Heaven Tonight (studio album) by Cheap Trick

Heaven Tonight by Cheap Trick
Year: 1978
Overall rank: 4,580th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 131 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1978 (83rd)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (776th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,580th)
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Cheap Trick bestography

Heaven Tonight is ranked 4th best out of 27 albums by Cheap Trick on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Cheap Trick is At Budokan which is ranked number 3492 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 422.

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Heaven Tonight track list

  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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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 131 votes)
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05/30/2025 19:09 alexandermause  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,55586/100
 
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04/19/2025 19:18 TastyandTemptin  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 2,76772/100
 
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03/01/2025 14:39 BoxFL  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 2,58151/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.7/100, a mean average of 74.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.

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From 05/30/2025 19:10
More of what made the previous album great: unique lyrics, singing, playing, arrangements, etc. The album somehow combines synthpop, new wave, classic rock, punk, and pop to create its own singular sound (at least before everyone else tried to imitate it throughout the 80s). 9/10!
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Best Track: Surrender
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From 08/06/2012 20:04
their debut made me believe them as one of the grandfathers of hair metal. Not as raw as their debut and not as glossy as their 2nd, "heaven tonight" sees them take the power pop mantle from big star.
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From 03/08/2012 19:23
"Heaven Tonight" is Cheap Trick's 3rd album.
"Surrender" kicks off with four minutes of nonstop hooks and ironic lyrics. This is followed by a great arena-ready punch that just keep coming, summing up the strengths of their first two albums.From the onslaught this is a series of superbly crafted and cleverly arranged original songs."Heaven Tonight" has enough gorgeous harmonies, zealous melodies, two-fisted riffs and heavy-metal chords for any rock fan.
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