At Budokan (Cheap Trick album)

Infobox Album |
Name = At Budokan
Type = Live album
Artist = Cheap Trick


Released = 1979
Recorded = April 28, 1978, at the Budokan, Tokyo, Japan
Genre = Rock
Length = 42:27
Label = Epic
Producer = Cheap Trick
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ic59kebtjq70]
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:utaxqj7iojha Re-issue] | Last album = "Heaven Tonight"
(1978)
This album = "At Budokan"
(1979)
Next album = "Dream Police"
(1979)

"At Budokan" is a live album recorded by Cheap Trick in 1978.

Illinois rock band Cheap Trick found early success in Japan, and capitalized on this popularity by recording "At Budokan" in Japan on April 28, 1978 with hordes of screaming young Japanese girls nearly drowning out the band at times. This album (which appeared in Japan many months before being issued in the U. S. where it had sold briskly as a Japanese import, and which was issued with a concert program in both English and Japanese) broke the band into global pop stardom with their first hits. The hit single "I Want You to Want Me" reached number seven on the Billboard charts, and was the group's biggest hit at the time. "Ain't That a Shame" (originally sung by Fats Domino) also charted, reaching number 35. The album also introduced Tom Petersson's composition "Need Your Love" (the band had just finished recording their fourth album "Dream Police", thus a studio version of "Need Your Love" would be included on that album). The album peaked at #26 in the Swedish Charts [http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?key=40527&cat=a]

The album was re-released in 1998 as "At Budokan: The Complete Concert", remastered and fully restored to include all the concert tracks left off the original album. While it's missing "Stiff Competition", "On Top of the World", and "How Are You?", that were recorded at Budokan and released on "Budokan II" (1993), these songs were recorded in 1979 during their follow-up tour.

Track listing

# "Hello There" - 2:26
# "Come On, Come On" - 3:17
# "Look Out" - 3:00
# "Big Eyes" - 3:55
# "Need Your Love" - 8:44
# "Ain't That a Shame" - 5:16
# "I Want You to Want Me" - 3:10
# "Surrender" - 4:24
# "Goodnight Now" - 3:08
# "Clock Strikes Ten" - 4:00

Re-issue track listing

Disc one

# "Hello There"
# "Come On, Come On"
# "ELO Kiddies"
# "Speak Now Or Forever Hold Your Peace"
# "Big Eyes"
# "Lookout"
# "Downed"
# "Can't Hold On"
# "Oh Caroline"
# "Surrender"
# "Auf Wiedersehen"

Disc two

# "Need Your Love"
# "High Roller"
# "Southern Girls"
# "I Want You To Want Me"
# "California Man"
# "Goodnight"
# "Ain't That a Shame"
# "Clock Strikes Ten"

Credits

* Robin Zander, Vocals
* Rick Nielsen, guitars
* Tom Petersson, bass
* Brad "Bun E." Carlos, drums