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THIS is the one to get. Don’t believe ‘Cool From the Wire’ is better than this one. The production on this album is so much crisper and cleaner than on ‘Cool From the Wire’ (henceforth referred to as CFTW) and the songs are much stronger!! The band rocks much harder here than on CFTW, the guitar solos in particular ripping on this release compared to the previous. Dirty Looks kinda got slagged for their AC/DC aspirations, and yeah the singer sounds like a cross between Bon Scott and Marc Storace (of Krokus), but the band had something original in it’s songwriting and instrumentation. ‘Turn of the Screw’ is a predictable song (the blatant attempt at airplay, of course) but after that the songs start rocking furiously!! Nobody Rides For Free, C’mon Frenchie (with it’s nod to Frank Zappa in the lyrics) Take What You Get and Hot Flash Jelly Roll are great songs to listen to flying down the highway at 100 miles an hour on a beautiful sunny day. If you are a fan of great guitar solos none of these will disappoint and the riffs are phenomenal!!! The rest of the songs don’t disappoint either, but it’s hard to beat those first few. At the time this was released few hair bands dared to rock this hard. They obviously rocked too hard for Atlantic records, who dropped them after this album. If you like this check out their further releases like One Bad Leg, and the 2 Rumbledog releases (basically Dirty Looks plus a few guest stars from bands like Ratt).
TRACKLISTING:
01. Turn Of The Screw (Who’s Screwing You)
02. Nobody Rides For Free
03. C’mon Frenchie
04. Take What Ya Get
05. Hot Flash Jelly Roll
06. Slammin’ To The Big Beat
07. L.A. Anna
08. Always A Loser
09. Love Screams
10. Go Away
11. Have Some Balls
LINE-UP:
Henrik Ostergaard – vocals and guitar
Paul Lidel – guitar and vocals
Jack Pyers – bass
Gene Barnett – drums
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