There are a few weak links (the debut and Difficult To Cure, both underproduced and confused), no self-respecting metalhead should be without this catalogue.
Fave here is Bent Out Of Shape simply for its cohesion, the record courting relationship depression with the AOR mastery and smash single “Street Of Dreams.”
Got the energy, spastic tendencies, torturous sludge grinds, eye-popping screams, evil guitars, and all-around noisy shit to fit right in with the family.
Big drums, outrageously electric guitars, and solid vocal belts from McCombs when he’s loud, something closer to Days Of The New than Creed when he’s quiet.
The reasons this sucks are many. Most obviously: This style is now commonplace, unlike when Speak English or Die! came out and knocked us all on our asses.