Cheap Trick: In Color
Sandy Robertson, Sounds, 19 November 1977
ANYTHING BUT a cheap trick, in fact. You may wonder why you keep seeing this bunch mentioned in esoteric magazines like Who Put The Bomp as well as more mainstream publications such as Rolling Stone, not to mention the rave reviews in some of the UK weeklies when this album was only available on imports plus the fact that Joan Jett is always seen sporting a Cheap Trick T-shirt these days. The answer is simple: mass appeal meets taste.
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