Following their best album in their lengthy career (1993's obscure Terrified), the 1995 release Down to the Bone ultimately fails to continue Quiet Riot's rebirth. It certainly features some really strong and groovy songs but the overall package is rather weak. That certainly seems to be the trend with all of the records in Quiet Riots discography - a select few awesome songs that are surrounded by a heaping mess. I guarantee you if you packed all of the best songs of Quiet Riots career (not just a "greatest hits package" because they would absolutely ignore their 90s efforts) into one cohesive CD, then you'd have one terrific album.

     It's such a shame, but that's Quiet Riot's career was like. Greatness marred by medocrity. Rockin' tunes like "Wings of a Cloud" and "Trouble Again" and a respectable cover of the Kinks "All Day and All of the Night" are choked by the rest of the album which is nothing to rave about.

     I've always like Quiet Riot, and I can tell you that they truly do have some surprisingly good material - if it were only not buried underneath such garbage sometimes. Not to sound too harsh, but it's the way it is. Anyway, trust me when I tell you, the highlghts are worth a listen, just not the rest.

TRACK HIGHLIGHTS:

"Wings of a Cloud"

"Trouble Again"

"All Day and All of the Night"

-Kurt L.

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