The 1986 Listening Post - Treat - The Pleasure Principle

Treat - The Pleasure Principle

#361/2041

1986 Housekeeping

Treat

The Pleasure Principle

Genre: Glam Metal

3 out of 5

Last album these guys sounded like latter day Kiss. Maybe I’ve just heard too much post-rock experimental nonsense today but I welcome this hair metal from Sweden more than I was willing to accept last go round. 

It’s not as falsely menacing as, say, Raitt but it’s not really all that interesting. 

There’s a reason no one remembers Treat.

https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-pleasure-principle/1442335444

The 1985 Listening Post - Treat - Scratch and Bite

Treat - Scratch and Bite

#46

February 24 1985

Treat

Scratch and Bite

Genre: Glam Rock

2.75 out of 5

Imagine being in a band in 1985 and deciding that latter day Kiss was the band you want to emulate, sound wise. Listening to the title track and tell me that it doesn’t sound like it fell off Crazy from the Heat or Hot in the Shade. 

So, this is 3rd rate 80s Kiss, which is not the best music you can make. Or take “Too Wild” which is bad Leppard. Or maybe it’s awful Bon Jovi. 

Damn, everything sounds like it’s aiming for inclusion on the St. Elmo’s Fire soundtrack.

https://open.spotify.com/album/6HtQYZ8m3UtD2k6Xt7Vwvx?si=sJ2ubscvRdKu6Kbd0d7Fiw