Cheap Trick Announce New Album
- Written by Marky Edison
Cheap Trick will rock in the Yuletide season with the release of their first holiday themed album Christmas Christmas, out October 20th on Big Machine Records. Arriving mere months after their critically acclaimed 18th studio album We’re All Alright!, Cheap Trick co-produced the holiday collection alongside their longtime collaborator, GRAMMY® Award winner Julian Raymond (Glen Campbell, Fastball).
With Christmas Christmas, Cheap Trick delivers a sleigh-full of rock & roll Christmas classics and festive favourites as well as newly penned offerings like the joyous lead track, ‘Merry Christmas Darlings’. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers – whose four decade-plus career has seen them play more than 5,000 shows and counting – remain on the road this autumn for a string of U.S. headline dates, festival appearances and as special guests on Nickelback’s ‘Feed The Machine’ arena tour.
Cheap Trick are an indisputable American institution, beloved around the globe since 1974 for their instantly identifiable, hugely influential, brand of pop rock ‘n’ roll. The band - Robin Zander (vocals, rhythm guitar), Rick Nielsen (lead guitar), Tom Petersson (bass guitar), and Daxx Nielsen (drums) - are true pioneers with an unparalleled streak of certifiably classic tunes, from ‘He’s A Whore,’ ‘California Man’ and ‘Dream Police’ to ‘Surrender’, ‘I Want You To Want Me’ and the worldwide #1 hit single, ‘The Flame’.
Christmas Christmas Track List
1. Merry Christmas Darlings | Robin Zander, Rick Nielsen, Tom Petersson
2. I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day | Roy Wood
3. I Wish It Was Christmas Today | Jimmy Fallon, Horatio Sanz
4. Merry Xmas Everybody | Neville Holder, Jim Lea
5. Please Come Home For Christmas | Charles Brown, Jr., Gene Redd
6. Remember Christmas | Harry Nilsson
7. Run Rudolph Run | Marvin Brodie, Johnny Marks
8. Father Christmas | Ray Davies
9. Silent Night | Traditional – Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr; Arrangement by Robin Zander, Julian Raymond
10. Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight) | Joey Ramone
11. Our Father Of Life | Robin Zander, Rick Nielsen, Tom Petersson
12. Christmas Christmas | Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson
