Voodoo Highway

Badlands | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 11, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Atlantic / Wea
• ASIN: B000008D4E
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #70,293 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Digitally remastered edition of the 1991 sophomore album from the Hard Rock quartet. Formed at the tail end of the '80s by super-guitarist Jake E. Lee, together with hugely talented vocalist Ray Gillen, drummer Eric Singer and bassist Greg Chaisson, Badlands looked set to become one of the brightest lights on the scene. By the time of this album, volatile personalities started to rip the group apart, with drummer Eric Singer being the first casualty on a conveyor belt of heartache and turmoil. Its a wonder then that Voodoo Highway, originally released in 1991, proved to be such a magnificent follow up to their acclaimed debut. Crammed to the brim with solid yet melodic Hard Rock, the material is faithful to the band's original concept and co-opts the best of the early '70s lacing it with the sound of futuristic Blues. Rock Candy. 2010.

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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best hard rock albums of all time!, May 19, 2005

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Ghost In The Ruins "A Savatage Fan" (The Volunteer State) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Voodoo Highway (Audio CD)

If you like Led Zeppelin, Whitesnake, Deep Purple, and 70's era Bad Company, then you need to purchase all of the Badlands cataloge!

With that said, some record label needs to get smart and reissue these lost classics to a new generation of listeners. We're all starving for some traditional, hard driving rock n roll, amongst the college frat punks in garages claiming to be rock bands! The current music landscape in America is in sad, sad shape, and we all know it. Bo Bice from American Idol has covered the song, In A Dream, from the Voodoo Highway album. That song very well may win Bo the competition! With that in mind, shouldn't someone get a clue, and give us the Badlands releases again? The sellers that have the cd posted for sale now are simply trying to cash in and take advantage of people due to Bo's success with the song! In conclusion, be patient, because a major label will get their hands on the Badlands cataloge, and it will be available for everyone to enjoy!

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Just rediscovered this gem - classic rock updated, February 18, 2005

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Perry M. Koons "theeighthbeatle" (Crownsville, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Voodoo Highway (Audio CD)

Badlands are one of those "shoulda been" stories from the late 80's/early 90's, featuring absolutely smoking musicianship and vocals courtesy of former Ozzy guitarist Jake E. Lee and awesome singer Ray Gillen (RIP). This band sounds like a cross between Zeppelin, Deep Purple, with a bit of Hendrix and Foghat thrown in here and there. They truly recall the sounds of their heroes while sounding pretty fresh, this is one band that transcends the "hair metal" genre and actually does not sound the least bit dated. Most of the riffs on tunes are searing, especially "Soul Stealer" and "Heaven's Train", and "Shine On" kicks in sounding like a riffmonster from Alice In Chains. What drags this disc down is a few tunes that are, I hate to say, dull...but the good outweighs the bad. For fans of the previously mentioned band plus Whitesnake, Scorpions, and heavy Tesla. PS I think I found this for $5.99, so hunt around before dropping more than $15.

Best Tracks:
"The Last Time" - Whitesnake without the melodrama. Great driving tune.
"Whiskey Dust" - Probably my favorite slower tune on the album, this seems like it would be easy to characterize but I'm struggling to find a comparable artist/style. Barroom blues with the usual great vocals.
"Soul Stealer" - Neo-Hendrix riff kicks off this headbanger. Great blues based metal.
"Heaven's Train" - I swear, I wrote this riff without ever having heard the song and kicked myself that someone had thought of it first (and played the hell out of it). Another upbeat heavy rocker.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Underrated blues/rock band compels musicianship to new level, January 4, 2002

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Robert Kleeman (TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Voodoo Highway (Audio CD)

Much in the spirit of Zeppelin, the Badlands take their smart rock and outline a detailed map of musicianship that easily makes todays Limp Bizkit compost creations, a musty meddle of distasteful whiner garbage. When it's said that this CD is hard to find, there is a duel meaning. Finding a copy to own for yourself may be quite a challenge, but more importantly, a CD of this calibur is hard to find in a world where it's cool to regurgitate already virulent ideas. This CD is more than enough to make the group's cover of James Taylor's "Fire and Rain" a rock n' roll classic.