Skid Row's latest release REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE captures a band struggling to find an identity after losing prolific singer Sebastian Bach. While tracks like "Shut Up Baby, I Love You" and "Nothing" closely chase the outfit's MTV glory days, there's an alarming amount of hoedown country and generally contrived material on this 12-track release when putting this alongside the band's previous work. While the crew responsible for "Youth Gone Wild" retains its New Jersey roots to a certain extent ("Another Dick in the System", "Let it Ride"), the overall lead singer switch and career continuation seems, sans a few choice moments, a bit underneath a band that went to the top of the Billboard charts.

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