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Rockford

Rockford is the fifteenth studio album by Cheap Trick, released on June 6, 2006. The album’s title refers to Rockford, Illinois, the band’s hometown.

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Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1.“Welcome to the World”Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson, Bun E. Carlos2:06
2.“Perfect Stranger”Nielsen, Zander, Petersson, Carlos, Linda Perry3:41
3.“If It Takes a Lifetime”Nielsen, Zander, Petersson, Carlos, Julian Raymond4:22
4.“Come On Come On Come On”Nielsen, Zander, Petersson, Carlos3:03
5.“O Claire”Nielsen, Zander, Petersson, Carlos3:43
6.“This Time You Got It”Nielsen, Zander, Petersson, Carlos4:01
7.“Give It Away”Nielsen, Zander, Petersson, Carlos2:48
8.“One More”Nielsen, Zander, Petersson, Carlos3:50
9.“Every Night and Every Day”Nielsen, Zander, Petersson, Carlos3:12
10.“Dream the Night Away”Nielsen, Zander, Petersson, Carlos, Bill Lloyd3:14
11.“All Those Years”Nielsen, Zander, Petersson, Carlos, Raymond3:35
12.“Decaf”Nielsen, Zander, Petersson, Carlos3:38
Japanese Version
No.TitleLyricsLength
13.“Mondo Ragga” (Instrumental)Nielsen, Zander, Petersson, Carlos4:21

Singles

All singles were promotional singles only for radio stations.

  • (2006) “Perfect Stranger”
  • (2006) “If It Takes a Lifetime”
  • (2006) “Come On, Come On, Come On” (US).

Outtakes

  • “Mondo Ragga” (Vocal Version)
  • “What’s In It For You” (Re-worked and re-recorded as “Alive” for the following album “The Latest”)
  • “Every Single Girl” (Instrumental)

These tracks were released on a promotional-only sampler titled Works In Progress in 2005, and the disc also contained alternate/unfinished versions of various album tracks from Rockford.

Personnel

Cheap Trick

  • Robin Zander – vocals, additional guitar, keyboards
  • Rick Nielsen – guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Tom Petersson – bass guitars, additional guitar, backing vocals
  • Bun E. Carlos – drums, backing vocals

Additional musicians

  • Damon Fox – keyboards (track 2)
  • Kim Bullard – keyboards (track 3)
  • Robin Taylor Zander (R. Zander’s son) – backing vocals (track 3)
  • Jack Douglas – shaker

Technical

  • Cheap Trick – producers (all tracks except track 2)
  • Linda Perry – producer (track 2)
  • Jim “Pinky Beeman, Julian Raymond, Jack Douglas, Steve Albini, Chris Shaw – co-producers
  • Bryan Cook, Chris Shaw, Jack Douglas, Jim “Pinky” Beeman, Jimmy Johnson, Linda Perry, Roger Moutenot, Steve Albini, Steve Thompson, Tommy Jamin – engineers
  • Andrew Chavez, Bill Synan, Eric Hunter, Kevin Churko, Mike Mang, Tommy Jamin – assistant engineers
  • Richie “Britley” Hughes – art direction
  • John Johnson – cover art
Format

Autographed CD

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