Released April 1, 2016 Length 39:41 Release date 1 April 2016 Label Big Machine Records | Recorded 2015 Artist Cheap Trick Producer Julian Raymond Genre Rock music | |
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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. The album is the first in the band's history to not feature Bun E. Carlos on drums. Current drummer Daxx Nielsen fills in on drums for the album.
Contents
Singles
"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. In March 2016, the second single "When I Wake Up Tomorrow" was released. A music video was recorded for the song.
Critical reception
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".
Commercial performance
In the United States, the album debuted at number 31 on the Billboard 200, selling 14,000 copies in its first week. The album went all the way down to number 134 the next week on the Billboard 200, and was completely off the chart in the next two weeks. The album spent 5 weeks in the chart.
Personnel
Songs
1Heat on the Line4:20
2No Direction Home3:46
3When I Wake Up Tomorrow3:28