ARTIST: L.A. Guns
TITLE: Tales From The Strip
LABEL: Shrapnel Records
GENRE: Rock
BITRATE: 212 kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 57min total
RELEASE DATE: 2005-08-16
RIP DATE: 2005-08-16

Track List
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01. It Don't Mean Nothing           5:06
02. Electric Neon Sunset            4:40
03. Gypsy Soul                      3:04
04. Original Sin                    4:25
05. Vampire                         4:22
06. Hollywood's Burning             3:44
07. 6.9 Earthshaker                 4:06
08. Rox Baby Girl                   4:12
09. Crazy Motorcycle                4:19
10. Skin                            3:11
11. Shame                           4:53
12. Resurrection                    3:45
13. Amanecer                        3:12
14. (Can't Give You) Anything       4:45
    Better Than Love

Release Notes:

When last years 'Rip The Covers Off ' came out, it was believed to be 
the end of the road for the Gunners. After all, the covers album is 
often the final belch of a dying dinosaur. Granted, I thought it was 
rather good, saying "... this is probably the album that the band were 
made for...this is a rollicking rock and roll album that will liven up 
your next party. Just the way it was supposed to be." And that should 
have been that.

But here we are a year down the line, and stranger than strange, L.A. Guns 
have put together one of the best albums of their career! How did that happen? 
Even more bizarrely, it's almost a concept album, relating the life of the 
band through 20 years on the Hollywood Strip. And there's a drum solo ('6.9 
Earthshaker')! Things like this are not supposed to happen, especially with 
Tracii Guns off in an ever decreasing Brides Of Destruction circle.

You would have thought that it wouldn't be possible to mix maturity with 
sleaze, but there are a number of songs here where Phil Lewis seems to have 
unloosened his bandana long enough to reach in to unsuspected hidden depths. 
He may not be the best singer in the world, but singing words he believes 
in seems to make all the difference.

Songs like 'Electric Neon Sunset' and the heartfelt 'Vampire' are among the 
best tracks laid down by a band whose best days seemed long gone. There are 
a couple of clunkers like 'Hollywood's Burning' and 'Crazy Motorcycle' but 
they're few and far between. In a world where Motley Crue are lauded for 
work done 2 decades ago, it's a shame that this won't get the wider 
appreciation it deserves.