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Your Filthy Little Mouth

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In 1994 David Lee Roth released his fourth solo album, "Your Filthy Little Mouth". His previous album, "A Little Ain't Enough" had been a critical and commercial disappointment. Sensing that it was time for an image change, Dave put out a more mature album. The result is a very creative, interesting collection of songs. Nile Rogers did a superb job producing the album. This is one of the most artistic and diverse albums that I have ever heard. All of the songs are catchy with good hooks. There are several different styles of music on this disc. There is Van Halenish, with "She's My Machine," "Big Train," and "Your Beathin' it." There is a lot of blues here with "Experience," "Land's Edge," "Sunburn" and "Nightlife." There is a rap/regge song with "No big Ting," and a country song with "Cheatin' Heart Cafe." There are midtempo rockers here with "Everybody's got the Monkey" and "Hey, You Never Know." "A little luck" is a Vegas style lounge number. Dave's band is also great. The guitar player, Terry Kilgore, may not be as technically good or flashy as Steve Vai, Eddie Van Halen, or Jason Becker, but that's OK; because Kilgore's straight-ahead, no-frills blues playing suits the album like a glove. Lyrically, this is Dave's best work. The lyrics are clever, ironic and reflective. The booklet is excellent to, with a lot of cool photos, drawing, and lyrics. When this album came out in 1994, it flopped and received mediocre to awful reviews. That is really a shame, because, as one of the other reviewers has pointed out, this album is ART! If your a fan of Dave, listen to this with an open mind, and without any preconceived notions of what to expect. If you are expecting to hear "Women and Children First" or "1984," you are going to be in for a major disappointment. If you are open minded, than you will hopefully like this CD.

I picked this one up the day it came out and was blown away by its music and creativity. This is a true GEM of a recording, and Dave proves that he has many dimensions--unlike many rock singers--and unlike, certainly, his overrated VH replacement Sammy Hagar. Hagar, or many others, could NEVER come up with the depth Roth finds on this album. Dave's voice has the range and SOUL that few singers can boast of.
You'll be surprised by how many songs (or styles) you'll like on this one. And to prove that this wasn't a complete career turnaround for Dave, he put out DLR Band in 1998--the solo album to end all albums.
But here, just enjoy Dave's range and versitility. WB should have their heads examimed for pulling this from the shelves. They obviously don't care about ART.

David Lee Roth presented the unsuspecting music world with "Your Filthy Little Mouth" in 1994, an album filled with experimentation and mastery of a vast number of musical styles. The only problem was that nobody outside of Roth's immediate fanbase paid any sort of attention. In a market then-saturated by the Seattle scene, Roth's style of straightforward rock was hip to ignore.
Which is too bad really, as the album is filled with great material. It tricks you at first, opening with "She's My Machine", a dirty little rocker with lyrics about a fast street machine. But, Roth quickly jumps that ship to favor some down-and-dirty blues riffs. Both "Big Train" and "Experience" show just how great Roth is at doing the blues and makes you wonder why he didn't focus on it solely a long time ago.
It is at this point that the album stumbles a bit, with "Cheatin' Heart Cafe", a duet with country artist Travis Tritt. This could just be my own dislike for the country sound, but this song falls about twenty yards short of holding any sort of interest. The presense of Tritt (who, for the record, I'm not intending to knock) ushers in that trite element that most country music of the recent past beholds. Not to worry, though. The album picks up steam right away with the very upbeat and catchy "Hey, You Never Know" and carries it through the rest of the record.
The album's closer (aside from a remix of an album track tacked onto the end) is perhaps its best track, the delightfully subdued "Sunburn." Even now, eight years removed from its release, I'm still fascinated by this tune. Maybe its the beauty of its sheer simplicity, or the airy nature of its guitar tone, but the song is just a masterpiece and a perfect note to close out the album.
Around the time of the whole Roth/Van Halen reunion debacle of 1996, Warner Brothers Records decided to take this album out of its catalog for good. This caused quite a stir in Roth's fanbase, as the album was nanoseconds from going Gold (500,000 copies sold). So, needless to say, this album is relegated to cut-out and/or used CD bins in record stores nationwide. So, you may have to search for it, but you'd be well advised to go through the effort for this album. You won't be disappointed.

TRACK LISTING:

1. She's My Machine (Byrom/Neuhauser/Roth) - 3:53
2. Everybody's Got the Monkey (Hunting/Roth/Simes) - 3:01
3. Big Train (Kilgore/Roth/Sturges) - 4:14
4. Experience (Kilgore/Roth) - 5:54
5. A Little Luck (Anderson/Hunter/Roth) - 4:40
6. Cheatin' Heart Cafe (Kilgore/Roth) - 4:06
7. Hey, You Never Know (Kilgore/Roth) - 2:46
8. No Big 'Ting (Kilgore/Roth) - 4:51
9. You're Breathin' It (Hilton/Kilgore/Roth) - 3:46
10. Your Filthy Little Mouth (Kilgore/Roth) - 3:02
11. Land's Edge (Kilgore/Roth) - 3:12
12. Night Life (Breeland/Buskirk/Nelson) - 3:35
13. Sunburn (Kilgore/Roth) - 4:42
14. You're Breathin' It [Urban NYC Mix] (Kilgore/Roth) -4:13

I agree with the other reviewers; this is some of Dave's best work. The album is over 10 years old and I still listen to it. I figure if Dave had left the F-word out of "Land's Edge" and the title track, he could have had two good rock radio hits. "Sunburn" is an excellent, smooth song, and "Night Life" is a good remake of Willie Nelson's song. I like the variety of the album, like "No big 'Ting" and the two versions of "You're Breathin' It". Dave doesn't get enough credit. If you like this album, check out his covers album--Diamond Dave. It has good blues, rock and psychedelica.

When I first bought this album, It took me a while to get into it, but It wasnt long until I liked it. Very diverse. better than his previous albums.

David Lee Roth is a rock legend, no doubt about it. When Van Halen crashed and burned, Roth started a solo career and his first full length album "Eat `em and smile" was indeed a treat to all of us who love the traditional sounding Van Halen that is best explored on "Van Halen I", "Van Halen II", and "Women and children first". Over the years it became very clear that Diamond Dave were the most influential member of Van Halen since the once legendary band became nothing more than an average rock act while Roth carried on in the original musical approach.

"Your filthy little mouth" is not the best work from the solo career, but the album has some good moments. The opening track, "She's my machine" reminds a little bit of traditional Van Halen and so does the title track "Your filthy little mouth". But it becomes obvious that David Lee Roth doesn't want to stick to one genre when it comes to the horn driven "A little luck", the Lynyrd Skynyrd sounding pairs "Cheatin' heart cafe" and "Hey, you never know". In "Land's edge" as well as in the Willie Nelson cover "Night life" Roth goes blues while "Sunburn" is almost so called elevator music.

"Your filthy little mouth" is worth to own, especially if you're a David Lee Roth fan but perhaps this album is the weakest in Roth's solo career up to date. Most of the time it's alright but I miss the real punches I know Diamond Dave is capable of.

Well, if you want pure Hard Rock (She's My Machine), Electric Blues (Experience), R 'n B (Little Luck),Country Rock (. Cheatin' Heart Cafe -feat. Travis Tritt), Regge!!! (No Big 'Ting), some inspired jazz electric guitar licks (Sunburn) or just some Funk Stuff (You're Breathin' It [Urban NYC Mix] ) ..... you got the right album!!! Among them Dave gave as 8 more fine tunes!!! I can't imagine that there is a guitar player or a band member in this planet ...that don't have this peace of art in his collection.
Just three words...BUY IT NOW!!!

Now I like Roth but some of his solo stuff, well kinda sucks, all the screams and innuedo an all. THANK GOD HE MADE THIS ALBUM, its by far his best ever, wide ranges on musical taste all apply as he shelves out blues, rock, regga' it even received Roll-Stone rave reviews. I highly recommend this CD his best singing since women and children first.

It is truly some sort of serious cultural crime that this grossly-underrated album was pulled out of print by Warner Bros. just before it was about to go gold (they did this--AND pulled "A Little Ain't Enough" before IT was about to go to platinum status--after the whole 1996 Van Halen situation). When this was discovered, many Diamond Dave fans who adored this remarkable and long-awaited follow-up to Dave's 1985 "Crazy From The Heat" concept attempted to rush to its rescue, pleading and even demanding with the label to keep it out.

But by that point, it was too late. WB machinegunned this one, and as a result it died a death you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy.

Going on a road trip with some pals? Take YFLM along to play in the car stereo for an accompanying soundtrack. It's got so much musical variety that you're guaranteed not to be bored by it. Give it to your friends, mention it on your webpage, buy as many of the used copies as you can from amazon.com and other sources. Spread the word. Make sure as many out there as possible discover it. Oh, and continue to demand it back from WB. Maybe if we all do these things and hope and beg REALLY, REALLY hard, this amazing masterpiece of musical genius will finally be re-released and then finally go gold as it deserves, assuring that it will be around for generations to enjoy for years to come.

Suuuuure, just like Eddie Van Halen is going to team up with Sammy Hagar in an open public apology to Roth for everything they did to him in their attempts to ruin his career.

Thud. A true desert island album. Dropped all by itself out in the middle of nowhere and virtually unknown by most... but very heavily searched for by those who love it. Thud.

All of which just goes to show that best-selling chart positions don't mean that the said album in question is automatically a masterpiece... and ESPECIALLY vice-versa.

What a cruel shame. A tragic waste. An awful mistake.

Somebody, PLEASE... rescue this recording from obscurity before it vanishes forever.

This is good solid Dave music. Not his best album, but far from his worst. You can put this on and people will have a good time. You can't go too wrong with Diamond Dave. Too bad it didn't work out with VH the first time around. Maybe we'll get lucky this time and it'll work out for them this time. Much as I love DLRs solo stuff, he was at his best with Van Halen.