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Faster Pussycat - Wake Me When It's Over

 

	RELEASED: 1989 PRODUCER:John Jansen LABEL:Elektra BAND: Taime Downe- lead vocals Greg Steele- guitar Brent Muscat- guitar Eric Stacy- bass Brett Bradshaw
+ Unique sound, House Of Pain, Production - Lacks hooks, repeatative	TRACKS: 1.Where There's A Whip, There's A Way 2.Little Dove 3.Poison Ivy 4.House Of Pain 5.Gonna Walk 6.Pulling Weeds 7.Slip Of The Tongue 8.Cryin' Shame 9.Tattoo 10.Ain't No Way Around It 11.Arizona Indian Doll 12.Please Dear"

OVERVIEW

Faster Pussycat really typifies the second tear acts of the late 80’s rock scene. They had the look the sound and everything in between. After getting some airtime on the cult classic doco The Decline Of Western Civilization II the band finally grabbed themselves a record deal and after an average first album, they churned out this gem.

SONGS

The sound is actually fairly unique and the album opener sums it up nicely, a bit of southern boogie and sleazy Aerosmith-stlyed rock, and a great song it is, especially when you think its all over, and the band comes crawling back in. Little Dove isn’t in the same league and it tends to just drag on. Poison Ivy gets the momentum going again with its smooth arse boogie, great anthem. But their entire career pales in comparison to the albums centrepiece House Of Pain. In my opinion this is the most underrated ballad from the late 80s, the kind of song that could bring a man to tears with its hard hitting and naked lyrics. Chilling. The boppy sleaze action gets back into gear with another album hight Gonna Walk, oh so catchy. Pulling Weeds is a heavier mix of guitars and vocals, another great one though. Another song very similar to Poison Ivy is the just as great Slip Of The Tongue, this is where these guys really excel, very unique. Cryin’ Shame is a great sing-a-long number. Tattoo is just another nice number, brining the brass instruments out, as they do other places also. Aint No Way Around It is more of the same, and while it’s as good as the rest, it’s starting to ware thin by now. They mix things up a little with the gutsy lounge swing of Arizona Indian Doll and finish things off nicely with the ballad-like Please Dear.

CONCLUSION

This is the kind of album you can love or hate. They have a unique sound that upholds the whole album. House Of Pain is the obvious stand out and they could have faired better by breaking things up with another ballad or two as well. The production is great and it is really more of an album that will grow on you after a few listens and those sing-a-long anthems get stuck in your head. A pretty solid effort, and somewhat refreshing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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