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Comment on Metal Health by George Dionne

George Dionne — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 12:15:00 +0000

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It's a shame that it will only be remembered for one song, February 4, 2009

George Dionne (Cape Cod, MA) -

This review is from: Metal Health (Audio CD)

What's the 4-1-1?
Any 80s heavy metal fan already knows the story of Quiet Riot's third album. I mean, they played that damn Behind the Music special on VH1 a million times. Basically, the group was virtually unknown until the release of this album. The album became legendary (and I use that term loosely) because it was the first metal album to reach #1 on the pop chart. I'm sure the band would have preferred to set that record with a song of their own, but it was with their cover of Slade's "Cum on Feel the Noize" that sent the band into the mainstream.

You know the song I'm talking about. It was the party anthem of the decade. It's loud, bombastic, and undeniably catchy. However, the band's first single was "Metal Health (Bang Your Head);" a track loaded with heavy guitars and string bending guitar solos. The song also has the dubious distinction of appearing in the movie Footloose. The band takes a chance on the ballad-like "Don't Want to Let You Go," but fails because vocalist Kevin Dubrow's voice is just to rough. Killer riffs and driving rhythms make "Slick Black Cadillac" a fun ride, but after hearing the description of the actual car, who would want it?

"Love's a Bitch" works more as a ballad because hard rockers are always pissed off about relationships. "Breathless" has all the makings of a pop-rock hit. "run for Cover" actually justifies the album as a heavy metal one. "Let's Get Crazy" is loaded with hooks as it tries to undo a few in the backseat. "Thunderbird" has always been a live favorite for the band as it pays tribute to their former guitarist Randy Rhodes.

The Verdict
I certainly wouldn't rank Metal Health as one of the greatest albums of all time, but for the time period, it was a solid rock album. It's a shame that it will only be remembered for one song, because there are a few others that are on the same level. Success was short lived for the group, as they used the same formula for their follow-up album Condition Critical. They even tried a second Slade cover. The band continued to release albums (with a different vocalist at one time), and toured the club circuit keeping Metal Health alive.

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Comment on Metal Health by Christopher Fryer

Christopher Fryer — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 12:11:45 +0000

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

The First Metal Album To Go #1!, December 4, 2005

Christopher Fryer (United States) -

This review is from: Metal Health (Audio CD)

I got this album after seeing the kick ass video for the song Metal Health. I couldn't get enough of it! I still enjoy cranking that metal anthem. Ironically Quiet Riot would achieve great success a few years after guitar legend Randy Rhoads left the band to join Ozzy. New guitarist Carlos Cavazo was no Randy but he could play a good riff or a wailing solo. The big hit off the album was the cover of Slade's Cum On Feel The Noize. It seemed you couldn't turn on MTV without seeing that video. But the album has other good songs like the emotional Love's A Bitch and the Cavazo guitar showcase Battle Axe! Then there is the ballad Thunderbird, apparently written about Randy who died in a plane crash in 1982, and the smooth rocker Breathless. The track Slick Black Cadillac is a decent song from the Randy years and Let's Get Crazy is simple but fun headbanger. The only song I never got into was Don't Wanna Let You Go. Quiet Riot's career would go downhill after the next album but Metal Health is still a good album despite some of the ridicule heaped on it.

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Comment on Metal Health by R. Gorham "RCG2"

R. Gorham "RCG2" — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 11:19:46 +0000

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The rise and fall of Quiet Riot in a single album, September 19, 2006

R. Gorham "RCG2" -

This review is from: Metal Health (Audio CD)

THE BAND: Kevin Dubrow (vocals... R.I.P.), Carlos Cavazo (guitars), Rudy Sarzo (bass, synthesizer), Frankie Banali (drums & percussion).

THE DISC: (1983) Originally 10 songs clocking in at approximately 41 minutes, this remastered version gives you 2 bonus tracks and almost 52 minutes worth. The bonus tracks: "Danger Zone" (unreleased studio cut), and a live version of "Slick Black Cadillac". Included with the disc is a 10-page booklet containing song titles/credits/times, original artwork and additional black & white photos, a brief 3-page intro, and thank you's. Recorded at The Pasha Music House in Hollywood, CA. Originally released on Pasha's label, this digitally remastered version is on Sony/Portrait/Epic.

COMMENTS: Disco was officially out a few years prior. The early 80's introduced us to the next popular fad - New Wave. Hard rock was trying to make a come back. To many listeners, American metal was still a question mark at the start of the 1980's. The British/European invasion of heavy metal was in full force (Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Scorpions, etc). In 1983 the biggest seller was Quiet Riot's "Metal Health" - bigger than Def Leppard's "Pyromania", Motley Crue's "Shout At The Devil", or Iron Maiden's "Piece Of Mind". 6+ million units sold and growing. As quickly as "Metal Health" rose (the first metal record ever to hit #1 on the Billboard album charts), the band fell from grace. DuBrow's antics were fairly well documented (#1 reason being difficult to get along with)... with other bands as well as his own. "Metal Health" was a solid album, and it's still a classic... but, it hasn't stood the test of time as well as any of the other albums mentioned above. For me, Quiet Riot was the definition of "pop" hair metal. "Metal Health" created the standard formula that all successful pop/hair metal bands seemed to follow... 1. Some aggressive hard rocking songs (""Breathless", "Run For Cover", "Love's A Bitch"); a couple of hits ("Metal Health", "Cum On Feel The Noise"), and a power ballad ("Thunderbird"). Quiet Riot's cover version of Slade's "Cum On Feel The Noise" hit #20 on the Billboard charts (#5 on the pop charts), as the title track hit #31. "Slick Black Cadillac" had minor success on the radio as well. Cavazo's "Battle Axe" is a short guitar solo - in the same vein as Eddie Van Halen's "Eruption". A brief history of the players is documented in the disc booklet - Quiet Riot being formed by guitar-god Randy Rhoads and singer DuBrow in the mid 1970's without much success; Rhoads and bassist Sarzo leaving QR to play with now solo Ozzy; Rhoads killed in a plane crash; Sarzo returns with Banali joining on drums and Cavazo on lead guitar. Some truly great songs here - my favorites are the title track, "Don't Want To Let You Go", and "Breathless". The ballad "Thunderbird" (though an ode to Rhoads) is musically weak. The bonus tracks - "Danger Zone" fits right in with the rest of the album (good stuff), but the live "Slick Black Cadillac" is absolutely horrible (sounds like an out-of-breath high school band doing a cover tune). The potential was there to continue (and more albums being released), but Quiet Riot never again achieved the success it had in '83. "Metal Health" is a classic in the "pop" arena of metal (4.5 stars).

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Comment on Bayer Heart Health Advantage, 80 Caplets by Theodore Andre

Theodore Andre — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 10:19:36 +0000

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

Excellent preparation for future good health., October 2, 2009

Theodore Andre (Ventura, CA United States) -

Bayer's Heart Health Advantage supplement is a very good part of one's daily diet, since the Heart Health Advantage supplement decreases bad cholesterol in the GI tract, contains "phytosterol" and a chemical in some vegetables and nuts, and has the support of scientific research. Professors Lamarch, Mauger and Jones in the School of Dietics and Human Nutrion at McGill Univ. in Canada write that phytosterol "possesses substantial potential to reduce cardiovascular disease risk through its beneficial actions in modulation of lipid concentrations" [...]. Thus, Bayer's Heart Health Advantage is worth trying daily when trying to lower cholesterol.

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Comment on Sunbeam Health at Home Heat Plus Massage Heating Pad by joe w.

joe w. — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 05:05:05 +0000

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

back ache relief, January 22, 2009

joe w. (cave junction, oregon) -

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The pad is on my recliner and relieves my lower back aches. I use it on "low" and like the automatic cut off of the vibration.

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Comment on Sunbeam Health at Home Heat Plus Massage Heating Pad by Cynthia L. Padley "Babooka"

Cynthia L. Padley "Babooka" — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 04:32:52 +0000

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Sunbeam Health at Home Heat Plus Massage Heating Pad, April 9, 2010

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I thought the massaging was fairly steady, it came with different rhythms but had to put a book on it so that I could get the massaging on my legs. The pad is made out of foam and it is fairly thick. It was really okay, but to get the massaging effect of the pad, it needs something heavy on top of it....so that you can feel the vibrations. For $20.00 it is not bad..

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Comment on Sunbeam Health at Home Heat Plus Massage Heating Pad by Golf-Art Blend "Pain-in-the-neck"

Golf-Art Blend "Pain-in-the-neck" — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 03:48:19 +0000

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Great inexpensive massage, October 7, 2008

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Sunbeam Health at Home Heat Plus Massage Heating Pad is WONDERFUL! Easy to use, easy to store and easy to take with you wherever you may go. Best feature is that the massaging alternates from pulsating to vibrating to thumping to rolling. I don't know, it's just the closest thing that I have found to an inexpensive human massage.

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Comment on Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief by Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:58:56 +0000

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

Fun, exciting mystery story, December 25, 1999

Lois (USA) -

This review is from: Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief (Hardcover)

Sammy Keyes is awesome. She's not at all another Nancy Drew copy; she's so much more believable and likable. Feisty, curious, and not always obedient or well-behaved. (I don't recall Nancy having a habit of punching other girls!)

I loved how this book was more than 'just' a mystery. It brings us through scenes and introduces us to characters that don't have anything to do with the actual mystery, but serve to make the whole story more believable.

But the mystery itself is great, too! The clues are subtle enough to make it interesting, and not too far out or complicated to be make it unbelievable.

The narrative is fun and casual, making this a good book for reluctant readers, but also enjoyable for the avid readers (like me). I reccommend this book--trust me, once you pick it up, you won't be able to get enough of Sammy!

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Comment on Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief by Lois

Lois — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:51:34 +0000

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Father-Daughter Fun!, October 30, 2000

Jon Williams (Santa Barbara, CA USA) -

This review is from: Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief (Paperback)

I've read the first four Sammy Keyes mysteries with my seven-year old daughter--chapter length is perfect for bedtime reading--and we've both thoroughly enjoyed the experience. The books are "grown up" enough to keep me interested and, because they deal with issues of childhood and adolescence in the voice of a seventh grade girl, they're fascinating for my daughter as well. Sammy gets into all kinds of "situations"--she's definitely no angel--but so far in her jaunts around the neighborhood she hasn't stumbled across sex, drugs, or rock and roll (and you really don't miss them). Sammy's friends, young and old, are well drawn, the kind of people you'd like to have in your own daughter's life, and even the not-so-nice people are, I've felt, simply "misguided" to one degree or another. Sammy learns something in each book about being a better human being and there's really no greater reason to read than that. If you aren't able to read the Sammy Keyes mysteries with your daughter, at least buy one for her. I'll bet she'll want another..and another...and another!

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Comment on Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief by Jon Williams

Jon Williams — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:27:36 +0000

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

Sammy Keyes is a winner!, May 15, 2000

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This review is from: Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief (Paperback)

I teach fourth grade and after I read Sammy Keyes and the hotel thief I asked one of my students to read it to see if she liked the book as much as I did. From Cecelia-10 years old: Cecelia was drawn in to the character of Sammy because she felt sympathy for her and she enjoyed the mystery. Wendlelin Van Draanen pulls Cecelia into the mystery by creating a web of obstacles for Sammy to contend with before she can solve the mystery. Cecelia believes that anyone her age would enjoy reading about Sammy Keyes and her mysteries. The action, danger, and the mystery keep her reading 160 pages in 3 quick days. Any book that is 160 pages long that can keep a ten year old interested enough to read is a great book. Cecelia and I would recommend this book to anyone ages 9 to 90.

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