★★★★★
More than two decades have elapsed since the grunge tsunami swept away the bighaired, multi-platinum-selling metal muthas, but still hardrockin' Noo Jersey warriors Skid Row toil away to everdiminishing returns. Many long-term disciples wrote them off simply for daring to reform with leather-lunged vocalist Johnny Solinger replacing original wild child Sebastian Bach, but the commercial decline they've suffered since 2003's comeback LP Thickskin is undeniable...
- recordcollectormag.com
2013-06-20
★★★★★
Sound: One of the 1st albums, in my opinion, to set off the screaming era. With the metal masters on the guitars, Scotti Hill and Dave 'Snake' Sabo, and the lyrical genius of Sabastian Bach and Rachel Bolan, the music came together. With metal hits like, Slave to the Grind, Monkey Business, and The Threat, and the ballads: Quicksand Jesus, In a Darkened Room, and Wasted Time, this album is truly one of the greats in rock history...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-04-12
★★★★★
Sound: Make no mistake. This album rocks aloud with screaming guitar licks and powerful vocals from frontman Sebastian Bach, singer of Skid Row at the time of this albums release in 1989. The album contains eleven hard rocking tracks that have a borderline heavy metal feel particularly some of the guitar solos by lead guitarist Dave "The Snake" Sabo...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-04-12
★★★★★
Now that the youth gone wild have just gone away, why not let 'em unleash a career retrospective, 40 Seasons, and capitalize on the so-called hair-metal revival? Don't get us wrong, it's fairly bitchin' again to hear Skid Row cranK their way through meaty sing-alongs like "Monkey Business," "18 and Life," and "I Remember You." But before you start digging out your acid-washed jeans jacket, be warned: The rest of the disc is thinner than Sebastian Bach circa 1989.
- ew.com
2010-08-27
★★★★★
Sound: 40 Seasons: Best of Skid Row was an compilation album released by Skid Row in 1998, it included great Skid Row hits from previous "Skid Row" and "Slave To The Grind" albums like "18 and Life", "Youth Gone Wild", "Monkey Buisness" and "I Remember You", the album reached multi-platinum status. After the album was released Sebastian Bach left because of artistic diffreneces and major criticism from fans and critics alike...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2009-11-15
★★★★★
Sound: This underrated album by Skid Row is their best and most musically mature. Being told it was their weakest, it completely blew me away. Gone is the glam-like sound in their earlier albums and taking its place is nasty soundin' thrash. This album proves that Skid Row can use unusual time signatures and altered tunings just like the rest of 'em. The underrated guitarist pair of Snakie Sabo and Scotti hill once again clock out some killer riffs...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2009-11-15
★★★★★
No text for this review; see http://robertchristgau.com/xg/bk-cg90/grades-90s.php.
- www.robertchristgau.com
2009-07-10
★★★★★
Bio plays up their anti-"formula" "bad-itude," leaving open the question of whether any of these double-platinum Jerseyoid bar boys has recorded professionally before. Sounds like someone knows the formula: metal guitar plus amped-to-10 frontman times pop structure equals East Coast G N' R. Class animus is their excuse, the 9-to-5 dead end rejected for salvation by sleaze...
- www.robertchristgau.com
2009-07-10
★★★★★
Sixties: The Beatles coversongs by Chuck Berry. Seventies: Kiss covers the Rolling Stones.Eighties: Poison covers Loggins & Messina. Nineties: Skid Row coversKiss, Judas Priest, and Rush. Question: Do you think it's the faultof Skid Row that B-Side Ourselves stinks?
- ew.com
2009-06-12
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