BLUE MURDER — Nothin' But Trouble (review)

BLUE MURDER — Nothin' But Trouble album cover Album · 1993 · Hard Rock Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
Stephen
John Sykes put out his second effort of Blue Murder trio in 1993 with a little departure from the debut which rooted heavily to his former band, Whitesnake. This album started with an explosive pounding rhythm of "We All Fall Down", the best uptempo track of the album, followed with an outstanding cover of the classic Small Faces tune, "Itchycoo Park". Some other good songs that I like here are "Dance" that shakes the floor with the naughty upbeat rhythm and "I'm On Fire", unleashing a fierceful Sykes shred with the raucious voice of Kelly Keeling.

"Save My Love", the timeless ballad with an unexpected heartfelt voice of John Sykes, always been my favorite and the strongest reason I bought this album. "Love Child" featured an awesome riffs and a groovy seductive chorus while "Shouldn't Have Let You Go" is a decent likeable light rock with a nice chorus and if you can get the Japanese version, the bonus track "Bye Bye" is pretty good with its crispy 60s rhythm and infectious chorus.

"Nothin But Trouble" is a rocky road for Blue Murder, didn't meet up my high expectation but also not a bad album overall. I will admit there are several dreadful songs I can't bear to listen twice but still worth to buy for several strong tracks alone, it's just that you might only want to fully spin this once in a while.
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