Revolutions Per Minute

Skid Row | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 24, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Steamhammer / SPV
• ASIN: B000I8ON7K
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #63,267 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Disease

2. Another Dick In The System

3. Pulling My Heart Out From Under Me

4. When God Can't Wait

5. Shut Up Baby, I Love You

6. Strength

7. White Trash

8. You Lie

9. Nothing

10. Love Is Dead

11. Let It Ride

Editorial Reviews

The twelve new songs on Revolutions Per Minute see Skid Row pulling out all the stops. Bolan, Hill and Sabo play their guitars with a vengeance, firing off power chords by the second, turning their amps to the max and apparently knowing but one direction: straight ahead! Whether on the hook-oriented opener, Disease, the aggressive Another Dick In The System, the catchy White Trash or the programmatic Shut Up Baby, I Love You - their unadulterated vitality seems to practically jump at the listener. The two string magicians expertly throw the bait to vocalist Johnny Solinger, who skilfully elaborates on the theme, refining the material further. Like his predecessor, Solinger pulls all the compositional strings, the material is constructed around him, he is at the epicentre of a soundquake that comes at the audience with full force. It is the power of a track named Strength that marks Skid Row in general and Revolutions Per Minute in particular. And it is the close attachment of the five band members to their home country that continues to shine through and that Skid Row express on their country rock number, You Lie.

Customer Reviews

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14 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Better than most of the reviews..., October 25, 2006

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Allister Fiend (Baltimore, MD United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Revolutions Per Minute (Audio CD)

Before I picked up this disc I must've read a half dozen negative reviews about it, so I went in thinking this thing is going to be weak. Not true, in my opinion. It's very different than anything Bach-era, and even a step in a different direction than ThickSkin, but it still sounds like Skid Row to me. It's just Skid Row 2006.

The pros:
1. Catchy songs (even the 2 country-ish sounding ones that most people seem to hate).
2. There's more cohesion here than on ThickSkin, which seemed to jump back & forth style-wise from Slave to the Grind-ish rock to Matchbox 20 pop.
3. Johnny Solinger can sing. Bach was good, but I like this dude, too.

The cons:
1. Recording quality isn't as good on here. Sounds like they didn't spend a lot of $$ on the recording, especially the drum sound. ThickSkin sounded better.
2. The album's back cover looks like some piece of $%@* I'd make on PhotoShop. Not a big deal, but it looks cheap.
3. I agree with the other reviewers who can't tell the difference between the 2 versions of "You Lie" on here. They sound just about the same. What's the point? I do actually like the song, though.

Bottom line, if you're looking for 18 & Life 2006 it's not on here. I'm sure I'm in the minority here but I actually prefer ThickSkin & Revolutions Per Minute to the Bach-era stuff.

17 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not sure what to think, October 24, 2006

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David Johnson - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Revolutions Per Minute (Audio CD)

Let me say at the start that I don't hold the opinion that 'Bas IS Skid Row'. I'm more of the opinion that 'Rachal Bolan IS Skid Row' being that he's been the primary songwriter from the start, as well as a dominating guitar presence on the metal scene since the late 80's. I love Bas, but Johnny Solinger is a worthy successor and Bolan continues to write incredibly memorable songs with big riffs and metal sensibilities - as aptly demonstrated on 'Thickskin'- Skid Row's initial post-Bas offering.

Which is what makes it difficult to rate this album. It has the classic Bolan writing, Sollinger's vocals are solid, and the songs are memorable, but it's probably the least 'Skid Row' sounding album of the bands career. It doesn't compare by far to "Slave to the Grind" or "Thickskin." It's only comparable to "Subhuman Race" - Bas's final effort with the band - in that it has both the classic Skid Row sound, but several nasty suprises. The nasty suprises being two country/metal songs ('When God Can't Wait' and 'Lie') that would sound more at home on a Flogging Molly or Dropkick Murphy CD than on a Skid Row record. Further, the 'bonus track' is the 'corn-fed' mix of 'Lies' that for all intents and purposes sounds exactly the same as the original. Being the weakest song on the album - why make us listen to it twice?

I'm all in favor of bands growing and allowing their influences flow into their writing, but these two songs along with 'White Trash,' and 'Shut Up Baby I Love You' are so far off the beaten track, that it's hard to reconcile them with anything else in the Skid Row catalog. Sometimes this can be a good thing, but here it's just...odd. Additionally, the lyrics are a bit silly in places - reminding of Blink 182 or even Green Day - than the typical top notch lyrics Bolan and Snake have produced over the years. No doubt Sollinger will be blamed for this, but check the writing credits for each track - all Bolan and Snake (excepting the excellent Alarm cover 'Strength'). Since "Slave to the Grind," Skid Row lyrics have taken on pretty weighty issues and dealt with relationships in more mature prose than most any other metal band. This album seems to miss that angle in favor of flippancy and out of place profanity. Possibly to attract a younger fan base?

At first listen, this seems to be a transitional album. The guys are trying a few new things - which is not all bad. They retain their killer musicianship and production, as well as growing a bit sonically from the Thickskin album. If you like Skid Row, it's worth the price, but sadly, I'd say this is their weakest offering next to their hair-metalish self-titled debut. To the band I say - we want to hear you grow and change, but not radically, and not all at once. Skid Row's new line up is obviously a work in progress and I don't want to judge too harshly too soon. We'll see what the future brings.

Make sure to catch these guys on the road with King's X this fall and winter.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Nothin good about this cd!, January 14, 2010

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Ralph Masters Jr. - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Revolutions Per Minute (Audio CD)

Don't offend Rachel Bolan on myspace or he'll comment back and then block you from defending yourself! He's really an a*s hole and Skid Row is a has been.If you want something that rocks get Angel Down from Sebastian. Don't waste your time or money on this new lineup. I have the cd and wished I didn't!