Metal Excess

Lynch Mob – Wicked Sensation (1990, Elektra Records)

1. “Wicked Sensation” … 4:42
2. “River of Love” … 4:22
3. “Sweet Sister Mercy” … 3:45
4. “All I Want” … 5:05
5. “Hell Child” … 4:51
6. “She’s Evil But She’s Mine” … 5:10
7. “Dance of the Dogs” … 3:47
8. “Rain” … 4:54
9. “No Bed of Roses” … 4:21
10. “Through These Eyes” … 5:16
11. “For a Million Years” … 6:18
12. “Street Fighting Man” … 4:49

Band:
Oni Logan: Lead Vocals
George Lynch: Guitar
Anthony Esposito: Bass
Mick Brown: Drums

Produced by: Max Norman

Being that I’ve never been too terribly impressed with Dokken, I was always hesitant to give Lynch Mob a try, which ex-Dokken guitarist George Lynch started up. I think it was CD Universe I eventually picked this one up from and it was relatively cheap. The deciding factor though was when I was browsing through the comic book store on Friday afternoon years ago and they were playing the local rock station, which at 5PM on Fridays would always play three “hair metal” songs. “Wicked Sensation” was one of those songs and I immediately loved it and did a quick online search once getting home and eventually ordered the album.

“Wicked Sensation” (which is a better song than any Dokken has ever produced) is the biggest standout and Oni Logan’s voice really shines here as well. The rest of the album is solid pop-metal, but most of it is nothing spectacular, and I only occasionally give the album a spin just the hear the handful of songs I really enjoy.

The album is good enough though that if it had been released a few years earlier, it would’ve been a huge hit, but by 1990, unless you already had a strong following and were a platinum status act, you weren’t going to be given much of a chance playing this style of music.

Highlights: “Wicked Sensation”, “River of Love”, “Sweet Sister Mercy”, “She’s Evil But She’s Mine”, “No Bed of Roses”

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