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Skid Row - Slave To The Grind



8.5 | 349 votes |
Release date: 11 June 1991
Style: Hard rock, Heavy metal

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01. Monkey Business
02. Slave To The Grind
03. The Threat
04. Quicksand Jesus
05. Psycho Love
06. Get The Fuck Out
07. Livin' On A Chain Gang
08. Creepshow
09. In A Darkened Room
10. Riot Act
11. Mud Kicker
12. Wasted Time

Top 20 albums of 1991: 19

Additional info
Two versions of this album exist: the original version, and the "clean" (censored) version. The clean version replaced "Get the Fuck Out" with "Beggar's Day" as its sixth track.

The Japanese CD edition (AMCY-257) features both tracks: 6. Get the Fuck Out and 13. Beggar's Day.

Guest review by
Doc G.
Rating:
8.8
After a truly solid debut from Skid Row, one would ask, how could we expect them to top this? Yet they did.

All aspects of the band have stepped up a notch in this album, becoming more intense; less rock and more metal! The entire atmosphere is made more dynamic from the get-go. The intro to the opening track "Monkey Business" has a quiet bluesy riff with quiet vocals that give the impression that the album ahead is going to be weak - but out of nowhere Bach unleashes a scream that breaks into a full-on hard rock anthem, setting off the intensity that barely lets down for the next 45 minutes. Just as soon as you catch your breath after the intro track, a very thrashy title track kicks in with just as much blistering intensity.

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published 26.05.2007 | Comments (9)

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20.08.2012 - 02:11
Rating: 5
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
One big Monkey Buisness, when I get it and still I have same feeling WTF 2 opening songs of album sucks big time , bets thing here is 2 ballad type songs because its weeker album (does not meens bad) how 1th one from band
I remeber bach once at VH say something like this and ---- there was a power ballad, you start album whit something ehavy,m secend was power ballad, always power ballad, midle song on album must be killer hit, it was standrat, thats how metal was beck then , he said it once on VH1 ... where the F is power ballad Nr 2 ... in non of SR albums Nr 2 is power ballad
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28.08.2012 - 22:46
Cuca Beludo
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Comment above ??????????????????????????

Anyway, this is their best album so far.
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28.08.2012 - 23:02
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Total nonesense K7 is babbling again. This one is vastly superior to the band's debut album
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29.08.2012 - 00:57
Rating: 8
Milena
gloom cookie
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 28.08.2012 at 23:02

This one is vastly superior to the band's debut album

Completely.
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10.12.2012 - 10:33
m3ta1he4d

Quicksand Jesus alone is kicks ass..
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10.12.2012 - 11:06
JohnDoe
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Written by Bad English on 20.08.2012 at 02:11

One big Monkey Buisness, when I get it and still I have same feeling WTF 2 opening songs of album sucks big time , bets thing here is 2 ballad type songs because its weeker album (does not meens bad) how 1th one from band
I remeber bach once at VH say something like this and ---- there was a power ballad, you start album whit something ehavy,m secend was power ballad, always power ballad, midle song on album must be killer hit, it was standrat, thats how metal was beck then , he said it once on VH1 ... where the F is power ballad Nr 2 ... in non of SR albums Nr 2 is power ballad


What a mess of a post!
By the way, the three ballads of this album are great and I dislike power ballads these days, the exceptions are few.
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02.03.2013 - 14:05
Rating: 8
Aristarchos

One of few glam metal albums I like.
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02.03.2013 - 17:41
enumaelis

Written by Aristarchos on 02.03.2013 at 14:05

One of few glam metal albums I like.

I'd say it's harder than most of glam metal, wouldnt call this exactly Glam... more like Hard'n Heavy
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02.03.2013 - 21:05
Rating: 9
Angelic Storm
Melodious
This album definitely has nothing to do with glam or hair metal. The debut did, but not this one!
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18.03.2014 - 13:46
Rating: 9
Angelic Storm
Melodious
Written by deadone on 18.03.2014 at 04:37

Damn I love this album! Superb heavy metal. And Wasted Time is probably up there as one of my top 10 songs of all time.


Ah, beautiful ballad that one! I always tear up when I hear that song, it's just amazing. Definitely one of my fave ballads of all time.
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08.09.2014 - 12:19
Rating: 8
angel.
Evil Butterfly
Written by Angelic Storm on 18.03.2014 at 13:46

Ah, beautiful ballad that one! I always tear up when I hear that song, it's just amazing. Definitely one of my fave ballads of all time.

I got exactly the same feeling to Wasted Time.
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26.07.2015 - 18:59
Rating: 5
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
Me to, this band had tallant to write ballads, maybe that's why Sebbe likes women and needs them every day and had married a lot of, maybe that's why women likes him?
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26.07.2015 - 20:37
Lit.
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BE, you are some kind of stupid.
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26.07.2015 - 20:52
Rating: 5
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
Written by Guest on 26.07.2015 at 20:37

BE, you are some kind of stupid.


I know, but this is how things works
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02.02.2021 - 16:17
Rufus Valentine
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Guilty pleasure of mine. Top level hard rock and way better than the debut.
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13.09.2021 - 18:48
Rating: 5
Joppe
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It's almost 50 minutes album and only 2 songs are something interesting: Slave To The Grind and Riot Act. They tried to repeat the ballad success of the first album and it failed here. Most of the songs are skippable.
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13.09.2021 - 19:57
Rating: 5
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
Written by Joppe on 13.09.2021 at 18:48

It's almost 50 minutes album and only 2 songs are something interesting: Slave To The Grind and Riot Act. They tried to repeat the ballad success of the first album and it failed here. Most of the songs are skippable.


Quicksand juses, in a darkened room and waisted time are killer songs to me. First was better indeed but this still rows.
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13.09.2021 - 20:43
Rating: 5
Joppe
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Written by Bad English on 13.09.2021 at 19:57

Written by Joppe on 13.09.2021 at 18:48

It's almost 50 minutes album and only 2 songs are something interesting: Slave To The Grind and Riot Act. They tried to repeat the ballad success of the first album and it failed here. Most of the songs are skippable.


Quicksand juses, in a darkened room and waisted time are killer songs to me.


They're not so good against Ricky was a young boy. No band should do more than 1 ballad if it was for me to choose.
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13.09.2021 - 22:22
Rating: 5
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
Written by Joppe on 13.09.2021 at 20:43

Written by Bad English on 13.09.2021 at 19:57

Written by Joppe on 13.09.2021 at 18:48

It's almost 50 minutes album and only 2 songs are something interesting: Slave To The Grind and Riot Act. They tried to repeat the ballad success of the first album and it failed here. Most of the songs are skippable.


Quicksand juses, in a darkened room and waisted time are killer songs to me.


They're not so good against Ricky was a young boy. No band should do more than 1 ballad if it was for me to choose.

I remember you was good to. Ricky Video was cool thing, first was well wach song was killer, here few weaker songs, but then still where did band went after
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22.10.2022 - 15:34
RaduP
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Wtf this is not grindcore
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