All Shook Up (Cheap Trick album)

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All Shook Up
Cheap Trick All Shook Up.jpg
Studio album by
Cheap Trick
ReleasedOctober 24, 1980 (1980-10-24)
Recorded1980
Studio Air Studios, London
Genre
Length33:53
Label Epic
Producer George Martin
Cheap Trick chronology
Dream Police
(1979)		All Shook Up
(1980)		 One on One
(1982)
Singles from All Shook Up
  1. "Stop This Game"
    Released: October 1980
  2. "World's Greatest Lover"
    Released: January 1981
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]

All Shook Up is the fifth studio album by American rock band Cheap Trick. Released in 1980, it was produced by former Beatles producer George Martin. It was the first studio album since their debut to be produced by someone other than Tom Werman.

Contents

Overview

All Shook Up was even quirkier than its predecessor[ according to whom? ], the platinum-selling Dream Police . Many of its songs were less radio friendly and more experimental, and the cover art, influenced by René Magritte's Time Transfixed , led many to question what the band was trying to accomplish. However, at the time, Cheap Trick had severed ties with long-time producer Tom Werman and took the opportunity to take their sound in a different direction. With the assistance of producer George Martin and engineer Geoff Emerick, many of the songs have a dimension not found on any other Cheap Trick album. "Stop This Game" was the only single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, but "Just Got Back", "Baby Loves to Rock", and "World's Greatest Lover" continue to be fan favorites. "I Love You Honey But I Hate Your Friends" contains a lyrical reference to "Daddy Should Have Stayed In High School", a song, released on the band's 1977 debut album.

Background information

Right around the time of All Shook Up's release, bassist Tom Petersson announced that he was leaving the band. He was replaced by Pete Comita. Petersson later told Billboard in 1984: "We were playing 300 nights a year and we'd record two albums a year on our time off. After awhile, we'd gotten to the point where we were successful, but we were still on this schedule and still doing albums in two or three weeks. We needed more time to think, to air out and encourage the creativity to write. Nobody wanted to do that." [3]

The band performed the songs "Baby Loves to Rock" and "Can't Stop It but I'm Gonna Try" on the January 17, 1981, episode of Saturday Night Live .

There were several homages to The Beatles on this album. "Stop This Game" opens and closes with a droning guitar note similar to the piano chord that ends "A Day in the Life." The bridge to "Baby Loves to Rock" features the line "Not in Russia!" with the sound of an airplane in the background, a subtle reference to "Back in the U.S.S.R." "World's Greatest Lover" has vocals reminiscent of John Lennon.

"Baby Loves to Rock" nicks the riff from "Psycho Daisies" by The Yardbirds. The chorus and title of "I Love You Honey But I Hate Your Friends" is taken from a song Rick Nielsen wrote for Rick Derringer called "It Must Be Love".

There are also some references to AC/DC in this album. "World's Greatest Lover" has a similar intro to the one used on "Big Balls", while Rick Nielsen wrote "Love Comes A-Tumblin' Down" for the recently deceased Bon Scott.

"Go For the Throat (Use Your Own Imagination)" references "(Get A) Grip (On Yourself)" by The Stranglers.

Record World called "High Priest of Rhythmic Noise" "screaming rock 'n' roll chaos." [4]

Track listing

All songs written by Rick Nielsen, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Stop This Game"Nielsen, Robin Zander 3:57
2."Just Got Back" 2:05
3."Baby Loves to Rock" 3:17
4."Can't Stop It but I'm Gonna Try" 3:31
5."World's Greatest Lover" 4:52
6."High Priest of Rhythmic Noise" 4:13
7."Love Comes A-Tumblin' Down" 3:08
8."I Love You Honey but I Hate Your Friends" 3:50
9."Go for the Throat (Use Your Own Imagination)" 3:04
10."Who D'King"Nielsen, Bun E. Carlos 2:18
Bonus tracks (2006 Reissue)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Everything Works If You Let It" 3:29
12."Day Tripper" (live, short version) Lennon–McCartney 3:41
13."Can't Hold On" (live) 5:55
14."Such a Good Girl" 3:04
15."Take Me I'm Yours"Zander, Nielsen4:34

Singles (Side A/Side B)

Outtakes

Personnel

Cheap Trick

Technical

Legacy

American hardcore punk band Zeke quotes "High Priest Of Rhythmic Noise" in their song "Evil Woman" on Death Alley .

Charts

Album

Chart (1980-1981)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [6] 68
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [7] 30
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [8] 21
US Billboard 200 [9] 24

2017 reissue

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Oricon (Japan) [10] 136

Singles

YearSingleChartPosition
1980"Stop This Game" Billboard Hot 100 48 [11]

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [12] Gold50,000^
United States (RIAA) [13] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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  3. ↑ Billboard magazine - Talent: Tom Peterson hoping for life after Cheap Trick - Moira McCormick - September 15, 1984 - page 41
  4. ↑ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. November 8, 1980. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
  5. ↑ "CRR Interview - Bun E. Carlos - Everything Works Out if You Let It...Well, Sort Of..."
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