Oh hell yes, let’s kick open the door to Cheap Trick’s resurrection era!This is when everyone expected these Rockford weirdos to fade quietly into the nostalgia circuit, but instead they grabbed the wheel, floored the gas, and sent the whole damn tour bus careening off a cliff of reinvention. Cheap Trick came back foaming at the mouth, grinning like escaped mental patients, guitars blazing, hooks sharpened to surgical points. These albums are victory laps that declared that Cheap Trick were still the kings of candy-coated chaos, and they weren’t about to let time, trends, or the music industry’s dusty obituary drawer bury them alive. Let’s count these muthas down, you magnificent animals!

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#3 –We’re All Alright! (2017)

This record kicks down the door like an aging punk who still knows where he buried the dynamite. We’re All Alright! is Cheap Trick roaring into the modern era with a middle finger in one hand and a fistful of bubblegum anthems in the other. The riffs snarl, the choruses swagger, and Robin Zander sings like he’s siphoning electricity straight from the amps. Tracks like “Long Time Coming” and “You Got It Going On” prove the band hasn’t lost a step while sounding hungrier, meaner, and more caffeinated than half the kids pretending to be rock stars today. It’s Cheap Trick revving the engine and reminding everyone they still write hooks that detonate on contact.

2. Cheap Trick (1997)

The ’97 self-titled album is the sound of a band shaking off the dust and rediscovering the volcanic heart that once powered them through arenas. It’s Cheap Trick clawing their way out of the fucking murk of the late ’80s and early ’90s, remembering exactly who the hell they are. The guitars are crunchy, the melodies are razor-sharp, and the attitude is pure Midwestern snarl. “Say Goodbye” and “Hard to Tell” feel like the Trick reclaiming their throne by force with songs bursting with the kind of kinetic, melodic power that made them legends in the first place. This album is a rebirth with smoke still rising from the crater.

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1. Rockford (2006)

This mutha is the comeback crowning jewel! Rockford is Cheap Trick slamming the goddamn accelerator to the floor and leaving tire marks across the decade. Every track pops like a firecracker between your teeth: “Welcome to the World” hits like a caffeinated riot, “Perfect Stranger” is pure power-pop bliss injected straight into the bloodstream, and “If It Takes a Lifetime” is proof they can still write choruses so catchy they should be classified as controlled substances. The whole album is a high-voltage reminder that Cheap Trick were still a fucking dangerous band. Rockford is the band’s creative defibrillator, shocking themselves back to life and frying anyone within earshot.

Cheap Trick’s comeback years shine because they refuse to play it safe. These records show a band that didn’t cash in on nostalgia, but they sharpened their craft, doubled down on their weirdness, and proved they could still outwrite, outplay, and out-hook bands half their age. Listening to these albums is a reminder that rock ’n’ roll is about hunger, madness, and that eternal spark that refuses to die even when the world stops paying attention. Spin these comeback classics and you’ll hear a band that never lost the fire. They just the patience for anyone who thought they were done.