor would I race for the knob if this were to come on in my presence.
Always love a good live album 4/5
Sounds like it would have been a fun show but I’m just kinda indifferent to cheap trick.
Didn't particularly like nor dislike. Listened to it two times now and it still hasn't made an impression. Probably I just don't know enough about it, or didn't know the songs well enough, to truly enjoy the live album. I only give 2 stars if I dislike listening to it, so 3 stars for me.
I like Cheap Trick, I love rock and under some circumstances live recordings. But this isn't a good live recording. Some classic tracks on the album, some of which are their most recognisable, but overall I wasn't impressed with this album. The sound was off, some of the songs are too long and boring. Was glad it ended, the shrill of the recording was too much.
Enjoyable, but a bit inconsistent. The songwriting is definitely there, but the performances are a bit hit or miss. I liked the long and drawn out Need Your Love and Surrender + some other songs. Felt the energy was there and a live version aided those songs. Some of the other songs feel lackluster though, the energy isn't there and the playing and singing isn't all too great. Still a pretty fun listen.
Like the music. Don't really like live albums.
Really only included due to I Want You To Want Me (and it is a great and perhaps the definitive version of the song) and to a lesser extent Surrender. But wow this sounds every bit of standing in the middle of a crowd at a Cheap Trick live performance. And not in a good way. The sound isn't great and it's not particularly enjoyable. 4.25/10 (2.125/5)
This was really good! I get why they are so highly rated as a live band.
Don't hate the player, hate the music. Well-played trash including the complete sellout 'I Want You to Want Me'.
The people of Japan enjoyed this way more than I did. I don’t care for the vast majority of the song and even though the band plays well, it’s not enough to keep me engaged.
Not for me.
Boring AF
It’s funny - just a few days ago, I derisively rated an album one star and commented that ‘big in Holland’ wasn’t a reason to be on this list. But ‘big in Japan’ is something else entirely. Or so the song goes. This album answered a puzzle for me about why I Want You To Want Me sounds like that on the radio - the single came straight from this album, straight from Tokyo (or Osaka). Cool!
I've tried to get through it a couple of times today, and everytime, I'm met with this slight distaste for the music. None of it feels all that new, and I'm mainly just excited to get to the next day's album. Fav song: (To be decided)
Still not a fan for live albums. Besides, I'm a bit sick of traditional power pop and arena rock now, yes, they maybe good, but I'm really tired of hearing those sounds. Just I want to hear well crafted art not passion. A 2.5 really, they maybe good and they are definitely killers at live but well...not for me, not for me.
The Good: a live album recorded in Budokan! The Bad: a band which calls themselves cheap anything The Ugly: realizing that we’ve been tricked… cheaply… One should wonder if any recording made at the Budokan will instantly be special… because one too many bands has believed this to be the case, and has failed miserably. So is this album like that? A failure, which happened to be taped at the Budokan? Well, not really. Because, though I am no big fan of cheap trick, one thing that is undeniable about this album is the simple fact that you have a some musicians, on stage, in front of an appreciative audience, having fun! You can hear them having fun, you can feel them having fun. Not the greatest live album ever, but that’s obvious as they are not the greatest band ever. However, this album contains one of the greatest songs all people recognize without them knowing who the band is, or where it was taped, and nobody could really give a rat’s ass… So here’s to Cheap Trick @ Budokan, wanting us to want them! 3*
Very nice
Much better than the Beatles
Not very good quality of sound - a bit cheap really - only really saved by ain’t that enough and I want you
Album 638 of 1001 Cheap Trick - At Budakon (1979) Rating : 4.5/ 5 One of my long time favorites. Well...Side 2, that is. I give S1 a 3.5 and S2 a 5. Received this as a gift on my 14th birthday and still have it today. Love this one.
rating down from 3.5
редко слушаю лайв альбомы хотя это ощущение себя на концерте мне нравится я классно провела эти сорок минут мне прям очень весело и здорово было,понравилось короче,визжащие японки я с вами
не даром станд был таким уеьанским
This was pretty cool. It made me want to maybe consider listening to more Cheap Trick? My mom would be happy about that anyway.
Simpelthen så intetsigende. Mest generiske stadionrock, men med manglende energi. Elendigt mixed, sikkert fordi det er live. Men hvorfor har de sat et livealbum på denne liste hvis det ikke er bedre?
Awesome! Such great songs and hooks.
While they may be big in Japan this is just too much hair for me. Album did grow on me with Need Your Love as the highlight. It's a bit muddy but great energy
Surrender is the first song I ever liked on Spotify and I want you to want me just makes me feel warm and fuzzy. Don’t have much opinions on cheap trick outside of that
7/10 - there are some pretty good songs. Like pretty standard rock but some of them worked. I didn’t love that it was live. Idk why but the way they said “I want you to want… me” brought me back to some time.
The music was honestly decent as far as hard rock goes. Just don’t understand why this needed to be a live album
Actually a solid live album
I like Cheap Trick and, for a live album, the sound quality is pretty good. Still, I don't think it gave them the justice they deserve.
mjög lofað eða amk. umtalað bandarískt popprokk. ekki sérlega spenntur fyrir þessu. þarf ekki meira.
I don't see anything outstanding on this album that makes it worthy of being on this list—well, besides the crowd's screaming. Other than that? Nothing noteworthy.
Mercifully short. For starters, the intro is hardly even worthwhile is it? Compare this to the one on Status Quo's live album from three years earlier ffs. And then you get to the music... I can hear T Rex. I can hear Poison. I can hear the fucking Glitter Band. None of this is a good thing. What I don't hear is Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Motorhead or Hawkwind. I don't hear The Ramones. A few months later, Iron Maiden released their first album. Compared to this, that's a masterpiece - and I only gave it four stars. Fuck me, Slade were producing better music than this at the time. I suspect it's that American heavy metal is just a bit shit when it's not really, really good. There were songs on this that I knew vaguely - I think from some edition of Rockband we'd have played with the kids. I really don't care for it at all. I suppose it's not actively making me angry, so it can just about scrape two stars. But it really is just.
The amount of live records on this list is absurd really. The point of a live album is to somehow elevate the songs through raw energy, but this is just a playthrough.
The energy is great and the guys sound like they're having fun. I need to listen to more Cheap Trick.
fantastic live album!
Pretty good
this one is a stone cold classic. i'm not the hugest cheap trick fan but i enjoy some of their stuff. i've tried to listen to some of their studio output and in my opinion it pales in comparison to this one. the energy here is high, it's fun, it's raucous. the highlight here for me has always been the rhythm section. bun e carlos knocks it out of the park here and tom petersson holds down the low end in a satisfying manor. rick nielsen's lead guitar is off the rails and fun. at one point, in one of his solos, he even pays tribute to the beatles, referencing the lick from 'please please me.' that being said, although fun, the track listing here is a bit uneven. there are some absolute great live tracks here in my opinion: 'come on, come on,' 'ain't that a shame,' and, of course, the omnipresent 'i want you to want me,' but everything else here comes off a little more middling. nothing else here is awful, to be clear, but i find it leaves a little to be desired. still, all in all, this is a fun album that i have always really enjoyed listening to.
Was okay, but nothing special that stood out to me.
Bland tosh
I knew I would recognize one of their songs. I Want You to Want Me!! I don't know, other than that one song none of the others are really great songs. I'm sure they were the shit back in the day but it's just not catching my interest. 3 stars.
Great live crowd energy. The band really nails their performance. A good album.
Good pop songs, lots of energy. The hits are the best part
Rockford’s finest, halfway around the world. Humbling yet unpretentious. I found the crowd’s energy to be genuinely moving, and I’m really happy that Tokyo embraced a band from good old Illinois.
Cheap Trick is from my hometown, so I feel an affinity for them. Surrender is one of my all-time faves. I think their brand of rock is distinctly authentic and fun and good-natured. A surprising number of live albums have come up on the list lately (this is the third in two weeks), but this one was so fun! All bangers, no bummers. I'm sure there's bias creeping in here, but because this is the only Cheap Trick album on the list, I'm giving it a 4. I genuinely think I will listen to this again.
Forgettable and often tedious dad rock 2.7
When the music matches the energy this is fantastic. Surrender is perfection.
“It’d be better if it weren’t live” -Aubz. I didn’t hate it but it didn’t feel special or particularly unique.
It's alright but I think everything here is better in studio, especially surrender. The only exception to this would be "I want you to want me", I think that got a boost here. Outside of that meh
I love Cheap Trick, but this isn't their best album.
Not a fan of live albums. It's not bad, just not great. 6/10
Honestly, it's pretty good stuff. I've never been opposed to getting introduced to a band through their live performances - it's like going through a greatest hits record, except you also get to gauge the band's level of musicianship. From this listen alone, I get a heavy pop-rock vibe, though with an obvious emphasis on heaviness, sort of hard-rockish but with hair-metal and glam-rock undertones. By the end of this, it became a matter of how many songs I ended up enjoying. I liked 'Come On, Come On' a lot and 'Lookout' was pretty good too. The long outro of 'Need Your Love' was the highlight of that particular song, and maybe the heaviest thing here - but I couldn't stand that vocal hook at all. Those three were the most memorable things here - I didn't like the second half quite as much, though the crowd singing along on 'I Want You to Want Me' was pretty cute - and the song itself was pretty cute. I can't compare the live recordings to the actual studio versions (except for 'Come on Come on' that I did listen to, and I can confirm that I like the live version more) but I do think this band benefits in a live environment. The whole live performance here felt pretty go-lucky and in good spirits, for what that's worth. Might end up listening to more Cheap Trick in the future.
Lotta energy. Lotta bangers. I thoroughly enjoyed this, and as someone who doesn't know Cheap Trick at all, I'm excited to hear more from them. Each track flows into the next smoothly and at breakneck speed, and I think the show is paced really well. Best Track: Need Your Love Worst Track: Goodnight
Best Song: Surrender Worst Song: Lookout
There are definitely a few 45 year olds walking around Tokyo with single Moms and American passports as a result of this tour.
2.9 I Hear this album mentioned in all time best live rock albums but I really dont see what all the fuss is about. I like a few of the songs but pretty standard rock music
Oh dear! How did this make the list! No thank you!
Very good live album
It was okay rock. A bit repetitive and cheesy
good energy! really enjoy the quality to this recording where the vocals have that arena echo but the lead guitar riffs are big and crisp
I’m not much of a live album girlie, but after a song-by-song comparison between live and recorded versions, I get it. There’s more connectivity with the listeners, more electricity, more everything. Favorite song: Hello There (duh - also such a great way to start an album, or a concert). Also shout out to the Ain’t That a Shame cover. Least favorite: Big Eyes Knew before? Sorta, but as separate albums.
3.5 stars.
Live albums are hard enough for me to get in to at the best of times, with maybe a couple of exceptions, but At Budokan did wash over me slightly. I’ve never particularly listened to Cheap Trick except for a couple of obvious singles, and this brand of rock isn’t massively my thing, so it might have been good to know a few of these songs better before diving in to live versions of them.
This was ok. Not my thing but totally fine background music. The bassist is handsome so I will give this a 3 instead of a 2. It's my rating system and my rules.
Le rock and roll le plus straight forward de l’histoire, sans fioriture et sans grand intérêt
Not a huge fan of this band, but this is a very solid live album.
4.5 ★★★★
It is okay, but I am not a big power pop fan, and I didn't find this particularily interesting. 3 stars
Great live set from a good point were pop band. 4 stars.
3.5
A goodish live album with one song everybody knows anyway in I Want You To Want Me. All the others are hardly America’s most wanted and the same Japan crowd probably went crazier for the Carpenters as well.
Super tight live. The crowd appreciation was enjoyable. Just confirmed I’d already heard the only Cheap Trick so songs I need to, though.
Boring, not inspired music OR performance which is so tough for a live album
ja nee dit hoeft niet voor mij te veel rock
Wel leuk maar niet heel bijzonder
I don’t like live albums
Cheap Trick captures their sound in an amazing live venue. This live album does exactly what all live albums should: make you wish you were in the crowd that night (even if, like me, you are not the biggest Cheap Trick fan)! 3⭐️
This rips way harder than I expected it to. Great energy start to finish and a really nice job on the cutting floor sequencing together the different shows. Notable standouts for me were Big Eyes, Ain't That a Shame, and Clock Strikes Ten is a great closer. For a live album this did a great job of capturing the live feel of an energetic show. Not my favorite by any means, but for what it is this is well done. I'd say the lowest 4 possible.
As far as live albums go, this one was probably my least favorite that has been on the list. The last couple sounds are definitely the hits though. High 3.
Never really been the biggest Cheap Trick fan, but I think this being a live album bumps it up 1 star because of the energy. Would be a fool to not admit that Surrender is one of the catchiest songs I know. Probably overall as a low 4 cause I did find myself really rocking out at points.
Love a good live album and it was solid just nothing outstanding or anything. The classics are classic though. Pretty solid 3.
Sounded a good gig for their fans. 👍🏼
joa
This was banging
3/5 or 3.5/5. Good live album but nothing super special, crowd was going NUTS at parts. Surrender is always a classic thanks to Guitar Hero 2.
Rockiges Hippie Album mit guten Songs. Die Mischung aus Hair und Rocky Horror Picture Show passt irgendwie. “I want you to want me” ist das bekannteste Stück des Albums und darf au keiner 70er Party fehlen ebenso wie “I need your love”. Toller flashback in die Zeit in der Rauchen noch gesellschaftsfähig und ein Mettigel auf keiner Kellerparty fehlen durfte.
One of the greatest live albums ever recorded, the sheer energy is contagious. However, it has some filler songs, so not a perfect album but a solid four-and-a-half one.
I had never knowingly heard Cheap Trick before, and didn't know what to expect. And, actually, this is surprisingly enjoyable in a 'this is a bit shit and predictable, but it's making me smile' way. I'm no fan of live albums, and especially not self indulgent Deep Purple 'Made in Japan' bullshit, but the bridge section between Need Your Love and Ain't That A Shame is great, and Surrender is a genuinely good song ... but then I listen a bit harder and it sounds a bit like Status Quo, Suzi Quattro and Showaddywaddy blended together into some weird showband and put out this album. But, then again, I seem to quite like that.
This wasn’t necessarily the album I was in the mood for today. Well produced and performed, especially for a live album. But I probably would’ve scored it higher had I been in the mood for “classic rock.”
This is a solid 4, until the second side, and then it turns it up a level. “Ain’t That a Shame” through “Surrender” is shear bliss. Then we add the bookends of “Hello There” and “Goodnight” before the encore and we have a perfectly packaged concert. The constant cheering of the fans added another layer of energy to the set. This is what I want in a live album.
Solid rock album. Some classic songs on it and the band's tight, throughout. 3.5* and I think I need to round up considering it's a live album.
I do find edited live records somewhat contrived but there are some cool tracks here.
Just unspeakably shit.
I get it, this is the one that really made them popular. It's significant, sure. I won't ever play it through again though; the recording quality and crowd noise make it a real disappointment overall. There are some reality good songs on here, and I'll gladly revisit them on the studio albums. It's a real shame this is the Cheap Trick album that made the list.
A treasured album from childhood, that was not as good as I remembered. There were many songs that I didn't even remember, which is odd for me. But it was a seminal work during my early adolescence. A must have album in 7th grade.
well recorded but i don't vibe with cheap trick
Great concert. I'm not a huge Cheap Trick fan, but there's no denying they were a great live band. I just don't love their songwriting all that much (aside from Surrender). Drummer driving nearly every track here. Rick Nielsen is a great guitarist but not too high up in the mix and is lost in the sound quite a bit.
Fun album!
I think that every rock contract in the 70s must have had a clause that the band were obliged to record at least one live album in Japan. Thus we get Cheap Trick, in front of thousands of screaming Japanese fans, plodding through a competent but pedestrian set list. I always assumed that they were hard rock, but apart from the opening track this is closer to glam/pop. The highlight is a Chuck Berry cover where they somehow shoehorn in a drum solo.
I might not have been in the right mood to listen to this record, but it really feels like an anecdotical live album from a dad rock band in the seventies. Nothing is particularly good or outstanding -- it's not really bad either, but I don't see the point of such an album here. Everyone seems pretty happy (band and crowd) in this record, but that was boring to listen to.
What a boring, uninspiring, soulless, generic 70s rock album. Meh. I certainly didn't need to hear this before I died! One star for its length, 41minutes
This album was a bit of a drag until I got to 'I want you to want me' which is such a banger! A great cover by Letters to Cleo features as the last scene/closing credits of '10 Things I Hate about you' (I'm embarrassed to say I only realised it was a cover today!) This track saved the album for me and I won't bother repeating how I feel about live albums I want you to want me I need you to need me I'd love you to love me I'm beggin' you to beg me
High energy live show from a mediocre glam rock band from the 70's. Nothing about this was bad, but a few awesome songs does not a good album make. Favourite songs: Surrender, I Want You To Want Me, Ain't That A Shame, Hello There Least favourite songs: Need Your Love 3/5
I’d give it a 3.5, pretty good overall.
Good live album. A bunch of Cheap Tricks songs are the definitive version for me because my local radio station played them exclusively. A lot of this though needs a remaster.
The drums are very good, but otherwise I am not a huge fan of live albums
alright, good background music
Not for me 1/5
Nice live rock
Great live album
Most of these songs were jams or just generally uninteresting, other than "Surrender" which was a pretty hype moment on this live album. Didn't outweigh the low-lights, though. 2/5
Meh Need your love was quite heavy, and long. It was still sort of just, on. As is most of this besides the two songs everyone knows. And only Surrender is actually good.
A relief when it finished
Enjoyed it, but not a 5*er. Some bangers on there though
Heard better live albums but tight and good songs, Need Your Love the highlight. 2.75/5
Impressive live, good listen
I feel a bit bad giving this a 1, because it’s not horrifically bad. It’s very standard 70s rock, which deserves a solid 2 stars and it’s a live album, so I’m docking it another star. Maybe “my favourite” 1 star album, but it definitely doesn’t deserve to be on the list.
A great album and definitely a fan of the best version of WYTWM
I love Cheap Trick. So, duh, I am a big fan. Now... I don't always love live albums because there are sound issues and ambient noises that distract from the recorded session "pure" sound. However, sometimes that is exactly what I want to get away from, so sometimes I seek out the live performances. In this case I am on the fence, and Cheap Trick videos are a pleasure to watch, so maybe I would not choose this as my go to album to share with people unfamiliar. On the other hand their song "Surrender" was only one week old when this was recorded, which makes it kiind of special. So how to rate this? Ah Screw it. I love these guys!
A fun rock concert
I generally like Cheap Trick, but this album certainly didn’t need be Live. 3.0
No thanks
A fun live album
Solid live rock album. Guitar work was tight.
7.5
Essentially, this is fine, clearly influential and well made, but it’s not something I like enough to revisit.
Hey ChatGPT, please give me the most average rock album from the 70s. Please make sure that it's a live recording and that its quality sucks. Seriously though, I didn't like anything about this album. None of the songs stayed with me afterwards. What's the point of including on this list so many "rock and roll" albums that are almost indistinguishable from each other? There's so much more interesting music out there.
okay, the start was boring, but in the end I liked it. some powerful moves
No thanks pal
Generally too samey in its high-energy-ness, but I might enjoy some of these tracks more in a studio recording.
Had a whole thing written and the browser ate it. Essentially, this is fine, clearly influential and well made, but it’s not something I like enough to revisit.
Creo que pocas personas entienden lo importante que fue esta presentación para la escena de la música japonesa. Es gracias a este concierto que Cheap Trick comenzó a ser conocido como "Los Beatles Americanos" en el "País del Sol Naciente". El impacto que tuvo la teatralidad y el sonido de los pioneros del Power Pop en la escena nipona es tremendo y sus repercusiones se logran apreciar hasta el día de hoy. Muchas de las grandes más grandes de Japón citan a Cheap Trick como una de sus principales influencias, a pesar de sonar completamente diferente. Quizá no te guste, pero esta es definitivamente una de las presentaciones más grandes de la historia del Rock y merece estar en esta lista. Personalmente, la disfruté bastante y recomendaría escucharla.
As live album this really slaps, I might just be in a good mood but I think I'll listen to this again
Powerful energy on stage. They sounded like they were having fun. And I quite enjoyed listening to it in a certain mood.
This was before my time, yet still somehow a throwback for me. Just great rock n roll. I've questioned the belonging of live albums on this list but this makes the case.
Awesome! Awesome! Awesome!
This album was a lifeline to a rock n roll oasis in the sea of disco
I had never heard Cheap Trick before (although the name was familiar) and mind you, that's why the 70s is my favorite, because albums like that come out every day and even though I don't know these songs, I had so much fun listening to them, which makes me very suspicious to speak and give notes, as they will almost always be good reviews and high star marks. But what to do, right? Rock n' Roll can't go wrong! The only song I actually knew was the beautiful cover of Ain't That a Shame, which I had already heard by John Lennon's voice (and which until today I didn't know it was a Fats Domino's song). At the beginning of 'Surrender' (which is apparently their most popular song) he says "this song is the opening song to our latest album which was released this week" I felt like I was in a time machine, like I was actually there 46 years ago. By the way, great choice of place to do a show. The Japanese women are hysterical and scream at the top of their lungs the entire show! hahaha
+1 star for being in Japan
I saw Cheap Trick at a music festival in 2007. The guitar player was wearing a Cheap Trick hat AND a Cheap Trick shirt. Didn’t like that. Surrender is a good song.
It's okay. Cheap Trick always sounded old fashioned to me.
Took me a few tracks to realize that there is music in the background of the obnoxious crowd noise. Bad mix but otherwise good album.
2.5 not great quality, non hit songs were boring
Power pop kings at the height of their game.
A hit.
Pretty fun and energetic live album. Appreciate cheap trick a lil bit more 👍.
Sounds like it was taped on a cassette recorder in the bass players back pocket. Terrible production/quality. I don’t usually like “live” albums & this is a great example of why they are pretty unlistenable.
Cheap arena rock 2
Great live rock
They are what I classify as a "Great Guitar Band". Other bands clearly have guitars, but there just some bands that really utilize thier guitars as a driving force. I've had the pleasure of seeing them live(unfortunately not in there prime) and they killed. I can't imagine what that show must have been like in the 80's. I know this album well and it ages well. "Live at the Budokan" never gets old.