Skid Row (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Skid Row
Type = studio
Artist = Skid Row


Released = January 24, 1989
Recorded = 1988
Genre = Heavy metal, Glam metal
Length = 39:28
Label = Atlantic
Producer = Michael Wagener
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:4bkxu3q5an4k~T1 link]
*Sputnikmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=4808 link]
Last album =
This album = "Skid Row"
(1989)
Next album = "Slave to the Grind"
(1991)

"Skid Row" is the debut album from the American heavy metal band Skid Row, released on January 24, 1989. The album is certified 5x Platinum by the RIAA.The album spawned the top 10 singles "18 and Life" and "I Remember You" and the Mainstream rock hit "Youth Gone Wild". It is the bands' most commercially successful album. It went on to sell over 10 million copies worldwide, including 7 million in the United States alone.Fact|date=September 2008

Track listing

All tracks by Rachel Bolan and Dave Sabo, except where noted.

# "Big Guns" (Rob Affuso, Bolan, Scotti Hill, Sabo) – 3:36
# "Sweet Little Sister" (Bolan, Sabo) – 3:10
# "Can't Stand the Heartache" (Bolan) – 3:24
# "Piece of Me" (Bolan) – 2:48
# "18 and Life" (Rachel Bolan, Dave 'Snake' Sabo) - 3:50
# "Rattlesnake Shake" (Bolan, Sabo) – 3:07
# "Youth Gone Wild" (Bolan, Sabo) – 3:18
# "Here I Am" (Bolan, Sabo) – 3:10
# "Makin' a Mess" (Sebastian Bach, Bolan, Sabo) – 3:38
# "I Remember You" (Bolan, Sabo) – 5:14
# "Midnight/Tornado" (Matt Fallon, Sabo) – 4:17

Personnel

*Sebastian Bach – vocals
*Dave Sabo – guitar
*Scotti Hill – guitar
*Rachel Bolan – bass guitar
*Rob Affuso – drums
*David Kent – engineer
*Michael Wagener – producer, engineer, mixing

Charts

Album

ingles

Outtakes

The following songs were written and demoed for the album, but did not make the final cut.
*"Forever" (released on "")
*"Walk with a Stranger"
*"Dirty World"
*"Knock, Knock Baby"
*"Shame, Shame"
*"Love Comes Down"
*"Waiting for Me"
*"Can't Wait Til It's Here"
*"Money in a Hurry"
*"Shine in the Night"

References