At Budokan: The Complete Concert [Live] [Original recording remastered]

Track Listings
Disc: 1

1. Hello There

2. Come on, Come On

3. ELO Kiddies

4. Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace

5. Big Eyes

6. Lookout

7. Downed

8. Can't Hold On

9. Oh Caroline

10. Surrender

See all 11 tracks on this disc
Disc: 2

1. Need Your Love

2. High Roller

3. Southern Girls

4. I Want You to Want Me

5. California Man

6. Goodnight

7. Ain't That a Shame

8. Clock Strikes Ten

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com essential recording
Originally released as a 10-track live album in the late 1970s when live albums were all the rage, At Budokan neatly summed up this oddball power-pop/hard rock band with the added ferocity a live show brings. Tracks such as "Hello There," "Surrender," "I Want You to Want Me," and Fats Domino's "Ain't That a Shame" were infused with a power their studio versions only hint at. Twenty years after the original concert in April 1978, the classic live album has been expanded to include nine additional tracks that make this a must-have for fans of the original. --Rob O'Connor --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Entertainment Weekly
This collection, commemorating the 20th anniversary of the venerable popsmiths' commercial arrival, sets the record straight ... in correct sequence, with digitally remastered ... audience shrieks.... [O]ne of rock's crucial live documents just got a little livelier. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

At Budokan: The Complete Concert [Live] [Original recording remastered]

Tracks:

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

Tracks:

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

Amazon.com essential recording

Originally released as a 10-track live album in the late 1970s when live albums were all the rage, At Budokan neatly summed up this oddball power-pop/hard rock band with the added ferocity a live show brings. Tracks such as "Hello There," "Surrender," "I Want You to Want Me," and Fats Domino's "Ain't That a Shame" were infused with a power their studio versions only hint at. Twenty years after the original concert in April 1978, the classic live album has been expanded to include nine additional tracks that make this a must-have for fans of the original. --Rob O'Connor

Customer Reviews:

On the drums...Mister Bun E. Carlos..........2007-03-04

Face it, folks...if you're reading these reviews to decide if you should by "Cheap Trick At Budokan," you haven't been paying attention to the world around you. As Mike Meyers said in "Wayne's World," this album was shipped with packets of Tide to everyone in the suburbs. It became the mission in life for every second, third and fourth rate band to do a "Live At Budokan" album, but Cheap Trick did it FIRST, and Cheap Trick did it BEST. The magic moment here is during "Clock Strikes Ten," and I believe Robin Zander KNEW his words were magic the moment they left his mouth. "ON THE DRUMS...MISTER BUN E. CARLOS"...and B.E.C. rips forth with a tight, compressed drum solo that's the equal of Ringo's on "The End." Grand Funk may have coined the catch-phrase "An American Band," but for many of the air guitar faithful in garages across America, Cheap Trick is king of that hill. A five star album, and if you need to ask why, don't even bother asking.

I cannot play this album loudly enough!.......2006-12-09

Remember that album you listened to in the waning years of the 1970s to the point that you'd spent so many hours pouring over the music and photos that you started to believe you'd actually attended this concert? Then get this set of the entire concert--all those great pop songs you remember plus the tracks you love from all those albums you bought in the wake of "Cheap Trick at Budokan." It'll put you there all over again.

I hear that the other show of this two-night Tokyo stand was videotaped. A DVD release of that show would be incredible. Until that day, go see Cheap Trick when they come to your town. You will not be disappointed.

One of the best live cd's you'll ever own!!.......2006-06-06

Back in 1977, Cheap Tricks management wanted to release a cd that would hold them over until the new release was finished. Dream Police was almost ready to roll, but it just needed a little extra time to be fully completed before it was released to the world. Up until now, Cheap Trick had not had much success in North America and they were counting on the Dream Police release to put them on the map. When they recorded Live a Budokan it was to help get things rolling and to be a stop gap measure to fill the void until the new release was ready. It was also only supposed to be released in Japan. Well as it turned out, it was one hell of a stop gap. Live At Budokan became the anthem in North America and broke the band big time. It was a tremendous success that helped propel the band to new heights. Songs like I Want You To Want Me became overnight hits. They had reached massive success almost overnight or least it seemed. Cheap Trick was a hard working band and this over night success so to speak was well earned.

Well here we are some 30 years later and this time out we get the complete concert. Yup that's right, uncut from the record label big wigs this time out and in it's entirety. It's amazing that something this old can still sound so fresh and unencumbered. The darn thing still sounds good!!!

This release is a tribute to what good rock & roll is all about. It just had something about it, a live energy or passion that still holds up today.

If you only have one Cheap Trick cd, this is the one you want or need as it's the band at it's best!

Finally, the entire show!.......2006-03-19

Like The Who, Cheap Trick utterly dominates the stage as a live band. Unlike The Who, however, Cheap Trick has never really put out a truly extraordinary studio album (good albums yes, but not extraordinary). I think these are the reasons why Live at Budokan has always been a favorite of critics and listeners alike.

Although I personally have a distaste for CDs that add bonus tracks to classic albums, thereby ruining the atmosphere of the original work, I regard The Complete Concert as a different CD entirely. Because Cheap Trick is a first-class live act, it deserves to have the entire performance documented. The original Live at Budokan, great as it was, always seemed disjointed and incomplete, even though that never detracted from its appeal. This CD brings you the entire show, fills in gaps, answers questions, and really makes me wish I could have been there to witness thousands of lovely Japanese ladies chanting "Bun E, Bun E"!

Not all the additional songs on this CD are up to par with the original, abridged Live at Budokan. But that's not the point. The point is that this documents a classic live show in its entirety, and it IS very entertaining from start to finish. When you consider all that stringy hair, Rick Neilson's "quirkiness", and Bun E. Carlos' decidedly non-rock-and-roll-star appearance, you quickly realize how great this band really is to entertain so many people for so many years. Live at Budokan has always been an inspiration to me both as a drummer (Thanks, Bun E!) and as a live musician. The Complete Live at Budokan does nothing to change that.

I'm keeping the original Live at Budokan along with this CD, but I for one am thrilled to finally have the entire concert in my collection.

One of the best live performances I've ever heard - it's a little cheesy but you'll still love it!.......2005-12-29

Cheap Trick is essentially a minor guilty pleasure and a little cheesy, but if you can get past that then you will find that they are an AMAZING band! Their strengths lay in their live performances, and this album especially proves this point (they were more of a "show" than an artistic, political or poetic group, and they knew this). What's so fascinating about "Cheap Trick At Budokan: The Complete Concert" is that it's so well-produced for a live show - you can hear everything clearly! The drums are especially easy and fun to listen to. The songs are all essentially cheesy-but-fun power pop songs with a hard rock twist, and even if they aren't the deepest songs in the world lyrically, you will still probably love them. Not all of the songs here are great, unfortunately (the original album only had 10 songs, but this has about 25 - that could explain it), but the album's length and the amount of good ones it DOES have more than make up for it. "Hello Kiddies", "Big Eyes" and "Surrender", for example, are all classic power pop songs from the early seventies. Singer Robin Zander does an excellent job with the vocals as fits perfectly as a power pop/hard rock vocalist - I'm pretty sure that most people will love him. The lyrics aren't all that interesting by themselves, but Robin definitely adds much needed energy to the mix. Like I said, the only downfall to this particular verson of the album is that some of the extra songs aren't that good (the original album wasn't the whole concert, but this is). Basically, if you're into power pop, the history of rock or if you're looking for an amazing live album, then "Cheap Trick At Budokan: The Complete Concert" is one of the best you buy! Absolutely recommended!

Highlights include:
"Hello Kiddies"
"Come On Come On"
"Big Eyes"
"Downed"
"Surrender"
the rest are good or decent

Average customer rating:

At Budokan: The Complete Concert
Cheap Trick
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00009WKXP
Release Date: 2003-08-11

Tracks:

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

Tracks:

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

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1. Hello There
2. Come on, Come On
3. ELO Kiddies
4. Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace
5. Big Eyes
6. Lookout
7. Downed
8. Can't Hold On
9. Oh Caroline
10. Surrender

1. Need Your Love
2. High Roller
3. Southern Girls
4. I Want You to Want Me
5. California Man
6. Goodnight
7. Ain't That a Shame
8. Clock Strikes Ten