Song · Cheap Trick
“High Priest of Rhythmic Noise” by Cheap Trick
From the album All Shook Up (1980)
“High Priest of Rhythmic Noise” by Cheap Trick appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1980. It was first released in 1980 on the album All Shook Up. Its best result is #93 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1980. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #93 alternative song of 1980.
Cheap Trick went looking for a new sound on All Shook Up, their fifth album, in 1980, and they went straight to the top for help: George Martin, the Beatles' old producer, with Geoff Emerick engineering. It was their first studio record since the debut not produced by Tom Werman, and it came out quirkier and more experimental than the platinum Dream Police before it, with less thought for the radio.
"High Priest of Rhythmic Noise" is a Rick Nielsen song, words and music, with the arrangement credited to the whole band and Martin producing, as he did the rest of the record. Even the packaging was a curveball: a cover inspired by René Magritte's Time Transfixed that left plenty of people wondering what the band was up to.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 93 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1980 | 106 |
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