Year : 1987 (Japan SHM-CD Edition 2011)
Style : Glam Hard Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans + Video
Size : 140 mb
Bio:
Twisted Sister is an American hard rock band from Long Island, New York. Twisted Sister's most well-known hits include "We're Not Gonna Take It" and "I Wanna Rock". Many of the band's songs explore themes of parent vs. child conflicts and criticisms of the educational system.While the band members' famously cross-dressed appearance might seem to link them with the 1980s glam metal movement, Twisted Sister's aggressive musical style was coupled with a more grotesque use of makeup and women's clothing resulting in a product quite distinct from the more hedonistic androgyny of glam metal groups like Mötley Crüe, Ratt and Poison. Often considered glam metal for their image,the band rejects the "glam metal" tag as inappropriate.Twisted Sister are also ranked No. 73 in VH1's 100 greatest artists of hard rock.
Album:
Here’s the rare, out of print Japanese edition on SHM-CD of TWISTED SISTER‘s “Love Is For Suckers“, remastered plus 4 bonus tracks housed into a mini-LP replica cardboard.This fifth Twisted Sister studio album is in fact a Dee Snider solo record. The material was originally meant to be the first Snider solo album, but the recording label pushed for it to be released under the Twisted Sister name instead.This Japanese SHM-CD sound is louder than the European (German press) remastered version.Produced by melodic rock / AOR guru Beau Hill who at the time was working with Winger for their debut album, he brought to play on the record the likes of Reb Beach & Kip Winger, and TNT’s guitarist Ronni Le Tekro who also arranged many of the songs.“Love Is For Suckers” is, in many ways, a Twisted Sister album in name only, despite the presence of a few muscular anthems in the threatening “Wake Up (The Sleeping Giant)”, the vicious title track, and rhythmic “Yeah Right”.Snider wanted a more melodic sound for this, his album, and the overall style here is glossy glammy melodic rock with a punch, radio friendly melodies and catchy choruses according to the era, 1987.“Hot Love”, “Tonight” and “Me and the Boys” are clear examples of commercial rockers ready for MTV, but there’s also very good deeper cuts such as “I’m So Hot for You,” “One Bad Habit” and “You Are All That I Need”, and the obligatory (and a bit sappy) ballad “I Want This Night (To Last Forever).”In my book “Love Is For Suckers” shouldn’t be considered as a Twisted Sister album, they were much more edgy and aggressive, instead, this is a very good second half of the ’80s melodic hard rock record with that huge ‘glossy production’.Sharp riffs and crystal clear solos by at the time Wingers’ Reb Beach, synths, layered choruses – there’s Kip Winger providing harmony vocals but also Jimmy Chalfant & Steve Whiteman from KIX, and even the complete band Reckless – which debut album ‘No Frills’ released the same year was produced by Mark Mendoza and J.J. French of Twisted Sister – hence the connection.This remastered Japan SHM-CD sounds bigger, and adds as bonus tracks 4 songs from the same recording sessions.
Line-Up:
Dee Snider – lead vocals
Eddie Ojeda – guitar, backing vocals
Jay Jay French – guitar, backing vocals
Mark “The Animal” Mendoza – bass, backing vocals
+ guests:
Reb Beach (Winger) – rhythm guitar, solos, backing vocals
Ronni Le Tekro (TNT) – rhythm guitar, solos, backing vocals
Kip Winger (Winger) – bass, harmony vocals
Joey Franco – drums, percussion
Beau Hill – keyboards, backing vocals, producer
The New West Horns – horns
Jimmy Chalfant (KIX), Steve Whiteman (KIX) – backing vocals
Reckless band (Chris Cintron, Gary Kriss, Bob Gam, B. Smith) – backing vocals
Production:
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Atlantic Records
Copyright © – Atlantic Records
Producer – Beau Hill
Tracklist:
01. Wake Up (The Sleeping Giant)
02. Hot Love
03. Love Is For Suckers
04. I’m So Hot For You
05. Tonight
06. Me And The Boys
07. One Bad Habit
08. I Want This Night (To Last Forever)
09. You Are All That I Need
10. Yeah Right
11. Feel Appeal (Bonus Track)
12. Statutory Datel (Bonus Track)
13. If That’s What You Want (Bonus Track)
14. I Will Win (Bonus Track)
+ Video "Hot Love" (Official Video)
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