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A Disappointment
Since 1977 Cheap Trick has been my second favorite band of all time, behind only The Beatles. From their debut LP in 1977 up through the release of 'Dream Police' two and a half years later, Cheap Trick was at their creative peak and produced a body of work that stands among the best rock n roll ever. The 'Dream Police' LP that preceded 'All Shook Up' was somewhat of a disappointment also and although it sold well critics and fans were somewhat let down. But on 'All Shook Up' the fans' and critics' worst fears were confirmed. After several years of relentless touring and cranking out one great song after another, Cheap Trick's creative fires had all but burned out. Except for the songs 'Can't Stop The Music' and 'High Priest Of Rhythmic Noise' this album isn't worth the 30 minutes it takes to sit through it. Besides the weak songs, this album is also poorly produced and just doesn't sound good. With all due respect to the legendary George Martin, his work here isn't very good. The guitars sound terrible and Martin's attempt to incorporate orchestral elements into the band's raw sound just doesn't work.
If you want to hear the 'real' Cheap Trick, skip this dud and get any of their first four releases ('Cheap Trick' and 'In Color'from 1977, 'Heaven Tonight' from 1978, or 'Live At Budokan'from 1979).

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One of the three best
Cheap Trick has never released a song called "Can't Stop the Music", despite what three people have said here (apparently without actually owning a copy of the album, where the song titles are clearly printed).
But they have done songs called "World's Greatest Lover", "Just Got Back", "Stop this Game", "Can't Stop it But I'm Gonna Try" and most importantly - MOST importantly - "I Love You Honey But I Hate Your Friends" which should be considered one of the all-time great rock and roll standards, if you're really interested in knowing how it's done.
All of the aforementioned songs as well as the rest of them (OK, maybe not "Go For the Throat", which is inexplicable) show Cheap Trick in top form, pushed to great heights by the esteemed and legendary George Martin, world's greatest producer (who gets to do a voiceover on the subject of rock and roll on the album).
If it's been done better, it's only on "In Color" or "One on One" and even that's debatable.
But there is no "Can't Stop the Music". Sorry.

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The last great Trick album
I was hooked the first time I heard Stop This Game on local radio one of the handful of times that they actually played it locally, and as such I'm always amazed at the negativity that this album spawns as far as reviews go. After the relative disappointment of Dream Police I always considered this album to be Cheap Trick's return to being a rock n roll band after the unfortunate sideways journey to trying the waters as a top 40 band. Less power pop than actual rock, All Shook Up has shown up in it's entirety on most of the dozens of CT compilations that I've recorded on tape or cd over the years. On the odd occasion that I find myself short of space, only Go For The Throat has occasionally found itself left off, which is a huge testament to it's top to bottom listenability. To me, the true killer has always been that the song that I would argue might be their best ever, Everything Works If You Let It, was somehow left off this album despite being recorded near the same time. For years I eagerly awaited the remastered version of All Shook Up, thinking that EWIYLI would be one of the bonus tracks included along with the other potential great surprises. I think it's going on seven years now, and still no remasters past the first three albums. They were great. What's the holdup?