Classic Albums: Faster Pussycat - Faster Pussycat

Faster Pussycat released their debut album Faster Pussycat July 7, 1987 on Elektra, the same year Guns N' Roses released the mastrepiece Appetite for Destruction. Although Guns N' Roses would overshadow Faster Pussycat in album sales, the band managed to build a nice cult following and put out several promotional videos from the first album for songs such as "Cathouse", "Bathroom Wall" and "Don't Change That Song". In the United States the band toured with Alice Cooper, David Lee Roth, and Motörhead in support of the album. They also headlined the 'Itch You Can't Scratch Tour".



The album was produced by Ric Bowden, who had previously produced Poison's multi-platinum debut album Look What the Car Dragged In. Pussycats were fresh, hungry and with Browde's rigid hand on both the arrangements and songwriting came up with a classic album. Brent Muscat's "No Room For Emotion" is worthy of the Stones "Beggar Banquet" era, "Babylon" - through Browde's adept production magic became the ultimate party song of the 80's. "Cathouse" is hysterical and high energy, as is "Got Your Number Off the Bathroom Wall." Still, maybe the best number on the album is the straight forward rock'n'roll song "Don't Change that Song".


Track listing:

1. "Don't Change That Song" (Taime Downe, Greg Steele) – 3:40
2. "Bathroom Wall" (Downe) – 3:40
3. "No Room for Emotion" (Downe, Brent Muscat) – 3:56
4. "Cathouse" (Downe) – 3:42
5. "Babylon" (Downe, Steele) – 3:14
6. "Smash Alley" (Downe, Muscat) – 3:28
7. "Shooting You Down" (Downe) – 3:46
8. "City Has No Heart" (Downe, Muscat) – 4:19
9. "Ship Rolls In" (Downe, Steele) – 3:26
10. "Bottle in Front of Me" (Downe, Muscat) – 3:02

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