At Budokan (live album) by Cheap Trick

At Budokan by Cheap Trick
(Live album)
Year: 1978
Overall rank: 3,305th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 190 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (62nd)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (595th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,305th)
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77/100 (from 190 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.7/100, a mean average of 76.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.

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80/100
From 01/11/2022 10:14
An unknown band to me, this is a nice change after listening to so many punk albums of the late 70s (while going through the 1001 Albums book listens).
This is a strange mix of pop, power-pop, and hard rock. The guys on the cover look like teenyboppers!
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From 10/14/2021 18:32
live rock + roll
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From 12/22/2020 05:06
"I want you to want...me!?" This album is what "big in Japan" sounds like.

At Budokan is the likely starting point for many Cheap Trick listeners. The live atmosphere is captured well in this. Both sides are solid but the B-side steals the show. Dig it!
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From 11/08/2020 01:02
Super solid live record, obviously the second half is the highlight of it, but don't let that fool you; it's a consistently good album from start to finish and the performances are amazing, Cheap Trick at their very best.
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75/100
From 02/22/2019 20:07
Cool good time Rock'n'roll and outrageously catchy melodies. Including their signature tune "I Want You To Want Me", but even better "Ain't That A Shame"... That's what I call "a live killer"!
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From 08/05/2017 01:24
I love the energy here and Zeppelin, AC/DC influenced jams (best track: Need Your Love, which could be mistaken for Def Leppard or the Scorpions). But, this is not a great representation of everything Cheap Trick can do. To put it another way, if this record shows how they influenced hair metal, "In Color" shows how they influenced Nirvana. A fairly lightweight read of Cheap Trick's material.
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From 09/27/2015 02:32
A classic must own live album
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90/100
From 05/20/2015 01:22
This album seems to show up in so many music lovers collections and rightly so. A great live album full of energy. Good fun Rock n roll. A- MEZ
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From 11/24/2014 19:19
This is one of a handful of albums that really belongs in any rock/pop record collection, whatever your tastes.
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From 10/13/2014 18:37
Surrender still rocks
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