Sleaze Roxx: Badlands - Voodoo Highway

Released 1991 (Atlantic)

Billboard Chart Position #140

Track List:
01. The Last Time
02. Show Me The Way
03. Shine On
04. Whiskey Dust
05. Joe's Blues
06. Soul Stealer
07. 3 Day Funk
08. Silver Horses
09. Love Don't Mean A Thing
10. Voodoo Highway
11. Fire And Rain
12. Heaven's Train
13. In A Dream

Band:
Ray Gillen - vocals and harp
Jake E. Lee - guitar and keyboards
Greg Chaisson - bass
Jeff Martin - drums

Production:
Produced by Jake E. Lee. Co-produced and engineered by James A. Ball.

Review:
This is the sophomore outing by Badlands. The late Ray Gillen is on vocals and former Ozzy Osbourne sidekick Jake E. Lee on guitar. This album has a very bluesy sound to it, and is closer in sound to 70's hard rock than 80's metal.
Songs like "Show Me The Way", "Whiskey Dust" and the title track "Voodoo Highway" really showcase their talent. There is also a wonderful cover version of James Taylor's "Fire And Rain". Ray Gillen was very talented, it's a shame he died so young.
All in all this is a pretty good CD. I give it two thumbs up!

Reviewed by Pam for Sleaze Roxx, December 2002.

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