An open letter to Vince Neil: - Vince. We love you in Crue, however cheesy you are. Your solo career isn't all that good, but why oh why release an album of cover songs ? Sure, it's cool when artists are influenced by lots of bands and they want to give them a nod, but a whole album of cover versions just isn't my thing, and judging by this record, it's not your thing either! We know you like Cheap Trick, Aerosmith, blah blah...but I really don't want to hear you singing 'Who Will Stop The Rain' or 'Viva Las Vegas'. I'll give you credit where credit's due in that you've made a few tracks seem like your own, or should I say, Motley Crue b-sides. 'He's A Whore' and 'AC/DC' are passable, and the title cut is okay, with typical Vince vocal whine, and bubblegum rock riffs, even the Sixx penned 'Another Bad Day' is okay, well it should be as it's a discarded Crue track, but whether this is a personal record or not, it still has to be reviewed. there's nothing here that makes me want to play this album more than once, and the first time is a struggle enough.
It's hairy, hairsprayed, loungin' by the pool, Hawaiian shirt-wearing Vince rock....and that ain't a good thing. You belong in Crue where your voice fits, I don't want to hear songs (and not all of them being decent tracks anyway) covered to death. Rod Stewart and the likes do it, and it usually means you're over the hill but yet something deep inside (ego?) tells you that it's possible to recreate, or cover with adequacy the originals. But as is evident here. It doesn't work....sorry dude. It's Dave Lee Roth all over again!
4/10
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