Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich

Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich

Track Listings

1. 32 Pennies

2. Down Boys

3. Big Talk

4. Sometimes She Cries

5. So Damn Pretty (Should Be Against the Law)

6. D.R.F.S.R.

7. In the Sticks

8. Heaven

9. Ridin' High

10. Cold Sweat

Tracks:

32 Pennies
Down Boys
Big Talk
Sometimes She Cries
So Damn Pretty (Should Be Against The Law)
D.R.F.S.R.
In The Sticks
Heaven
Ridin' High
Cold Sweat
Only A Man (Demo)
All Night Long (Demo)

Customer Reviews:

THIS BAND ROCKS!.......2007-05-27

THIS DEBUT ALBUM FROM THIS LATE 80S HAIR BAND WAS SENSATIONAL. WARRANT TOOK THE MUSIC SCENE BY STORM. SUCH HITS LIKE "DOWN BOYS", "SOMETIMES SHE CRIES",AND OF COURSE ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR SONGS OF THE DECADE "HEAVEN" WE'RE ALL OVER THE RADIO WAVES.I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS RECORD FOR ANY ROCK FAN.CHECK IT OUT!

Catching the comets tail, so to speak.......2006-07-12

During the final spasms of the hair metal daze there were a range of bands that tried to milk a last big bang from the hard rock buying public. Groupls like Sweet FA and Southgang aimed high and achieved low. But Warrant were the band that succeeded, the last party before flannel replaced flair and the HR/HM genre gave up the fight against rap/dance to become the dominant musical genre outside of pop music for those under 30.

But to be perfectly blunt it is hard to see why Warrant was successful. The S/T debut waxes lyrical about the wild times and wild women yet is decaf pop metal. Big Talk rides a cool groove, Heaven is a quality lighters in the air number and that's about it. A coupla catchy bits, cool title and a clutch of embarrassing band pics sum this up. The story is that these guys ripped live and toured (and partied) hard - so perhaps it's the live experience that propelled the commercial success. Or perhaps Jani Lane really was that good looking.

This record is the recorded equivalent of a balloon, cool for a few moments if your a kid but ultimately made of air. Plenty of people had a good time to it though.

Worth checking out .......2006-06-04

I actually have this on audio cassette (anyone remember them?) and just listened to it for the first time in a few years and while I will concede some of their songs sound dated, Warrant is still enjoyable to listen to.

For all the teased to the sky bleached blonde hair, spandex that looked painted on those rail-thin bodies, and the like, I'll take Warrant anyday over the continuous stream of slop that has been passed off as music since the mid-80's. The reason why is because Warrant, and so-called "hair bands" like them (WHO came up with that lame term??), they actually wrote their own songs. They weren't record company creations like the current crop of slop that's pushed down the public's throats every minute of every day on your local Clear Channel owned station.

The 80's were a depressing time for this country where everything was in a state of decay (I haven't fallen for all the romanticizing that's been going on of late of that horrible decade. I saw things quite differently) but one thing that I still like to this day are heavy metal bands that wrote (and sometimes produced) their own music. A lot of heavy metal from the late-80's sounds dated but it's still enjoyable and I like listening to it from time and time (and remembering my crush on lead singer Jani Lane always makes me smile. He still looks good).

Warrant created great ballads with "Sometimes She Cries" and "Heaven" that are one my favorite cuts on this album. D.R.F.S.R. is definitely worth checking out. - Donna Di Giacomo

Classic eighties pop-metal at its best.......2005-05-17

Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich (1989.) Warrant's first album.

As everyone knows, the classic eighties metal scene was almost instantaneously destroyed with the outbreak of grunge in the early nineties. This caused many a classic metal band to collapse, or in some cases change their images. The biggest victims of this musical transition were, by far, the eighties-style metal bands that got the latest starts in the decade. Among these bands were Winger, Slaughter, Extreme, Trixter, and of course, Warrant. Warrant was an excellent pop-metal group, and unfortunately, their late start is what ultimately cost them their chance at being immortalized like many of the bands of the day were. Warrant didn't release their first album, Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich, until just two years before grunge ultimately killed most classic metal. How does the group's debut measure up? Read on for my review.

There are a lot of reasons people diss Warrant - their music is cheesy, they're unoriginal, the list goes on. It pisses me off to hear this stuff, because for one, heavy metal has never been about lyrics, but rather melodies. And as for being unoriginal? This isn't necessarily a bad thing. If the band had been a blatant rip-off of everything from this era of music, then YES, it wold be bad. But what Warrant does is takes all the best elements from the era and combines them. Because of this, they create a pop-metal sound that is widely-appealing to fans of music from this era, but at the same time, is nowhere near as chessy/glam as Poison was. What results is an excellent, very underrated band. There are plenty of fast-paced rockers here that are sure to please, as well as the obligatory power ballads you've got on practically every eighties pop metal album. Warrant's rockers and ballads are among the finest of this period, when American metal was in its identity crisis, just prior to grunge taking over. If you're a fan of eighties pop rock/metal you'll love this album. Just don't expect anything revolutionary here.

Warrant's albums got remastered and reissued. The remasters feature expanded liner notes, as well as some rare bonus tracks. It's great to see a company do remasters the right way - many labels (I'm looking at YOU, Mercury) just remaster the album and don't do anything else. If you want to see how remasters should be done, The Metal Masters Series shows you the way.

In the end, this is classic pop-metal the way it was meant to be enjoyed. If you want a pop-metal revolution, you won't get it here, but if you just want a good, solid pop metal album from one of the most underrated bands of the era, you're certainly gonna get it from Warrant's debut. Four out of five stars. Recommended, if you're into this sort of thing.

the worst band ever.......2005-05-12

what kind of dork likes this crap lmao i heard this cd at my friends who played it so we could laugh it has songs that go italian car long as my street im gonna wear exotic animals on my feet im gonna light my cigar with hundred dollar bills in the sticks i aint no country hicks girl me and the city dont mix maybe ill pierce my nose lmao if you think that horrible awful garbage is cool buy this cd otherwise youd be better of buying a cd of toiletry sounds there wouldnt be much diffrence

Average customer rating:

Filthy Stinkin' Shame!!!!!!!!!
When music was fun
Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinkin' Stinkin'. Not Classic by ANY Means.
An impressive first debut
Great first album by Warrant!

Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich
Warrant
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rock | Styles | Music

General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

Pop Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

Glam | Classic Rock | Styles | Music

Cherry Pie
Cherry Pie
Stick It to Ya
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Flesh & Blood

ASIN: B0000026M3
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

32 Pennies
Down Boys
Big Talk
Sometimes She Cries
So Damn Pretty (Should Be Against The Law)
D.R.F.S.R.
In The Sticks
Heaven
Ridin' High
Cold Sweat

Customer Reviews:

Filthy Stinkin' Shame!!!!!!!!!.......2005-07-28

I'll be honest, I never liked Warrant and still don't and
don't think they were very good but after the garbage I see
on MTV and hear on the radio I realize that this was much
better than what is out there. So if you like it, enjoy it!

When music was fun.......2005-07-26

Now it just seems music is popular based on depressing and violent lyrics. It used to be that music was genuine entertainment, was fun and made people happy. Now it just has to bring up the things we would rather forget. Groups like Warrant helped us to forget those things for awhile. Rock on and add this one to your collection for funner times and while you're at it pick up Cherry pie!

Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinkin' Stinkin'. Not Classic by ANY Means........2005-07-20

Yes, at one time I was into this band. Yes, I am now ashamed and know they were nothing but clowns in leather suits who changed their feature music flavor more often than Baskin Robbins changed the flavor of the week. In Warrant's case, that would be considered the flavor of the weak.

What did I and my buddies ever see in this group, I wonder now. I heard "Heaven" last week on a station called The Brew, and recalled how we all went gaga over this phony spandex laden, eyeliner, hairspray bent crap. Truth is, the guys in Warrant were so untalented and so ugly without their getups, they wouldn't have made little girls scream and cream without all that junk they did to themselves.

For two years before they got a contract with Columbia, I kept hearing how great this band was and couldn't wait to get this album. It promised to rock. When I got it home, the rockers were trite Boston and alleged "southern rock" ripoffs, and most of it was whiny Jani Lane's tribute to his skanky ex-girlfriend Becca Bramlett (Yes, skanky Bonnie's daughter). The vocals were bad and, outside of some badly choreographed video moves and a few half-baked power chords, this album was nothing special. Most tolerable tracks? Ummm...I can't remember anymore, but when "Heaven" is the only song anyone can remember you for, you know you suck as a "metal" band. I certainly can pick out the worst songs. The opener, "32 Pennies (In a Ragu Jar)" is just so unspeakably awful on every level, you need a bomb shelter to protect you from its fallout. "So Damn Pretty (Should Be Against the Law)" should be retitled So Damn Awful Should Be Executed for Public Harrassment. Truly, the best song on here is the cocky, self-assured strut of "Big Talk" but it doesn't ...uh...warrant buying this bad debut or any of its followups, which I collected until that awful grunge album they put out in the mid-90s.

You know? It's funny that I always remember Jani Lane and his silly white hair, always posing with those baggy Olsen Twin blue eyes of his, hands together as if he was praying. I guess he was praying for a better singing voice. See? God DOESN'T always answer every prayer!

An impressive first debut.......2005-01-02

Today, in 2005, rock music is #3 on the list of most popular music, right after rap and country. New rock music is still being released today, and while old rock bands such as KISS, Aerosmith, Van Halen, Metallica, and several other old rock bands are still popular, there are also the rock bands who were popular for a while, but to this day, are not forgotten, but aren't popular either. Unfortunately, one of those bands happens to be Warrant, who were a late 80's glam rock band that became known as another glam rock band with some raunchy material. While their debut album, "Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich" is not as good as their sophomore album "Cherry Pie", it is still a very good album. The songs on here are very well written, and the production is richly executed, while the album kind of makes you wish we were still living in the 1980's. With ballads such as "32 Pennies", "Sometimes She Cries", and "Heaven", and other hard rock songs which include "D.R.F.S.R.", "Ridin' High", "Cold Sweat", among others, this album proves to be your 80's glam rock album. If you liked "Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich", then I would recommend getting "The Best Of Warrant" and the reissued versions of both this album and "Cherry Pie"- even if you already have the originals. "Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich" is a very good album, and if you are a fan of 80's music, then you should add this album to your collection.

Great first album by Warrant! .......2004-10-06

I think that Warrant made a very good debut with this album. It was so over the top in its sound. Although I listen to R&B, rap and urban stuff, this was one of the more unique heavy metal albums that I got to listen to. Heaven and Sometimes She Cries were the power ballads that were hits, but I love the rockers in Down Boys, D.R.F.S.R., 32 Pennies, In The Sticks and the last two. There's a lot of energy and the guitars are revved up on this effort. Jani Lane sings with attitude on here, and the lead guitars in Erik Turner along with bassist Jerry Dixon and the other members provide the backbone for the band. Although Cherry Pie and later albums did well, they are no contest to this debut. It's good to hear that the remaining members still perform today and still wowing audiences!