Pretty much everything is wrong with this record, especially it's nightmarish cover. But, I can't really sum it up better than Allmusic:
"If any one record sums up all the ludicrous indulgence of ‘80s record-making it’s The Doctor, Cheap Trick’s ninth album. Cluttered with cacophonic electronic drums and clanking with cheap overdriven synths, the record is cavernous and hollow, every instrument echoing endlessly in a fathomless digital stage. As sonic archaeology, this holds some interest, as it contains every bad record production idea of the mid-‘80s -- it’s as garish as its record cover." [source]
Having said that, I imagine that some of these songs could have been salvaged with better production and a strategic reduction in synthesizers and computerized drumming. The title track, for example is really not that bad. But, maybe they forgot who their audience was.
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