Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #478595 in Music
• Released on: 2001-01-05
• Format: Cutout

Customer Reviews

Diamond Dave dabbles & experiments...SUCCESSFULLY!!
This album took some getting used to. But once I did, I can't stop listening! If you're looking for a typical fast-paced, super-sonic, bombastic, over-the-top, in-your-face, hard-rockin', fun-lovin' Diamond Dave album that's all about guns, guitars, bikinis, and fast cars...I'd recommend 1991's "A Little Ain't Enough". On the "Filthy Little Mouth" album, however, Dave continues where he left off with 1985's "Crazy From The Heat", taking unusual turns and sidebars as only Dave can...dabbling in rock 'n' roll, blues, reggae, and even a country/rock duet Traffis Tritt! The album is exceptionally well-written and sounds terrific! Dave does some of his finest singing. Definitely a must-have for a Diamond Dave fan!!

A total gem
I picked this one up the day it came out and was blown away by its music and creativity. This is a true GEM of a recording, and Dave proves that he has many dimensions--unlike many rock singers--and unlike, certainly, his overrated VH replacement Sammy Hagar. Hagar, or many others, could NEVER come up with the depth Roth finds on this album. Dave's voice has the range and SOUL that few singers can boast of.
You'll be surprised by how many songs (or styles) you'll like on this one. And to prove that this wasn't a complete career turnaround for Dave, he put out DLR Band in 1998--the solo album to end all albums.
But here, just enjoy Dave's range and versitility. WB should have their heads examimed for pulling this from the shelves. They obviously don't care about ART.

A Diamond In the Rough
David Lee Roth presented the unsuspecting music world with "Your Filthy Little Mouth" in 1994, an album filled with experimentation and mastery of a vast number of musical styles. The only problem was that nobody outside of Roth's immediate fanbase paid any sort of attention. In a market then-saturated by the Seattle scene, Roth's style of straightforward rock was hip to ignore.
Which is too bad really, as the album is filled with great material. It tricks you at first, opening with "She's My Machine", a dirty little rocker with lyrics about a fast street machine. But, Roth quickly jumps that ship to favor some down-and-dirty blues riffs. Both "Big Train" and "Experience" show just how great Roth is at doing the blues and makes you wonder why he didn't focus on it solely a long time ago.
It is at this point that the album stumbles a bit, with "Cheatin' Heart Cafe", a duet with country artist Travis Tritt. This could just be my own dislike for the country sound, but this song falls about twenty yards short of holding any sort of interest. The presense of Tritt (who, for the record, I'm not intending to knock) ushers in that trite element that most country music of the recent past beholds. Not to worry, though. The album picks up steam right away with the very upbeat and catchy "Hey, You Never Know" and carries it through the rest of the record.
The album's closer (aside from a remix of an album track tacked onto the end) is perhaps its best track, the delightfully subdued "Sunburn." Even now, eight years removed from its release, I'm still fascinated by this tune. Maybe its the beauty of its sheer simplicity, or the airy nature of its guitar tone, but the song is just a masterpiece and a perfect note to close out the album.
Around the time of the whole Roth/Van Halen reunion debacle of 1996, Warner Brothers Records decided to take this album out of its catalog for good. This caused quite a stir in Roth's fanbase, as the album was nanoseconds from going Gold (500,000 copies sold). So, needless to say, this album is relegated to cut-out and/or used CD bins in record stores nationwide. So, you may have to search for it, but you'd be well advised to go through the effort for this album. You won't be disappointed.

TRACK LISTING:

1. She's My Machine (Byrom/Neuhauser/Roth) - 3:53
2. Everybody's Got the Monkey (Hunting/Roth/Simes) - 3:01
3. Big Train (Kilgore/Roth/Sturges) - 4:14
4. Experience (Kilgore/Roth) - 5:54
5. A Little Luck (Anderson/Hunter/Roth) - 4:40
6. Cheatin' Heart Cafe (Kilgore/Roth) - 4:06
7. Hey, You Never Know (Kilgore/Roth) - 2:46
8. No Big 'Ting (Kilgore/Roth) - 4:51
9. You're Breathin' It (Hilton/Kilgore/Roth) - 3:46
10. Your Filthy Little Mouth (Kilgore/Roth) - 3:02
11. Land's Edge (Kilgore/Roth) - 3:12
12. Night Life (Breeland/Buskirk/Nelson) - 3:35
13. Sunburn (Kilgore/Roth) - 4:42
14. You're Breathin' It [Urban NYC Mix] (Kilgore/Roth) -4:13