You Can't Stop Rock 'N' Roll

Artist: Twisted Sister
Label: Spitfire
Category: Music

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Format: Original recording remastered
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 670211502527
EAN: 0670211502527
ASIN: B00001QEG2

Release Date: 1999-11-02

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Tracks:

The Kids Are Back
Like A Knife In The Back
Ride To Live, Live To Ride
I Am (I'm Me)
The Power And The Glory
We're Gonna Make It
I've Had Enough
I'll Take You Alive
You're Not Alone (Suzette's Song)
You Can't Stop Rock 'N' Roll
One Man Woman
Four Barrel Heart Of Love
Feel The Power

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Customer Reviews:

GREAT MUSIC! PATHETIC SOUND!!!!!!!!!!.......2006-10-17

This is one of the greatest metal albums ever recorded, which is the only reason I gave it a 3 instead of a 1, because the sound is PATHETIC!!!!!!! I have the analog, & I'm having a hard time telling the difference between the 2. In fact, the analog may sound better!!!!! If you like Twisted Sister 0r good metal, then you should own a copy of this album. BUT, DON'T be expecting a first class 24 bit remaster!!!!

Sister....as in Twisted!.......2005-11-30

When it came time to load up my i-pod, lo and behold, I took 8 of the 10 tracks from this album. Hence a review was deemed necessary. Twisted Sister were never a virtuoso band but they paid their dues in the 70s and learned how to crank out good quality metal. YCSRR has plenty of good riffs, decent solos, and the vocals of one Dee Snider. I always loved the first three rockers- The Kids Are Back, Like A Knife In The Back, Ride To Live, Live To Ride. But there are other good songs like We're Gonna Make It and I've Had Enough. The cover of The Who's I Am (I'm Me) and the ballad You're Not Alone are also good. And let's not forget the title track. I often feel the need to give the two-fingered Dio sign come chorus time, YOU CANT STOP ROCK N ROLL!

NO, YOU CAN'T.......2005-09-06

I don't have too much to say about this one. This is perfect from the beginning to the end. It's raw, it's fun, it's heavy and it has an attitude that not a lot of cd's out there have.

From "The kids are back" to "You can't stop rock'n'roll" it is a trip to the start of US metal. I might get tired to describe this one, because it's very simple and almost impossible....... it's very fun to review but you can't on this one. I'll just say that this sounds like the Rolling Stones meets Judas Priest.

God, if they had only stayed on the jeans look the history might be different today.

And one more thing, this CD deserves the honor to be the first official Heavy Metal album to include a beautiful metal ballad (maybe the first of all times) "You're Not Alone".

Highlight: OK, to skip the usual clichý that every song is great I'm gonna pick three: The Kids Are Back, I'm Am (I'm Me), You Can't Stop R'N'R, You're Not Alone (OK 4 songs and that's it!!!!).
Lowlight: The inside picture were they look like bad-paid-clowns. And Dee Snider looks like he fought with his mom on a wedding.

Great second album.......2005-09-05

I had to have this one, and I got it at last.

Looking at some of the songs online before I bought You Can't Stop Rock N Roll, the songs "Like a Knife in the Back" and "We're Gonna Make It" didn't catch my eye too much. Ironically, it turned out to be the exact opposite of this. Read on.

"The Kids are Back" was one that I liked somewhat, but it definitely wasn't my favorite on this album.

"Like a Knife in the Back" ironically turned out to be one of my favorites. I love the heavy bass-work by Mark Mendoza, and the lyrics are very good too.

"Ride to Live, Live to Ride" was one that looked good from the start, and it's also another favorite of mine.

"I Am: I'm Me" was one of the reasons I bought this album. It didn't turn out to be AS good as I thought it would, but it's still a very good song.

"The Power and the Glory" was another one of those songs that didn't look too good, but turned out to be one that I liked a lot.

"We're Gonna Make It" is another really good song, one that I had to listen to over and over a few times.

"I've Had Enough" Was so-so. I've never been in such a situation as described in the song, so I guess I can't really appreciate the meaningful lack of euphemism in the song.

"I'll Take You Alive" interested me because I like A.J. Pero's wild drum solo at the end of the song. Looking at the lyrics online before I bought the album also put it in high esteem with me.

"You're Not Alone (Suzette's Song)"...The tune is good, but I find the lyrics just a tad cliched. The "Lifetime of Endless Rain" line in particular. A decent number nonetheless.

"You Can't Stop Rock N Roll", the lovely title track. I like the great personification the Dee gave Rock N Roll. But I guess it didn't turn out like that...True Rock N Roll died out with the death of Hair Metal/Glam Rock, and was replaced by the new punk rock that, though good, will never fully replace Hair Metal. The way I see it, there is a big rift of a difference between "Punk Rock" and "Rock N Roll".

And the bonus tracks...

"One Man Woman" Now let me tell you something...Don't believe the lyrics you read on the internet for this song. They're almost completely wrong. The first line of the second verse sounds like "they love to lay down beside her", not "they'd love to lay down on the saddle" as they describe in the online lyrics. A good song, maybe something they should have considered putting as a bonus track on Love is for Suckers.

"Four Barrel Heart of Love" I haven't listened to this song much since I got the album. It's okay, but I didn't find it too interesting.

"Feel the Power" Another song where online lyrics are completely wrong! Those of you that have this album, I have a rhetorical question for you: does "we'll show you all a thing or two" (real lyrics) sound anything like "we'll show you all what we will do" (online lyrics)?!
I think the song is good, but I didn't like the chorus because it slowed down.

The biggest disappointment of this album was the remastering work. They did such a good job with Under the Blade, Stay Hungry and Love is for Suckers (I don't have Come Out and Play...yet), what happened with this one?

Save the bad remastering work, I think this album is good overall, but I suppose Stay Hungry is still the leading starter album for people who are new to Twisted Sister.

4.5 stars - An excellent sophomore release.......2005-05-04

You Can't Stop Rock And Roll (1983.) Twisted Sister's second album.

Twisted Sister broke onto the musical scene in 1982 with their hard and heavy debut album, Under The Blade. The band had begun to build up a following much earlier, as a rather popular bar room act in the New York City area. When the band tried to go mainstream, and they took on their ridiculous image, many of their old fans from the bar days turned their backs on them. Despite this, the group's debut album proved to be one of the hardest and heaviest rock and roll albums ever release - and it was a masterpiece all the way. Unfortunately, it didn't really give the band the widespread maninstream success they had wanted. The band followed it up the next year with their sophomore album, You Can't Stop Rock And Roll. Read on for my review.

Following Under The Blade being a commercial failure despite being an awesome album, Twisted Sister tried to expand their audience by commercializing their hard rock sound a good deal, while at the same time, trying to maintain their hard rock edge. That is why the group's sophomore album sounds considerably more mainstream and commercial than their debut. Unfortunately, despite the group commercializing their sound, the album failed to really improve the band's popularity outside of the lone hit the album spawned, which was the classic title track. Although still hard and heavy, this one does have more a pop-metal sound to it than the debut. One strength the album DOES have, though, over the debut, is that it's where the band really started to diversify and polish their sound. The debut was raw, straight-up heavy metal. On this album the band starts to polish the rawness out of their sound (I kind of wish they hadn't), and play more diverse music. The album has pop metal tunes, hard and heavy metal tunes, and even the group's first true power ballad, You're Not Alone. No, this isn't my favorite Twisted Sister release (the debut is likely to always hold that spot in my book), but it's still a damn fine album through and through.

Twisted Sister's albums got remastered and reissued, and the record company, in addition to expanding the liner notes and remastering the sound, included bonus tracks! In other words, if you don't own these albums yet, it's well worth buying the new versions - you get better sound, better liner notes, and above all, the excellent bonus tracks.

There really isn't much else that needs to be said here. Twisted Sister created an excellent sophomore album that would help to shape their sound for the years to come. Dee Snider and the boys were on their way to the top of the musical mainstream (they'd reach it on their next album), and this album is proof that the group was more than just "another eighties metal band." If you're a fan of the group, this is well worth the purchase. Just be sure to get the remaster!

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