Cheap Trick discography explained

Artist:Cheap Trick
Studio:20
Live:8
Compilation:17
Music Videos:7
Ep:4
Singles:65

The discography of American rock band Cheap Trick includes 20 studio albums, 8 live albums, 17 compilation albums, 4 extended plays, and 65 singles.

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSalesCertifications
(sales thresholds)
US
[1]
AUS
[2]
--access-date=2009-03-24--> BEL
(WA)

[4]
CAN
[5]
GER
[6]
JPN
[7]
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[8]
NZ
[9]
SCO
[10]
SWE
[11]
UK
[12]
Cheap Trick
  • Released: February 3, 1977
  • Label: Epic
207
In Color
  • Released: September 1, 1977
  • Label: Epic
739330

Platinum[15]

Platinum[16]

Heaven Tonight
  • Released: April 24, 1978
  • Label: Epic
48844111
  • JPN: 41,510
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • MC: Platinum
Dream Police
  • Released: September 21, 1979
  • Label: Epic
6745642123141
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • AUS: Platinum[19]
  • MC: 3× Platinum
All Shook Up
  • Released: October 24, 1980
  • Label: Epic
24683021
  • JPN: 15,690
  • RIAA: Gold
  • MC: Gold
One on One
  • Released: April 30, 1982
  • Label: Epic
392539774795
  • JPN: 3,800
  • RIAA: Gold
Next Position Please
  • Released: August 15, 1983
  • Label: Epic
6175
  • JPN: 3,600
Standing on the Edge
  • Released: July 22, 1985
  • Label: Epic
35135
The Doctor
  • Released: November 1986
  • Label: Epic
115146
Lap of Luxury
  • Released: April 12, 1988
  • Label: Epic
1614119344
  • JPN: 1,280
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • MC: Platinum
Busted
  • Released: June 27, 1990
  • Label: Epic
48362744
  • JPN: 17,380
  • MC: Gold
Woke Up with a Monster 12315220
  • JPN: 41,210
Cheap Trick
  • Released: April 29, 1997
  • Label: Red Ant Records
9935
Special One
  • Released: July 22, 2003
  • Label: Cheap Trick Unlimited
12875
  • JPN: 4,042
Rockford
  • Released: June 6, 2006
  • Label: Cheap Trick Unlimited
10184
  • JPN: 2,833
The Latest
  • Released: June 23, 2009
  • Label: Cheap Trick Unlimited
7884
Bang, Zoom, Crazy... Hello 31113796357111
We're All Alright!
  • Released: June 16, 2017
  • Label: Big Machine
631797269
Christmas Christmas
  • Released: October 20, 2017
  • Label: Big Machine
In Another World
  • Released: April 9, 2021[21]
  • Label: BMG
142
[22]
117495

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
(sales thresholds)
US
CAN
JPN
NL
NZ
SWE
UK
Cheap Trick at Budokan
  • Released: October 8, 1978
  • Label: Epic
4112[24] 2102629
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum
  • AUS: Gold[25]
  • MC: 5× Platinum
Budokan II
  • Released: February 1994
  • Label: Epic
At Budokan: The Complete Concert
  • Released: 1998
  • Label: Epic
Music for Hangovers
  • Released: June 15, 1999
  • Label: Cheap Trick Unlimited
Silver
  • Released: February 27, 2001
  • Label: Cheap Trick Unlimited
Sgt. Pepper Live
  • Released: August 25, 2009
  • Label: Big Three
83
Are You Ready? Live 12/31/1979[26]
  • Released: November 2019
  • Label: Epic
Out to Get You

Live 1977[27]

  • Released: October 2020
  • Label: Epic

Compilation albums

EPs

Studio

TitleEP detailsPeak chart positions
US
JPN
Found All the Parts
  • Released: June 2, 1980
  • Label: Epic
3937
Gift
  • Released: December 1996
  • Christmas EP

Compilation

Singles

SingleYearPeak chart positionsCertifications
(sales thresholds)
Album
US
[30]
US
Rock

[31]
AUS
[32]
AUT
[33]
BEL
(FL)

[34]
CANGER
NL
NZ
UK
"Oh, Candy"1977xCheap Trick
"I Want You to Want Me"x97In Color
"Southern Girls"x
"Elo Kiddies" (Netherlands only)xCheap Trick
"Clock Strikes Ten" (Japan only)xIn Color
"Surrender"197862x328799Heaven Tonight
"California Man"x
"I Want You to Want Me" (live)19797x4315121812329 Cheap Trick at Budokan
"Ain't That a Shame" (live)35x102524
"Dream Police" 26x59287Dream Police
"Voices" 32x1622
"Way of the World" (UK only)x73
"I'll Be with You Tonight" (UK only)1980x
"Writing on the Wall" (Netherlands only)x
"Everything Works If You Let It"44x40Roadie (soundtrack)
"Day Tripper"xFound All the Parts
"Stop This Game"48x32All Shook Up
"(Love Comes) A-Tumblin' Down" (Japan only)x
"World's Greatest Lover"x
"Reach Out"1981Heavy Metal (soundtrack)
"If You Want My Love" 1982451122657 One on One
"I Want You" (Netherlands only)48
"She's Tight"65
"Saturday at Midnight"
"Spring Break"b/w "Get Ready" (non-album track)[36] 1983Spring Break (soundtrack)
"Dancing the Night Away" Next Position Please
"I Can't Take It"
"Next Position Please" (Netherlands only)
"Up the Creek"198436Up the Creek (soundtrack)
"Tonight It's You" 1985448Standing on the Edge
"Little Sister"
"How About You"
"Mighty Wings" 1986Top Gun (soundtrack)
"It's Only Love"The Doctor
"Kiss Me Red" (Europe only)
"The Flame" 19881311321177Lap of Luxury
"Don't Be Cruel"4842677
"Ghost Town"3332672329
"Let Go"3575
"Never Had a Lot to Lose"7545118
"Stop That Thief" (Japan only)Another Way (soundtrack)
"Can't Stop Fallin' into Love" 1990124266Busted
"Wherever Would I Be"5015359
"If You Need Me"
"Back 'n Blue"32
"Magical Mystery Tour"1991The Greatest Hits
"Woke Up with a Monster"199416Woke up with a Monster
"You're All I Wanna Do"
"Girlfriends"
"Never Run Out of Love"
"Didn't Know I Had It"
"Cold Turkey"1995
"Say Goodbye"19971193913Cheap Trick
"Baby No More"
"Baby Talk"/"Brontosaurus"[37] non-album single
"Carnival Game"Cheap Trick
"Anytime"[38]
"That '70s Song"1999That '70s Show (soundtrack)
"Scent of a Woman"2003Special One
"My Obsession"
"Too Much"
"Perfect Stranger"2006Rockford
"Come On, Come On, Come On"
"If It Takes a Lifetime"
"Transformers theme"2009Transformers Revenge of the Fallen (soundtrack)
"Sick Man of Europe"The Latest
"No Direction Home" 2015Bang, Zoom, Crazy... Hello
"When I Wake Up Tomorrow"201624
"I'm Waiting for my Man (Live)" 2017digital non-album single
"Long Time Coming"36We're All Alright!
"You Got it Going On"[39]
"Rest of My Life"
"Lolita"
"The Summer Looks Good on You"2018In Another World
"Gimme Some Truth"2019
"Rebel Rebel"2020digital non-album single[40]
"Light Up the Fire"2021In Another World
"Boys & Girls & Rock & Roll"

Other appearances

YearSong(s)AlbumNotes
1980"Everything Works If You Let It"Roadieoriginal song
1981"Reach Out" and "I Must Be Dreamin'"Heavy Metaloriginal songs, only tracks recorded with Pete Comita
1982"Spring Break"Spring Breakoriginal songs
1984"Up the Creek"Up the Creek
1986"Mighty Wings"Top Gunwritten by Harold Faltermeyer & Mark Spiro
1988"Money (That's What I Want)"Caddyshack II[41] Barrett Strong cover written by Janie Bradford & Berry Gordy
"Stop That Thief"Another Wayoriginal songs
1989"You Want It"Say Anything...
1992"I Will Survive"Gladiatorwritten by Steve Kipner & Clif Magness
"Wild Thing"Encino Man[42] The Troggs cover written by Chip Taylor
1995"Cold Turkey"Plastic Ono Band cover
1999"That '70s Song"That '70s Album (Rockin')[43] Big Star cover
2009"Transformers: The Fallen Remix"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallenoriginal theme cover with additional writing by Julian Raymond
2019"Ambush"This Is the Town: A Tribute to Nilsson - Volume 2[44] Harry Nilsson cover

Videography

Notes and References

  1. Cheap Trick Chart History - Billboard 200. Billboard. 2021-04-05.
  2. References for Australian charts:
    • Pre-1989: Book: Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. Australian Chart Book. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. St Ives,N.S.W.. David Kent (historian). Kent Music Report. <
  3. Web site: Bubbling Down Under Week commencing 3 December 1990. www.bubblingdownunder.com. December 3, 2021. December 7, 2021.
  4. Web site: Cheap Trick - In Another World - ultratop.be . 2022-03-25 . www.ultratop.be.
  5. References for Canadian album charts:
  6. Web site: Discographie von Cheap Trick. Offizielle Deutsche Charts. GfK Entertainment. German. 2021-04-05.
  7. References for Japanese albums charts:
    • Book: Okamoto, Satoshi. Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Oricon Entertainment. Roppongi, Tokyo. 2006. 4-87131-077-9. <
  8. Web site: Discografie Cheap Trick. 2021-04-05. Dutch Charts. Dutch. Hung Medien.
  9. Web site: Discography Cheap Trick. 2021-04-05. New Zealand Charts. Hung Medien.
  10. Web site: Discography Cheap Trick.
  11. Web site: Discography Cheap Trick. 2021-04-05. Swedish Charts. Hung Medien.
  12. Web site: Cheap Trick. Official Charts. Official Charts Company. 2019-07-01.
  13. Web site: Cheap Trick Encyclopedia.com. 2021-07-28. encyclopedia.com.
  14. Web site: 「cheap trick」のCD検索結果. 2021-12-28. ORICON NEWS.
  15. Web site: Gold & Platinum ("Cheap Trick" search)". Recording Industry Association of America. 2021-04-05.
  16. Web site: Gold and Platinum Search. 2011-08-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20120405135007/http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=&ica=False&sa=Cheap%20Trick&sl=&smt=0&sat=-1&ssb=Artist. 2012-04-05. dead.
  17. Web site: Cheap Trick's Rise: The Inside Story. 22 December 2020.
  18. Web site: 「cheap trick」を含むCD . live . Oricon NEws. https://web.archive.org/web/20211228152717/https://www.oricon.co.jp/search/result.php?search_string=cheap+trick&types=cd . 2021-12-28 .
  19. Web site: Kent Music Report No 341 – 5 January 1981 > Platinum and Gold Albums 1980. Kent Music Report. Imgur.com. November 12, 2021.
  20. Billboard Staff. 2003-04-23. Cheap Trick Offers Something 'Special'. 2022-01-23. Billboard. en-US.
  21. Web site: Cheap Trick Announce New Album 'In Another World'. 28 January 2021. Rolling Stone. January 28, 2021.
  22. billboardcharts. 1384158339295113243. Debuts on this week's #Billboard200.... April 19, 2021. April 20, 2021.
  23. Ariana Grande's 'Positions' Posts Big Vinyl Sales, Jumps 79-2 on Billboard's Top Album Sales Chart. 2021-07-28. Billboard. en.
  24. Book: Orikon chāto bukku. LP.. 1990. Orijinarukonfidensu. 4-87131-025-6. Tōkyō. 674130691.
  25. Cheap Trick in Sydney. Cash Box. World Radio History. 22. January 5, 1980. December 3, 2021.
  26. Web site: Willman. Chris. 2019-11-29. Record Store Day Black Friday 2019: What to Hunt Down, from Lizzo to U2. 2021-04-05. Variety. en-US.
  27. Web site: Aswad. Jem. 2020-10-24. Cheap Trick's 'Out to Get You! Live 1977' Is a Gloriously Raucous Blast From the Past. 2021-04-05. Variety. en-US.
  28. Web site: グレイテスト・ヒッツ -ジャパニーズ・シングル・コレクション- | チープ・トリック.
  29. Web site: Greatest Hits - Japanese Single Collection. - YouTube Music
  30. Book: Whitburn, Joel . 1997 . Top Pop Singles . Menomonee Falls . Record Research Inc. . 107 . 0-89820-123-3 . Joel Whitburn .
  31. Book: Whitburn, Joel . 2002 . Rock Tracks . Menomonee Falls . Record Research Inc. . 35 . 0-89820-153-5 . Joel Whitburn .
  32. Web site: Bubbling Down Under Week commencing 24 April 1989. April 24, 2020. July 24, 2021.
  33. Web site: Discography Cheap Trick. 2021-04-05. Austrian Charts. German. Hung Medien.
  34. Web site: Discografie Cheap Trick. 2021-04-05. Ultratop Vlaanderen. Dutch. Hung Medien.
  35. Web site: Platinum and Gold Singles 1982 . . 453 . . 28 February 1983 . 10 November 2021 .
  36. Book: Lawson, Robert. Still Competition: The Listener's Guide to Cheap Trick. 2017-11-20. FriesenPress. 978-1-5255-1227-8. en.
  37. Book: Howard, David N.. Sonic Alchemy: Visionary Music Producers and Their Maverick Recordings. 2004-06-01. Hal Leonard. 978-1-4768-5209-6. en.
  38. Web site: Discografie Cheap Trick - dutchcharts.nl. 2021-04-27. dutchcharts.nl.
  39. Web site: Cheap Trick Album Discography. 2021-04-27. AllMusic. en.
  40. Web site: Robin Zander says Cheap Trick has finished a new album that's on hold because of the pandemic - Music News - ABC News Radio. 2021-06-14. abcnewsradioonline.com. en. 2020-11-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20201105011218/http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2020/11/3/robin-zander-says-cheap-trick-has-finished-a-new-album-thats.html. dead.
  41. Web site: Various - Caddyshack II (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Of The Warner Bros. Film). 2021-06-14. Discogs. en.
  42. Web site: Various - Encino Man (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack). 2021-06-14. Discogs. en.
  43. Web site: Various - That '70s Show Presents: That '70s Album (Rockin'). 2021-06-14. Discogs. en.
  44. Web site: Various - This Is The Town (A Tribute To Nilsson Volume 2). 2021-06-14. Discogs. en.