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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
GOOD NOSTALGIC FEELING OF MY FIRST CT ALBUM, May 20, 2005
I don't know if it's just me or the must unpopular albums (or the less wanted) from my favorite bands are the ones that I like. Or maybe the circumstances or the timing when I bought them convert them in my favorite ones.
This one is no exception. I bought it a lot of years ago and it was my first CHEAP TRICK album.
Believe it or not, I was looking for "Dream Police" song and I bought the first album I saw. I saw a part of the video on TV and I got hooked. Well, I forgot about "Dream Police" (I found it later) and became "One on One" my personal favorite from Cheap Trick.
I don't understand why a lot of fans say that they don't like this part of their story (early 80's). I have heard this a thousand of times....................Really, what were you expecting? Breakin' the law with Robin Zander on vocals? The Trooper a little bit slower? CHEAP TRICK is the must diverse band I think it exists and on every CD they realease they put something new and special.
One On One has great songs and it's very well produced by QUEEN master Roy Thomas Baker. They get very deep in electronics and keyboards and this totally fits with their style. The only singles they keep playing live are She's Tight and If You Want My Love. Although the rest of the songs are very good too.
This is the first album were Tom Peterson is replaced by Jon Brandt. He is good and to fill Tom's shoes it might be kind of hard but he comes out clean.
An old album that stands the test of time. Recommendable? Of Course!!!
Highlight: One On One, Time Is Runnin, She's Tight
Lowlight: I Want Be Man
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
My Favorite Cheap Trick Album, February 3, 2005
Yep, "One on One" is probably the Cheap Trick album I most enjoy listening to. Over time, I've come to really love this album. If there's one problem with it, and to me it's minor, it's that it's too short.
After Tom Petersson left the band, they eventully brought in Jon Brandt to fill in on bass after the album was recorded. (If memory serves, I thik Rick Nielson actually did the bass parts on the album). The result was "One on One," an album of tight, well constructed tunes, all with the wonderful melodic Cheap Trick sound.
Like it's predecessor, "All Shook Up," Robin stretches his vocals with a lot of yelling. No other word to describe it. But Robin's voice is so good, it works. Just listen to tracks like "Love's Got a Hold on Me," "One on One," and "Oo La La La" to see how he stretches his vocals to the limit. He also does great on the ballad "If You Want My Love" -- but if you listen to the background vocals, he's still straining the vocal chords!
My favorites are actually the less well known tracks on the album: "You Love Has Got a Hold on Me," "Saturday at Midnight," "I Want be Man," and "Lookin' Out For Number One." To me, this is a loud, fun album chock full of great power pop gems.
While Cheap Trick has released a lot of great material over the years (and I love them all), this has to rank as my favorite album.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Most underrated CT album & maybe best period, December 14, 2004
Great collection of 11 finally crafted 3 minute rock-pop songs. There is not more than one bad song in the bunch. I have 11 Cheap Trick albums and I believe this is their best album. The 70s albums get all the hype and the critics then write off the 80s Cheap Trick. However, I do not feel that their sentiments are justified when one considers this album and Next Position Please. Quite frankly, this is one of the best albums of the 80s. If you like CT and you are sick of hearing Surrender and the like, this is a tremendous album.
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