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, 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
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	(mixed)[2]
Robert Christgau	(B-)[3]

Dream Police is a 1979 studio album by Cheap Trick. It was their fourth studio release, and third 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^[4] and being certified platinum within a few months of its release.^[5]

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 are citing a snippet from "Heaven Tonight". That song was described by Allmusic critic Tom Maginnis as having an "extended, disco-inflected, slowburn groove".^[6]

Variations

In 2010, Cheap Trick re-recorded the title track as "Green Police" for the controversial Green Police advertisement which aired during Super Bowl XLIV for Audi.^[7]

Track listing

1. "Dream Police" (Rick Nielsen) – 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" (Nielsen) – 9:20
5. "I'll Be with You Tonight" (Nielsen, Bun E. Carlos, Petersson, Zander) – 3:52
6. "Voices" (Nielsen) – 4:22
7. "Writing on the Wall" (Nielsen) – 3:26
8. "I Know What I Want" (Nielsen) – 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.

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

Singles

• 1979: "Dream Police" b/w "Heaven Tonight" – #26 US, #4 Canada, #79 Japan
• 1979: "Voices" b/w "Surrender" (Live) – #16 Australia (UK)
• 1979: "Voices" b/w "The House Is Rockin' (With Domestic Problems)" – #32 US, #12 Canada,(US & Canada)
• 1980: "Way of the World" b/w "Oh Candy" – #73 UK
• 1980: "I'll Be with You Tonight" b/w "He's a Whore" & "So Good to See You" (UK)

Unreleased Outtakes

• "Next Position Please" (Later re-recorded in 1983 as the title track for the album of the same name)
• "It Must Be Love" (This song was given to Rick Derringer who covered it on his 1979 album Guitars and Women)
• "See Me Now" ("Way of the World" with alternate lyrics)
• "Voices" (with Tom Petersson on vocals)
• "I Know What I Want" (with Robin Zander on vocals)

Personnel

Band members

• Robin Zander – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Rick Nielsen – lead guitar, background vocals
• Tom Petersson - bass guitar, background vocals, lead vocals on "I Know What I Want"
• Bun E. Carlos – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

• Jai Winding - organ, piano, keyboards
• Steve Lukather - guitar on "Voices"

Production and staff

• Tom Werman - producer
• Gary Ladinsky, Mike Beiriger- engineers
• Ken Adamany - assistant engineer
• George Marino - mastering

• Steve Dessau, Paula Scher - design
• Reid Miles - photography

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1979)	Peak position	Total weeks
U.S. Billboard 200[4]	6	?
Canadian Albums Chart[8]	4	20
German Albums Chart[9]	56	1
New Zealand Albums Chart[10]	2	16
Swedish Albums Chart[11]	31	2
Dutch Albums Chart[12]	21	6
UK Albums Chart[13]	46	4

Singles

Billboard^[14]

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1979	"Dream Police"	Billboard Hot 100	26
1980	"Voices"	Billboard Hot 100	32

Certifications

Organization	Level	Date
RIAA – USA[5]	Gold	1980-02-06
	Platinum
CRIA - Canada[15]	Triple Platinum	1979-11-01

References

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