#61
March 27 1984
Ratt
Out of the Cellar
3.75 out of 5
Highlights:
You’re in Trouble
Round and Round
The Morning After
Before I offer my own thoughts on this record, please, allow to post this reader review on Allmusic’s page:
Steve Loschi wrote: “When you were in high school in the mid-80s, it was common practice to steal just enough liquor from your parent's collection of gin and vodka to not be noticed, and make a pseudo-deadly concoction of alcoholic poison in a mason jar. The second thing to do was hide the bottle and tell your parents you were going to a football game, and then promptly just drive around the strip with your buddy, mixing this God-awful alcohol with Mountain Dew, blasting "Out of the Cellar", windows down, until you had to pull over and vomit out the car door. The next thing to do was wake up with a brutal hangover, and throw up out your bedroom window in the fear that you would certainly be caught by your parents, only for them to think that you ate something that didn't agree with you. It's a win-win situation for everyone involved- you, your buddy, your parents, and the platinum-selling members of Ratt. This is the single best power metal album put out by an LA hair metal band in the '80s, and this includes that band with Tommy Lee in it. (Although you're pretty certain you tossed your cookies to "Too Fast for Love," as well.)”
Ok. That’s hilarious. And it really sums up this album. It’s sleazier than Motley’s, more mall-ready than Anvil and the video features Milton Berle, ffs.
My spider sense is tingling with the knowledge that a slew of these bands are on the horizon and, truth be told, I adore glam rock and I love me some metal so, it should not be a surprise that I can find love in my heart for stuff like this.
Sure the chukka-chukkas on “The Morning After” and “I’m Insane” are hyper familiar, to the point of being expected had they not exist, but that doesn’t detract from them for me.
This is a perfectly good entry into the Aqua-Net Metal category.
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