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Contagious
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by Y & T
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on 9-8-2008.
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This review is from: Contagious (Audio CD)
More than any other Y&T release, 1986's Contagious is the album that gets trashed the most. The conventional wisdom is that the band "sold out" and "went glam" with this album, trying to latch on to the success of the hair metal scene (that Y&T had a major role in creating in the first place. Maybe there's some truth to the accusations (though nobody complained when Whitesnake tried to reintroduce themselves to hair metal fans), but I could care less how much hairspray the guys used as long as the album rocks, and let me tell you something - Contagious rocks! Now I have to admit that Contagious was the first Y&T album I ever heard, so it has a special place in my heart. Still, I've played (and played, and played) their entire catalog enough to know that the melodic hard rock on this album is not that far removed from the melodic hard rock on Black Tiger or Mean Streak. You old school Y&T guys are no doubt clutching your chests and sputtering with rage by now, but can you honestly tell me a song like Contagious or Fight for Your Life would have been out of place on either of the albums I just mentioned, or that the power ballad Temptation is much different from This Time? Closing instrumental I'll Cry For You is the perfect counterpart to Black Tiger's From the Moon. There are some filler tracks, though reading the other reviews here it's apparent that one fan's filler is another fan's favorite, and there is an unmistakable hair metal production, but overall Contagious is just the kind of memorable melodic hard rock album Y&T is so well known for, and remains one of my absolute favorite Y&T releases. PS - I'd love to have a remastered version of this album (and Ten too, while we're at it) to go along with the other great reissues the band has released lately.
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