Revolutions per Minute (Skid Row album)
| Revolutions per Minute | ||||
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| Studio album by Skid Row | ||||
| Released | October 24, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 2005–2006 at WireWorld in Nashville, Tennessee | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 40:24 | |||
| Label | SPV | |||
| Producer | Michael Wagener | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| About.com |    [1] |
| Allmusic | [2] |
| Jukebox:Metal | [3] |
| Legends Magazine | (favorable)[4] |
| Melodic.net | [5] |
| Sea of Tranquility | [6] |
| Sputnikmusic | [7] |
Revolutions per Minute is the fifth full-length studio album by Skid Row, released on October 24, 2006. It is the band's only release with drummer Dave Gara, and their final full length release to feature frontman Johnny Solinger before he and the band parted ways in 2015.
Michael Wagener temporarily reunited with Skid Row and became their producer for this album. It had been 15 years since he co-produced the band's second album Slave to the Grind in 1991.
The album received negative reviews and only charted in Japan at #266[8]
"Shut Up Baby, I Love You" was released as a single[9] and "Strength" is a cover song originally performed by The Alarm.
Critical reception
The album received mostly mixed reviews. Greg Prato of Allmusic gave it a rating of two and a half out of five stars, and said that the album sounded extremely similar to earlier releases—"you get the same angry-yet-melodic riff rockers that you long ago came to expect from the group [...] Revolutions Per Minute is just what you'd expect from Skid Row."[2]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Disease" | Rachel Bolan, Dave Sabo | 3:32 |
| 2. | "Another Dick in the System" | Bolan | 3:16 |
| 3. | "Pulling My Heart Out from Under Me" | Bolan | 3:29 |
| 4. | "When God Can't Wait" | Bolan, Scotti Hill | 2:15 |
| 5. | "Shut Up Baby, I Love You" | Bolan | 3:16 |
| 6. | "Strength" (The Alarm cover) | Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, Eddie Macdonald, Nigel Twist, Rupert Black | 5:07 |
| 7. | "White Trash" | Bolan, Sabo | 2:53 |
| 8. | "You Lie" | Bolan | 2:44 |
| 9. | "Nothing" | Bolan | 3:29 |
| 10. | "Love Is Dead" | Bolan | 3:38 |
| 11. | "Let It Ride" | Bolan | 4:03 |
| 12. | "You Lie" (Corn Fed mix, bonus track) | Bolan | 2:43 |
Personnel
- Johnny Solinger – lead vocals
- Rachel Bolan – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Dave Gara – drums
- Scotti Hill – lead guitar
- Dave "The Snake" Sabo – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
References
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