Dream Police

For other uses, see Dream Police (disambiguation).

Dream Police
Studio album by Cheap Trick
Released	September 21, 1979 (1979-09-21)
Recorded	1978–1979
Studio	Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA
Genre	Power pop hard rock
Length	45:45
Label	Epic
Producer	Tom Werman
Cheap Trick chronology
Cheap Trick at Budokan (1978) Dream Police (1979) All Shook Up (1980)
Singles from Dream Police
"Dream Police" Released: September 1979 "Voices" Released: November 1979 "Way of the World" Released: 4 January 1980 (UK) "I'll Be with You Tonight" Released: 28 March 1980 (UK)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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

Bonus tracks (2006 Reissue)

No.	Title	Length
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

• The bonus tracks of the 2006 reissue of Dream Police consisted mainly of rare live versions of songs from the album. "I Know What I Want" is noteworthy for being the b-side to their 1988 single "Don't Be Cruel" and the only non-live track is a demo of the title track without its trademark strings.

Singles

• 1979: "Dream Police" b/w "Heaven Tonight" – #26 US, #4 Canada, #79 Japan
• 1979: "Voices" b/w "Surrender" (Live) – #16 Australia (UK)
• 1979: "Voices" b/w "The House Is Rockin' (With Domestic Problems)" – #32 US, #12 Canada,(US & Canada)
• 1980: "Way of the World" b/w "Oh Candy" – #73 UK
• 1980: "I'll Be with You Tonight" b/w "He's a Whore" & "So Good to See You" (UK)

Unreleased outtakes

• "It Must Be Love" (This song was given to Rick Derringer who covered it on his 1979 album Guitars and Women)
• "Next Position Please" (Features Robin, Rick, and Tom on vocals, later re-recorded for the 1983 album of the same name)
• "See Me Now" ("Way of the World" with alternate lyrics)
• "Way of the World" (with Rick Nielsen on vocals)
• "I Know What I Want" (with Robin Zander on vocals)

Covers

• Sam Kinison covered "Gonna Raise Hell" on his comedy album Leader of the Banned .

Personnel

Cheap Trick

• Robin Zander – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Rick Nielsen – lead guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals (middle eight) on "Dream Police"
• Tom Petersson – bass guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "I Know What I Want"
• Bun E. Carlos – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

• Jai Winding – organ, piano, keyboards, Synth
• Steve Lukather – guitar on "Voices"

Technical

• Tom Werman – producer
• Gary Ladinsky, Mike Beiriger – engineers
• Ken Adamany – assistant engineer
• George Marino – mastering
• Steve Dessau, Paula Scher – design
• Reid Miles – photography

Charts

Weekly Charts Chart (1979) Peak position Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [18] 7 Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [19] 4 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [20] 21 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [21] 56 Japanese Albums (Oricon) [22] 4 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [23] 2 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [24] 31 UK Albums (OCC) [25] 41 US Billboard 200 [26] 6 Chart (2017) Peak position Japanese Albums (Oricon) [27] 98

Year-end charts Chart (1979) Position New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [28] 39

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [29]	Platinum	50,000^
Canada (Music Canada) [30]	3× Platinum	300,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [31]	Gold	7,500^
United States (RIAA) [32]	Platinum	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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