This is the band’s third album and the one that followed the multi platinum smash, Pornograffiti. It was always going to be a difficult record to make as the record company wanted a carbon copy repeat, but the band wanted to try to expand their sound. The result is something in the middle of the two.
I really like this record as it’s not as immediate as the previous two, and does remind me somewhat of Queen. This is a concept album and is split into three parts: Yours, Mine and The Truth. Yours is more of a hard rock affair, a bit like the first two records in style and sound. Mine is more experimental in style and sound. For example, keyboards are more prevalent on this part. If you have only heard the CD version, you won’t have heard Don’t Leave Me Alone as it was left off the CD as it would not fit time wise. The Truth is one song in three parts and it’s almost Prog rock in its arrangement.
There are two stone cold classics on this album, namely opener Warheads, which is the Extreme everybody knows, and the absolute monster Cupid’s Dead, which carries on the funk vibe from the previous album and is always killer live. In hindsight, this was a very brave move from the band especially as grunge was swallowing all around it. They could easily have done Porno 2 to bend over for the record company, but they didn’t. Believe it or not, the band have only made 5 albums in total throughout their career. I for one wish they would have been more prolific, but alas not.
9.5/10 from The Grooveman.
