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Thursday, November 14, 2013

412 of 1001 Albums: Hanoi Rocks' Back to Mystery City

Hanoi Rocks' fun sound was something much needed. All these albums just sound so serious! It doesn't really surprise me though that the critical reviews are everywhere for this album. Some don't like all the guitar riffs or added in sounds, but I felt like the livened the album for a time when it's easy for rock for rock to blend. This just embodies something the 80's that I really like, even the crazy style on the cover art of the two musicians.

History: This album had a lot of outside involvement from people who had already made themselves music classics. Dale Griffin and Overend Watts who used to be members of Mott the Hoople were involved in producing and Miriam Stockley sung as backing vocals after previously performing music with Pink Floyd. The other cool thing is that the band is open about the history of the songs. The band members weren't always in agreement with what they wrote and released either. Monroe hugely disliked "Lick Summer Love" because of the strong sexual content. Michael Monroe got to include some of his own writing though like in "Mental Beat" that is about himself as a wild child.

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