Cheap Trick (studio album) by Cheap Trick

Cheap Trick by Cheap Trick
Year: 1977
Overall rank: 4,573rd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 117 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1977 (69th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (774th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,573rd)
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Cheap Trick bestography

Cheap Trick is ranked 3rd best out of 27 albums by Cheap Trick on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Cheap Trick is At Budokan which is ranked number 3514 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 420.

Cheap Trick album bestography « Higher ranked (3,541st) This album (4,573rd) Lower ranked (4,614th) »
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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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75/100 (from 117 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.2/100, a mean average of 75.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.

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90/100
From 05/30/2025 14:36
A very fine debut. There are obviously some underdeveloped songs, but there are also some stellar highlights, including uniquely dark lyrics and melodic throughlines. Tracks 1, 5, 8-10 are my favorites. 9/10!
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From 09/17/2023 07:35
Useless band for me,, No emotion raised, just hard rock
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From 07/22/2014 20:46
Rocking tunes, dark topics, a breath of freshness for rock.
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From 08/06/2012 14:08
Well, maybe it was 1977 that hair metal arose. I always attributed the poofy hair, slick look and guitar wankery to 78's van halen debut, but there are many hair metal facets to early cheap trick. On their debut, "elo kiddies" is the main attraction, but it's all rockin' good time.
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From 03/17/2012 05:51
This album needs to be in the top 500 for sure, for me top 200. For the power album that it is...top 100 for sure.
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From 01/31/2012 21:50
Exceptionally melodic and subversive songs that are downright catchy with insanely dark lyrics. Every songs is a keeper.
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From 05/30/2011 14:01
Cheap Trick had hunger, power and songs...their first 3 albums are hard to beat. "He's A Whore", "Hot Love", "Daddy Should Have Stayed In High School"...a very good debut album.
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From 05/02/2011 15:49
After a great start this album quickly becomes disappointing. I much prefered All Shock Up to this one. Best Song ELO Kiddies.
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Best Albums of 1977
1. Rumours by Fleetwood Mac
2. Animals by Pink Floyd
3. Marquee Moon by Television
4. Low by David Bowie
5. Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols by Sex Pistols
6. Aja by Steely Dan
7. The Stranger by Billy Joel
8. Exodus by Bob Marley & The Wailers
9. "Heroes" by David Bowie
10. The Clash by The Clash
11. Trans Europa Express by Kraftwerk
12. Pink Flag by Wire
13. My Aim Is True by Elvis Costello
14. Out Of The Blue by Electric Light Orchestra
15. Lust For Life by Iggy Pop
16. Talking Heads: 77 by Talking Heads
17. Rocket To Russia by Ramones
18. Suicide by Suicide
19. Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf
20. The Idiot by Iggy Pop
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