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Podcast: What the Riff Next Gen
Episode: 1979 - December: Cheap Trick “Dream Police”
Description: Dream Police is the fourth and most successful studio album from Cheap Trick. It hit number 6 on the Billboard 200 Album chart, and was certified platinum only a few months after its release. Robin Zander (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Rick Nielsen (lead guitar, backing vocals), Tom Petersson (bass, backing vocals), and Bun. E. Carlos (percussion) would get more complex on this album, incorporating orchestration and lengthening the tracks.
Cheap Trick formed in 1973 by Tom Petersson and Rick Nielsen, and this album’s line up is the original members. Dream Police was completed and ready to release in early 1979, but t...