Stephen I swear I heard Axl-style singing here and not to mention some Appetite-For-Destruction's influenced riffs and rhythm in many of the songs here, but I can safely say that KIK TRACEE is a poor man's GUNS N' ROSES. Without the originality and came out too late, the band was shuffled out quickly without a trace and after this single album, they're gone off to nowhere. But I can tell you that this ain't bad at all, yeah they should have cut the duration to 45 minutes and left out several fillers, but if you play it loud as suggested, the effect is quite dramatic and somehow it's still enjoyable, well if you do like some good ol sleaze rock of course.

Several outstanding songs for me here are 'Mrs.Robinson', the acoustical ballad of 'Big Western Sky' which weirdly reminds me to L.A.GUNS big hit, 'The Ballad of Jayne' in some ways; 'Tangerine Man' and 'Rattlesnake Eyes are pretty nice; and 'Lost' is also a nice ballad. Other tracks are quite okay like 'Don't Need Rules', 'You're So Good', and 'Trash City', but I think I'm fine without 'Generation Express', 'Soul Shaker' that ripped off 'Mr.Brownstone', or 'Velvet Crush'.

It's an okay release, usually you can find it pretty cheap in the nearest pawn shop, just make sure you don't overpay it, it kinda fits nicely into your sleaze collection, and works much better if you dig GNR or L.A.GUNS. 70%