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Special One
Rock · 2003 · 16 tracks

Special One

Cheap Trick

A moodier, mid-tempo turn for the power pop legends. Dense layers of guitar and weary vocals create a late-night atmosphere that favors grit over sugar.

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It's Cheap Trick but for when you're feeling a bit more moody and psychedelic than usual.

A heavy, contemplative atmosphere that trades anthemic hooks for psychedelic depth and late-night grit.

Special One · vs · Cheap Trick
Late Night+4.0σ

Late Night saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 16 Tracks
01
Scent of a Woman
4:52
02
Too Much
4:44
03
Special One
4:20
04
Pop Drone
4:45
05
My Obsession
3:34
06
Words
4:53
07
Sorry Boy
4:29
08
Best Friend
4:16
09
If I Could
3:53
10
Low Life in High Heels
2:48
11
Hummer
4:24
12
Say Goodbye
13
Hot Love
14
Hard to Tell
15
Woke Up With a Monster
16
He’s a Whore
Moments Worth Waiting For
the hypnotic, almost shoegaze-adjacent guitar drone that anchors the middle of Pop Drone
Robin Zander's weathered, soulful delivery on the title track as the arrangement swells
the jarring transition into the heavy, rhythmic chug of Best Friend after the atmospheric intro
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