Tales from the Strip

Artist: L.A. Guns
Label: Shrapnel
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 026245118126
EAN: 0026245118126
ASIN: B000A9QKN2

Release Date: 2005-08-16

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Tracks:

IT DON'T MEAN NOTHING
ELECTRIC NEON SUNSET
GYPSY SOUL
ORIGINAL SIN
VAMPIRE
HOLLYWOOD'S BURNING
6.9 EARTHSHAKER
ROX BABY GIRL
CRAZY MOTORCYCLE
SKIN
SHAME
RESURRECTION
AMANECER
(CAN'T GIVE YOU) ANYTHING BETTER THAN LOVE

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Customer Reviews:

Pretty good.......2007-02-24

Gets off to a great start with "It Don't Mean Nothin'" and right away you have a good guitar sound with Phil Lewis on vocals. That is a recipe for success. Overall the album is pretty good. The first L.A. Guns and Cocked and Loaded are still their two best though.

an incredible classic hard rock album, worthy of more than 5 stars!!!.......2006-09-14

This could be the PERFECT glam metal album, in the way that it exemplifies everything good about the genre; but it's also, overall, just an incredible classic hard rock album.

Any LA Guns fan knows that Phil's voice, alone, can elevate material above the rest of what's out there, so, as long as Phil's around, they're at a good starting point. What amazed me about "Tales from the Strip" was that, not only did LA Guns NOT suffer musically from the departure of original guitarist Tracii Guns, but they actually seem so much stronger and maybe even a little more heartfelt in their delivery.

Fast-paced rockers like "It Don't Mean Nothing" & "Hollywood's Burning" build on the style of earlier work from "Cocked & Loaded" without sounding dated. "Skin" & "Original Sin" flat-out nail sleaze-rock. And I get chills everytime I hear "Electric Neon Sunset" & "Vampire" - bluesy, emotional tracks that I would consider their best.

It doesn't matter what's popular, what scene the band came from, what their 'look' is - "Tales From the Strip" is an amazing album that deserves to be heard; once heard it's tuly addictive!

long live LAG.......2006-07-20

this ladies and gentlemen is what rock n roll is all about. the band has really out done itself this time around. from phil singing like he's in his twenties again and stacy blades making that guitar scream (that's right, mr blades is a bad @ss) we have ourself one of their best albums. songs like: gypsy soul, original sin, crazy motorcycle and skin, show the band hitting on all strides. a definite winner, no doubt about it!

Tracii, please come back!.......2006-05-05

i've been a big L.A.Guns fan for a long time. they have some great songs & some pretty solid albums. but the fact is, this album stinks. the songs are awful. the production is bad & when Tracii left he definitely took the raw rock edge with him. it's really funny to hear Phil criticize other great bands (Alice In Chains, STP & so on) as of late. especially after this release. i don't know... it's just really hard for me to take a pouting middle aged man in a fishnet shirt seriously... whatever.

pure power.......2006-04-14

I grew up listining to late 60's and 70's rock, the Who, the Stones, the Godz, Aerosmith, Yes, Bad Company, etc., so I did not expect to like this CD. I was familiar with a 70's band called GIRL whose lead singer was Phil Lewis. While browsing the racks at my local music store, I noticed Phil's name on the back of this L.A. Guns CD and, curious to hear what he sounds like today, purchased the CD. I must admit, I was pleasantly surprised. This CD rocks. Thundering drums and plenty of catchy vocals and driving guitar riffs. Straight forward, fun, hard driving rock that gets you moving. Highly recomended.

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