Slave to the Grind
Occupation
- Song: Sebastian Bach
- Guitar: Dave Sabo
- Guitar: Scotti Hill
- Bass: Rachel Bolan
- Drums: Rob Affuso
Slave to the Grind is the title of the second studio album released in 1991 by the U.S. hard rock band Skid Row. It was produced by the German music producer Michael Wagener in the U.S. reached number one on the Billboard 200 and the Top Ten in the UK, Sweden, Japan, Australia and Canada, and was doubly honored in the U.S. with platinum.
Background
With their debut album of the group was a sensational success succeeded: the song 18 and Life and the ballad I Remember You reached the Top Ten in the U.S. and helped the album there to sales of more than 5,000,000 pieces, what Skid Row fivefold went platinum. It is the most commercially successful album of the band to this day.
In August 1989, eight months after the release of their debut, the group had played at the Moscow Music Peace Festival alongside bands like Bon Jovi, Ozzy Osbourne, Motley Crue, Scorpions and Cinderella, occurred in Milton Keynes Festival alongside Bon Jovi, Europe and Vixen, and with Mötley Crüe and White Lion and then with Aerosmith, she traveled through Europe, what another tour joined by the United States.
The musical direction of Slave to the Grind, which began the group in 1990 with Michael Wagener, had become much harder and uncommercial compared to its predecessor. In addition to the tracks later released on the album, the band recorded two more songs, namely Fire in the Hole and Burned. The song Fire in the Hole was at the 1998 best-of album 40 Seasons: The Best of Skid Row published.
A total of four singles were released: Wasted Time, Monkey Business, In a Darkened Room and Slave to the Grind.
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Reception
Slave to the Grind was successful internationally and in Germany reached number 12 in the charts in the UK 5th place in the U.S., the album went straight to number one and was the first heavy metal album that succeeded in its debut week, the top spot to reach the U.S. charts.
Frank Trojan wrote in Rock Hard, for him were Skid Row with the first album "only another retorts troupe from the Amiland so without identity as a major part of most of the bands " was. But even with the good video Oh Say Can You Scream have announced that more was behind it, and with Slave to the Grind did you get the confirmation. Skid Row were " certainly not only good-looking guys, but a hell of a band!" He praised Monkey Business as " brutal, hard hitting and outrageous rough Aufpeitscher ". Many songs were " pure metal". Skid Row would have to force anything, " but produces a surprisingly aggressive, varied and heavy album. " He forgave nine out of ten. The record reached number two on the monthly " editorial Charts " together with Yesterday and Today Live by Y & T. The editors of the magazine placed the album in 2007 on the 236th place of its 500 -title leaderboard. Thomas wrote copper, Slave to the Grind 've made " crass course correction " for a. It dominated on this " masterpiece of sheer energy," " catchy melody lines and catchy choruses ," at the same time the band had " heaviness gained that there is a real joy. " The quintet had with the album " found at the peak of his creativity ." Copper also praised the production of Michael Wagener, " who managed impressively to capture the balance between more traditional songwriting and Rotzrock attitude. "
Steve Huey of Allmusic wrote about the album, Skid Row would be " harder and harder " has become their second album and have been able to connect the " grip and dirty voice" their singer with "lean, driving riffs ". Majority lacked " the pop-metal fluff the debut", instead have " stories from the dark side about drugs, corruption and the like this place taken ", while singer Bach " hard, sometimes menacing aura " have. Many observers were "surprised" when Slave to the Grind "the first Heavy Metal album became " is the " number one in the Billboard charts boarding ," but it was " truly one of the best and toughest examples of mainstream been Hard Rock and Heavy Metal ".