Similar Albums:
- Artist:
Various Artists - Rating:
- Release Date: April 24, 2007
- Type: Collection (various artists)
- Genre: Rock
Review
Now here is a double disc that celebrates '80s hair metal in a way that few have. On disc one, you get the power and the glory by everyone from Cinderella, Winger, the Bulletboys, Joe Lynn Turner, Lita Ford, Great White, Warrant, Dio (a live "Holy Diver" no less!), White Lion, L.A. Guns, and Bang Tango, just to name a few. It's all hedonistic party hair rock for the hearty with 18 track worth no less. On disc two, the listener gets the cream of the crop of power ballads minus two (nothing from Poison, who did a number of power ballads, though Bret Michaels does do an acoustic "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" and "Sweet Child O' Mine," from G N' R; that one is covered by Love/Hate) but there's plenty anyway, from Kip Winger's "Madalaine," Night Ranger's "Sister Christian" (live), Starship's "Sara," Great White's "Rock Me," Warrant's "Heaven," L.A. Guns covering Bon Jovi's "Wanted Dead or Alive," Cinderella's "Don't Know What You Got (Til It's Gone)," and more. There are 34 cuts in all on two discs. This may not be every metal collector's dream, but it could be if you are looking for alternative versions, as a number of cuts are live or radio sessions. This is a righteous document of just how excessive and decadent it all was. (You know, back when rock & roll was still fun.) ~ Thom Jurek, All Music GuideTracks
CD 1
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Seventeen [#] | Winger | (3:51) | |
| Turn Up the Radio (Lyrics) | Autograph | (4:22) | |
| Shake Me (Lyrics) | Cinderella | (4:39) | |
| Wait [#] | White Lion | (4:55) | |
| Holy Diver | Dio | (5:35) | |
| Unchained | Great White | (3:22) | |
| Cherry Pie (Lyrics) | Warrant | (3:06) | |
| Bang Your Head (Metal Health) | Quiet Riot | (5:14) | |
| Black Out (In the Red Room) | Love/Hate | (2:56) | |
| Smooth Up in Ya | Bulletboys | (5:04) | |
| Photograph (Lyrics) | Jani Lane | (4:06) | |
| Never Enough (Lyrics) | L.A. Guns | (4:08) | |
| Kiss Me Deadly | Lita Ford | (4:22) | |
| Back in Black | (4:30) | ||
| Over the Mountain | (4:36) | ||
| Someone Like You (Lyrics) | Bang Tango | (4:25) | |
| Hollywood [#] | Junkyard | (3:13) | |
| Cry [*] | Tracii Guns, Philip Lewis, |
(1:57) |
CD 2
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Heaven (Lyrics) | Warrant | (4:30) | |
| Close My Eyes Forever (Lyrics) | Lita Ford | (5:02) | |
| Open Arms | Tommy Shaw | (3:20) | |
| Madalaine [#] | Kip Winger | (4:20) | |
| Sara (Lyrics) | Starship | (4:47) | |
| Send Her My Love | Kip Winger | (3:47) | |
| Wanted Dead or Alive (Lyrics) | L.A. Guns | (4:58) | |
| Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone) | Cinderella | (5:39) | |
| House of Pain | Faster Pussycat | (5:01) | |
| Every Rose Has Its Thorn | Bret Michaels | (4:47) | |
| When the Children Cry [#] | White Lion | (3:28) | |
| Sweet Child O' Mine | Love/Hate, Gilby Clarke, Tracii Guns | (4:52) | |
| Rock Me (Lyrics) | Great White | (8:18) | |
| Fly High Michelle (Lyrics) | Enuff Z'nuff | (3:50) | |
| Sister Christian (Lyrics) | Night Ranger | (5:16) | |
| Who's Crying Now | (5:06) |
