A rather crisp, rich and sugary slice of American rock featuring a number of bubblegum-rock anthems such as the infectious strut of 'It's Getting Better.' Mistreated were a one album entity who vanished off the face of the earth with this reasonable pompous platter. The six-piece (including a harmonica player!) were very much of the glam variety, particularly with Matthew Basson's hair-lacquered vocal pout and the zany albeit not too harmful guitars of D.C. and the delightfully named Julius P. Ulrich III but these guys cold sure right a mean ballad ('Close to You') although they were happy to slap occasional meaty offerings too, such as the superb powerhouse that is 'Destroyer' and the energetic 'Decide.'
7/10
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