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ECHOES FROM ANOTHER WORLD

city, but at least I’m different! We’re Cheap Trick. We do what we do. We’re in competition with everybody, but, then again, not really. We’re in competition with ourselves.”

Academy Award-nominated producer/songwriter Julian Raymond, who produced the album, has essentially become the fifth member of Cheap Trick in recent years. They’ve been friends for more than three decades. “Julian understands our music, our strengths, weaknesses and personalities,” Nielsen says. “It’s easy to work with him. He never lets us slack off or become stale. It’s fun, fast and creative working with him as he can also sing, play, write and arrange a song, and most of all he never loses sight

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