Sex, America, Cheap Trick
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Sex, America, Cheap Trick is a 1996 box set by the rock band Cheap Trick
. It includes 17 previously unreleased songs, as well as the band's biggest hits. A color booklet is included.
Cheap Trick
Cheap Trick is an American rock band from Rockford, Illinois, formed in 1973. The band consists of members Robin Zander , Rick Nielsen , Tom Petersson , and Bun E...
. It includes 17 previously unreleased songs, as well as the band's biggest hits. A color booklet is included.
Disc one
- "Hello ThereHello There"Hello There" is a song written by Rick Nielsen and first released on Cheap Trick's 1977 album In Color. The song was also often used as the first song of Cheap Trick concerts, and as a result was the first song on the band's seminal live album Cheap Trick at Budokan. The song is a frantic,...
" - "ELO KiddiesElo Kiddies"ELO Kiddies" is a glam-style song written by Rick Nielsen and originally released by Cheap Trick on the 1977 album Cheap Trick. It was released as a single twice, in 1977 as an A-side backed by "Speak Now Or Forever Hold Your Peace" and in 1979, as the B-side the live "Ain't That a Shame" from...
(single version)" - "Hot Love"
- "Oh, Candy (single version)"
- "MandocelloMandocelloThe mandocello is a plucked string instrument of the mandolin family. It has eight strings in four paired courses, tuned in 5ths like a mandolin, but is larger, and tuned CC-GG-dd-aa . It is to the mandolin what the cello is to the violin.-Construction:Mandocello construction is similar to the...
" - "Lovin' Money" (previously unreleased)
- "I Want You to Want MeI Want You to Want Me"I Want You to Want Me" is a song by Cheap Trick which first appeared on their second album In Color in 1977. It was the first single released from that album but it didn't chart in the US. However, it was a #1 single in Japan...
(alternate version)" (previously unreleased) - "Southern Girls (single version)"
- "So Good to See You"
- "Down on the Bay (live)" (previously unreleased)
- "Mrs. Henry (live)" (previously unreleased)
- "Violins (live)" (previously unreleased)
- "Ballad of TV Violence (live)"
- "You're All Talk (live)"
- "Fan ClubFan clubA fan club is a group that is dedicated to a well-known person, group, idea or sometimes even an inanimate object . Most fan clubs are run by fans who devote considerable time and resources to supporting them. There are also "official" fan clubs that are run by someone associated with the person...
(demo)" (previously unreleased)
Disc two
- "SurrenderSurrender (Cheap Trick song)"Surrender" is a single by Cheap Trick released in June 1978 from the album Heaven Tonight. It was the first Cheap Trick single to enter the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at number 62...
" - "High Roller" (alternate version)
- "On Top of the World"
- "Auf WiedersehenAuf Wiedersehen (song)"Auf Wiedersehen" is a song co-written by Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen and bassist Tom Petersson and first released on the band's 1978 album Heaven Tonight. It was also released as a single as the B-side of "Surrender"...
" - "I Want You to Want MeI Want You to Want Me"I Want You to Want Me" is a song by Cheap Trick which first appeared on their second album In Color in 1977. It was the first single released from that album but it didn't chart in the US. However, it was a #1 single in Japan...
(live)" - "Clock Strikes TenClock Strikes Ten"Clock Strikes Ten" is a song released in 1977 by Cheap Trick on their second album, In Color. It was written by Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen. It was released as a single in Japan, where it was a major hit and reached #1 on their singles chart...
(live)" - "Dream PoliceDream PoliceDream Police is a 1979 studio album by Cheap Trick. It was their fourth studio release, and third in a row produced by Tom Werman. It is the band's most commercially successful studio album, going to No...
" - "Way of the World"
- "Gonna Raise Hell"
- "VoicesVoices (Cheap Trick song)"Voices" is the title of a song written by Rick Nielsen and recorded by American rock band Cheap Trick which appeared on the album Dream Police. It was written by guitarist Rick Neilsen. The single was released in 1979 and peaked at #32 in the US...
" - "Stop This Game"
- "Just Got Back"
- "Baby Loves to Rock"
- "Everything Works If You Let It (alternate version)"
- "World's Greatest LoverWorld's Greatest Lover"World's Greatest Lover" is a single by American country music duo The Bellamy Brothers. Released in 1984, it was the second single from the album Restless. The song reached #6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:...
(demo)" - "Waitin For The ManI'm Waiting for the Man"I'm Waiting for the Man" is a song by the American rock band The Velvet Underground, written by Lou Reed. It was first released on their 1967 debut album, The Velvet Underground & Nico....
/ Heroin (live)"
Disc three
- "Day Tripper (live) (alternate unedited version)"
- "World's Greatest Lover"
- "I Need Love (demo)" (previously unreleased)
- "I'm the Man" (previously unreleased) (from the movie Rock & RuleRock & RuleRock & Rule is a 1983 Canadian animated film from the animation studio Nelvana. It was produced and directed by the company's founders, Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert, and Clive A. Smith. The film features the voices of Greg Salata, Susan Roman, and Don Francks, with Catherine O'Hara, Chris...
) - "Born to Raise Hell" (previously unreleased) (from the movie Rock & Rule)
- "Ohm Sweet Ohm" (previously unreleased) (from the movie Rock & Rule)
- "She's Tight"
- "Love's Got a Hold on Me"
- "If You Want My Love (alternate extra bridge version)"
- "Lookin' Out for Number One"
- "Don't Make Our Love a Crime (demo)" (previously unreleased)
- "All I Really Want" (B-side)
- "I Can't Take It"
- "Twisted Heart" (previously unreleased)
- "Invaders of the Heart"
- "Y O Y O Y"
Disc four
- "Tonight It's You"
- "Cover Girl"
- "This Time Around"
- "A Place in France" (previously unreleased)
- "Funk #9 (The Doctor demo)" (previously unreleased)
- "Take Me to the Top"
- "Money Is the Route of All Fun" (previously unreleased)
- "Fortune Cookie (demo)" (previously unreleased)
- "You Want It"
- "The Flame"
- "Through the Night" (B-side)
- "Stop That Thief" (previously unreleased in the U.S.)
- "I Know What I Want (live)" (B-side)
- "Had to Make You Mine"
- "I Can't Understand It"
- "Can't Stop Falling Into Love"
- "Come on Christmas"