CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS - Cheap Trick

Personnel: Robin Zander (vocals); Rick Nielsen (electric guitar); Daxx Nielsen (drums).Audio Mixer: Chris Lord-Alge.Recording information: Blackbird Studios, Nashville, TN.It's hard to say just what was hampering Cheap Trick's productivity in the first decade of the new millennium, but ever since they signed with Big Machine Records, they've become surprisingly prolific. Released in 2017, Christmas Christmas, the veteran band's first seasonal album, is their third full-length release in a span of just 18 months, and while many acts toss off Christmas albums with the care and enthusiasm that six-year-olds display when cleaning their rooms, Cheap Trick have offered up a full-bodied set of Yuletide rock & roll that doesn't spare the volume or the muscle. Christmas Christmas only features three original songs, but Cheap Trick have avoided many of the clich?d seasonal numbers that usually fill up these releases, instead opting for Yuletide numbers from for-real rockers. The Pride of Roc