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Released | September 21, 1979 | |||
Recorded | 1978–1979 | |||
Studio | Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA | |||
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Length | 45:45 | |||
Label | Epic | |||
Producer | Tom Werman | |||
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Dream Police is the fourth studio album by American rock band Cheap Trick. [1] It was released in 1979,and was their third release in a row produced by Tom Werman. It is the band's most commercially successful studio album,going to No. 6 on the Billboard 200 chart [2] and being certified platinum within a few months of its release. [3]
Dream Police shows the band expanding into longer,more complex songs and incorporating orchestration on several tracks. Three videos were produced:"Dream Police","Way of the World" and "Voices". The album had been completed by early-1979,but its release was pushed back several months due to the surprise success of Cheap Trick at Budokan .
The album's title track became a Top 30 hit for the band. "Voices" was also a hit for the band,reaching No. 32 on the Billboard chart.
Near the end of "Gonna Raise Hell" the orchestra is citing a snippet from "Heaven Tonight". That song was described by AllMusic critic Tom Maginnis as having an "extended,disco-inflected,slowburn groove". [4]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [5] |
Christgau's Record Guide | B− [6] |
MusicHound Rock:The Essential Album Guide | [7] |
Rolling Stone | (mixed) [8] |
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide | [9] |
Smash Hits | (mixed) [10] |
Spin Alternative Record Guide | 7/10 [11] |
The New York Times called Dream Police "a busy,diverse album,one that can be applauded in many ways... But it doesn't suggest that Cheap Trick has anything really important to say." [12] The Los Angeles Times wrote that "the emphasis is on lead-fisted hard rock." [13]
The Spin Alternative Record Guide praised the "audacity of its loopy concept." [11]
Chuck Eddy wrote that it is a "fresh-from-Budokan heaviness-move [that] entails a simultaneousf artiness-move that pegs it like Billion Dollar Babies –meets– ELO's Greatest Hits only not so clever,a shame 'cause cleverness was why these goombahs were born." [14]
In 2010,Cheap Trick re-recorded the title track as "Green Police" for the controversial [15] Green Police advertisement which aired during Super Bowl XLIV for Audi. [16]
All songs written by Rick Nielsen,except where noted.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Dream Police" | 3:49 | |
2. | "Way of the World" | Robin Zander, Nielsen | 3:39 |
3. | "The House Is Rockin' (With Domestic Problems)" | Tom Petersson, Nielsen | 5:12 |
4. | "Gonna Raise Hell" | 9:20 | |
5. | "I'll Be with You Tonight" | Nielsen, Zander, Bun E. Carlos, Petersson | 3:52 |
6. | "Voices" | 4:22 | |
7. | "Writing on the Wall" | 3:26 | |
8. | "I Know What I Want" | 4:29 | |
9. | "Need Your Love" | Nielsen, Petersson | 7:39 |
No. | Title | Length |
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10. | "The House Is Rockin' (With Domestic Problems)" (Recorded live at the Los Angeles Forum on December 31, 1979) | 6:16 |
11. | "Way of the World" (Recorded live at the Los Angeles Forum on December 31, 1979) | 3:59 |
12. | "Dream Police" (No Strings Version) | 3:52 |
13. | "I Know What I Want" (Recorded live in Daytona Beach, Florida in 1988) | 4:43 |
Weekly Charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [28] | Platinum | 50,000^ |
Canada (Music Canada) [29] | 3× Platinum | 300,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ) [30] | Gold | 7,500^ |
United States (RIAA) [31] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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