Bang, Zoom, Crazy... Hello

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Bang, Zoom, Crazy... Hello
File:Cheap Trick Bang, Zoom, Crazy... Hello.jpg
Studio album by
Cheap Trick
ReleasedApril 1, 2016
Recorded2015
GenreRock
Length39:41
LabelBig Machine
Producer
Cheap Trick chronology
Sgt. Pepper Live
(2009) 		Bang, Zoom, Crazy... Hello
(2016) 		We're All Alright!
(2017)
Singles from Bang, Zoom, Crazy... Hello
  1. "No Direction Home"
    Released: December 20, 2015
  2. "When I Wake Up Tomorrow"
    Released: March 4, 2016

Bang, Zoom, Crazy... Hello is the seventeenth studio album by American rock band Cheap Trick. The album was released on April 1, 2016, by Big Machine Records.[1][2] The album is the first in the band's history not featuring Bun E. Carlos on drums, instead featuring Daxx Nielsen on drums.

Singles

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"No Direction Home" was released as the lead single from the album on December 20, 2015. The song was offered as a free download to celebrate their announced Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, as well as their record deal with Big Machine Records.[3] In March 2016, the second single "When I Wake Up Tomorrow" was released. A music video was recorded for the song.[4]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic74/100[5]
Review scores
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The A.V. ClubB−[7]
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Consequence of SoundC[9]
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Bang, Zoom, Crazy... Hello received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 74 based on 12 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[5]

Commercial performance

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In the United States, the album debuted at number 31 on the Billboard 200, becoming the band's highest-charting album in the U.S. since Lap of Luxury in 1988, and sold 14,000 copies in its first week.[11] The album dropped to number 134 the next week on the Billboard 200,[12] and was completely off the chart in the next two weeks.[12]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Heart on the Line"Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson, Gregg Giuffria, Julian Raymond, Daxx Nielsen4:19
2."No Direction Home"Raymond, Zander, R. Nielsen, Petersson3:44
3."When I Wake Up Tomorrow"Raymond, Zander, R. Nielsen, Petersson3:27
4."Do You Believe Me?"R. Nielsen, Zander, Petersson, Raymond, D. Nielsen4:45
5."Blood Red Lips"Raymond, Zander, R. Nielsen, Petersson2:57
6."Sing My Blues Away"Raymond, Zander, R. Nielsen, Petersson3:26
7."Roll Me"R. Nielsen, Zander, Petersson, Raymond, D. Nielsen2:57
8."The In Crowd" (Dobie Gray cover)Billy Page3:51
9."Long Time No See Ya"R. Nielsen, Zander, Petersson, Raymond, D. Nielsen2:54
10."The Sun Never Sets"Raymond, Zander, R. Nielsen, Petersson4:00
11."All Strung Out"Raymond, Zander, R. Nielsen, Petersson3:18
Japanese edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Arabesque"R. Nielsen, Zander, Petersson, Raymond, D. Nielsen2:47
13."I'd Give It Up"R. Nielsen, Zander, Petersson, Raymond, D. Nielsen3:46

Personnel

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  • Robin Zander – lead vocals, guitar solo on "Do You Believe Me?"
  • Rick Nielsen – lead guitar, background vocals
  • Tom Petersson – bass, background vocals
  • Daxx Nielsen – drums, background vocals
  • Wayne Kramer – guitar solo on "Do You Believe Me?"
  • Tim Lauer, Zac Rae, Bennett Salvay – keyboards
  • Robin T. Zander, Johnny Keach, Chris Deaton, Julian Raymond – background vocals

Charts

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Chart (2016) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[13] 113
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[14] 79
Scottish Albums (OCC)[15] 57
US Billboard 200[16] 31
US Digital Albums (Billboard)[17] 25
US Top Album Sales (Billboard)[18] 12
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[19] 4
US Indie Store Album Sales (Billboard)[20] 5

References

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