Collage [Import]

Ratt | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 22, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: De-Rock
• ASIN: B000003ZAT
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #104,682 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Steel River

2. Dr. Rock

3. Diamond Time Again

4. Ratt Madness

5. Hold Tight

6. I Want It All

7. Mother Blues

8. Top Secret (Original Version)

9. Take It Anyway

10. Lovin' You... Fonic Mix LP Version!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Worth It, July 19, 1999

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[e-mail] (Kingston, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Collage (Audio CD)

This is some previously unreleased tracks and demos plus a funked up version of Dirty Job only available on the Detonator video.

A great little collector for the true Ratt fan!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I can't believe the other reviews!, May 21, 2002

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Kendall Jones (Caribou, Maine United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Collage (Audio CD)

I'm shocked by the negative reviews. No, they didn't rehash "Out of the Cellar". They've matured into a great mix of old and new sounds. I've always considered Stephen Pearcy to be a terrific talent. He shines, soars, and sneers on this with one of the most underrated guitarists of the last 20 years, Warren Dimartini, pushing the groove behind him! This is a great CD.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Definitely the oddball, April 28, 2010

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rocky49152 (Lyndhurst, OH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Collage (Audio CD)

I consider myself a pretty big fan of Ratt, having listened to all those Ratt albums which came out during my grade school years from "Out of the Cellar" to "Reach for the Sky". I also have all of the releases after that including the new one "Infestation".

That said, I can understand why this album gets a lot of critical reviews. It's the only Ratt album that was recorded with "dry" production. It sounds like it was recorded on a strict budget - not surprising, given the fact that this music was not cool or in fashion in the late 90's. What that means is that you can hear Ratt better than ever before, including some of the lesser aspects - like Stephen Pearcy's actual singing voice - which is quite raspy and somewhat shrill.

However, I didn't think this was a terrible album. There are a couple of good songs - in particular:

Dr. Rock - a bluesy mid-paced arena rocker with a nice walking bass-line, unique for them
Diamond Time Again - Has a kind of "What You See is What You Get" type of a vibe going for it
I Want It All

And, a few bad ones as well

Top Secret - The dry production did this one in.
Lovin' You [Fonic Mix LP Version] - A horrible and pointless "club remix" of a mediocre song - a low point for the group.

Overall, the writing of the album doesn't depart much from their past work - other than the fact that for the most part it's a step down - same good time party rock with some bluesy flourishes. The musicianship is competent and the guitars, as usual are excellent. This is a good addition for a Ratt completist. However, if you're not familiar with this group's work - check out the first 4 albums 1st. Or if the early 80's production doesn't agree with you, "Infestation" is a good listen also.

Also for the record, I don't put this group into the same classification - even on their worst days - with good-for-what-they-were but far inferior contemporaries like Poison or Motley Crue. Ratt had defined a genre of music and then transcended it. They were the perfect combination of hard rock, riffs, attitude, and musicianship that few bands can match, and those basic elements do exist on this record.