Doctor [Import]

Cheap Trick | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 11, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Sony Japan
• ASIN: B00009WKXM
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #363,236 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. It's Up To You

2. Rearview Mirror Romance

3. Doctor

4. Are You Lonely Tonight

5. Name Of The Game

6. Kiss Me Red

7. Take Me To The Top

8. Good Girls Go To Heaven

9. Man -U- Lip-U-Lator

10. It's Only Love

Editorial Reviews

Out of print in the states. 2005 Japanese reissue originally released in 1986.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Lost in the mid 80's haze, December 26, 2005

By 

Kevin OConnor (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Doctor (Audio CD)

As far as Cheap Trick cd's go this one is no where near the best, but I would say it is no where near the worst as well. Underneath all the bad sounding 80's synths, is the heart of a pretty solid cd. The songs themselves are not bad. I know it sounds like a broken record (no pun intended), but I can think of no other band that suffered from lousy studio production more than Cheap Trick. If you were to take away the overbearing 80'e synths, and other stupid 80's sounds, and just strip the cd down to its essentials, what you would have hear is a pretty cool power pop record. It's Only Love I would say is one of the best song's from their 80's era (and it is the only song on here that escaped the synths and other useless sound effects and what-not). Name of the Game, has the same drum sound as their version of Terry Reid's Speak Now, from their first album. It is a song about how repetitive love is over time. The people are different, but it is all the same, and it never really changes.

Having seen live concert video's from this era, you see how well these songs sound if it was just the band playing and no gimmicky production. I heard a live version of It's Only Love, and when they hit the chrous close your eyes and you hear Nirvana. It is what it is. It is proof that if the band had the proper people on their label in place they never would have sank into the nether regions of the 80's.

Cheap Trick went back in the studio a few years ago with record producer Steve Albini, and re-recorded thier 2nd album In Color. I think they should leave In Color alone, and Redo this album, only with Tom Petersson's 12 string bass giving it that much needed low end. Some people might scoff, go ahead scoff. I suggest if you can play guitar, learn these songs, play these songs, and then you tell me they are bad songs. I would agree bad production, yep it sure is, but there is nothing on here as insipid as Wild Wild Women or Rock All Night. Nothing against Jon Brant, good bass player, nice guy, but he brought nothing to the band musically. I would really like to hear how this would have sounded with Petersson playing his 12 string monster on this. What this album really lacks is a low end. I think all post Tom Petersson cd's lacked that low end sound that he brought to the table. That and he could write songs as well, which made his contribution to the band more vital then just being a mere "hired hand." Re-record this straight-up raw live in the studio and I promise you the musically illiterate will sit down and shut up. Oh, and their worst CD...Busted.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Underrated masterpiece, October 3, 2002

By 

Mike Walsh (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Doctor (Audio CD)

About a year ago I was just getting into Cheap Trick and I was downloading a bunch of their songs. One of these songs was "The Doctor." I thought it was odd, but it grew on me. As I became a bigger and bigger fan of Cheap Trick, I started collecting all of their music. I was on vacation in Arizona and randomly came across this CD in a used book and music store. I listened to it that night and I thought it was very weird. However, it has continued to grow on me and I now recognize it as an undiscovered gem. No, it's not typical Cheap Trick, but it's still great. Check this one out along with other underrated albums like Crazy Nights by KISS and Done With Mirrors by Aerosmith.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unappreciated Masterpiece, November 4, 2002

By 

Derek Gasiorek (Chicago) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Doctor (Audio CD)

The cover and mystique of the album drew me in. By the end of listening to this out of print gem, I realized I had stumbled upon the greatness of powerpop excess. Yes, this album does sound like it was made in the 80s, and it is heavily syntheized based, but the roots of this album are what makes it such an invigorating and intoxicating listen. The best songs on this album are the synthesized ballads "Take me to the Top", "Its Only Love" and rockers "The Doctor", "It's Up To You", and "Rearview Mirror Romance." This is out of print, and what a shame that fact is. Please pick it up if you can find it. An Americana gem at its best!