Quiet Riot - Quiet Riot (1988) [2010 Rock Candy Remastered]

The general consensus of opinion about Quiet Riot’s career trajectory is that they started off taking a rocket ride to the stars – first ’80s LP Metal Health sold in excess of ten million copies – only to embarrassingly crash and burn just a few short years later.
Commercially speaking that was a true account of the situation, but on a musical level many agree that the band’s output was inversely proportional to their chart decline, getting better and more inventive as time moved on.

The band’s reached their rock bottom following the release of ‘Quiet Riot III’, when their outrageous front man Kevin DuBrow was summarily fired from the line-up. They intended to carry on under a new moniker and looked to modify their sound, whilst searching for a replacement vocalist.

They quickly settled on ex- Rough Cutt singer Paul Shortino, developed a chest thumping bluesy hard rock style and met with their record company about recording a new album, only to be told that contractually, and for commercial reasons, they would have to continue using the Quiet Riot name.

Paul Shortino’s vocals are both impressive and effective, whilst the songs are little short of spectacular, leaving nobody in any doubt that had this project been launched as a brand new entity they might well have gained a new lease of life to rival their original success.

It’s a really good record that should have appeared under a different moniker, but sports the Quiet Riot name on the cover.




Tracks:

01 – Stay With Me Tonight
02 – Callin’ The Shots
03 – Run To You
04 – I’m Fallin’
05 – King Of The Hill
06 – The Joker
07 – Lunar Obsession
08 – Don’t Wanna Be Your Fool
09 – Coppin’ A Feel
10 – In A Rush
11 – Empty Promises

Personnel:

Carlos Cavazo – guitars, backing vocals
Frankie Banali – drums
Paul Shortino – lead and backing vocals
Sean McNabb – bass, backing vocals
Jimmy Waldo – keyboards, backing vocals
Jimmy Johnson – bass on tracks 1 and 9