Damn Yankees--Don't Tread

Damn Yankees--Don't Tread (1992/Warner Brothers) Rating--6.0 **U.S. Sales Certification--Gold**

Overall not as wide-open or expansive as the first release. A number of the songs have similar formats and patterns as the previous effort, but they are not as musically consistent. Still some good tracks, though, and a couple of gems as well.
"Don't Tread On Me" breaks out with a heavy and thick main riff, and backs it up with a grooving chorus. "This Side of Hell" is energetic, "Fifteen Minutes of Fame" holds its own, and the radio-friendly "Where You Goin' Now" is OK.
The disc's centerpiece is the ever-solid "Mister Please". Following a mystical intro, it gives way to a driving kick-in and flowing mainframe verses. Probably the band's best track in its catalog, and responsible for much of this album's rating.
TRACK LIST: Don't Tread on Me/Fifteen Minutes of Fame/Where You Goin' Now/Dirty Dog/Mister Please/Silence is Broken/ Firefly/Someone to Believe/This Side of Hell/Double Coyote/Uprising

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