WARRANT – Ultraphobic
Warrant – Ultraphobic (1995, CMC International)
Track Listing:
1. “Undertow” – 3:12
2. “Followed” – 3:41
3. “Family Picnic” – 4:43
4. “Sum of One” – 3:37
5. “Chameleon” – 5:23
6. “Crawlspace” – 2:38
7. “Live Inside of You” – 3:17
8. “High” – 4:02
9. ‘Ride #2″ – 5:07
10. “Ultraphobic” – 4:25
11. “Stronger Now” – 3:57
Band:
Jani Lane – Vocals
Rick Steier – Guitar
Erik Turner – Guitar
Dave White – Keyboards
Jerry Dixon – Bass
James Kottak – Drums
Produced by: Beau Hill
I bought this one used about 5 or 6 years ago during my “get everything ‘hair metal’” phase. I never really gave it a close listen because this album was only half hair, the rest was grunge/alternative. But listening to it today, it’s really not that bad.
There’s plenty of trademark Warrant songs here, but the harder, more alternative songs aren’t that bad either. “Stronger Now” is a classic ballad and very Warrant-like and I found myself getting into the more modern songs (well, “modern” in 1995 anyway) like “Followed”, “Crawlspace” and “Family Picnic” (which I absolutely love the guitar work on).
The ’90s were filled with hair bands trying to go darker & heavier and failing miserably, but Jani Lane is a great songwriter and Beau Hill is a great producer so the album is balanced well with pop-metal and alternative. Thumbs up on this one, despite a completely awful album cover.
By the way, this is drummer James Kottak’s cup of coffee with Warrant. In 1996, he would go on to join Scorpions and has been there ever since.
Highlights: “Undertow”, “Followed”, “Family Picnic”, “Chameleon”, “Crawlspace”, “Ultraphobic”, “Stronger Now”
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Posted on May 6, 2008, in Collection, Warrant and tagged Alternative, Alternative Rock, Grunge, Grunge Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Metal, Music, Rock, Rock 'N' Roll, Warrant. Bookmark the permalink. 4 Comments.
Never got into ULTRAPHOBIC but it definitely has it’s moments. I bought it used too, for about $6 back in ’98/’99. I had this friend who used to be my “concert buddy” and we saw Warrant on this tour in a club, I remember it being one of the worst shows ever…..or was it the DOG EAT DOG tour? I’m not the biggest Warrant fan…..
Steve
Heavy Metal Addiction
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Yeah, that’s one thing I’ve heard– the Warrant shows are pretty bad. At least they were back in the late 90s when Jani would go off on rants about not liking to play the ballads and ‘Cherry Pie’.
Hopefully he’s realized that he’s incredibly lucky to have ever had that success and that people still want to hear those songs.
I can’t even remember the last time I took this one out of my CD case. I may have to revisit this one.
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