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Veteran rockers Jett, Cheap Trick return with strong new collections
from: cleveland.com
by Gary Graff
You probably know that it's 2006. But this week's new release list feels like a bit of a time warp.
Two titles stand out in particular -- Cheap Trick's "Rockford" (Big3) and JOAN JETT's "SINNER" (Blackheart). And while they don't necessarily trumpet that the 1970s and '80s are back, they are the strongest albums either artist has put out in quite some time.
"SINNER," in fact, is Jett's first new release in 12 years after being waylaid by administrative changes at her previous distributor, Warner Bros., which lulled her into lethargy.
"You have to understand," she says, "over the years this becomes extremely frustrating. It just gets really hard, and you get a sense of feeling quite shut down. There's a point where you go, [Expletive] it, man. I'm just gonna go play live.'
"But there was some good stuff we had recorded, so we felt like there was a reason to finish it and get it out."
Cheap Trick, meanwhile, brings "Rockford" just three years after "Special One" -- an improvement over the six-year break that preceded that album. Guitarist Rick Nielsen says a new attitude toward recording has helped the quartet become more efficient -- and faster.
"We didn't try to do the album in three weeks with one [producer]," says Nielsen. Producers such as Jack Douglas, Steve Albini and Linda Perry contributed to the "Rockford" sessions.
"We did it all over the place and did it in our own time," Nielsen says. "We had the same guy mix it so it sounded consistent, but this way we could work on it whenever there was time instead of dealing with logistics and who's available when and all the stuff that tends to slow you down."
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