Dream Police

Dream Police is the fourth studio album by American rock band 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]

For other uses, see Dream Police (disambiguation).
Dream Police
Studio album by
Cheap Trick
ReleasedSeptember 21, 1979 (1979-09-21)
Recorded1978–1979
StudioRecord Plant, Los Angeles, CA
Genre
Length45:45
LabelEpic
ProducerTom Werman
Cheap Trick chronology
Cheap Trick at Budokan
(1978)		 Dream Police
(1979)		 All Shook Up
(1980)
Singles from Dream Police
  1. "Dream Police"
    Released: September 1979
  2. "Voices"
    Released: November 1979
  3. "Way of the World"
    Released: 4 January 1980 (UK)
  4. "I'll Be with You Tonight"
    Released: 28 March 1980 (UK)
Music video
"Dream Police" on YouTube
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB−[2]
Rolling Stone(mixed)[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]
Smash Hits(mixed)[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 had been completed by early-1979, but its release was pushed back several months due to the surprise success of Cheap Trick at Budokan.

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.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Dream Police" 3:49
2."Way of the World"Robin Zander, Nielsen3:39
3."The House Is Rockin' (With Domestic Problems)"Tom Petersson, Nielsen5:12
4."Gonna Raise Hell" 9:20
5."I'll Be with You Tonight"Nielsen, Zander, Bun E. Carlos, Petersson3:52
6."Voices" 4:22
7."Writing on the Wall" 3:26
8."I Know What I Want" 4:29
9."Need Your Love"Nielsen, Petersson7:39
Bonus tracks (2006 Reissue)
No.TitleLength
10."The House Is Rockin' (With Domestic Problems)" (Recorded live at the Los Angeles Forum on December 31, 1979)6:16
11."Way of the World" (Recorded live at the Los Angeles Forum on December 31, 1979)3:59
12."Dream Police" (No Strings Version)3:52
13."I Know What I Want" (Recorded live in Daytona Beach, Florida in 1988)4:43
  • 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.

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

Covers
  • Sam Kinison covered "Gonna Raise Hell" on his comedy album Leader of the Banned.
  • Heavy Metal/Prog rocker Rob Gravelle released both regular and extended versions of the title track. The latter included a long outro guitar solo.

Personnel

Cheap Trick

Additional musicians

Technical

Chart performance

Album
Chart (1979) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[11] 7
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[12] 4
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[13] 21
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[14] 56
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[15] 4
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[16] 2
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[17] 31
UK Albums (OCC)[18] 41
US Billboard 200[19] 6

2017 reissue
Chart Peak

position

Oricon (Japan)[20] 98

Year-end charts
Chart (1979) Position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[21] 39

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[22] Platinum 50,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[23] 3× Platinum 300,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[24] Gold 7,500^
United States (RIAA)[25] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References
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  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. rolling stone cheap trick album guide.
  5. Hepworth, David. "Albums". Smash Hits (October 4–17, 1979): 29.
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  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". The 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. Archived from the original on 4 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
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