Revolutions per Minute (Skid Row album)

Infobox Album
Name = Revolutions per Minute
Type = studio
Artist = 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
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jvfwxqldldhe link]
*Astrofaes' Metal Domain [http://www.astrofaes.co.uk/index.php?revid=443 link]
Last album = "Thickskin"
(2003)
This album = "Revolutions per Minute"
(2006)
Next album =

"Revolutions per Minute" is the fifth full-length studio album by Skid Row, released on October 24, 2006. It is also the band's first release with current drummer Dave Gara.

Michael Wagener temporarily reunited with Skid Row and became their producer for this album. It was 15 years since he co-produced the band's 1991 second album "Slave to the Grind".

The album received mixed reviews, with some feeling that the band had strayed too far from its heavy metal roots by including several songs with punk and country influences. One unaminously positive review, however, came from the Editorial review on www.amazon.co.uk. The review stated:

'The twelve new songs on "Revolutions per Minute" see Skid Row pulling out all the stops. Bolan, Hill and Sabo play their guitars with a vengeance, firing off power chords by the second, turning their amps to the max and apparently knowing but one direction: straight ahead! Whether on the hook-oriented opener, Disease, the aggressive Another Dick In The System, the catchy White Trash or the programmatic Shut Up Baby, I Love You - their unadulterated vitality seems to practically jump at the listener. The two string magicians expertly throw the bait to vocalist Johnny Solinger, who skillfully elaborates on the theme, refining the material further.'

A less positive review came from Dom Lawson in Kerrang! magazine, who called the album "a lame arse-blast of badly produced pub metal", before awarding the album 1 out of 5.

In the 2006 Hideous Heavy Metal music awards, the album scooped 3 "Golden Turd" awards, for Worst Album, Worst Album Artwork and Worst Album Title.

Track listing

# "Disease" (Rachel Bolan, Dave Sabo)
# "Another Dick in the System" (Bolan)
# "Pulling My Heart Out from Under Me" (Bolan)
# "When God Can't Wait" (Bolan, Scotti Hill)
# "Shut Up Baby, I Love You" (Bolan)
# "Strength" (original song by The Alarm)
# "White Trash" (Bolan, Sabo)
# "You Lie" (Bolan)
# "Nothing" (Bolan)
# "Love Is Dead" (Bolan)
# "Let It Ride" (Bolan)
# "You Lie" (Com Fed mix, bonus track) (Bolan)

Personnel

*Johnny Solinger – lead vocals
*Scotti Hill – lead guitar
*Dave "The Snake" Sabo – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
*Rachel Bolan – bass guitar, backing vocals
*Dave Gara – drums

References