Bang, Zoom, Crazy... Hello

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Bang, Zoom, Crazy... Hello
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Studio album by
Cheap Trick
ReleasedApril 1, 2016
Recorded2015
Genre Rock
Length39:41
Label Big Machine
Producer
Cheap Trick chronology
Sgt. Pepper Live
(2009)		Bang, Zoom, Crazy... Hello
(2016)		 We're All Alright!
(2017)
Singles from Bang, Zoom, Crazy... Hello
  1. "No Direction Home"
    Released: December 20, 2015
  2. "When I Wake Up Tomorrow"
    Released: March 4, 2016

Bang, Zoom, Crazy... Hello is the seventeenth studio album by American rock band Cheap Trick. The album was released on April 1, 2016, by Big Machine Records. [1] [2] The album is the first in the band's history to not feature Bun E. Carlos on drums. The is first album to feature Daxx Nielsen on drums.

Contents

Singles

"No Direction Home" was released as the lead single from the album on December 20, 2015. The song was offered as a free download to celebrate their announced Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, as well as their record deal with Big Machine Records. [3] In March 2016, the second single "When I Wake Up Tomorrow" was released. A music video was recorded for the song. [4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 74/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The A.V. Club B− [7]
American Songwriter Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Consequence of Sound C [9]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]

Bang, Zoom, Crazy... Hello received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 74 based on 12 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". [5]

Commercial performance

In the United States, the album debuted at number 31 on the Billboard 200, becoming the band's highest-charting album in the U.S. since Lap of Luxury in 1988, and sold 14,000 copies in its first week. [11] The album dropped to number 134 the next week on the Billboard 200, [12] and was completely off the chart in the next two weeks. [12]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Heart on the Line" Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson, Gregg Giuffria, Julian Raymond, Daxx Nielsen4:19
2."No Direction Home"Raymond, Zander, R. Nielsen, Petersson3:44
3."When I Wake Up Tomorrow"Raymond, Zander, R. Nielsen, Petersson3:27
4."Do You Believe Me?"R. Nielsen, Zander, Petersson, Raymond, D. Nielsen4:45
5."Blood Red Lips"Raymond, Zander, R. Nielsen, Petersson2:57
6."Sing My Blues Away"Raymond, Zander, R. Nielsen, Petersson3:26
7."Roll Me"R. Nielsen, Zander, Petersson, Raymond, D. Nielsen2:57
8."The In Crowd" (Dobie Gray cover)Billy Page3:51
9."Long Time No See Ya"R. Nielsen, Zander, Petersson, Raymond, D. Nielsen2:54
10."The Sun Never Sets"Raymond, Zander, R. Nielsen, Petersson4:00
11."All Strung Out"Raymond, Zander, R. Nielsen, Petersson3:18
Japanese edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Arabesque"R. Nielsen, Zander, Petersson, Raymond, D. Nielsen2:47
13."I'd Give It Up"R. Nielsen, Zander, Petersson, Raymond, D. Nielsen3:46

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Belgian Albums Chart (Ultratop Wallonia) [13] 113
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [14] 79
Scottish Albums (OCC) [15] 57
UK Albums (OCC) [16] 111
US Billboard 200 [17] 31
US Digital Albums (Billboard) [18] 25
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [19] 4
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [20] 5

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