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glam metal and adjacent sounds are a perfect example of a guilty pleasure, they’re all so sugary and sweet but occasionally you hear a total earworm. that’s how this eponymous W.A.S.P. album is, witn the first half carrying a lot of the hits that i love like “L.O.V.E. Machine” and “The Flame”. my fav song has to be “Hellion” though, it just feels like the perfect fiery expression of heavy metal. it’s still more than cheesy but it’s ... read more
W.A.S.P. It was another group that I heard as a child thanks to my mother.
This is a good debut album for a rock, heavy metal, hard rock group or whatever you want to call it. Most of the songs are frenetic, rough and raw. "Animal (Fuck Like a Beast)", which belongs to that "infamous" list of the "Filthy 15", was a great feat for a group that was obviously going to the mainstream in full swing of the genre, the direct and shameless of the lyrics I find it ... read more
Thanks for the rec @KaShryX360!
Only took me what probably felt like 10 years to get to this, and I probably shouldn’t have waited that long, lmao. All I have to say is this rocks, not like any of that KISS stuff. A lot more like trad than glam, which I really enjoyed because it felt like they were actually enjoying creating what they made here on W.A.S.P. rather than trying to have cheesy hooks. Sure, the topics are cheesy, but they don’t feel cheesy due to their glaring passion. ... read more
glam metal and adjacent sounds are a perfect example of a guilty pleasure, they’re all so sugary and sweet but occasionally you hear a total earworm. that’s how this eponymous W.A.S.P. album is, witn the first half carrying a lot of the hits that i love like “L.O.V.E. Machine” and “The Flame”. my fav song has to be “Hellion” though, it just feels like the perfect fiery expression of heavy metal. it’s still more than cheesy but it’s ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | I Wanna Be Somebody 3:42 | 88 |
| 2 | L.O.V.E. Machine 3:54 | 86 |
| 3 | The Flame 3:40 | 81 |
| 4 | B.A.D. 3:56 | 83 |
| 5 | School Daze 3:35 | 84 |
| 6 | Hellion 3:36 | 94 |
| 7 | Sleeping (in the Fire) 3:58 | 90 |
| 8 | On Your Knees 3:48 | 81 |
| 9 | Tormentor 4:16 | 79 |
| 10 | The Torture Never Stops 3:55 | 80 |
Total Length: 38 minutes
