Slaughter - Stick It to Ya
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Free Music Review: Good Christian Metal
Hit: 4 Stars
Mainstream metal music in the 90s was much less cheesey than the 80s version, bands like Winger, etc. This debut album by Slaughter is pretty cult because as a kid I neglected that most people don't watch MTV. This went platinum I guess. The highlights are the singles Up All Night and Fly to the Angels but as a whole the album is not bad as the filler, openers, singles and closer are well crafted and nost just chesse on a lair of chesse like Winger. This was one of the first hit metal albums of the 90s, versus rap and hip hop whose own popularity and credible legacy are in doubt. They're really coming down hard on rap and hip hop in college and students known to own a lot of rap albums are known to be expelled. Metal isn't controversial any more, it's a testament of popularity.Free Music Review: I saw Slaughter live in Victoria,TX last year in May 2006
Hit: 4 Stars
I have this album as well as their second album "The Wild Life" The songs are great for a 90s nostalgia trip. I remember seeing the videos to "Fly to the Angels" and "Up All Night" on MTV. I saw Slaughter last year in May and they gave a great performance. The line-up has changed, but the music has remained the same.Free Music Review: Better than Mark's album with Vinnie Vincent, but not by much
Hit: 3 Stars
Sometimes I'm surprised at just how much I still enjoy some of the albums I played to death back in high school. Beyond just the classics like Appetite for Destruction or The Real Thing, I still get a kick out of most of the hair metal albums I loved back in the day. Well, almost all of them. I remember absolutely loving Slaughter's debut album Stick It to Ya back in 1990, but listening to it now is just a bit too awkward. Part of that is Mark Slaughter's screeching voice. The guy's got an unforgettable voice, but it gets old really fast. There's also the lyrical content. Sure, it's a step up from Mark's Vinnie Vincent Invasion days (the average bathroom wall graffiti would be an improvement over Vinne's lyrics), but not by much. The whole album is hair metal cliché city, and while there are a handful of fun and memorable songs (Burnin' Bridges, Up All Night, and the hit Fly to the Angels), there are just as many really bad filler tracks (She Wants More, Loaded Gun, That's Not Enough).
Stick It to Ya represents the best and worst elements of the last phase of hair metal's popularity. It works on some levels, but is too uneven and inconsistent overall. It's a hard album to listen to all the way through, so unless you're a completist and/or masochist, you're probably better off with one of the Slaughter hits compilations that collects the best tracks from this album and the band's later output.
NOTE: The 2003 reissue of Stick It to Ya features digitally remastered sound and a handful of bonus tracks. The digital remastering is something of a mixed blessing. On one hand you can hear these songs crystal clear and loud as can be, on the other hand, you can hear these songs crystal clear and loud as can be. It enhances the albums flaws just as much as the highlights. The bonus tracks include an acoustic version of Fly to the Angels, a throwaway vocal jam called Wingin' It, and 4 demo versions of songs on the album. They're all interesting enough, but nothing you'll need to hear more than once.
Free Music Review: Good for a memory or two, not much else
Hit: 3 Stars
While most any fan of 80's hair metal wouldn't argue that this is a fun album, bear in mind that these guys didn't invent a single note. "Eye to Eye" is hopelessly derivative of Def Leppard's "Rock Of Ages" while "She Wants More" manages to appropriate AC/DC's "Whole Lotta Rosie" for its intro before settling into a generic funk-rock groove. Sure, "Up All Night" and "Fly To The Angels" are bona fide classics, and lost gems like "Spend My Life", "You Are The One", "Gave Me Your Heart" and "Desperately" make for decent nostalgic ear candy, but overall Slaughter is indicative of why the genre burned out fairly soon after this album came out - they possessed neither the talent or the uniqueness to make them stand apart from a growing pack of bands which eventually crowded all of them out.Definitely your CD collection's equivalent of a Big Wheel - you dig through your stuff and find it and remember fondly how much you used to enjoy it, but you probably don't have a lot of use for it now. And if you do, you sure as heck don't want any of your friends seeing you use it.
Free Music Review: Sappier than I expected, but the Hard Songs Still Kick It!
Hit: 3 Stars
I picked this up after having listened to Slaughter's singles for years. I figured I'd get it instead of a best of compilation since most of their hits were on this album. While there were a few hard songs I'd never heard that made the purchase worth while, the ballads are to sappy for this metal chick. If you're into '80's metal, and like having albums, it's a definite buy. But really, the only songs you can raise your fists to are:
Eye to Eye
Burning Bridges
Up All Night
Mad About You
That's Not Enough
Loaded Gun
Fly to The Angels is a classic, perfect ballad. She Wants More is a bit obnoxious if your a girl, because it's about a girl who wants to burn all of her guy's cash. But seriously, songs like Desperately and Spend My Life are nauseating.
Still, Slaughter's great and I'm still trying to find a decent copy of the Mad About You video. I don't regret the purchase, but really, I didn't know Slaughter could be so... sappy.