Skid Row

One night in 1989, I was listening to the local top 40 radio station, and they would do this weekly Battle of the New Hits. Listeners would call in and vote for their favorite new song that was played, and that song would go on to battle other new songs. I remember when they played Youth Gone Wild, and I LOVED it. I could hardly wait to hear it again and to get the cassette. Not long after that, I got the album on tape and I liked just about every song. My favorites were, and still are, of course, the classic trifecta of huge hits: Youth Gone Wild, 18 and Life, and I Remember You, and the track Here I Am. I also had a huge crush on Sebastian Back like most girls did at the time. This album is still pretty great...the big singles are still the stand-outs. Youth Gone Wild never gets old. I Remember You is one of the best hair metal power ballads ever. And who doesn't get nostalgic when they hear the guitar strings start, and the classic line, "Ricky was a young boy, he had a heart of stone". Each of the videos for those songs is a classic, too. Every rock fan needs this album in their collection. I think it deserves 5 stars.

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Great

One of the most brilliantly numbskull heavy rock records ever to emerge from the 80's this debut album from Skid Row is a powerful mix of throwaway cliched sentiments and biting blasts of bile. This is a late 80's hair metal band but one you should buy into - as opposed to corporate dross like Tangier or Danger Danger. The reason? Actual fire in the belly. Actual grunt under the bonnet - a serious big block of pounding and reckless self belief. Going into specifics is beside the point. This is an album that should be taken in it's entirety and as such it represents a hell of a party. Motormouth frontman Bach is in fine fettle, his infectious personality and blazing set of pipes cutting a swathe through the solid rawk rock provided by the guys. Some critics did point out that much of this product was fairly, well, full of hot air. And that's tru to a certain extent. But compare this to stuff like Ratt, another dependable act of the time, or Warrant even? In relation to Ratt, this disc has huge 'X' factor that commands attention with it's great hooks and personality. Regarding the latter named hair band, well the full bodied attack and the full on assault and the psychologically haunting aspects of this album like the lyrics to 18 and Life means that posers like Warrant are blown away. This album scored five stars in Metal hammer upon it's release by then editor Chris Welch, who was nobodies fool. My honest advice is that while this is not a flawless record it is a fine, fine hard rock record with weight and delicious sneer. So pick it up - heck it's cheap enough so why not take the plunge!

Excelente

Great cd!

Story Time. So a few months ago I bought this Ion Boombox Delux at Sam’s Club in OKC. Wanted it for the cassette player. Well a week ago I bought a couple of cassettes on Amazon. One of them was the debut album from SKID ROW. I open the boom box up to play the tape and you guessed it. The first song was Youth Gone Wild. So while listening to Skid Row and Sebastian Bach like I did in the 80’s I decided to look at the insert and look at the words. Well guess what? The dang thing has been autographed by the band. How cool is that?

I had this on cassette and lost it when I moved so I'm happy I've got it replaced

Truly miss da old days of Skid Row...man, Bach must return to the band!!! Da Best album from Skid Row and a must have album to all classic heavy metal fans!!!

Espectacular cd. Son los mejores.

Quando uscì questo disco era il 1989, e gli Skid Row erano una band americana sconosciuta, ma grazie a Jon Bon Jovi si affacciarono al mondo intero con questo debut album da dieci e lode! Il noto cantante italo-americano se li portò come band di supporto per l'apertura dei concerti dei Bon Jovi e in brevissimo tempo gli Skid Row acquistarono fama internazionale! Siamo in piena era glam-street metal, l'anno di Dt. Feelgood dei Motley Crue, New Jersey dei Bon Jovi e Appetitive for Descruction dei Guns n'Roses era stato partorito da appena due anni e Skid Row veniva pubblicato dall'omonima band, capitanata dal diciannovenne frontman canadese Sebastian Bach, dotato di un carisma non inferiore ad un certo Axl Rose e con una voce bellissima che ricorda non poco quella di Robert Plant, da due chitarristi con un gusto sopraffino come Dave "The Snake" Sabo e Scotti Hill ed una sezione ritmica mai banale come Rachel Bolan al basso e Rob Affuso dietro le pelli! Skid Row è composto da undici canzoni che definirei undici perle; si parte alla grande con Big Guns, dal titolo emblematico ma con una carica non indifferente, con un Bach sugli scudi con la sua ugola eccezionale e i due axeman che sfoggiano degli assoli in perfetto stile blues; si prosegue con Sweet little sister che ricorda molto gli L.A. Guns seguita dalla Bonjoviana Can't stand the heartache, bellissima con un ritornello spettacolare. Piece of me introdotta da un giro banalissimo di basso ma con un tiro ed una presa eccezionali e dove il suo autore (Bolan) ci fa capire che a volte bastano solo un paio di note per comporre un capolavoro! Si arriva al primo lentone del disco e che lentone; 18 & life è una delle canzoni più belle di fine anni '80, e non penso di esagerare, basta solo ascoltare l'arpeggio iniziale per capire che questi cinque musicisti sono dei geni; in questa canzone tutto è perfetto, Bach canta in una maniera incredibile prendendo delle note che la maggior parte dei cantanti si può solo sognare, i soli di chitarra sono di un'intensità unica, dove tecnica e melodia sono un'unica cosa; stupenda! Rattlesnake Shake vale lo stesso discorso di Piece of mind, per poi arrivare al primo singolo del disco, Youth gone wild, inno di un'intera generazione di fine anni ottanta, con un ritornello che dopo il primo ascolto ti viene subito voglia di cantarlo a squarciagola! Here I Am e Makin' a mess sono le uniche due canzoni "normali", ciò non vuol dire brutte ma a confronto delle altre sono lievemente sottotono. Arriviamo al secondo lentone del disco e anche qui ennesimo capolavoro introdotto da uno stupendo giro di chitarra acustica per poi esplodere in tutta la sua potenza; non ci sono parole per descrivere quest'ennesimo capolavoro, ma come sempre la voce del frontman e i soli dei due chitarristi sono veramente sopra le righe! Si chiude con Midnight/Tornado, che evidenzia un indurimento del suono che farà da introduzione al successivo album! Che dire, un disco che chiunque ascolti heavy metal deve non solo avere, ma conoscere assolutamente a memoria!!!!

Fast delivery plays awesome sound

This album is great from start to finish. It is a shame that Sebastian Bach is no longer the signer as he made the band. Do not get me wrong the band is really good and write great tunes but without Bach this band has not been the same and it is a fact. Skid Row should tour with Bach just for one tour and play this debut from start to finish with a encore of the other hits.... I would go see it, Get like one or two other bands from the era in music to do their best record from start to finish as well. I know it will not ever happen but a promoter should try and get it done.