In Color
by Cheap Trick
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Cheap Trick bestography
In Color is ranked 2nd best out of 29 albums by Cheap Trick on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Cheap Trick is At Budokan which is ranked number 3605 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 415.
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In Color track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
In Color rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 55 Music Albums of 1977 | 44/55 | 1 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 51 Music Albums of 1977 | 46/51 | 1 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 26 Music Albums of 1977 | 14/26 | 3 |
| 2026 |  spigelwii | Top 20 Music Albums of 1977 | 18/20 | 1 |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 31 Music Albums of 1977 | 14/31 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 95 Music Albums of 1977 | 57/95 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 49 Music Albums of 1977 | 36/49 | 1 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1977 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 78/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top 65r albums (64), #0601-0700* | 18/66 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 99 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 387 | |||
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In Color ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/07/2026 07:54 |  slatsheit | 2,069 | 81/100 |
| ! | 02/17/2026 15:55 | Devilwoac | 1,495 | 97/100 |
| ! | 01/06/2026 13:15 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,657 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.1/100, a mean average of 74.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.1.
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Forum mentions
Romanelli 10/03/2024 13:04 in The Romanelli Music Diary: Prisoner Romanelli 09/16/2024 21:28 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
jackup 01/19/2023 16:08 in What album are you listening to right now?In Color comments
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A fine sophomore effort. The songs are stronger with the stellar "I Want You to Want Me" making its debut. Although the song is very different from the life version, it is still an excellent song; It is simply played in the style of a different time period than what people would have wanted to hear when it premiered on this album. That's why, when it was "updated" at Budokon, it became a hit in 1979.
The album always maintains a uniqueness to it with clever lyrics and unique playing. This band has definitely created their own sound, and, like Brad1770 points out in his review of this album, reminds me of the Replacements who were good enough to be superstars but never quite made it as big as other less talented acts.
9/10! (Edited)
Brad1770 11/29/2018 08:37 | #225839 | TOP COMMENT
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Hands down the best Cheap Trick studio album
It’s absolutely mind blowing that tracks such as “ Downed” (with the classic lines ‘I’m gonna live on a mountain/ Way down under in Australia/ It’s either that or suicide’ which is eerily similar to lyrics from Bob Dylans “Outlaw Blues” .... ‘Well I wish I was on some Australian mountain range..) , “Southern Girls” and “Come on , Come On” the sweet pop gems they are weren’t a huge commercial success breaking the band on a global scale rather than the Big In Japan Tag
Cheap Trick remind me somewhat of The Replacements- a band that could have and should have been massive beyond a nich fanbase but for various reasons never made it
‘In Colour ‘ is a cracking debut bar the feeble “I Want You to Want Me” version that appears and was quite correctly beefed up in future versions (Edited)
'70's power pop at it's finest!
Top tracks:
I Want You To Want Me
Downed
Come On, Come On
Hello There
This gets an 80 from me because of Downed, Southern Girls, Come On, Come On, Big Eyes, and So Good to See You. I could live without the rest of the songs, but I absolutely detest I Want You to Want Me. I hate that song and hate the live version even more.
Best Track: I Want You To Want Me
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