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Rockford is the fifteenth studio album by Cheap Trick, released on June 6, 2006. The album's title refers to Rockford, Illinois, the band's hometown.

With the band's 2003 album Special One, which was Cheap Trick's first studio album in six years, the band released the album under Big3 Entertainment, alongside their own label Cheap Trick Unlimited. In June 2006, Cheap Trick released Rockford on through Big3 Records. The first single from the album was "Perfect Stranger" (produced by Linda Perry and co-written by Cheap Trick and Perry). The following singles "Come On, Come On, Come On" and "If It Takes a Lifetime" were released shortly after. The band promoted the album through appearances on the Sirius and XM satellite radio networks and a North American tour. There was one animated video shot for the song "Welcome to the World." The album was not a major commercial success, like the band's last several studio albums, however it did peak at #101 on The Billboard 200 Chart. It also reached #84 on the Japan Album Chart. The album cover was used for Rockford's vehicle registration stickers in 2007. This was honored by officials of Rockford to the band.

For Classic Rock Revisited, Rick Nielsen was interviewed by Martin Popoff at the time of the album's release, with the article title "The Rockford Files". One question asked by Popoff was about the contrast between the assembly of the last two studio albums. Nielsen stated "Well, this one wasn't done like, you know, we're going to make an album. We didn't sit down and block off one month in one place. We did it over a year. We mixed it all at one time, but we recorded it... well, just look at the credits: L.A., New York, Boston, Rockford, Chicago, Nashville, Florida. So that's really it. I think the longest we were in one spot was maybe a week. We travel all the time, so we're already traveling. We say, let's try out this studio; if we've got extra time available, and our gear is here, let's do it. That way we're kind of on the road. And it's not like, if you get stuck, and something is not working, you're sitting there for a month trying to figure out something. You decide, well, that's good enough. But this way we get to let the songs breathe a bit. There was good stuff we left off. It's not like we took only the best. Of course, good stuff, but there's some other stuff that is equal or better than some of the things that are on there that was left off because, well, I don't want to put it out until it's finished. Robin's got one great song we took off. But he was uncomfortable with it. Hey, you've got to respect that. I chose to have it on, but he decided to leave it off. Being a songwriter, I know when something is missing and you don't like it. And if you settle; you're mad forever, because it's on an album."

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