Still Hungry
Twisted Sister
(Detonator)
Much to the annoyance of the original producer, Twister Sister have re-recorded and re-released theie seminal album "Stay Hungry". The band feel the original was too "radio friendly" for their tastes and felt the need to record a hard edged version on their own terms. What has resulted is much rawer and grittier versions of the original tunes. One does wonder if either 'We're not gonna take it' and 'I wanna rock' would have been as huge in the form they are on here. To add to the package, the band include 7 extra tracks including the rather excellent newie 'Heroes are to Find', originally recorded for the Strangeland (which in turn comes from the song 'Captain Howdy' from this album...sounding creepier than ever) soundtrack. Ironically, 'Heroes' sound much more in the spirit of Stay Hungry than this version of the album. The other bonus tracks include two from the original album's sessions that never made it and four from the 2004 version of the band. All in all this is a great look back at classic pop metal album, from a great band. The only thing is that it will have you asking yourself...am I a SMF still? This is an recomended purpose for anyone who ever liked TS and for fans of great in-yer-face rock.
Rating: 5/5
Article comments
1 - Mark Saleski
dang, i may have to buy this.
(i won't admit it though...)
2 - Matt Wardlaw
Mark,
It's a good one - you will not regret.
The live DVD that is oncoming should be even better.
3 - Mark Saleski
i think my original copy of Stay Hungry was (is?) on cassette.
not sure if i even owned it on lp.
4 - Matt Smith
For Any SMF, The Decision To Buy This Album Is A No-Brainer. It's Absolutely Amazing, And Is What Stay Hungry Should Have Been.
Still Bangin My SMF'n Head To These Guys
5 - Temple A. Stark
Got it on LP and cassette.
I'm not sure I want to see them live - and def not without makeup.
SMF is Silly Marshmallow Flingers, right :)
6 - Temple A. Stark
Oh, almost forgot
I got this up on Advance.net
Here's one link to one of the ADV pages.
You'll be there, just scroll down :)
7 - Bill
I just got the CD for my birthday, and it is one of the most exciting comebacks I am awaiting. This CD is excellent and truly shows Twisted's harder-edged side. Stay Hungry was a good album, but this one really makes it what it should have been. Too bad in the 1980's the music scene dictated how an album should have sounded. All in all, this is a MUST HAVE cd for any Twisted fan out there. I was an SMF back in the days of Under the Blade (the original on Secret records) and still am.
8 - m420swed
I saw the show tuesday night at the Danforth Music Hall, got great second row pics check them out at...
9 - Sergio
it is good but in some ones I think the original versions were better, this is the case of Burn in hell, we are not gonna take it, the prince., 'But I Like it'
TW was a great band and they are still. I just bougth the twisted christmas CD and it is really good, it will be my all times official chirtsmas's cd!!