Dream Police

For other uses, see Dream Police (disambiguation).
Dream Police
Studio album by Cheap Trick
Released September 21, 1979
Recorded Record Plant, Los Angeles, 1978–1979
Genre Rock, hard rock, power pop
Length 45:45
Label Epic
Producer Tom Werman
Cheap Trick chronology

Cheap Trick at Budokan
(1978)		 Dream Police
(1979)		 All Shook Up
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Robert Christgau B−[2]
Rolling Stone (mixed)[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide [4]
Smash Hits (mixed)[5]

Dream Police is the fourth studio album by 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]

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'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.

  1. "Dream Police" – 3:49
  2. "Way of the World" (Robin Zander, Nielsen) – 3:39
  3. "The House Is Rockin' (With Domestic Problems)" (Tom Petersson, Nielsen) – 5:12
  4. "Gonna Raise Hell" – 9:20
  5. "I'll Be with You Tonight" (Nielsen, Bun E. Carlos, Petersson, Zander) – 3:52
  6. "Voices" – 4:22
  7. "Writing on the Wall" – 3:26
  8. "I Know What I Want" – 4:29
  9. "Need Your Love" (Nielsen, Petersson) – 7:39

Bonus tracks (2006 Reissue)

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.

  1. "The House Is Rockin' (With Domestic Problems)" (live) - 6:16
  2. "Way of the World" (live) - 3:59
  3. "Dream Police" (No Strings Version) - 3:52
  4. "I Know What I Want" (live) - 4:43

Singles

Unreleased Outtakes

Covers

Personnel

Band members

Additional musicians

Production and staff

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1979) Peak
position		 Total
weeks
U.S. Billboard 200[6] 6 25
Canadian Albums Chart[11] 4 20
German Albums Chart[12] 56 1
New Zealand Albums Chart[13] 2 16
Swedish Albums Chart[14] 31 2
Dutch Albums Chart[15] 21 6
UK Albums Chart[16] 46 4

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1979 "Dream Police" Billboard Hot 100[17] 26
1980 "Voices" Billboard Hot 100[17] 32
1980 "Way of the World" UK[18] 73

Certifications

Organization Level Date
RIAA – USA[7] Gold 1980-02-06
Platinum
CRIA - Canada[19] Triple Platinum 1979-11-01

References

  1. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Dream Police - Cheap Trick". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "CG: Cheap Trick". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
  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.
  5. ↑ Hepworth, David. "Albums". Smash Hits (October 4–17, 1979): 29.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Dream Police Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "RIAA Database Search for Cheap Trick". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
  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". 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. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
  11. ↑ "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 32, No. 9, November 24, 1979". Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
  12. ↑ "Cheap Trick, Cheap Trick". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
  13. ↑ "Cheap Trick - Dream Police (Album)". Charts.org.nz. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
  14. ↑ "Cheap Trick - Dream Police (Album)". Swedishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
  15. ↑ "Cheap Trick - Dream Police (Album)". Gfk Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
  16. ↑ "Cheap Trick - Dream Police". Chart Stats.com. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Dream Police Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
  18. ↑ "The Official Charts: Cheap Trick". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
  19. ↑ "Gold Platinum Database - Artist: Cheap Trick". Music Canada. Retrieved 2011-11-15.