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| Released | April 24, 1978 | |||
| Recorded | Record Plant and Sound City Studios, Los Angeles, California, 1977–1978 | |||
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| Length | 43:42 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | Tom Werman | |||
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Heaven Tonight is the third studio album by American rock band Cheap Trick. It was produced by Tom Werman and released on April 24, 1978. The album was remastered and released with bonus tracks on Sony's Epic/Legacy imprint in 1998. The album cover features lead singer Robin Zander and bassist Tom Petersson on the front, with guitarist Rick Nielsen and drummer Bun E. Carlos on the back.
Heaven Tonight is considered Cheap Trick's best album by many fans and critics. While their debut album Cheap Trick showed the band's darker, rawer side and In Color explored a lighter, more pop-oriented persona, Heaven Tonight combined both elements to produce a hook-filled pop-rock album with an attitude. Popular songs from this album include the anthemic "Surrender", "Auf Wiedersehen", the title track, and a cover of the Move's "California Man".
Heaven Tonight is also known as the first album ever recorded with a 12-string electric bass.[1]
- ^ Snyder, Philip (1 June 2008). "Tom Werman and Gary Ladinsky: The First 12-String Bass Recording". The 12-String Bass Website. Archived from the original on 29 June 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2011.