VAIN: No Respect [Tape] Check videos!

Country: USA
Year: 1989
Line up: Davy Vain (vocals), Jamie Scott (guitar), Danny West (guitar), Ashley Mitchell (bass), Tom Rickard (drums)

Track Listing
1. Secrets
2. Beat The Bullet
3. Who's Watching You
4. 1000 Degrees
5. Aces
6. Smoke And Shadows
7. No Respect
8. Laws Against Love
9. Down For The Third Time
10. Icy
11. Without You

Fletchanator's comment: San Fransisco glamsters Vain had a minor hit with Beat the Bullet when they released this, their debut album, in 1989. Their teased hair look was pure glam, and singer Davy Vain had a swagger about him, and on top of that was a great songwriter. This is a seriously underrated album by a great band.Track Listings

This is such a dark, sleazey album and compared to what sold in '89, especially in states where these things matter - Poison, Winger etc. This is an adult exploration of love, life and relationships (often in it's more seedy forms) compared to the more adolescent sexual innuendoes and party rock of Warrant and their ilk. Also unlike many of their peers this is an album about sex rather than sexist party songs.
I think the production is superb and the guitar is peerless in 80's sleaze rock. I think that unlike many of it's contemporaries this album stands up well to the passage of years as it is not so obviously of it's time. The band had been around for a few years, plugging themselves with several Demo`s and many sold out gigs around the bay area.
Kerrang voted it in the top twenty albums of 89 and in the top five glam albums this year.
This is the most amazing piece of glam rock you will ever hear and is an absolute must buy for all glamsters! Davey Vain's voice is so sultry you can almost hear him pouting.
From the pop like catchiness of 'Watching You' to the sleezy grinding guitars of '1000 degrees' there is not a bad song on this glitter encrusted jewel of glam. Buy it & love it!!