Skid Row--40 Seasons - The Best Of

Skid Row--40 Seaons - The Best Of (1998/Atlantic) Rating--8.6

A nice little greatest hits collection. The boys cover the early, huge MTV hits, add a few surprises along the way, and then shake in a fair spackling of demo/remix versions (all from 'Subhuman Race'). Two previously unreleased tracks are also tacked onto the end.
The first four tracks will take you back to summertime in the '80s, when anthemic metal was still the norm. The tracks get heavier as the disc progresses, as the band's image toughened up.
The remix version of "Breakin' Down" was featured in the movie "The Prophecy," and can be heard during the flick's end credits. New track "Forever" is some of that debut-era, "summer" metal fare, while "Fire in the Hole" is a nasty, 'Slave to the Grind'-like grueler. Overall, a nice little package, though it pretty much tied up all the loose ends to the band's existence.
If you want more Skids, be sure to check out Sebastian Bach's solo endeavers-- the groove is back in motion...
TRACK LIST: Youth Gone Wild/18 and Life/Piece of Me/I Remember You/The Threat/Psycho Love/Monkey Business/Quicksand Jesus/Slave to the Grind/ Into Another (Remix)/Frozen (Demo 1994)/My Enemy (Remix)/Breakin' Down (Remix)/Beat Yourself Blind (Live)/Forever (1998 Previously Unreleased)/ Fire in the Hole (Demo 1991 - Previously Unreleased)

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