Are your kidding?!! You guys that gave this thing 4 or 5 stars have got to be kidding. I've always maintained that music appreciation is all subjective, but in this case you've got those first two albums to directly compare to, and this is not "progress" or anything else that may be considered as the artist taking a "new direction". This is just "industrial" crap. Trent Reznor does OK with this kind of stuff, but Dangerous Toys has not.
For a band that had some of the best elements of AC/DC together with southern rock at its finest, this is an enormous let-down.
Toys attempt to be relevant falls flat. After a masterful debut and a decent followup. Toys dropped the ball with the third disc. I was hoping for a comeback with this one. It didn't happen. Toys strays as far away from their core sound as they possible can. The results were disasterous. A stink bomb from start to finish. AVOID!!!!
My Thoughts on The R*test 4*merly Known as Dangerous Toys Though the cover is admittedly ridiculous and probably killed its fair share of sales, it belies the content; this disc is one of the most criminally overlooked, groundbreaking albums of the 1990s (on an extremely short list that also includes Failure's Fantastic Planet and Faith No More's Angel Dust.) Like all great albums, this one doesn't reveal all its charms on the first, third, or even twentieth listen, it is, instead, infinitely rewarding. With glam/hair metal dead and gone by this point, Dangerous Toys, with nothing left to lose (as the cover indicates, the DT once loved by MTV is a thing of the past), appropriated the new musical language dominating the culture (grunge, industrial), melded it with their love of pure rock and roll, and crafted what I consider to be a masterpiece. The songs are experimental and bold, thoughtful, melodious and incredibly heavy, and brim at the edges with genuine anger. This record is an example of superb musicianship, and represents the beautiful, brutal sound of honesty. Highly recommended to anyone lucky enough to find a copy.
Great CD.. Just not the 'toys your used to... Listen with an open mind, and ENJOY! Especially Monster Man and Share the Kill. this cd is a gem...
You want broken ground ..or not? All the time I hear complaints about "New Ground NOT being Broken" in the world of hard rock/metal. Well folks, this IS grond breaking and if given a chance to sink in...it very good! I dare any metal/alternative head to give it a listen.
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Trevor
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