Cheap Trick - In — Color - Steve Albini Sessions -1998 Cd Flac- ((link))

The unreleased of Cheap Trick's sophomore album, In Color , by legendary analog guru Steve Albini , remains one of the ultimate holy grails of power pop history.

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Robin Zander’s vocals were pushed to the limit. Free from the studio sheen, his performances on tracks like "Come On, Come On" and "Big Eyes" sounded snarling, desperate, and passionately raw. : While the main tracks were captured, the

: While the main tracks were captured, the sessions were never officially finished or released because certain overdubs, such as all the vocal harmonies, were not completed. Werman smoothed out the edges, bathed the band

For power pop purists and Cheap Trick devotees, the story of In Color (1977) is one of "what could have been." The band’s debut album, produced by Jack Douglas, captured the raw, visceral energy of their legendary live shows at the Budokan. However, the follow-up, In Color , was handed to producer Tom Werman. Werman smoothed out the edges, bathed the band in radio-friendly gloss, and stripped away the feedback that defined their early sound. While the songs remained brilliant—from the falsetto theatrics of "I Want You to Want Me" to the manic energy of "Hello There"—the production has long been criticized for lacking the band's signature grit.