Love Is for Suckers
Occupation
- Song: Dee Snider
- Bass Guitar: Mark Mendoza
- Lead Guitar: Jay Jay French
- Guitar: Eddie Ojeda
- Drums: Joey Franco
Love Is for Suckers is the title of the fifth studio album released in 1987 by the U.S. hard rock band Twisted Sister. In addition to the band as a guest musician Kip Winger and Reb Beach, in 1988 the band Winger founded, and Steve Whitman and Jimmy Chalfant of the band Kix were involved.
Formation
Twisted Sister in 1985 ended with Come Out And Play a commercial flop: The album was not particularly successful in the United States and only made it to number 53 on the Billboard 200, from which it was eliminated after only 17 weeks. In the other major music markets could the charts just short and to the last places reach ( Great Britain: No. 95 /1 week ) or made it into the charts do not even ( Germany ). The band also had to cope with a bad current U.S. tour with numerous canceled concerts and then the separation of drummer AJ Pero compensate.
His place took Joey Franco. With him the group Love Is For Suckers took that to date, the last one is the same "real" studio album of the band, because only later admissions of older albums or compilations or live recordings were released.
The album was recorded City under the direction of music producer Beau Hill in the Atlantic Studios in New York. Originally it was to be a solo album of singer Dee Snider, but the record company to the effect exerted pressure on the group to release another band album. The album was released on August 13, 1987, when only single Hot Love was disengaged.
Reception
Wrote Greg Prato of Allmusic.com, Beau Hill was the album a "strong 80s pop-metal sound, where " were outstanding, " the title " Hot Love, " the title track and " Tonight, " " but the album was "like its predecessor quickly fell off the charts. "
Michael Rensen ( Rock Hard ) wrote, " Dee Snider, Jay Jay French and Co. " were trying " to focus more on catchy sing-along melodies " and "For Love Is For Suckers with Beau Hill, Reb Beach and TNT guitarist Ronnie Le Tekro an illustrious arrangement / production team " committed. The result sounds " not quite as convincing as You Can not Stop Rock'n'Roll ( '83 ) and Stay Hungry ( '84 ), " could " with catchy tunes such as" Love Is For Suckers "or " I Want This Night ( to Last Forever ) " but gain some lost ground. "
The album reached only number 74 in the U.S. Billboard 200 and was no longer listed after eleven weeks in Europe, there was, at least concerning the placement, successful: in Germany were number 57 in the UK and # 59 in the album appear successful, but here was the listing time is significantly shorter. After only two weeks, the album disappeared from the British charts.