TWISTED SISTER Still Hungry Spitfire Records reviewed by JOSH ANXT Return to Reviews

For years I have been a fan of their Stay Hungry album. So when I heard they were re-recording it for the albums 20 year anniversary I was all over it. I am very happy to say it didn't disappoint. It could easily have, yet didn't. The performances are pretty true to the original. The only differance being a little bit of double bass drum work and the band doing the back up vocals instead of Dee doing them himself. I admit, at first I was thrown off a bit by the thick full sound of something I was used to sounding thin. I was just used to it the old way. So I listened to it about a dozen times and then went back and tried my Say Hungry vinyl from 1984, and now I don't like that version! After hearing the re-recordings, theres no need for the old one. Theres also 6 bonus tracks of previously unreleased stuff. All of which are good. 2 are songs that were recorded for the orginal album, but didn't make it. Why I don't know as they fit well. The rest are new songs, and to my surprise, are very good. I figured they would suck to tell you the truth. It's not like all the reformed 80's bands are putting out material that can compare to their back catalogue. But, then again, Stay Hungry is in my opinion, the bands only great album. So I guess it wasn't too hard to top the other albums as far as new material is concerned. If you were ever a fan of this band, this release is well worth your cash.....