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. It was performed at Davis Park in the band's hometown of Rockford, Illinois on August 28, 1999, to celebrate the band's 25th anniversary since their formation. The album was recorded and released as a two-disc set in 2001, and re-released in 2004 with two additional tracks ("Daddy Should Have Stayed in High School" and "On Top of the World").

Background

The band performed at least one song from each of their albums, including '' The Doctor''. The band also performed acoustic versions of " I Can't Take It" (from ''

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''), "Take Me to the Top" (from ''The Doctor''), "It All Comes Back to You" (from their 2nd eponymous album), and "Tonight It's You" (from '' Standing on the Edge'').

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also sang lead on " World's Greatest Lover" (from ''

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''). Guest stars include: *Former bassist

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, who made a brief return to play "If You Want My Love" and "She's Tight" (both from '' One on One''). *Daxx Nielsen played drums and percussion on many songs and Miles Nielsen played acoustic guitar on "Time Will Let You Know" (from Zander's

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) and electric guitar on " I'm Losing You". *Ian Zander, Robin Zander's son, played acoustic guitar on "It All Comes Back to You" and Holland Zander, Robin Zander's daughter and future lead singer of The Snaggs, appeared to sing a duet version of "Time Will Let You Know". *The Harlem High School Choir and members of the Rockford Symphony played on "Time Will Let You Know". The members of the symphony continued on for several more songs, while the choir returned for " Who D'King". *

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played guitar on " You're All Talk",

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frontman

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did the same for " Just Got Back", and

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joined the band for a cover of

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". *The Phantom Regiment Drummers guested on "Who D'King".

Track listing

Disc one

Ain't That a Shame "Ain't That a Shame" is a song written by Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew. Domino's recording of the song, originally stated as "Ain't It a Shame", released by Imperial Records in 1955, was a hit, eventually selling a million copies. It reached ...

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I Want You to Want Me "I Want You to Want Me" is a song by the American rock band Cheap Trick. It is originally from their second album ''In Color'', released in September 1977. It was the first single released from that album, but it did not chart in the United St ...

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Oh, Candy "Oh, Candy" is the debut single by American rock band Cheap Trick, released in 1977 from their self-titled debut studio album. It was written by Rick Nielsen and produced by Jack Douglas. Background "Oh, Candy" is based on a true story of phot ...

" #" That 70's Song" #" Voices" #"

If You Want My Love "If You Want My Love" is a song by American rock band Cheap Trick, released in 1982 as the lead single from their sixth studio album '' One on One''. It was written by guitarist Rick Nielsen and produced by Roy Thomas Baker. It reached number 45 ...

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She's Tight "She's Tight" is a song by the American rock band Cheap Trick, which was released in 1982 as the third single from their studio album '' One on One''. It was written by guitarist Rick Nielsen and produced by Roy Thomas Baker. It reached No. 45 on ...

" #" Can't Stop Fallin' Into Love" #"

Gonna Raise Hell "Gonna Raise Hell" is a song written by Rick Nielsen and originally released on Cheap Trick's 1979 album '' Dream Police''. The subject of "Gonna Raise Hell" has been disputed. Some authors, such as Ira Robbins of ''Trouser Press'', have believed ...

" #" I Can't Take It" (Acoustic) #" Take Me to the Top" (Acoustic) #" It All Comes Back to You" (Acoustic) #"

Tonight It's You "Tonight It's You" is a song by American rock band Cheap Trick, which was released in 1985 as the lead single from their eighth studio album '' Standing on the Edge''. It was written by Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Jon Brant and Mark Radice, and ...

" (Acoustic) #" Time Will Let You Know" #" World's Greatest Lover"

Disc two

#" The Flame" #" Stop This Game" #" Dream Police" #" I Know What I Want" #" Woke Up with a Monster" #" Never Had a Lot to Lose" #" You're All Talk" #" I'm Losin' You" #" Hard to Tell" #" Oh, Claire" #"

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" #" Just Got Back" #"

" #" Who D'King" #" Daddy Should Have Stayed in High School" (2004 Re-release) #" On Top of the World" (2004 Re-release)

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Silver (Cheap Trick Album) Culture of Rockford, Illinois Cheap Trick live albums 2001 live albums