SEE I WAS BORN
WITHOUT A SILVER SPOON,
BUT I'M GOONA MAKE A STIR
YES I AM
A Little Ain't Enough
is the third
full-length
studio album
by
released on
January 15, 1991,
through Warner Music Group.
It was certified gold
on April 11, 1991.
Produced by
Bob Rock,
the album featured
the lead guitar work of
Jason Becker,
a then up-and-coming
guitarist
who was diagnosed with
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
(ALS, a.k.a. Lou Gehrig's disease)
a week after
joining the band.
He managed to
finish recording the album,
but was unable
to tour in support
of the album,
as his condition
left him with
little strength
in his hands.
The album marked the beginning of
Roth's commercial decline,
given the drop-off in sales
from his prior
two albums.
During the year
of the album's release,
the Seattle grunge movement
was beginning
a sea change in rock,
and Roth's
brand of glam metal
was considered,
by mainstream audiences,
obsolete.
Although the album
went out of print
on the Warner Bros. label
in 1996,
it was reissued
(in remastered form)
in 2007
through the
Friday Music label.
Release
A music video for
the title track,
"A Lil' Ain't Enough",
received significant play
on MTV.
The song
"Hammerhead Shark"
is a cover and partial rewrite
of the song by the same title
from the
1990 album
Walking on a Wire
by
Lowen & Navarro.
Tour
The tour supporting the record
was successful in Europe,
but the American leg,
supported by
Extreme and Cinderella,
turned into a
financial failure,
with low attendance
and a third of the shows
cancelled due to
poor ticket sales.
Setlists were shortened
and songs from
the current album
dropped as the
US tour went on.
The touring band
featured
Ozzy Osbourne
and
Lizzy Borden
guitarist
Joe Holmes,
bassist
Todd Jensen
from Hardline,
longtime collaborators
Gregg Bissonette
and
Brett Tuggle,
and for the first
few shows
Desi Rexx
from D'Molls
as second guitarist.
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