REVIEWS FROM MY VINYL COLLECTION

Day: September 27, 2021

DWEEZIL ZAPPA – My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama

This is Dweezil’s second full length album released in ’88. His first single released in ’82 was produced by Eddie Van Halen. I guess it was inevitable that with all of the music around him that he would be a musician. Compared to his dad, this is quite a normal album with verse, chorus, and four four beats with quite an 80’s pop vibe. Frank does make an appearance by producing and writing the title track. His vocal style reminds me of Nick Lowe and Dave Edmonds, and with the guitar buddies he has it was inevitable he would be a bit of a shredder.

The title track is one of my favourite tracks as there is lots of guitar and it’s quite a rocking track – compared to his dad’s version. Comfort of Strangers is a cool track too as I love the chord progressions, key changes, and there is a really nice solo. Bang Your Groove Thang has a great sleazy groove and riff. Your Money Or Your Life is as good as any LA glam band of the time. This album holds up really well. I haven’t played it in a while and was surprised how good it is.

8.5/10 from The Grooveman.

THE STRUTS – Young & Dangerous

This is the second album from this four piece from Derby, England. They play the finest pop rock since the 70’s, and they do remind me of the days where every band was doing this glam pop schtick. Every song is a pop rock masterpiece with big hooks and melodies, and the all important sing-a-long chorus, which when played live, is one big party.

Nothing groundbreaking or new here, no political message to pound your brain into depression, just good old rock n roll played for fun. My favourite tracks are the opener, Body Talks, which is a great up-tempo groove rocker, and the remix of the same song with Kesha on vocals. There are a couple of surprises like Who Am I, which has the groove and rhythm of Do You Think I’m Sexy by Rod Stewart, and I Do It So Well, which has a Brit pop vibe to it. Overall a great record.

9/10 from The Grooveman.