Woke Up with a Monster

Track listing

1. “My Gang” (Tom Petersson, Robin Zander, Rick Nielsen) – 4:22
2. “Woke Up with a Monster” (Nielsen, Petersson, Zander) – 4:32
3. “You’re All I Wanna Do” (Nielsen, Petersson, Zander, Jim Peterik, J. Raymond, Terry Reid) – 4:03
4. “Never Run Out of Love” (Nielsen, Peterik) – 4:08
5. “Didn’t Know I Had It” (Nielsen, Todd Cerney) – 4:31
6. “Ride the Pony” (Zander, Mark Spiro) – 4:31
7. “Girlfriends” (Nielsen, Petersson, Zander, Bun E. Carlos) – 4:32
8. “Let Her Go” (Zander, N. Graham/Publishers still pending) – 4:28
9. “Tell Me Everything” (Zander, Petersson, Nielsen, Michael McDonald, Julian Raymond) – 3:59
10. “Cry Baby” (Petersson, Nielsen, Zander) – 4:18
11. “Love Me for a Minute” (Zander, Nielsen, Petersson) – 4:12

Japanese version

12. “Sabre Dance”

The band also recorded a cover of John Lennon’s “Cold Turkey” during these sessions. It went to the Working Class Hero: A Tribute to John Lennon album while an alternate version was released on one of the Bun E.’s Basement Bootleg albums.

Singles

All singles were promotional singles only.

• (1994) “Woke up with a Monster” – #16 US Mainstream Rock
• (1994) “You’re All I Wanna Do”/”Cry Baby”
• (1994) “Girlfriends”
• (1994) “Never Run Out of Love”
• (1994) “Didn’t Know I Had It”

Unreleased outtakes

• “Don’t Blame It On Love”
• “All Those Years” (Later re-recorded for the 2006 album Rockford)
• “Down, Down” (Later re-recorded with different lyrics in 1996 as “Baby Talk” and released on the 7 inch single Baby Talk/Brontosaurus)
• “Anytime” (Later re-recorded for Cheap Trick (1997 album)

Personnel

Cheap Trick

• Robin Zander – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Rick Nielsen – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Tom Petersson – bass, backing vocals
• Bun E. Carlos – drums, percussion

Guest musician

• Jimmie Wood – harmonica

Technical

• Ted Templeman – producer
• Lenny Waronker – executive producer
• Jeff Hendrickson – engineer
• Bino Espinoza, Judy Kirschner, Kenji Nakai, Kimm James, Scott Blockland, Ulrich Wild – assistant engineer
• George Marino – mastering
• Dave Wilmer – guitar technician
• Chuck Elias – drum technician
• Jeri Heiden – art direction, design
• Mark Seliger – photography