Dream Police

For other uses, see Dream Police (disambiguation).
Dream Police
Studio album by Cheap Trick
Released September 21, 1979 (1979-09-21)
Recorded Record Plant, Los Angeles, 1978–1979
Genre Rock, hard rock, power pop
Length 45:45
Label Epic
Producer Tom Werman
Cheap Trick chronology
Cheap Trick at Budokan
(1978)		 Dream Police
(1979)		 All Shook Up
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Robert ChristgauB−[2]
Rolling Stone(mixed)[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]
Smash Hits(mixed)[5]

Dream Police is the fourth studio album by Cheap Trick. 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[6] and being certified platinum within a few months of its release.[7]

Overview

Dream Police shows the band expanding into longer, more complex songs and incorporating orchestration on several tracks. Three videos were produced: "Dream Police", "Way of the World" and "Voices".

The album's title track became a Top 30 hit for the band. "Voices" was also a hit for the band, reaching No. 32 on the Billboard chart. "Voices" has been used twice in the soundtrack of the American sitcom How I Met Your Mother.

Near the end of "Gonna Raise Hell" the orchestra is citing a snippet from "Heaven Tonight". That song was described by Allmusic critic Tom Maginnis as having an "extended, disco-inflected, slowburn groove".[8]

Variations

In 2010, Cheap Trick re-recorded the title track as "Green Police" for the controversial[9] Green Police advertisement which aired during Super Bowl XLIV for Audi.[10]

Track listing

All songs written by Rick Nielsen, except where noted.

  1. "Dream Police" – 3:49
  2. "Way of the World" (Robin Zander, Nielsen) – 3:39
  3. "The House Is Rockin' (With Domestic Problems)" (Tom Petersson, Nielsen) – 5:12
  4. "Gonna Raise Hell" – 9:20
  5. "I'll Be with You Tonight" (Nielsen, Zander, Bun E. Carlos, Petersson) – 3:52
  6. "Voices" – 4:22
  7. "Writing on the Wall" – 3:26
  8. "I Know What I Want" – 4:29
  9. "Need Your Love" (Nielsen, Petersson) – 7:39

Bonus tracks (2006 Reissue)

The bonus tracks of the 2006 reissue of Dream Police consisted mainly of rare live versions of songs from the album. "I Know What I Want" is noteworthy for being the b-side to their 1988 single "Don't Be Cruel" and the only non-live track is a demo of the title track without its trademark strings.

  1. "The House Is Rockin' (With Domestic Problems)" (live) - 6:16
  2. "Way of the World" (live) - 3:59
  3. "Dream Police" (No Strings Version) - 3:52
  4. "I Know What I Want" (live) - 4:43

Singles

Unreleased Outtakes

Covers

Personnel

Band members

Additional musicians

Production and staff

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1979) Peak
position
Canadian Albums Chart[11] 4
Dutch Albums Chart[12] 21
German Albums Chart[13] 56
New Zealand Albums Chart[14] 2
Swedish Albums Chart[15] 31
UK Albums Chart[16] 41
U.S. Billboard 200[6] 6

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1979 "Dream Police" Billboard Hot 100[17] 26
1980 "Voices" Billboard Hot 100[17] 32
1980 "Way of the World" UK[18] 73

Certifications

Organization Level Date
RIAA – USA[7] Gold 1980-02-06
Platinum
CRIA - Canada[19] Triple Platinum 1979-11-01

References

  1. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Dream Police - Cheap Trick". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "CG: Cheap Trick". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
  3. ↑ Marsh, Dave (29 November 1979). "Dream Police". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
  4. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 157. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  5. ↑ Hepworth, David. "Albums". Smash Hits (October 4–17, 1979): 29.
  6. 1 2 "Dream Police Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
  7. 1 2 "RIAA Database Search for Cheap Trick". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
  8. ↑ Maginnis, Tom. "Cheap Trick Gonna raise Hell review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-09-02.
  9. ↑ "Audi's 'Green Police' Super Bowl ad controversial". Christian Science Monitor. February 9, 2010. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  10. ↑ "Cheap Trick and Audi of America come together for "Green Police"". Cheap Trick Official Website. 1 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
  11. ↑ "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 32, No. 9, November 24, 1979". Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
  12. ↑ "Cheap Trick - Dream Police (Album)". Gfk Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
  13. ↑ "Cheap Trick, Cheap Trick". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
  14. ↑ "Cheap Trick - Dream Police (Album)". Charts.org.nz. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
  15. ↑ "Cheap Trick - Dream Police (Album)". Swedishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
  16. ↑ http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/17634/cheap-trick/
  17. 1 2 "Dream Police Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
  18. ↑ "The Official Charts: Cheap Trick". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
  19. ↑ "Gold Platinum Database - Artist: Cheap Trick". Music Canada. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
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