Warrant "The Best Of Warrant" Legacy 1996

It's not cool to like Warrant. In fact, it's cool to not like them. If you do like them, the 
chances are you only know them for "Cherry Pie". It's understandable that Jani Lane isn't too
happy about this, because, as fun and anthemic as "Cherry Pie" is, it contains barely a drop
of originality and it's hardly the sort of thing you'd want to be remembered for. 
Anyway, the image was oversexed and the hair band thing was lame. Jani even insists that a lot
of this stuff was done under record company pressure.
Whatever. These songs are finely crafted with simply incredible hooks and can hardly fail to
put a smile on your face. It's difficult to imagine anyone not liking such glorious moments as
"Down Boys", "Big Talk", "Thin Disguise", or "Bed of Roses". This music has such a feelgood 
factor that it's virtually impossible not to play air guitar to their uplifting strains. "Mr.
Rainmaker" has the kind of hard rock crunch that could have given them some credibility along
with the kind of chorus to match any of the afore-mentioned anthems. Interspersed with these
fist-raisers are mega ballads like "Heaven" and "Sometimes She Cries".
Rounding out the album are are couple of cuts from their more Skid Row-esque "Dog Eat Dog"
album. They're far heavier and less poppy, but hardly any less ear-catching. Finally, you get
Warrant's all-guitars-blazing cover of "We Will Rock You". Say what you want: it rocks.

So tell all those who laugh at Warrant where to go because you can't argue with songs this good
unless you're an objectionable moron.

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