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In a 2022 retrospective, Brian Truitt of USA Today ranked "Mighty Wings" as the sixth best song on the Top Gun soundtrack. He described the song as a "synth-rocker" which, despite providing a "very different outing" for Cheap Trick, still "manages to showcase some of the band's signature sound even with lyrics about fighter jets". [8]
Cheap Trick is an American rock band formed in Rockford, Illinois in 1973 by guitarist Rick Nielsen, bassist Tom Petersson, lead vocalist Robin Zander and drummer Bun E. Carlos. [ a ] [ 3 ] Their work bridged elements of '60s guitar pop , '70s hard rock , and the emerging punk rock sound, and would help set the template for subsequent power pop ...
1998: Hits of Cheap Trick (import) 1998: Don't Be Cruel (Collectables label) 2000: Authorized Greatest Hits; 2004: The Essential Cheap Trick; 2005: Collection (Cheap Trick/In Color/Heaven Tonight) 2005: Cheap Trick Rock on Break Out Years: 1979 (Madacy Records) 2007: Super Hits (Sony Musical Special Products) 2007: Discover Cheap Trick (Epic ...
In the 2007 book Shake Some Action: The Ultimate Power Pop Guide, a section on Cheap Trick featured reviews on the top 20 stand-out tracks from the band. "She's Tight" was included, with the author John M. Borack writing: "Guitar riffs don't come any simpler than this one, but the keyboard squiggles, horny lyrics and head-bobbing rhythms on ...
He also played on the song "Mighty Wings", Cheap Trick's contribution to the Top Gun soundtrack. Brant left the band on good terms in 1987 when original bassist Tom Petersson rejoined; and since then Brant has occasionally filled in for Petersson when he was unable to tour, including a 2004 sojourn with Aerosmith. He also appeared with Cheap ...
Dream Police is the fourth studio album by American rock band Cheap Trick. [1] It was released in 1979, and was their third release in a row produced by Tom Werman.It is the band's most commercially successful studio album, going to No. 6 on the Billboard 200 chart [2] and being certified platinum within a few months of its release.
Heaven Tonight is the third studio album by American rock band Cheap Trick.It was produced by Tom Werman and released on April 24, 1978. The album was remastered and released with bonus tracks on Sony's Epic/Legacy imprint in 1998.
We're All Alright! is the eighteenth studio album by American rock band Cheap Trick.It was released on June 16, 2017. [10] The album's title refers to lyrics from the band's 1978 hit, "Surrender", as well as the theme song to the television series That '70s Show, which the band performed.