Refugee 7 Report post Posted May 29, 2009 Cheap Trick is stepping outside of the label world to release its next studio album, "The Latest," itself. The veteran rock group will start taking pre-orders for the 13-track set, which it recorded during the past year mostly in Los Angeles with producer Julian Raymond, on Friday via its official web site, www.cheaptrick.com, and at Amazon.com. Those who pre-order will receive "The Latest" on June 23, the day Cheap Trick starts it summer tour with Def Leppard and Poison in Camden, N.J. Amazon will have exclusive rights for one month, and the album will also be available in limited LP and 8-track editions. Dave Frey of Red Light Management tells Billboard.com that via Amazon and other database information, anyone who's purchased Cheap Trick music, merchandise or concert tickets in the recent past will be notified about the album. Those buying tickets for the tour will also be able to purchase "The Latest" at a slight discount. "We just want to sell it over time and not have it be all about making a big impact in the first few weeks," Frey says. "We've got a lot going on with online marketing direct to people who have bought Cheap Trick things. We want to try to do as much direct to consumer activity as possible and do everything we can to remove anything that's in the way of the band reaching the fans directly." "The Latest" is certainly an album likely to curry favor with the Cheap Trick faithful, filled with anthemic power pop tunes such as "Miss Tomorrow," "California Girl," "Alive" and a cover of Slade's "When the Lights Are Out," Beatlesque songs like "Miracle," "Everybody Knows" and "Times of Our Lives," and the power ballads "These Days," "Closer..." and "Smile." "We wanted to make a record that sounded like 2009, get something that sounds like us this year," drummer Bun E. Carlos explains. Guitarist Rick Nielsen adds that, "I think it seems like we kinda grew up but didn't too old, 'cause musically there's a lot of different aspects to it. When you hear something like ('Sick Man of Europe'), you think, 'This can't be the same guys.' It sounds too energized for what people expect from somebody who's been around as long as we have...But musically I think it sounds like we grew up a bit." Besides "The Latest," Cheap Trick has also recorded a version of the "Transformers" theme for the "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" soundtrack, which also comes out June 23. The group is also planning to release some sort of document from its 2007 Hollywood Bowl performance of the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" but is not ready to announce it yet. That performance, a 40th birthday tribute to the classic album, featured such guest vocalists as Aimee Mann on "Fixing a Hole;" Joan Osborne singing "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds;" Ian Ball, of the band Gomez, on "When I'm Sixty-Four;" and Rob Laufer, who once played George Harrison in "Beatlemania!," on "Within You Without You." Also that night, Ministry's Al Jourgensen and guitarist Sin Quinn joined on "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" from "Abbey Road." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nurktwin 2,143 Report post Posted May 29, 2009 sounds good to me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Starfish 0 Report post Posted May 30, 2009 I am pre-ordering this one Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Starfish 0 Report post Posted May 30, 2009 NURK - just for you, baby - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normandi 21 Report post Posted May 31, 2009 Oh I can not wait for the new record!!! This is the teaser just released on YouTube by the Trick, "Sick Man of Europe". ApBANSCr6iw Oh I wish I was gonna catch 'em on this summer tour! :cool: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normandi 21 Report post Posted May 31, 2009 Thanks for moving my post Ref, did not catch the previous one! And yes I got my order in already!!! And I am very excited to be able to pick up the Sgt Pepper 40th performances as I was there! :cool: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normandi 21 Report post Posted July 1, 2009 Finally have a chance to sit, relax, and listen to "the Latest".... aaaahhhh... once again Cheap Trick deliver! Lovin' it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nurktwin 2,143 Report post Posted July 1, 2009 thanks nancy, i've heard clips of all the songs on amazon, but i don't have the cd yet, have to wait for it cuz the daughter bought it for my b/day. what a way to wish you were older!!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normandi 21 Report post Posted July 1, 2009 Ha! I can sure learn a few things from you nurktwin! Elysa is constantly mad at me because I always get things (like the new Cheap Trick record) I want instantly and she says she never gets to surprise me with anything! Did you see the appearance by Robin and Rick on Colbert last night? http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/232271/june-29-2009/cheap-trick---sick-man-of-europe Once again, Stephen is priceless! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nurktwin 2,143 Report post Posted July 1, 2009 i get the same thing here normandi, the WD always bitches at me for buying a cd the day it comes out. then again i'm not waiting from july til she gets it for me for xmas!!! they say "what's 6 months?" i say christ, it'll be a golden oldie by then and only played on the oldies stations by then!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normandi 21 Report post Posted July 1, 2009 I hear ya brother! We gotta have it the day it comes out! :020: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
