This album does not feature Kevin DuBrow who was replaced by Paul Shortino when DuBrow was fired before the recording sessions began for this album due to him running his mouth off all around town. Nothing new there right?
The only single released was opening track Stay With Me Tonight, which dented the lower regions of the charts. Truth be told the vibe and groove is totally different on this album, with a much more mature blues rock feel. Shortino is a great vocalist and they played to his strengths, but that wasn’t what the fans wanted. I really like this album, the songs are great just not very commercial.
Calling The Shots has a great groove and Carlos Cavazo plays some great guitar, and the hook and chorus are really cool. King Of The Hill is my favourite track. Killer riff and groove, and Shortino sings his ass off. This should have been a single! The Joker has a slow stomp groove and would have been great live with that call and repeat vocal. If the record company wanted to release a big commercial track they should have released Don’t Wanna Be Your Fool. Put a big video to that and winner winner chicken dinner.
I think the problem was that it wasn’t the guy with the big mouth fronting the band and the sound was just too different. Great album though!
8/10 from The Grooveman.
