#1297 Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick

Going with the original CD release tracklist (the band now claims "Side 1" first is canon, but indications are that "Side A" was originally officially first and I'm holding em to it). Not that it matters, there's no particular album flow, this is a collection of 10 perfectly solid, vaguely catchy tracks that swing between Journey and AC/DC without being as slick/bratty as either. There's nothing here as memorable as either though, and it's no coincidence that this debut contains none of the band's best known songs. There's scruffy soft-hard-rock charm here, a perfectly enjoyable listen, but outside of He's a Whore there's nothing here I'm clamoring to hear again 3/5