BACKYARD BABIES — Stockholm Syndrome (review)

BACKYARD BABIES — Stockholm Syndrome album cover Album · 2003 · Glam Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
5/5 ·
Bomb Brigade
Although diehards will argue that the band's earliest efforts are their best,I find Stockholm Syndrome to be The Backyard Babies quintessential peak.Song after song of dirty excellence,brought to you directly from the gutters of Sweden.Nick Borge,Dregen,and the rest of the boys serve up a platter of sleaze with intolerance to their less defined underground roots,yet with their gutter rock sensibilities firmly intact.Take,for example,the in your face explosion of nitro glycerine that is the ONE SOUND;a somewhat experimental composition with which the band reaffirms its authority of arena rock.The song's power cannot and will not be denied.EARN THE CROWN,A SONG FOR THE OUTCAST,and PIGS FOR SWINE all maintain the group's mastery of the medium,yet establish a more groove-oriented,almost melody-driven,formula then the band had previously employed(albeit perhaps on their brilliant MAKING ENEMIES IS GOOD disc). How utterly appropriate that Backyard Babies conclude this disc with the aptly named SHUT THE FUCK UP(a song title which was soon after to be borrowed by Nikki Sixx and cohorts for their ode to European gutter rock,THE BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION).Run out,beg,steal,borrow,overthrow your government,and do whatever else it takes to make this album a part your sleaze rock collection!
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