Power pop’s most enduring misfits refuse to fade quietly into rock history. Cheap Trick drops their 21st studio album, All Washed Up, on November 14, 2025, via BMG—their first full-length since 2021’s In Another World. After five decades of crafting hooks that stick like gum on your shoe, they’re still writing songs that demand your attention.
Studio Royalty Handles the Heavy Lifting
Producer Julian Raymond returns to the Cheap Trick fold, continuing a partnership that’s yielded some of their strongest recent material. Chris Lord-Alge handled mixing duties, bringing his stadium-sized sound to tracks recorded across Nashville’s Sound Emporium, Blackbird, Love Shack, and Zen studios, plus LA’s Sweetzerland Studios throughout 2024. When you’ve got a resume spanning Green Day to Bruce Springsteen, you know how to make power pop chords pop. The band’s songwriting approach for this album blends their classic melodic sensibilities with contemporary studio techniques that enhance rather than overshadow their signature sound.
“Twelve Gates” Opens the Floodgates
Bassist Tom Petersson calls “Twelve Gates” “one of our best yet” and a personal favorite—high praise from someone who’s played on classics like “Surrender” and “I Want You to Want Me.” Robin Zander‘s characteristic swagger remains intact, declaring this “just one more great album from the best rock band in the world.” The single’s already streaming with an official visualizer, giving you a taste of what’s coming this fall. Compared to their recent releases, this track suggests the band is leaning into their melodic strengths while maintaining the guitar-driven energy that made them power pop legends.
Collector’s Paradise Awaits
All Washed Up arrives in digital, CD, standard black vinyl, and a limited orange marble variant restricted to 1,000 copies. The 11-track album includes gems like “The Riff That Won’t Quit” and “A Long Way to Worcester”—titles that capture Cheap Trick’s playful approach to rock mythology. Their current tour extends through December, including a return to Tokyo’s Nippon Budokan, where they captured lightning in a bottle back in 1978.
Rock and Roll Hall of Famers don’t usually need to prove themselves anymore. Legends Don’t Retire, they just get louder. Cheap Trick keeps doing it anyway, because some bands were born to write the soundtrack to your best bad decisions.
