1. Dance 2. One Good Lover 3. Drive Me Crazy 4. Slip of the Lip 5. Body Talk 6. Looking for Love 7. 7th Avenue 8. It Doesn't Matter 9. Take a Chance 10. Enough Is Enough
great ratt album , unique n up there with best Submitted on: 2009-10-21
Iluv this cd , its unique in thats its probably the sexiest sleasy album ever produced by anyone , but still rocks . The first 4 albums of RATT are great , everyone raves about out of the celler (its a classic), but i enjoy this the most out of all the first 4 . It runs perfectly together , Starting off with DANCE which is anthemic n a great way to start , luv De martinis guitar in this one. Then continues amazinglt with ONE GOOD LOVER , classic ratt,DRIVE ME CRAZY rocks along a bit quicker , SLIP OF THE LIP is my least fave , but seems to be everyones fave . BODYTALK! one of my alltime faves by any band , classic , demartinis riffing is brilliant ,LOOKING 4 LOVE start off side 2 , the second side is all classic rock, nothing brillant but it just rocks along in typical RATT stylr , pure slease ENOUGH IS ENOUGH ends the cd with a tad easy but very unique ending .Its a great cd n rates in my top 20 of all time . The first 4 cds r all classic , detonater didnt do it 4 me , i did luve theRATT cd but its a differant ratt , great but not classic ratt
Good enough Submitted on: 2009-07-27
If you like Ratt, and I do, then this is a pretty good album. I like the song's Dance and Body talk.
The 2nd last decent Ratt Album Submitted on: 2009-04-28
Basically Ratt have a downward trajectory that's almost a straight line. Their first album "Out of the Cellar" was their hands-down best - and their later records just get progressively a little worse over time. This record was made when Ratt was still on the favorable end of that curve.
If you like "Out of the Cellar" and "Invasion of your Privacy", this record has the same sound, Beau Hill production, and hedonistic anthemic feel that made Ratt such a great band in the 80's. So if you know that sound, and you like it, you will enjoy this record. If you're new to Ratt, I would recommend picking up their self-titled debut before this one. Avoid their later output, because most anything they've done without Beau Hill is mediocre at best. In fact, Ratt in my book basically has 4 albums worth owning: "Out of the Cellar", "Invasion of your Privacy", "Dancing Undercover", and "Reach for the Sky" - but I digress.
Truthfully, this album gets an unfair amount of criticism, as there's a lot to like here. For one thing, the album plays better than any other Ratt record from beginning to end. Individually, the songs themselves, with a couple exceptions, are just ok, but the songs are sequenced in the first half in a way that draws you in from the anthemic but sort of forgettable "Dance" - which immediately seques into "One Good Lover" - the best song on the record in my opinion, and good enough to buy the album for, to the energetic "Drive Me Crazy" which showcases the rhythm section a little bit. Although the guitars and Pearcy's voice really define the sound of the group, these guys are all capable musicians in the studio - at least they were when this was made before drugs and sex addictions started to rip them apart.
We slip back into average with the mid-tempo "Slip of the Lip" and pick up again for "Body Talk", which leads into "Looking for Love", which is another good 150 BPM metal anthem.
Unfortunately, this is where things drop off. The album continues on with respectable Ratt anthems that stand well together but not as well on their own. "Enough is Enough" is the only minor standout, which of course, they put at the very end of the record.
Overall, I've got an admitted soft spot for this group and continue to hope that they'll put something out today that would even approach this record or any of their earlier output in terms of quality (rumor has it that there is, in fact, a new album in the works for 2009) - for change has not been good to them.
Confident `RATT Gang' was peaking in 1986 Submitted on: 2008-08-14
The central themes to RATT's "Dancing Undercover" are mostly these: Have a good time, be sure to have an even better time and, by the way, just have the best time of your life. And all things considered, I suppose there's something a little off kilter with a bunch of macho heavy metal dudes dancing the night away, so perhaps the band was right on target when it named this CD. Thankfully, though, "Dancing Undercover" is a happy median of sorts for RATT, halfway between the gritty metal pop blast of Out of the Cellar but also showing signs of a more commercial direction that would be overly evident on future records. This is the third of RATT's six studio records, and it really does display the band in fine fighting form and nicely hitting its stride.
Stephen Pearcy and the "RATT Gang" always started their CDs off in a fiery, loud, in-your-face manner, and this album is no exception. "Dance," "One Good Lover," "Drive Me Crazy" and "Body Talk" are all sex-crazed, chorus-heavy and self-explanatory tunes just itching to be played in the nearest 16,000-seat arena. The single "Slip of the Lip," meanwhile, is one of RATT's best-ever songs, a slickly worded, truly catchy song that contains honest-to-God groove -- this band's specialty.
Rather than coming off as a letdown, "Side 2" of this CD also boasts great tunes and is, in some ways, a little more musically diverse and interesting. The vibe on the back half of the album is a little less pumped up but the songs are every bit as grabbing -- to the point that they may even exceed the first five songs. Of particular note is another great groover, "7th Avenue," but the screw-`em-all attitude heard on "It Doesn't Matter" is cool, too. "Enough is Enough," the final tune, starts off with Pearcy's stark lone voice coupled with an equally isolated guitar. The song, due to its pleading, slightly desperate tone from Pearcy, is oddly touching despite simple lyrics. It's the closest thing to a ballad on this rock-heavy album, and it may just be, surprisingly, the best song within a slew of 10 greats from the mighty RATT.
ratt n roll, right on Submitted on: 2007-10-23
Generally, in my opinion Ratt's albums follow a decline from the beginning of their career to the end (when Robbin died, that was "the end" of Ratt in my opinion). Now, that's not to say that the albums from the tail end of Ratt's catalog are bad, because they're not. If you like Ratt, all of their CDs are pretty good, but I'd say Dancing Undercover is about their 3rd or 4th best effort, behind the Ratt EP, Out of the Cellar, and Invasion of Your Privacy. Dancing Undercover and Reach For The Sky are both solid CDs, and Detonator is kind of a small step down from those. Crosby was still contributing to the material during this one, and Warren DeMartini's guitar solos are breathtaking as usual. Even Ratt's "4th best album" is better than most mainstream rock music and worthy of admiration from rockers of any age. If you like the music from the LA glam scene of the 1980s, or are into bands like Motley Crue, Skid Row, Kiss... Ratt's Dancing Undercover is a CD worth checking out. Standout tracks: Dance, Body Talk, Slip of the Lip.
great ratt album , unique n up there with best
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