Track Listing

1. Naughty Naughty
2. Under the Gun
3. Saturday Nite
4. Don't Walk Away
5. Bang Bang
6. Rock America
7. Boys Will Be Boys
8. One Step from Paradise
9. Feels Like Love
10. Turn It On
11. Live It Up

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #114331 in Music
• Released on: 1989-06-19
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Solid Glam-era Debut Album
Recently I began tinkering with 90's-00's rock/metal, buying and borrowing CDs so that I could get an idea for various bands, and see just what it is the dudes and chicks in my generation (I'm 20) are in to. I figured I'd come away from the experience at least a bit converted to the opinions that today's music is where it's at. WRONG. I thought I disliked today's stuff before I experimented with it. Now I hate it that much more. I think today's bands get all their songs from a Music Supermarket, where all the sounds and guitar work is canned and bottled with childproof seals. Then they throw it in a mixer, dub their own vocals over the canned ones, and voila! a new "Incubus," "Fuel," "Nickelback," "Jimmy Eat World," "Hoobastank," "Static-X," or "Goo Goo Dolls" CD is produced. PLEASE.

So I turned my ears, having taken a battering from today's ... nu-metal, to my VAST 80's metal collection (Priest to Vinnie Vincent Invasion to Def Leppard to Slaughter), and I was soothed. One of the first I popped in was Danger Danger's debut album. I already liked the album, but comparing it to today's stuff, I appreciate the album even more.

The album is solid throughout. The lead track, "Naughty Naughty," is by far the album's best song, but that's saying a lot, considering that most of the material on this release could be on Danger Danger's "best of" album someday. "Naughty Naughty" is nicely followed by "Under the Gun," which has the same feel to it that the Top Gun soundtrack does (another recommended purchase). "Saturday Night" is probably the only track on here that just sounds more like Def Leppard to me than Danger Danger, and while that's NOT a bad thing, the song doesn't fit on this album.

This album has a number of semi-ballads and ballads that demonstrate this band's musicmanship as well as their top-notch production talents. "Don't Walk Away" is a very good semi-ballad, (boy the keyboards are added nicely in that song-- just enough, just the right sound); "One Step From Paradise" is the only true "ballad" on this album, but it belongs up there with Firehouse's "Love of a Lifetime" (1990), Warrant's "Heaven" (1988), and Dokken's "Alone Again" (1984). The vocals on "One Step From Paradise" are top-notch, reminding me of Steelheart (1990). A very good ballad. And finally, the semi-ballad "Feels Like Love" is the other in this category of slower stuff on this album, but nonetheless solid material. "Feels Like Love" has a nice rhythm to it, and a nostalgic feel to the lyrics and vocals. "Feels Like Love" is one of my favorite songs on the album.

Finally, the rest of the rock tracks on the album are "Bang Bang", which has some really good guitar work on it; "Rock America", probably the second most solid rocker on this album after "Naughty Naughty", and a very upbeat song; "Boys Will Be Boys", which has 80's-rockstar attitude much like "Naughty Naughty",; and "Turn It On" and "Live It Up" close out the album with pep and kick.

Overall the album has a good deal of keyboards, much like Europe or Autograph, though I think the album is more fun and more solid as a whole than anything either of those two bands did, save maybe for Europe's "The Final Countdown"-- a TIGHT album. The guitar work varies in intensity from song to song, but it's definitely there, and I think the keyboards actually compliment the guitar riffs, chugs, pings, and squeals very nicely throughout the entire album.

Anyway, I've said enough. If you aren't convinced to shell out ten bucks by now, you probably won't be! But this party album is fun, and well worth a listen (or two, or three...). Rock on!

a classic debut
A great debut for a young and hungry rock band. There are a lot of keyboards on this album, almost reminiscient of Quiet Riot's "QRIII" or anything Night Ranger put out. While keyboards leave a bad taste in your mouth on some songs, the majority of these benefit from the keys particularly the GREAT power ballad, "One step from paradise" one of my all-time favorites and the great rock anthem titled "Rock America." The hits from here were impressive as well "Naughty Naughty" and "Bang Bang." And as good as this is, their future cd's rocked, too! However, this is the only D2 (Danger Danger) cd that keyboards are noticeable, the rest of them focus on the voice and guitar. These players, as a band musically, are tighter than a duck's ass, they got everything down pact THAT DAMN GOOD, and on EVERY album no less. No mistakes. Steve West really pulls some heavy duty drumming on 'Rock America' and singer Ted Poley nails high notes in that same track and 'One step from paradise.' Buy this cd for the 2 tracks I just mentioned, they beat out the 2 hits 'Bang Bang' and 'Naughty Naughty' and guess what? They got a new cd so they aren't done yet.

Few artists debut with very good albums.
But Danger Danger debuted with a fantastic one. Their self-titled debut is filled with great, catchy tunes from beginning to end. Out of the eleven tracks on this record, there is only one I don't like. "Saturday Nite" lacks originality moreso than the other songs; it sounds too much like a Def Leppard song. My personal favorites on this album are "Don't Walk Away", "Rock America" (that is a wonderful anthem; it should have been played all over the radio after the September 11th tragedy), "Feels Like Love" and of course "Bang Bang" and "Naughty Naughty" are great, too. Actually, as I said before, ten of the eleven tracks on this album are very enjoyable to listen to. The artists that 'Danger Danger' would most closely relate to on this album are defintely Europe and Night Ranger (personally I would prefer this cd over any of NR's or Europe's material). This is a great hair metal record and while the lyrics have nothing new to offer, all of the music is extremely enjoyable to listen to, Ted Poley's voice sounds great and the album is very consistent throughout. That is why I rate this cd with five stars.