Warrant : Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich (2004 Remaster)

BIG TALK IS JUST CHEAP TALK

UNLESS,

UNLESS YOU'RE BACKING IT UP

 Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich

 is the 

debut studio album

 by American 

Glam Metal band

 Warrant

 released in 1989.

The album was

 highly successful, 

spawning the hit singles

 "Heaven" 

(No. 2, 1989),

 "Down Boys"

 (No. 27, 1989) 

and 

"Sometimes She Cries"

 (No. 20, 1990). 

The album peaked 

at number 10 

on the 

Billboard 200.

The unique cover art

 features

 "Fugazi", 

known as 

"Cashly Guido Bucksley"

 in the 

"Big Talk" 

music video, 

an overpaid, 

amoral 

infrastructure manager

 and 

archetypal 

business psychopath. 

Artwork by 

Pop Surrealism artist, 

Mark Ryden.

Musical Style

The album's sound is

 typical of the

 Sunset Strip

 glam metal scene

 of the 1980s,

 featuring

 heavy guitars

 and melodic, 

catchy choruses.

Production and Marketing

The album was released

 amidst some controversy.

 It was widely rumored

 that guitarists

 Erik Turner

 and 

Joey Allen

 had not played

 a note on the album

 and that

 all guitar work 

had been performed

 by ex-Streets

 guitarist 

and

 session musician

 Mike Slamer. 

While the rumor

 has never been verified, 

Slamer's wife 

confirmed in 1998

 that her husband 

played guitar 

on the record. 

Mike Slamer 

has stated in interviews

 that he played guitar

 and the 

lead solos

 on the album.

 Producer Beau Hill

 stated in a 

2012 interview 

that Slamer 

did in fact play

 on the album. 

Hill had said

 to the band 

that the

 "songs are really great,

 but I think we’re a

 little weak in the 

solo department

 and so 

[I'd] like to bring

 somebody in". 

Hill also stated that

 "everybody in the band 

signed off on it 

and everything was

 done above ground".

During the recording

 of the album, 

singer 

Jani Lane

 walked in on

 his best friend

 in bed

 with his girlfriend,

 leading to his 

nervous breakdown, 

and its release 

was delayed by 

several months

 while Lane recovered. 

These events would

 later be recounted

 in the single

 "I Saw Red" 

on the band's 

following album, 

Cherry Pie.

The record was produced

 and engineered by 

Hill, 

who also contributed

 keyboards 

and backing vocals.

 It was recorded at 

The Enterprise in 

Burbank, California.

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