Baton Rouge--Lights Out on the Playground

Baton Rouge--Lights Out on the Playground (1991/Eastwest) Rating--6.1

A bluesy-metal slant to some of the material, in the vein of the Bulletboys and some older Whitesnake (and indeed, the vox of Coverdale are brought to mind more than once). There's also a little Warrant here, as well as a few songwriting tendencies of melodic Bon Jovi-- though not as sugary or smooth.
"Dreamin' in Black & White" is good and energetic, and the flowing "Tokyo Time" stands tall as well.
Some decent choppy and strafing work dots "Slave to the Rhythm," and both "Tie You Up" and "Vampire Kiss" are workable tracks.
TRACK LIST: Slave to the Rhythm/Full Time Body/Tie You Up/Desperate/Tokyo Time/Vampire Kiss/The Midge II/The Price of Love/Dreamin' in Black & White/Down By the Torchlight/Light at the End of the Tunnel/Tear Down the Walls/Hotter Than Hell

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