Quiet Riot - Quiet Riot (1978) [FLAC] {Rubicon Music RBNCD-1540}
Release Info:
RLSDATE: 2024/02/25 RTLDATE: 2023/09/20
GENRE: Hard Rock SiZE: 418 MB
SOURCE: CD RUNTiME: 49:25
RELEASE: Rubicon Music RBNCD-1540
ORiGiN: Japan ENCODER: FLAC 1.43
MATRiX: IFPI L154 RBNCD-1540 MT 461
with log/cue/nfo/m3u/sfv/300 dpi scans
AllMusic (dot) com adds. . .
Few people are aware that, prior to their amazing chart-topping success in
1983/1984, Quiet Riot had already released two albums in the late '70s through
CBS Japan -- and featuring guitar god in training Randy Rhoads, no less. In
fact, like many hard rock bands feeling ostracized by record companies during
the disco era (Cheap Trick, Van Halen, etc.), Quiet Riot found a welcoming
audience in the land of the rising sun, where fans' obsession with '70s album
rock was just now coming to a head. Sure, none of Quiet Riot's efforts could
even compare to the aforementioned bands in popularity (or quality), but they
would at least plant the seeds for Randy's eventual stardom with Ozzy. Launched
by a humongous Rhoads guitar riff, album-opener "It's Not So Funny" is a
promising start, but it's mostly downhill from there on out. Main offenders
"Ravers," "Back to the Coast," and the positively hilarious "Demolition Derby"
(complete with cheesy sound effects) are quite honestly garage band fodder --
awkward and uncomfortable, both in their songwriting and execution. "Look in
Any Window" tries to pack some drama (but fails), while "Fit to Be Tied" is the
band's halfhearted nod to glam rock, and the only hint here of singer Kevin
DuBrow's Slade fetish (which would later pay high dividends). As for the motor-
mouthed DuBrow, his voice already shows a lot of power and range, but his
lyrics spew rock cliche upon rock clichd with grimace-inducing regularity, and
his sense of metrics remains underdeveloped at best. As a player, Rhoads too is
barely out of kindergarten by latter-day standards. His playing here is
uniformly dull and uninventive, so collectors and blind worshipers should
beware.
Ripper's Notes
It's not as bad as the All Music Guide review states, but it really ain't good. Only necessary for people who've been curious about it for decades, but unlike me, not curious enough to actually buy it.
"Force Of Habit" is previously unreleased. "Suicidal Show," the second version of "Just How You Want It" and "West Coast Tryouts" are the bands debut 1975 7" EP.
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