In Brief

** 1/2 Cheap Trick, “Music for Hangovers,” Cheap Trick Unlimited. The veteran rockers offer spirited live takes on “Surrender” and “I Want You to Want Me,” but this self-released 14-song collection--culled from a series of 1998 Chicago concerts spanning the group’s first four albums--doesn’t pack the musical punch of 1979’s “Live at Budokan.” The momentum is sapped by some bland selections, while the presence of the Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan and D’Arcy seems superfluous. Cheap Trick plays the Palace on Tuesday.

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