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Cherry Pie

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Okay, so the title track was a little overplayed in its day, but the rest of this album should have put Warrant on top of the world. These songs are well-written, well-produced, and loud as hell. They even flow together almost seamlessly, as great albums tend to. The sound quality of the original is fine, but I'd suggest going for the remastered release. It has a couple of extra (forgettable, mostly) tracks, but it sounds even better still.
There seems to have been some venom directed at "Cherry Pie", maybe because of the brashness of the video, or maybe because it made hair metal just a little too popular. Don't let that put you off; most bands of the day would dream of making such a creative, listenable record. I wouldn't give just anything five stars, but this one still stands out as a classic of its genre, as good today as it was fifteen years ago. Don't hesitate to pick up this gem. Just skip the first track from time to time; you've probably heard it enough!

"Cherry Pie", Warrant's sophomore album, is lots of fun. All of the songs are good, and the best tracks on this album are "Cherry Pie", "I Saw Red", "Bed of Roses", "Love in Stereo", and especially Warrant's "Ode To Tipper Gore"! That was hillarious, someone out there should play it for her. "Cherry Pie" was first released in 1990, but if you bought the version that was re-issued and re-released in 2004, you will get to hear the bonus tracks on this album: "Game of War" and "The Power". "Cherry Pie" is a very good album, and hopefully Warrant will now record a new album with new lead singer Jaime St. James( the lead singer for the 80's group Black 'n Blue, a great singer and a good guy.

By 1990 Warrant was ready to release their follow up to their 1989 debut Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich.Proving Warrant was no fluke Cherry Pie topped the charts, and performed as well on the charts if not better than their previous effort.With the title track they had a steamy video featuring model Bobbi Brown, who would latter become singer Jani Lane's wife,so that bought them a lot of exposure. Besides the popular title track,other highlights include Uncle Tom's Cabin,the lovely ballad I Saw Red, A Bed of Roses,and a cover of Blackfoot's Train Train, as well as Warrant's tribute to Tipper Gore, simply titled Ode to Tipper Gore(about a minute of profanity from live performances dedicated to the woman responsible for the parental advisory labels). Like Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich, Cherry Pie has been remastered and has new liner notes, as well as two bonus tracks. Also like Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich, Cherry Pie is an essential album for fans of 80's hair metal. You could always buy The Best of Warrant,but most Warrant albums are strong enough to listen to the whole album.

It's amazing how quickly Warrant went from being platinum selling megastars to the poster boys for everything that was suddenly wrong about the hair metal scene, but that's just what happened in the early 90's. A lot of that backlash had to come from the title track and video to the band's 1990 album Cherry Pie, a big obnoxious innuendo-laden song about...well, I'm sure you can figure it out. That song came to symbolize the hair metal scene's lack of originality and real meaning, paving the way for Nirvana and friends to clean house.

I think it's unfair to write the scene, band, and album off based on one song though. Sure, it's probably my least favorite Warrant song, but the rest of the album is surprisingly strong melodic rock. Check out the monster guitar hooks on Uncle Tom's Cabin or the power ballad perfection of I Saw Red and Blind Faith. Bed of Roses is a great melodic track, and Song and Dance Man, Mr. Rainmaker and the cover of Blackfoot's Train, Train give the album a dose of Southern swagger. Really, aside from the title track and the closing expletive-fest "Ode to Tipper Gore", Cherry Pie is a remarkably strong album, and one that doesn't deserve the reputation it has since picked up.

If you're dead set against the hair metal era, nothing I say will convince you otherwise. Those of us that grew up with bands like Warrant know a fun rock album when we hear it, and Cherry Pie definitely qualifies.

NOTE: The 2004 reissue of Cherry Pie features digitally remastered sound and a pair of bonus demo tracks - Game of War and The Power, the latter of which appeared on the soundtrack to the 1992 boxing movie Gladiator: Music From The Motion Picture (1992 Film). It's a shame they couldn't have added the cover of Queen's We Will Rock You from that same soundtrack. The remastering alone makes it worthwhile to replace your old version, but the bonus tracks are pretty good too.

After becoming one of pop-metal's biggest acts with their debut album "Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich" (1989) Warrant returned the following year with their sophomore album "Cherry Pie" (1990). Released in the spring of 1990, "Cherry Pie" is one of the last hair-metal albums to go multi-platinum and receive massive airplay on MTV. The not so thinly veiled sexualy innuendo titled album enjoyed a healthy reign on the charts, several hit singles, and mass sales. 1990 sure was a good year if you were all about spandex, hair spray and lipstick, with bands like Warrant, Poison, Motley Crue, Skid Row, and Cinderella all enjoying huge success. While the entire rock and pop-culture landscape was about to change forever, overnight, for the time being, the 90s had not yet begun. 1990 was the dinosaurs' last romp through the jungle before the comet, known as "Nevermind" would render them extinct.

"Cherry Pie" more or less follows the typical hair-metal album formula: a couple catchy anthem rockers, a few power ballads, and a bunch of filler. But "Cherry Pie," is definitely a cut-above most hair-metal albums from the era. For here the arena-rockers are ultra catchy, the ballads are far less generic, and even the filler between the obvious singles sounds good. If you only knew Warrant from their infamous "Cherry Pie" video, it may be hard to believe, but "Cherry Pie" sees Warrant grow musically and lyrically from their debut. While "Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich" is no doubt a fun album, it lacks substance and is untimely a fluff piece. By contrast, while "Cherry Pie" is done in the same style of its predecessor, it is more ambitious and has more bite.

Singer Jani Lane proves to be a first-rate songwriter with this batch of finely crafted songs. Lane's songwriting abilities and knack for writing well crafted songs are often overlooked, as Warrant is seen an being mostly a band of style over substance. Guitarist Joey Allen, while not Eddie Van Halen, is another underrated musician, churning out catchy riffs and killer solos, song after song. Compared to some of his peers, Allen is easily a cut or two above C.C. Deville of Poison, (who guests on the album's title track) and is just as good as Motley Crue's Mick Mars.

The album's title track "Cherry Pie" proved to be both a curse and a blessing for the band. While it's no doubt a catchy song, it's probably the cheesiest video of the pop-metal era, if not of all-time. While it may have seemed cool back in 1990, by the time grunge and alternative rock hit the mainstream, the video was deemed an embarrassment and passé. Still, the title track is a classic from the era, a relic it may be. The band tackles racism with the blistering "Uncle Tom's Cabin," a tale of murder in a southern town. A song of betrayal, "I Saw Red" sees Warrant get as despondent as just about any band that came out of Seattle. "Bed of Roses" comes straight out of the Bon Jovi song book, only is less nauseating. The downbeat but hopeful "Mr. Rainmaker" is probably one of the catchiest songs Lane ever penned. "Sure Feels Good to Me, " "Love in Stereo," "Song and Dance Man," You're the Only Hell Your Mamma Ever Raised," and "Train Train" are fun, better than average filler. They're mostly there as buffer between the big singles. Still, they're good enough and keep up the album's momentum. "And Ode to Tipper Gore" is a hilarious, albeit juvenile 30 seconds of profanity.

"Cherry Pie" isn't "Dark Side of the Moon" or "Sgt Pepper," but it doesn't try to be anything it isn't. It's an 80s style party album. But that said, it's a damn fine well-written one, and irrelevant as most of the album is, the band do manage to show some depth with "Uncle Tom's Cabin," which is a greater accomplishment than most of Warrant's peers. Among the hundreds of pop-metal albums from the 1980s and early 90s, "Cherry Pie" remains one of the most rocking and well written. If you are a fan 80/early 90s melodic hard rock, "Cherry Pie" is a must have.

The 2004 remastered edition comes with two bonus songs "Game of War," from the movie "Gladiator" (1991) and a demo of "The Power," which should be of interest to fans of the band.

I personally like this album better than "Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich", even though I really like that album as well. The songs on "Cherry Pie" are a little more sophisticated. The overall effect of the album is a little more polished. Warrant stayed true to their original sound, which I admire very much. If you liked Warrant's first album you'll definitely want to add their second effort to your collection. I think it belongs in every collection really. It's definitely an example of "metal" at it's best; fun, rebellious, a little bit naughty. For the easily offended, purchase the copy that does not include "Ode to Tipper Gore", which is not actually a song but a vignette of profanities clipped from live performances. The guys in Warrant were clearly trying to make a point about censorship, but not everybody appreciated it. Whichever version of the album you choose, the SONGS deliver! As for other albums you may like if you like this band, well, starting in 1998 and moving forward into early this year there has been a phenomenal amount of activity within bands of this genre. I started cross referencing and came up with some great news! I am happy to report that Sebastian Bach (former Skid Row vocalist) has released his first solo album, and to date it is one I personally would rate as a five star album. Lizzy Borden's last release was 1995, Poison's and Quiet Riot's were 1996 so don't count them out yet. As for the rest...prepare to be surprised. The rest of these bands have new or re-released titles between 1998 and early 1999. AC/DC, Accept, Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Bang Tango, Baton Rouge, Bon Jovi, Cinderella, Danger Danger, Dangerous Toys, Def Leppard, Dokken, FireHouse, Great White, Guns 'N Roses, Heavens Edge, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Kane Roberts, Kiss, Kix, L.A. Guns, Metallica, Motley Crue, Mr. Big, Ozzy Osbourne, Ratt, Saigon Kick, Scorpions, Slaughter, Sleeze Beez, Steelheart, Twisted Sister, Tyketto, Van Halen, Warrant and Whitesnake. So, to quote Quiet Riot, "Cum on Feel the Noize". (For those who are unfamiliar, that's how they spelled it on the album!) You can start right here with this album, Warrant's "Cherry Pie"

When I first listened to this album I was majorly disappointed. Everybody had hyped up the song Cherry Pie so much that the expectations I had were too great. That was over a year ago when I first got this album and I had not touched it since. Just a few weeks ago I pulled the album out because I heard the song Mr. Rainmaker on the internet. Low and behold I was so worked up about Cherry Pie that I missed what this album was actually about. Song after song I found greatness in. The stand out tracks are Uncle Tom's Cabin- a good story based song, I Saw Red- a great ballad, Song and Dance Man- a great rocker, and Mr. Rainmaker- a great song that reminds me of what a good girl can do in world that seems to constantly rain on us.

I wish that Jani and the Down Boys would pull themselves together. Jani left and somehow they got the original band back together except him. For a 20 year old who missed the hey day of Hair Metal; I can only wish.

This album was my first listen at Warrant and I am impressed. They have some rocking tunes, including Uncle Tom's Cabin, Song and Dance Man, and You're the only hell your mama ever raised. I find myself wanting the rest of their CDs and I listen to this CD quite a bit. A must have for anthem / glam rock fans.

Okay, okay, you may think that Glam Rock is a dead genre. I'm here to tell you, it's not. Witness Warrant's 1990 album "Cherry Pie". This album was released when I was only seven years old, and I have just recently discovered glam rock. Warrant has quickly become one of my favorite bands. Their songs are so refreshingly HAPPY compared to the dreariness of alternative music that has taken over radio stations and CD racks within the last five years. I especially enjoy "Cherry Pie", "Bed of Roses", "Blind Faith", "I Saw Red"... basically every song on there! But, I have to say, no Warrant collection is complete without a copy of "Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinkin' Rich". Now, just screw what everyone else says. GLAM ROCK IS BACK!

Sorry guys, I love Cherry Pie. In life and in music! =)) I don't care how much this album has been smashed, bashed and insulted. I love it. It's a fantastic fun rock album, with great songwriting. Uncle Tom's Cabin, Sure feels Good To me, Blind Faith, Love in Stereo, Mr Rainmaker are all exceptional example of great melodic metal. Great great songs. GREAT. Even the title track is a strong example of anthemic american AOR or melodic metal, or how you want to call it. It's a song about having fun, about having sex and fun, what's wrong with that? It didn't pretend to be something else, a deep intellectual statement about society or about the meaning of life. It's fun, pure fun, with a Killer riff and a killer chorus. Terrific! A great melody that stucks in your head and never goes away! I still love the song almost twenty years after I listened to it for the first time. All the ballads, Isaw Red and Bed of roses are beautiful power ballads, synonimus of the era. Jane Lane was a really good songwriter in the hair metal genre and even beyond. He was a long haired guy, so what? Should I judge the music by his hairdos or looking at his boots or at his attitude? I don't think so! I let music do the talking! This album is better than the first one DRFSR and both went platinum. Believe me, you don't go platinum easily. It means that in a particular moment you meant something to a lot of people, that you succeded in representing an era, a moment, a style, a concept. Hair metal was about having fun, loving beautiful girls, having a macho attitude, being young and energetic, good guitar playing, fantastic riffs and tender power ballads. There's nothing wrong with this! I still love this style of music today, I find it very beautiful, musically strong and funny and I'm a Jazz guitar player! I love hair metal, noone will ever make me change my mind about that! Cherry Pie is a fantastic, loud and proud hair metal album with strong melodic hooks and great rockin' riffs! Thanxs Warrant!