Next Position Please

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Next Position Please
Studio album by Cheap Trick
Released	1983
Recorded	December 1982
Genre	Hard rock, Powerpop, Soft rock
Length	48:02
Label	Epic Records
Producer	Ian Taylor, Todd Rundgren
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Amazon.com [1] Rolling Stone [2] Blender Magazine [3] Artist Direct [4]
Cheap Trick chronology
One on One (1982) Next Position Please (1983) Standing on the Edge (1985)

Next Position Please is a studio album by Cheap Trick, produced by Todd Rundgren and released in 1983. It was the band's seventh studio album and eighth release overall.

Contents 1 Overview 2 Cover art 3 Tracks 3.1 Track listing 3.2 Singles 4 Reissue 4.1 Track listing 5 Personnel 5.1 Additional personnel 6 Charts

[edit] Overview

Next Position Please featured production markedly different from any prior Cheap Trick album. Todd Rundgren focused more on the pop elements of Cheap Trick's sound by toning down the heavy guitars that usually characterized the band's music and giving the songs a slicker feel.

The album received mixed to negative reviews upon release, yielded no hits and received minimal airplay. Notable tracks include "I Can't Take It" (the only Cheap Trick song written solely by lead singer Robin Zander) and the Rundgren-penned "Heaven's Falling."

[edit] Cover art

The album cover is a parody of Bruce Springsteen's pose on the cover of Born to Run, with the title making a humorous correlation.

[edit] Tracks

The original vinyl record included 12 tracks. "You Talk Too Much" and "Don't Make Our Love a Crime" appeared as bonus tracks on the cassette version and later on the CD. The record was originally supposed to include both of these tracks plus another called "Twisted Heart," but Cheap Trick's label at the time, Epic Records, forced the band to include a cover of The Motors' "Dancing the Night Away" and the outtake "You Say Jump" in their place{cn}. Rundgren refused to produce "Dancing the Night Away,"{cn} so the track ended up being produced by the band with Ian Taylor. "Twisted Heart" eventually surfaced on the box set Sex, America, Cheap Trick.

"You Talk Too Much" was an early Cheap Trick song from before the band's debut album, originally entitled "Punch Ya."

[edit] Track listing

1. "I Can't Take It" (Zander) – 3:28 [5]
2. "Borderline" (Nielsen) – 3:34 [6]
3. "I Don't Love Here Anymore" (Nielsen) – 3:51 [7]
4. "Next Position Please" (Nielsen) – 3:51 [8]
5. "Younger Girls" (Nielsen/Zander) – 3:14
6. "Dancing the Night Away" (Garvey/McMaster) – 4:58
7. "You Talk Too Much" (Nielsen) – 1:55 (bonus track - cassette/CD only)
8. "3-D" (Nielsen) – 3:37
9. "You Say Jump" (Nielsen) – 3:06
10. "Y.O.Y.O.Y." (Nielsen) – 4:54
11. "Won't Take No for an Answer" (Nielsen) – 3:13
12. "Heaven's Falling" (Rundgren) – 3:48
13. "Invaders of the Heart" (Nielsen) – 4:00
14. "Don't Make Our Love a Crime" (Nielsen) – 3:43 (bonus track - cassette/CD only)

[edit] Singles

The single "Dancing the Night Away" backed with "Don't Make Our Love A Crime" was released in August 1983. A second attempt at releasing "Dancing the Night Away" (this time backed with the earlier hits "I Want You To Want Me" and "Ain't That A Shame" was released in September 1983. The single "I Can't Take It/You Talk Too Much" was released on December 1983. All three singles failed to chart in the U.S.

[edit] Reissue

In 2006 Cheap Trick and Epic/Legacy reissued Next Position Please as a digital download, calling it Next Position Please - The Authorized Version. The title refers to the fact that the 13 tracks intended for the original album were restored and sequenced according to the band's wishes, while "You Say Jump" and "Dancing the Night Away" were put at the end as "bonus tracks" along with another outtake from the era, "Don't Hit Me With Love." The track "I Don't Love Here Anymore" is incorrectly titled "I Don't Love Her Anymore."

[edit] Track listing

1. "I Can't Take It"
2. "Borderline"
3. "I Don't Love Her Anymore"
4. "Next Position Please"
5. "Younger Girls"
6. "Don't Make Our Love a Crime"
7. "3-D"
8. "You Talk Too Much"
9. "Y.O.Y.O.Y."
10. "Won't Take No for an Answer"
11. "Heaven's Falling"
12. "Invaders of the Heart"
13. "Twisted Heart"
14. "Don't Hit Me With Love"
15. "You Say Jump"
16. "Dancing the Night Away"

[edit] Personnel

• Robin Zander - vocals, guitar, keyboard
• Rick Nielsen - guitar, backing vocals
• Jon Brant - bass, backing vocals
• Bun E. Carlos - drums, percussion

[edit] Additional personnel

• Todd Rundgren - guitar, producer, engineer
• Ian Taylor - producer
• Paul Klingberg - engineer

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1983	The Billboard 200	61

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