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"Surrender" is a late 1970s teen anthem, describing the relations between the baby boomer narrator and his G.I. Generation parents. His mother frequently warns him about the girls he will meet, as he will never know what diseases he will catch from them, as exemplified by a rumor about "a soldier's [penis] falling off" as a result of "some Indonesian junk that's going around".
The lead-off track "Surrender" was Cheap Trick's first single to chart in the United States, peaking at No. 62. It has gone on to become one of the band's signature songs. Zander and Petersson performing in 1978. Demand for Cheap Trick at Budokan became so great that Epic Records finally released the album in the U.S. in February 1979.
1998: Hits of Cheap Trick (import) 1998: Don't Be Cruel (Collectables label) 2000: Authorized Greatest Hits; 2004: The Essential Cheap Trick; 2005: Collection (Cheap Trick/In Color/Heaven Tonight) 2005: Cheap Trick Rock on Break Out Years: 1979 (Madacy Records) 2007: Super Hits (Sony Musical Special Products) 2007: Discover Cheap Trick (Epic ...
Heaven Tonight is considered Cheap Trick's best album by many fans and critics. While their debut album Cheap Trick showed the band's darker, rawer side and In Color explored a lighter, more pop-oriented persona, Heaven Tonight combined both elements to produce a hook-filled pop-rock album with an attitude.
The song was originally recorded with Cheap Trick bass guitar player Tom Petersson singing the lead vocal, but it was later rerecorded for the Dream Police album with Cheap Trick's usual lead vocalist, Robin Zander, singing the lead. [2] On the released track, Petersson and Nielsen provide back up vocals. [2]
"Surrender" Cheap Trick: No: 1. Opening Licks: 1. Opening Licks 1987 "Sweet Child o' Mine" Guns N' Roses: No: 4. Thrash and Burn Encore: 4. Thrash and Burn Encore 1980 "Tattooed Love Boys" The Pretenders: No: 3. String-Snappers: 5. Return of the Shred 1992 "Them Bones" Alice in Chains: No: 3. String-Snappers: 3. String-Snappers 1984
Bun E. Carlos' drumming on the song has been praised by critics, and it is one of Carlos' favorite Cheap Trick songs. [6] For example, author John M. Borack claims that Carlos' drumming "propels this poppy, peppy treat straight into the stratosphere. [8] Nielsen also claims that one of the beauties of the song is that it only uses a few chords. [6]
The Epic Archive, Vol. 1 (1975–1979) is a compilation album by American rock band Cheap Trick, which was released digitally by Epic in 2015. In 2017, the compilation was released by Real Gone Music on CD and vinyl, the latter format being a limited edition release for Record Store Day.