This is Nasty Idols’ first album, which was released in ’89. It is slightly different sounding to the glam sleaze sound of their later albums, this one is more of a hair band/melodic rock vibe. Strangely enough, the band themselves hate this album as they said it was not representative of who they are. It’s nowhere near as bad as they make out. Although Andy Pierce’s vocal does fit the sleaze thing better and after this album they fired guitarist Jonnie Wee as he’s the one with the hard rockin’ credentials.
There are a couple of songs that I really like on this album, namely the opener Gimme What I Want (which is my favourite), it’s a great up tempo rocker. I also like Shy China, another track with some groove to get the toe tappin’. There are also some pure AOR moments like She’s On Fire and Lonely which any fan of the genre would lap up.
It’s definitely an album and a band looking for an identity which they would find after this.
7/10 from The Grooveman.
