Next Position Please

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Next Position Please
Next Position Please cover
Studio album by Cheap Trick
Released 1983
Recorded  ?
Genre Rock
Length 48:02
Label Epic Records
Producer(s) Ian Taylor, Todd Rundgren
Professional reviews
Cheap Trick chronology
One on One
(1982)		 Next Position Please
(1983)		 Standing on the Edge
(1985)


Next Position Please is a studio album by Cheap Trick, produced by Todd Rundgren and released in 1983. It was the band's seventh studio album and eighth release overall.

Contents

[edit] Overview

Next Position Please was produced unlike any other Cheap Trick album. Todd Rundgren focused more on the pop elements of Cheap Trick's sound by toning down the heavy guitars that usually characterized the band's music and giving the songs a slicker feel.

Fan favorites include "I Can't Take It" (the only Cheap Trick song written solely by lead singer Robin Zander) and the Rundgren-penned "Heaven's Falling."

[edit] Track Listing

  1. "I Can't Take It" (Zander) – 3:28
  2. "Borderline" (Nielsen) – 3:34
  3. "I Don't Love Here Anymore" (Nielsen) – 3:51
  4. "Next Position Please" (Nielsen) – 3:51
  5. "Younger Girls" (Nielsen/Zander) – 3:14
  6. "Dancing the Night Away" (Garvey/McMaster) – 4:58
  7. "You Talk Too Much" (Nielsen) – 1:55
  8. "3-D" (Nielsen) – 3:37
  9. "You Say Jump" (Nielsen) – 3:06
  10. "Y.O.Y.O.Y." (Nielsen) – 4:54
  11. "Won't Take No for an Answer" (Nielsen) – 3:13
  12. "Heaven's Falling" (Rundgren) – 3:48
  13. "Invaders of the Heart" (Nielsen) – 4:00
  14. "Don't Make Our Love a Crime" (Nielsen) – 3:43

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Additional Personnel

[edit] Background Information

The original vinyl record had only 12 tracks, with "You Talk Too Much" and "Don't Make Our Love a Crime" appearing only on the cassette version and later on the CD. The record was originally supposed to include both tracks plus another called "Twisted Heart," but Cheap Trick's label at the time, Epic Records, forced the band to include a cover of The Motors' "Dancing the Night Away" and the outtake "You Say Jump" in their place. Rundgren refused to produce "Dancing the Night Away," so the track ended up being produced by the band with Ian Taylor. "Twisted Heart" eventually surfaced on the box set Sex, America, Cheap Trick.

[edit] Reissue

In 2006 Cheap Trick and Epic/Legacy reissued Next Position Please as a digital download, calling it Next Position Please - The Authorized Version. The title refers to the fact that the 13 tracks intended for the original album were restored and sequenced according to the band's wishes, while "You Say Jump" and "Dancing the Night Away" were put at the end as "bonus tracks" along with another outtake from the era, "Don't Hit Me With Love." The track "I Don't Love Here Anymore" is incorrectly titled "I Don't Love Her Anymore."

  1. "I Can't Take It"
  2. "Borderline"
  3. "I Don't Love Her Anymore"
  4. "Next Position Please"
  5. "Younger Girls"
  6. "Don't Make Our Love a Crime"
  7. "3-D"
  8. "You Talk Too Much"
  9. "Y.O.Y.O.Y."
  10. "Won't Take No for an Answer"
  11. "Heaven's Falling"
  12. "Invaders of the Heart"
  13. "Twisted Heart"
  14. "Don't Hit Me With Love"
  15. "You Say Jump"
  16. "Dancing the Night Away"

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1983 The Billboard 200 61
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