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Visual Lies
was
Lizzy Borden
's third album, and the one where the L.A.-based
glam metal
band made the final leap into poodle-haired mediocrity. Their first studio album,
Love You to Pieces
, had its moments, and 1986's
Menace to Society
was an impressive blend of
hard rock
intensity and
pop
gloss. Unfortunately, on
, the
gloss starts to overwhelm the sound. Veteran
pop-metal
producer
Max Norman
(
Ozzy Osbourne
, etc.) takes over arranging and mixing chores in the manner of
Mutt Lange
's work with
Def Leppard
, whose
Pyromania
is the obvious sonic blueprint for the layers of backing vocals and the hard-candy crunch of the politely distorted guitars and walloping (sequenced-sounding) drums. The combination of
Norman
's slick production and frontman
's appealingly whiny vocals would be a better one if the songwriting were sharper, but these songs are frustratingly light on memorable hooks, which only shows up the weakness and derivative quality of the lyrics and melodies. Instead of being
's commercial breakthrough,
is the beginning of the end. ~ Stewart Mason
was
Lizzy Borden
's third album, and the one where the L.A.-based
glam metal
band made the final leap into poodle-haired mediocrity. Their first studio album,
Love You to Pieces
, had its moments, and 1986's
Menace to Society
was an impressive blend of
hard rock
intensity and
pop
gloss. Unfortunately, on
, the
gloss starts to overwhelm the sound. Veteran
pop-metal
producer
Max Norman
(
Ozzy Osbourne
, etc.) takes over arranging and mixing chores in the manner of
Mutt Lange
's work with
Def Leppard
, whose
Pyromania
is the obvious sonic blueprint for the layers of backing vocals and the hard-candy crunch of the politely distorted guitars and walloping (sequenced-sounding) drums. The combination of
Norman
's slick production and frontman
's appealingly whiny vocals would be a better one if the songwriting were sharper, but these songs are frustratingly light on memorable hooks, which only shows up the weakness and derivative quality of the lyrics and melodies. Instead of being
's commercial breakthrough,
is the beginning of the end. ~ Stewart Mason