Princess Pang - s/t (1989)

This female fronted Swedish/US sleaze rock act may be fronted by a woman - Jeni Foster - but this is far meatier than the predictable cat scratch fever of Johnny Crash. The album kicks off with the ballsy mover 'Trouble In Paradise' which gets its hooks in straight away, an infectious groove blessed with a bluesy riff and they aren't afraid to head for the sultry either with the twang of 'Find My Heart A Home.' Sure, it seems predictable, but the attitude here is what counts, at times there were too many fake bands singing about cogarettes and alcohol, but although this was PP's only record, it boasted a number of top tunes and those pipes of Foster made it all the more refereshing and rocking. 7/10