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Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry Audio CD

A fair review of the Twisted Sister "Stay Hungry" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Twisted Sister reviews here, or go back to the Twisted Sister tabs.

Twisted Sister Band: Twisted Sister
Title: Stay Hungry
Rating:
Release Date: 1990-10-25
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Stay Hungry 2: We're Not Gonna Take It 3: Burn in Hell 4: Horror-Teria (The Beginning): A) Captain Howdy B) Street Justice 5: I Wanna Rock 6: Price 7: Don't Let Me Down 8: Beast 9: S.M.F.

An Underappreciated and Misujudged Band
I forgot my CD case. I'd set off on a road trip completely unprepared. So, I resorted in desperation to cd's on the rack next to the cash register in truck stops. Stay Hungry was in the bargain bin for $4. 99, so I figured, 'What the heck. I loved WNGTI when I was a kid, I'll check out the whole album. ' As is the case with most albums, the absolute best songs are the ones that didn't get airplay. When most people think of TS, they think of the anthemic, but sophomoric 'I Wanna Rock' and 'WNGTI'. 'Don't Let Me Down' is an extraordinary song and well worth the price of the album. The guitarists are by no means shredders, but play with depth and feeling. Snider displays a range that puts him on par with the best vocalists. I listened to this disk over and over across Utah and Wyoming (well, I skipped the most oft-played tracks. ) and never tired of it. Don't measure Twisted Sister only by their two most popular songs. Their best work is their b-side stuff.


Twisted Sister Classic Heavy Metal Band
Such songs like, were not gonna take it, i wanna rock, stay hungry, etc. First off let me say that this is a good album. Are all great songs. Now a days though twisted sister is not going on any more. Other good metal albums are like quiet riot.


3.5 stars
" But, as is often the case with songs that become as famous as that one did, it's eventually misused in ridiculous commercials and is lessened because of it. An interesting piece of rock/metal history, with one of the most anthemic songs of all time in "We're Not Gonna Take It.

Yeah. Thanks for that.

Fortunately, the rest of the album stands up enough to distract me from this latest sacrilege, with highlights in "Burn in Hell," "Captain Howdy," of course the great rocker "I Wanna Rock," and "The Price. ".


This Rocks
"Stay Hungry" is relatively early in the pop-metal cycle, so they haven't taken it too far yet and washed away all the heaviness in a sea of overproduction. Pop-Metal has a deservedly bad reputation amongst serious metalheads, but that doesn't mean that there isn't any good stuff out there, with Twisted Sister's "Stay Hungry" being some of the best. This ain't gonna crush anyone's skull, but it's not Bon Jovi or Poison either, not by a long shot. In short, it's pop, but it's still metal too, no doubt.

At only nine tracks, "Stay Hungry" is relatively short and sweet, with no obvious filler. This isn't a terribly complicated album, instead relying on a few catchy riffs and memorable vocal lines. The band isn't likley to wow anyone with their chops, but they're tight and efficient and play with greater intensity than most of their peers. Snider, however, is the standout. He might not have the sorta range and technical ability found with some other metal singers, but he's a perfect fit here, creating an always effective mixture of melody and aggression. Also, I must admit to being amused by sometimes the good-naturedly juvenile lyrics.

"Stay Hungry" is not exactly overloaded in variety: it has a few particularly poppy, anthemic numbers (We're Not Gonna Take It, I Wanna Rock), some faster, more metallic tracks, (Stay Hungry, SMF, Don't Let Me Down), some brooding, moodier songs (The Beast, Burn in Hell) and the obligatory ballad. (The Price) Again, everything here is definitely listenable, and there are enough true highlights to maintain interest from beginning to end. The two most famous tracks, "We're Not Gonna Take It" and "I Wanna Rock" and perhaps most likely to grate against more hardline metalheads, but I enjoy them both immensely. They ain't got a lotta sophistication, but they provide the sorta anthemic fun I look for on occasion. That said, I still tend to prefer the darker, more metallic material which makes "The Beast" my easy favorite, followed by the similar "Burn in Hell", both of which are metal classics. These two have the most powerful, varied vocal performances from Snider, and the instrumentalists kick it up too, with some moodier, more dynamic songwriting.

I dunno how much more there is to say about "Stay Hungry". It's just a lotta fun. Some people don't think that metal should be fun, ever, so I guess they should look elsewhere. But if you can take it a bit less seriously every now and then and want some melody and straight forwardness, you can't go wrong with "Stay Hungry". .


Twisted...
Can't really explain why I'm tinto these guys since I'm primarilly into Hip Hop but I grew up on their videos!.


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