Cheap Trick At Budokan [LIVE]

Cheap Trick

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 25, 2008)
• Original Release Date: February 1979
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: SonyBMG Special Markets
• ASIN: B0015RCUSC
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,380 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Editorial Reviews

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Within months of the U.S. release of Budokan, originally intended only for the Japanese fans who'd made them superstars half a world away, tongue-in-cheek rockers Cheap Trick went from opening American arena shows to headlining them. Rather than remaining eternal could-haves, metallic pop nuggets such as "I Want You to Want Me" and "Surrender" instead became radio mainstays in these versions. This gold version of the title offers superior sound quality for a higher price than the standard-issue CD. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Classic Cheap Trick, October 24, 2008

By	Drew D. Henning "Herb Henning" (Jersey City, NJ USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I remember the day that this album came out and it was the best album on the market to date. Today, it's still a great album.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The soundtrack of my sunday mornings in the early eighties, March 4, 2009

By	Jazzcat "stef" (Genoa, Italy Italy) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

I remember being a kid in the early eighties and I remember I used to wake up each sunday morning very early to take place in the most comfortable armchair in my parents living room where the stereo system was, putting on the headphones and play (Loud!) the records that made me crazy in those days. The hours that I spent there, were pure magic and I still remember them very clearly and with love. One of those records was just "At Budokan!" by Cheap Trick. So I am very fond to this album. It's fantastic music, a sort of friendly american rock stravaganza, very melodic, songs that stuck on your head and remain there forever. The perfect blend of easy melodic hooks and simple but catchy arrangements made this album rightly legendary. Today I still listen to this album very much believe me. I prefer this version opposed to the Complete concert. I think it's more powerful, briefer, but better. Less is more in this case. I think that the longer concert make this music to lose impact and add nothing major. It's like Coppola's Apocalypse Now and the new Redux edition. I prefer the original version. The redux edition is simply weaker even if half an hour longer. Go for the original release (maybe just in the better remastered edition), I'm talking about this version with ten songs. I really love this album, it is a special one. One of the easiest to love rock live album ever.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The most underrated rock n' roll band ever!!!!!!!, July 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Live At Budokan (Audio CD)

I guess Mr. Danny Eccleston, who wrote your online review, wouldn't know a real rock band if it hit him in the face!!!!...Cheap Trick At Budokan is a classic recording by a band which to this day still delivers on all counts! Highly recommended! Danny boy!..give yer' head a shake!..too much Backstreet Boy's has rotted yer grey matter!!!!! Long live Cheap Trick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!