专辑简介

It's weird because when I first got into this amazing band, I really had no idea they used to be full-on Poisonesque glam. I was only 9 when this album came out, and not into the whole MTV music scene yet, so I missed when "New Thing" and "Fly High Michelle" were actually popular. The first album I actually bought from them was "Animals With Human Intelligence", their '93 release, after reading countless rave reviews. I liked their look during that time, too...Donnie kinda reminded me of a glammed out hippie (like Chris Robinson, I guess). Anyhow, this album was the third one I bought from them after Strength, and I was suprised how glam rock it was! At first I was kinda appalled, after being used to the power pop, Jellyfish-like tunes that graced albums such as Peach Fuzz and Seven. But the more I listened to it, the more I started to realize that after you get past the way-too-much reverb on the guitars (plus Derek Frigo's notey guitar noodling), there are actually some really great songs on here. Highlights, for me, are New Thing, She Wants More, Fly High Michelle, For Now, and In The Groove. I still can't stand Hot Little Summer Girl (maybe because it reminds me of that one 90210 episode) or Kiss The Clown, but that's my humble opinion. It seems like Z'Nuff's fan base is divided into two types of people: the ones who love this sort of pop-metal stuff, and got into them when they first arrived on the scene (kinda the Bon Jovi/Poison crowd). Then there's the fans like me, who got into their later, more poppier releases by word of mouth from friends or something (the Jellyfish/Beatles crowd). It's kind of sad that most people only know them from their cheesy videos that came from this album, and only remember the big hair and paisley spandex, and from these videos were not able to really listen with their EARS instead of their eyes. I don't think I'd be able to get past that image now if I saw one of their old videos without knowing who this band is or what they're about.