Woke Up With a Monster

Cheap Trick | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 22, 1994)
• Original Release Date: March 22, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B000006L4W
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #155,735 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. My Gang

2. Woke Up With A Monster

3. You're All I Wanna Do

4. Never Run Out Of Love

5. Didn't Know I Had It

6. Ride The Pony

7. Girlfriends

8. Let Her Go

9. Tell Me Everything

10. Cry Baby

11. Love Me For A Minute

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Clown Album, November 20, 2003

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Garry Daniel (Knoxville, TN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Woke Up With a Monster (Audio CD)

Cheap Trick were always more than a mindless rock/pop group.
WOKE UP WITH A MONSTER is in itself a monster of an album.
LET HER GO,DIDN'T KNOW I HAD IT,and TELL ME EVERTHING are all great songs.The band never sounded better.I call it the clown album because of the cover and the inside photos. Any band that releases an album with a cover like this one is alright in my book.The sound is good,Robin Zander is in great voice, Rick's guitar is clear, sharp and biting, as usual.Petersen's bass and Carlo's drums are wonderful,rich and strong.Listen to the drum intro to LET HER GO. Another great song is GIRLFRIENDS. Zander just screams the song! The band photos are hilarious. I think one vital element missing in today's new bands is a sense of humor.Cheap Trick provides that as well as great writing, singing, and playing. Get this album and enjoy.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wake up to this Monster, February 24, 2007

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Tim Brough "author and music buff" (Springfield, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Woke Up With a Monster (Audio CD)

Warner Brothers had Cheap Trick for exactly one album, and what a great record they got. Too bad they totally missed the boat on promoting it. "Woke Up With A Monster" rocks harder than either "Lap Of Luxury" or "Busted," and Van Halen producer Ted Templeman knew exactly how to capture the band's sound. Cheap Trick was also obviously emboldened by the freedom from their old contract, because this is a thoroughly unrestrained sounding disc.

The Gary Glitter glam of "My Gang" lays out the statement of purpose here....this is an album for the faithful. "Ride Your Pony" is a great slinky salacious workout, and "Cry Baby" is as good as anything from the holy trinity of the first three CDs. The possession obsession of "Girlfriend" is a top notch look at the world of relationships through Nielsen's eyes and guitar.

This is also very much a band record! Tom Petersson and Bun E. Carlos are as tight as they were in the glory days, and Robin Zander shows no signs of being a near twenty year veteran of the rock wars.

Unfortunately, "Woke Up With A Monster" slipped through the cracks and right into the cut out bins. Don't make the same mistake by ignoring this record twice. It's every bit as strong as their ballyhooed 1997 eponymous album or 2006's "Rockford," so drop a few bills and bring this "Monster" home.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Monster Wake Up Call., February 13, 2006

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CU82 (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Woke Up With a Monster (Audio CD)

The opening track "My Gang" lets you know that Cheap Trick is fully awake and ready to rock. This 1994 release restored my faith in this exceptional band. There is plenty of that signature CT sound here with the classic tongue-in-cheek lyrics to boot.

"Woke Up With A Monster" is a very entertaining return to form with a heavy emphasis on the word "entertaining". There is no need to worry about having to program out (skip) any of the songs on this disk. All are good and some are exceptional. My personal favorites are "Ride The Pony", "Girlfriends", the aforementioned "My Gang", and the title cut. The bluesy "Cry Baby" and the bass-driven "Love Me For A Minute" get plenty of special attention from me, also.

Highly recommended.