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Song Title Time Price 6:17 $0.99 Visit our audio page for more information Reissue of this 1986 album, the follow-up to his worldwide smash hit album Rebel Yell. 10 tracks including 'Don't Need A Gun', 'To Be A Lover', 'Sweet Sixteen' and more. EMI. 2006. It took repeated listens, but I eventually decided that 'Whiplash Smile' was indeed (and remains) the best album Billy ever put out. It takes place approximately 3 years after the big boom of 'Rebel Yell', which was a monster album. Billy had a lot to live up to, and although he'd subsequently trash this album in interviews due to 'being on heroin during the making of it', his and Steve Stevens conviction is the big selling point. It rocks, it rolls, it slinks, it roars, it growls, it whispers... everything that a BI album is supposed to deliver and more. "Sweet Sixteen", "To Be a Lover", and "Don't Need A Gun" might have been the singles, but this is Billy's most cohesive album yet. "World's Forgotten Boy" and "Man For All Seasons" boast Steve's best riffs on vinyl, and Billy sings like his life depends on it. "All Summer Single" is the hit that never was, with haunting almost-out-of-earshot fadeout riffs, and "Fatal Charm" anchors the faithful, who decided not to buy as many copies of this album as they should have. Incidentally, '86 is also the year Steve would go on to win the Academy Award for Harold Faltermeyer's "Top Gun" theme, and a year later, Michael Jackson recruited him for solos on his 'Bad' album. Listen to this stuff, and then discover why.

Whiplash Smile Available from Amazon Price: $29.99 Updated on 12-8-2008.