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The Light the Sky Podcast soldiers on through the summer tour in the middle of December. Skid Row… did we make a mistake with this one? One of the best selling albums of the era, so surely it should be a great summer tour album, right? Come for the singer and witness a free William Shatner beatdown. Plus, Vince Neil vs. Nic Cage on the undercard! Or was the rest of the band right all along about Sebastian? Join Mark, Alex, Chris and Kevin as the gang debates all of this and more, playing cuts from the album and of course ending in a classic Light the Sky Love It or Flush It. Stay tuned for a little bit more of the Summer Tour!
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Quick Reviews
Mark The band needed Sebastian more than Sebastian needed the band.
Chris A lot more street-level and East Coast, has enough hard rock fist in the air without the fluffiness that brings down some other bands of the era.
Alex One of my favorite hard rock singers of all time in Sebastian and bumps up some of these middle of the road songs.
Kevin Everything that they did well on this album, they did even better on the next one.
Love It or Flush It
| M | C | A | K | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Big Guns" | 3:36 | L | L | L | B | |
| 2 | "Sweet Little Sister" | 3:10 | F | L | L | F | |
| 3 | "Can't Stand the Heartache" | 3:24 | F | L | F | T | |
| 4 | "Piece of Me" | 2:48 | L | T | L | L | |
| 5 | "18 and Life" | 3:50 | B | L | L | B | |
| 6 | "Rattlesnake Shake" | 3:07 | L | L | F | F | |
| 7 | "Youth Gone Wild" | 3:18 | B | B | B | L | |
| 8 | "Here I Am" | 3:10 | F | L | L | L | |
| 9 | "Makin' a Mess" | 3:38 | L | F | L | L | |
| 10 | "I Remember You" | 5:10 | T | L | B | L | |
| 11 | "Midnight / Tornado" | 4:17 | L | B | T | F |
Love It or Flush It Legend
L = Love. As many as you like.
F = Flush. Must flush at least one track per album.
B = Buy. Purchased for the ultimate LTS “Best Of” playlist for each of us. One per album.
T = Terminate. Should have never even existed. One per album.
The Rules
Each of us must Love, Flush, Buy, and Terminate AT LEAST ONE track on an album, no matter how great or terrible the album is. Whoever wins the “7 for the Buy” section gets an extra Buy or Terminate to use on the album. Because Chris hosts this section and thus cannot win, he gets an extra Buy or Terminate every 4 albums.
Album Information
Skid Row is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Skid Row, released on January 24, 1989, by Atlantic Records. After signing with manager Doc McGhee, Skid Row signed with Atlantic and began recording its debut. The album was recorded in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, with producer Michael Wagener, and received mixed reviews upon its release. The band toured behind the album mainly as an opening act, supporting Bon Jovi and Aerosmith in 1989–1990. The album peaked at number six on the Billboard 200 and was certified 5× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 1995 for shipping five million copies in the United States. It generated four singles: “Youth Gone Wild“, “18 and Life“, “I Remember You” and “Piece of Me”, all of which were accompanied by music videos and received heavy rotation on MTV. The album’s commercial and critical success made Skid Row a regular feature in rock magazines and brought the group nationwide popularity.
