Rock Album Analysts

We take an in-depth look at Iron Maiden's album Piece of Mind --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-blake-lucarelli/support

The analysts take an indepth look at Quiet Riot's Metal Health. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-blake-lucarelli/support

The analysts take an indepth look at Def Leppard's Pyromania produced by Mutt Lange. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-blake-lucarelli/support

The Analysts take an indepth look at Dio's second album, The Last in Line. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-blake-lucarelli/support

In 1984 Twisted Sister enter the studio with producer Tom Werman to make the biggest album of their career, Stay Hungry. We take an in depth look at the results. Check out Analyst David Lucarelli's ⁠Tinseltown: Losing the Light⁠, a period crime drama graphic novel series about one of the first female police officers in Hollywood that's been called "L.A. Confidential meets Boardwalk Empire," and is also a tribute to his mother, Miriam Lucarelli, who proudly served as a PIttsburgh Police Officer for 20 years here: ⁠https://tinyurl.com/TinseltownLTLightKickstarter⁠ (Live on Kickstarter until 8:00 AM PT June 1st, 2023) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-blake-lucarelli/support

Kicking off our "Best of Hair Metal" series, the Rock Album Analysts take an indepth look at an album that defined 90 percent of the template for what would become "hair" metal, Ratt's Out of the Cellar. Check out Analyst David Lucarelli's Tinseltown: Losing the Light, a period crime drama graphic novel series about one of the first female police officers in Hollywood that's been called "L.A. Confidential meets Boardwalk Empire," and is also a tribute to his mother, Miriam Lucarelli, who proudly served as a PIttsburgh Police Officer for 20 years here: https://tinyurl.com/TinseltownLTLightKickstarter (Live on Kickstarter until 8:00 AM PT June 1st, 2023) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-blake-lucarelli/support

We take an in depth look at one of the best selling rock albums of all time, Pink Floyd's masterpiece: Dark Side of The Moon. Also David Lucarelli talks about his new play CRUDE: A Completely Unauthorized Play About The Baddest of The Rock and Roll Bad Boys. This play has not been authorized or endorsed by Mötley Crüe or any of its members. In the early 80s a band rose up from the streets of Hollywood to become a cultural phenomenon and for one brief shining moment all things seemed possible. Being performed throughout June 2022 as part of the Hollywood Fringe Fest. A darkly humorous drama starring Ryan Ruffing Use discount code: RAA to get your tickets for only six bucks. Get Your Tix here! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-blake-lucarelli/support

We take an in depth look at AC/DC's Black in Black, the best selling rock album of all time. Mötley Crüe Fans in LA: Tickets are on sale now for THE CRÜE: A completely unauthorized play about the world's most notorious rock band by Rock Album Analysts' own David Lucarelli. THE CRÜEis being performed throughout June 2022 as part of the Hollywood Fringe Fest.It's an hour long darkly humorous drama starring Ryan Ruffing as Nikki Sixx. Use discount code: RAA to get your tickets for only six bucks. THE CRÜE-Underneath The Dirt Lies The Truth. Get Your Tix here! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-blake-lucarelli/support

We take an in depth look look at the Dixie Chicken album by Little Feat. Mötley Crüe Fans in LA: Tix go on sale May 1, 2022 for THE CRÜE: A completely unauthorized play about the world's most notorious rock band by Rock Album Analysts' own David Lucarelli. THE CRÜEis being performed throughout June 2022 as part of the Hollywood Fringe Fest. It's an hour long darkly humorous drama starring Ryan Ruffing as Nikki Sixx. Use discount code: RAA to get your tickets for only six bucks. THE CRÜE-Underneath The Dirt Lies The Truth. Get Your Tix here! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-blake-lucarelli/support

We take an in depth look at The Replacements-Pleased to Meet Me --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-blake-lucarelli/support

In 1987 T.S.O.L. aka The True Sounds of Liberty, release a hard rock album that many of their punk fans dismiss as an attempt at a commercial sell out, and many hard rock fans never become aware of. Despite that, songs like "The Name is Love," "Hit and Run," and the poignant ballad, "You Can Try," stand the test of time 35 years later. We take an in depth look at this forgotten rock classic. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-blake-lucarelli/support

We take an in depth look at the long awaited, and, as of now, final Guns N' Roses album. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-blake-lucarelli/support

We take an in depth look at the Guns 'n' Roses album of all covers, The Spaghetti Incident. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-blake-lucarelli/support

On September 17, 1991 Guns N' Roses release the Mike Clink produced Use Your Illusion 2 as part of a double album release. We take an in depth look. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-blake-lucarelli/support

On September 17, 1991 Guns N' Roses release the Mike Clink produced Use Your Illusion I as part of a double album release. We take an in depth look at the album, and Dave tells a funny story about how Metallica lost the crowd at the Pittsburgh show on the co-headlining stadium tour that followed. BONUS: here's a link to an article by friend of the show Andrew Carter's article about "The Greatest Guns N' Roses Show Of All Time" that Dave also talks about attending. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-blake-lucarelli/support

In 1988 Gun 'n' Roses followup the massively successful full length debut of Appetite for Destruction with G N' Lies containing the four previously released "live" tracks from the EP Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide and four new acoustic recordings produced by Mike Clink. We take a look at the results. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-blake-lucarelli/support

In 1987 Guns 'n' Roses goes into the studio with producer Mike Clink to record Appetite for Destruction. We take a look at the results. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-blake-lucarelli/support

We take a look at the four new tracks on The Dirt Soundtrack, a bunch of other miscellaneous tracks we missed along the way, and try to answer that most elusive of questions: what Mötley Crüe means to us, in our final podcast covering the Crüe. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-blake-lucarelli/support

In 2008 Nikki Sixx teams up with James Michael and DJ Ashba to produce Saints of Los Angeles. We take a look at the results. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-blake-lucarelli/support

Drummer Randy Castillo replaces Tommy Lee as the Crüe go into the studio with producer Mike Clink. We take a look at the results. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-blake-lucarelli/support

The Crüe reunite with singer Vince Neil and go into the studio with producer Scott Humphrey to record Generation Swine. We take a look at the results. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-blake-lucarelli/support

Mötley Crüe release a limited edition EP called Quaternary only available as a mail-in offer for purchasers of their self titled album. We take an in depth look at the five songs and various bonus tracks. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-blake-lucarelli/support

The Crüe return to the studio with producer Bob Rock and new vocalist John Corabi. We take an in depth look at the results. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-blake-lucarelli/support

In 1991 Mötley Crüe release their first greatest hits compilation featuring 5 additional songs including the single and concert staple "Primal Scream." We take an in depth look at the new tracks. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-blake-lucarelli/support

Mötley Crüe team up with producer Bob Rock to make the biggest album of their career. Dr. Feelgood spawns five singles including the concert staple title track and "Kickstart My Heart." We take an in depth look at what made this album so special. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-blake-lucarelli/support

Mötley reunite with producer Tom Werman to record an album featuring two classic songs, "Wild Side," and "Girls, Girls, Girls," that become concert staples. We take an in depth look at the album. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-blake-lucarelli/support

Prior to the forming of Mötley Crüe Tony Pacheco (drummer for The Claws) hung out in the same circles as Tom Bass (aka Tommy Lee), Nikki Sixx, and Vince Neil. He ran into them again years later when recording at The Record Plant, and members of his band ended up contributing background vocals to "Fight for Your Rights." Tony shares with us some fascinating memories of his interactions with the Crüe. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-blake-lucarelli/support

Mötley Crüe reunite with producer Tom Werman to make an album that includes two hit singles: a cover of Brownsville Station's "Smokin' in the Boys Room," and one of the all time great power ballads, "Home Sweet Home." --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-blake-lucarelli/support

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For the past twenty years, from the KISS Box set to Paul Stanley's Soul Station and everything in between, Tom Jermann has been KISS's go to graphic designer for CDs, DVDs and a dozen tour books. He's also done design work for Slipknot, Metallica, Van Halen, Cheap Trick & many others. Learn how a boy from Switzerland who told his dad he'd one day design a KISS album cover made his dreams come true through a combination of talent, conviction, hard work, and positive rebellion. Bonus: hear what happened when Paul Stanley met Andy Warhol! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-blake-lucarelli/support

Mötley Crüe record their breakthrough album with producer Tom Werman and engineer Geoff Workman at Cherokee Studios. Shout at the Devil sells 200,000 copies in two weeks and eventually goes on to sell more than four million copies. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-blake-lucarelli/support

Mötley Crüe record their debut album Too Fast For Love with engineer Michael Wagener at Hit City West and release it on their own Leathür Records label. Once signed to Electra Records, they partially re-record and remix the record with Gordon Fordyce under the supervision of producer Roy Thomas Baker. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-blake-lucarelli/support

Our final word about KISS: an overview of their recording career, what we'd like to see from them in the future, & the emotionally packed heaviest question of all: What does KISS mean to us? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-blake-lucarelli/support

Paul Stanley reunites with co-producer Greg Collins to record the final (as of now) KISS studio album. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-blake-lucarelli/support

Paul Stanley teams up with producer Greg Collins to produce the first new KISS album in 11 years. Special guest David O'Leary tells us how he may have contributed to making Sonic Boom happen. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-blake-lucarelli/support

Fresh off the mega successful reunion tour, KISS team up with superstar producer Bruce Fairbairn to make Psycho Circus that will ultimately feature original members Peter Criss and Ace Frehley on only a few tracks. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-blake-lucarelli/support

We take a deep dive into one of the most polarizing of KISS albums, the "grunge" album, Carnival of Souls. Also, learn how a chance meeting between co-host David Lucarelli and Gene Simmons may have influenced the album title, and the inside scoop on how Gene and Paul were getting along in the studio. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-blake-lucarelli/support

Fresh off the road from their acoustic performances at the KISS Konventions, KISS team up with producer Alex Coletti to record before a live studio audience at Sony Music Studios in New York. The deep cut heavy set list features a four song reunion with original members Ace Frehley and Peter Criss that ultimately leads to the mega successful reunion tour. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-blake-lucarelli/support

KISS reunite with producer Eddie Kramer to produce a slick live album that mixes newer songs with new versions of some long time classics. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-blake-lucarelli/support

KISS reunite with producer Bob Ezrin to make one of their best albums in years. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-blake-lucarelli/support

The analysts along with special guest David O'Leary take an in depth look at Hot in the Shade, as well as the 2 new songs on Smashes, Thrashes & Hits. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-blake-lucarelli/support

The analysts are joined by KISS super fan David O' Leary as they take an in depth look at the Ron Nevison produced album, Crazy Nights. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-blake-lucarelli/support

The analysts take an in depth look at the Asylum KISS album, the "KISS riots," that made the news in Pittsburgh on the following tour, and the greatest Paul Stanley rap of all time. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-blake-lucarelli/support

In a special bonus episode, the analysts are joined by music lawyer and journalist Andrew Carter as they review the recent New Year's Eve show by KISS. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-blake-lucarelli/support

The analysts are joined by music lawyer & journalist Andrew Carter as they take an in depth look at the songwriting, production and performances on KISS's most successful non-makeup album, Animalize, and reminisce about one of the most famous local groupies of that era. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-blake-lucarelli/support

The analysts take an in depth look at the first KISS album without makeup, the Michael James Jackson produced, Lick it Up. Bonus: Dave tells the story of going backstage on the Lick it Up Tour at the age of 13, and interviewing Paul Stanley! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-blake-lucarelli/support

The analysts are joined by KISS ghost drummer (Psycho Circus & more) Kevin Valentine as they look at the production, performances & songwriting on the Michael James Jackson produced fan favorite comeback album, Creatures of the Night. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-blake-lucarelli/support

Fresh from the disappointing sales of The Elder, at the behest of Casablanca's parent company Phonogram Records, KISS issue a foreign market only best of release that includes four new straight ahead Paul Stanley rockers. Working with producer Michael James Jackson and KISS ghost guitarist Bob Kulick the band deliver new tracks that reflect the influence of newer hard rock bands. The straight ahead production style only hints at the greatness to come when Jackson and KISS will team up for the acclaimed fan favorite, Creatures of the Night. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-blake-lucarelli/support

KISS reunite with Destroyer producer Bob Ezrin and along with new drummer Eric Carr produce their first and only concept album. The album is a commercial failure, alienating many fans who find the coming of age tale of heroic journey pretentious and overwrought. Though the band themselves largely continue to disown it today, it has inspired a devoted cult following who hail it as one of the best KISS albums. The Analysts make the case for why they're right! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-blake-lucarelli/support

Kiss work again with producer Vini Poncia and opt for a more power pop influenced approach. Working exclusively with session drummer Anton Fig, Poncia elicits slick and polished vocal performances and sophisticated arrangements featuring keyboardist Holly Knight. Rhythm Paul Stanley contributes more lead guitar than usual, including on "Shandi," a soft rock hit in Australia. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-blake-lucarelli/support

KISS return to the studio with Vini Poncia, producer of the Peter Criss solo album, only to have Anton Fig, fresh from playing on the Ace Frehley solo album play drums on eight of the nine tracks.  Poncia elicits strong vocal performances from the band, heavily filters and treats the lead guitar, and lends a pop sheen to the material. The album yields the  disco influenced hit song "I Was Made For Lovin' You" which exposes the band to a new audience while alienating some die hard fans.  BONUS: Find out what Desmond Child had to say when Dave played him the Alive 3 version of the song! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/david-blake-lucarelli/support