Playlist: The Very Best of Cheap Trick

collects 14 tracks defined on the back jacket as "the life-changing songs, the out of print tracks, the hits, the fan favorites everyone loves, and the songs that make the artists who they are." With so many adequate collections available (2000's , 2004's , 2005's ) it's hard to get that excited over another 14 tracks of the same, but there's no denying the sheer, infectious joy that emanates from songs like and That said, a more fitting name for the collection would be "Bereft of a fact that ultimately renders this incomplete. ~ James Christopher Monger