Heaven Tonight

Cheap Trick | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 1, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sbme Special Mkts.
• ASIN: B0012GMVSA
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Music
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (54 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,126 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #20 in Music > Rock > Power Pop

Track Listings

1. Surrender

2. On Top of the World

3. California Man

4. High Roller

5. Auf Wiedersehen

6. Takin' Me Back

7. On the Radio

8. Heaven Tonight

9. Stiff Competition

10. How Are You?

11. Oh Claire

12. Stiff Competition [#][*][Outtake]

13. Surrender [#][*][Outtake]

Editorial Reviews

In addition to the familiar version of Surrender (their first chart hit), this reissue includes a previously unreleased outtake!

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars On Top Of The World and You Can't Get Any Higher February 2, 2003

By Tim Brough TOP 1000 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

Format:Audio CD

Rick Nielsen once said he had a big enough stash of songs written in the early days to have cut a dozen albums. If that was a true statement, he was saving up the best for "Heaven Tonight." Absolutely everything here clicks. From the cryptic fun of "Surrender" to the kiss-off of "Auf Weidersen," there isn't a lame cut in the bunch. They also take a stronger stance in the production department, peeling the gloss of "In Color" back just enough to give the rocker instinct some bite, but leaving enough pop polish to make the album sparkle.

Nielsen had become a guitar maniac by now, throwing off inventive riffs like he'd just invented the six-string. The rolling thunder of "Stiff Competition" and "Auf Weidersen" out new-wave many of the bands sporting skinny ties at the time, and their cover of the Move's "California Man" make Cheap Trick sound as brilliant as any British Invasion band of the sixties. "Surrender" is also quite possibly the most subversive rock song to brush the lower regions of the pop charts. Bubbly keyboards, Pete Townshend-ish guitar banging and a lyric about sneaking in on your parents while they make out to your KISS records...if that isn't your idea of a rock anthem for the post baby-boom generation, you're probably reading this review by accident.

Equal parts funny and deviant, yet 100% tuneful, "Heaven Tonight" is Cheap Trick's high water mark in the studio. If you get any Trick album other than "At Budokan," this is the one you must have.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Their finest moment in the studio - and probably ever! December 15, 2001

By The Bas

Format:Audio CD

Cheap Trick has a kind of magic for taking the sounds of yesterday and today, then adding some guitars and extreme vocals to produce some great music that does not butcher it's roots, but harvest them. This CD is them in their prime, prior to the record companies seemingly dictating what they were to play...

From the onslaught of Surrender (a teeneage anthem!), to the serious heavy pop of 'California Man', 'Top of the World' and 'On the Radio', then to the eerie sounds of 'Heaven Tonight', and then again to the anger and chutzpa of 'Takin me back', this CD has it all. It shows all the sides of Cheap Trick, save a few classics that they had already established with the 'Live at Budokan' album.

What I really loved about this CD is that it seemed like a 'Greatest Hits' already - no filler at ALL - something I would rarely say about ANY CD ever. This is one band that has a lot more to offer than what you may have heard on the radio, so check this gem out for the real Cheap Trick - you only have to get this one and maybe 'In Color' to get their finest moments, as opposed to the so-called 'Greatest Hits' CD's out there now...

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A CD Crafted for Conoisseurs October 30, 2000

By B. Lynch

Format:Audio CD

This CD captures Cheap Trick perfectly. The songwriting, playing, and production came together here to create a music set that withstands the test of time extremely well.

Unlike "In Color", which showcased Cheap Trick's pop sensibilities, "Heaven Tonight" is a raving rock CD. From the opening riff of 'Surrender', this CD is a great collection of hooks, melodies, and rhythms for people who think too much of today's popular stuff is awful.

Unlike so many contemporary CD's, there is no 'filler' or 'throwaway' material here: it's all very good, and every song leaves you wanting to hear the next one.

Cheap Trick released several CD's after this one, and while most had at least one great song, none of them measured up to "heaven Tonight" for consistent excellence from start to finish. While Cheap Trick is a band best known for their own music, The Move's "California Man" is covered here, and Cheap Trick's remake is actually more forceful than the original.

Note to Audiophiles: The Cheap Trick remasters show some of the greatest degree of improvement of any set of remasters, in part because the original CD releases were so bad. The engineering here is extremely good, and the mix is really clear. Even if you have the old CD's, this one's well worth the few extra dollars for the improved sound quality.