Dream Police

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Dream Police
Cheap Trick Dream Police.jpg
Studio album by
Cheap Trick
ReleasedSeptember 21, 1979 (1979-09-21)
Recorded1978–1979
Studio Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA
Genre
Length45:45
Label Epic
Producer Tom Werman
Cheap Trick chronology
Cheap Trick at Budokan
(1978)		Dream Police
(1979)		 All Shook Up
(1980)
Singles from Dream Police
  1. "Dream Police"
    Released: September 1979
  2. "Voices"
    Released: November 1979
  3. "Way of the World"
    Released: 4 January 1980 (UK)
  4. "I'll Be with You Tonight"
    Released: 28 March 1980 (UK)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Dream Police" 3:49
2."Way of the World" Robin Zander, Nielsen3:39
3."The House Is Rockin' (With Domestic Problems)" Tom Petersson, Nielsen5:12
4."Gonna Raise Hell" 9:20
5."I'll Be with You Tonight"Nielsen, Zander, Bun E. Carlos, Petersson3:52
6."Voices" 4:22
7."Writing on the Wall" 3:26
8."I Know What I Want" 4:29
9."Need Your Love"Nielsen, Petersson7:39
Bonus tracks (2006 Reissue)
No.TitleLength
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

Singles

Unreleased outtakes

Covers

Personnel

Cheap Trick

Additional musicians

Technical

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1979)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [16] 7
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [17] 4
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [18] 21
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [19] 56
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [20] 4
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [21] 2
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [22] 31
UK Albums (OCC) [23] 41
US Billboard 200 [24] 6

2017 reissue

ChartPeak

position

Oricon (Japan) [25] 98

Year-end charts

Chart (1979)Position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [26] 39

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [27] Platinum50,000^
Canada (Music Canada) [28] 3× Platinum300,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [29] Gold7,500^
United States (RIAA) [30] Platinum1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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