Wild Horses - Bareback (1991)

Meaty, beaty, big and bouncy - Wild Horses clamber into the early '90s with a rootsy, bluesy, spirited opus that made no impact despite featuring former Kingdom Come members Rick Stier and James Kottak. This has that later Whitesnake style of groove, big riffs and soulful vocals, but it lacks originality despite its big heart. 'Had Enough Of Your Love,' 'Your Love Is Junk' (cool funky strut) and 'NYC Heartbreaker' are pretty decent movers, but it's ballad 'Matter Of The Heart' that'll get the chicks through the door. Again, it's all pretty muscular in those Coverdale-esque vocals, and there's nothing wrong with this, but it's a couple of years too late I'm afraid. Wild Horses sound so pure and breezy, even now, but there's just not enough here to enable it to stand out. 6.5/10