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Nov 12, 2025It's rock. Everything pounds excitedly, Rick Neilsen's guitars garrulous, until the inevitable slow one halfway through as a token node to light and shade. [Dec 2025, p.74]
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MojoNov 12, 2025Their trademark bubblegum choruses are all reassuringly present, with a handful of songs here good enough to tough it out with anything on their early revered studio albums. [Dec 2025, p.83]
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Nov 12, 2025There's a lot going on here on what is a balanced and well-crafted album. [Dec 2025, p.98]
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Nov 17, 2025Yes, it’s an unashamedly ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ record – but who really cares when the results are so enjoyably convincing?
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Nov 17, 2025The only song that seems to come from nowhere is the album ending "Wham Boom Bang," a jolly little knees up full of clarinets, cute guitar licks, and a saucy vocal from Zander. The rest of the album is Cheap Trick through and through, every song a reminder of how their past achievements were truly special, while at the same time letting everyone know they are still cranking out songs with all the manic energy, gleeful abandon, and pure pop songcraft they've embraced from the start.
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UncutNov 12, 2025They may not go out with a bang on this occasion, but Cheap trick's capacity to surprise prevails. [Dec 2025, p.28]