Sleaze Roxx: XYZ

Released 1991 (Capitol), 2001 (Axe Killer)

Track List:
01. Face Down In The Gutter
02. Don't Say No
03. Fire And Water
04. When The Night Comes Down
05. Off To The Sun
06. Feels Good
07. Shake Down The Walls
08. When I Find Love
09. H. H. Boogie
10. The Sun Also Rises In Hell
11. A Roll Of The Dice
12. Whiskey On A Heartache
13. Highlife (*Japanese release only*)
13. Two Wrongs Can Make A Right (*2001 reissue only*)

Band:
Terry Ilous - vocals
Marc Diglio - guitar
Patt Fontaine - bass
Paul Monroe - drums

Production:
Produced by George Tutko. Co-Produced by Neil Kernon.

Rerelease:
Rereleased in 1999 on Axe Killer with the following bonus track:
13. Two Wrongs Can Make A Right

Review:
If you crave straightforward, no-frills rock'n'roll, whet your appetite with XYZ's Hungry. As a main course or as a supplement to your musical diet, it satisfies by providing high energy with no artifical ingredients or filler added. It's not illegal; it's, well, maybe a little immoral; but, hey, it's definately not fattening!
  Hungry exhibits no pretensions toward being high-class gourmet fodder--how could it, with a menu that leads off with a tidbit called "Face Down In The Gutter"?--but it still cooks. And it's credible for that very reason--for not pretending to be something it isn't. Instead, it's a succession of straightforward fist pumpers that speak less to the cerebrum than to the gut and locales below. Hungry seems (all food puns aside) to be an appropriate title for an album that sates a variety of appetites: the appetite for living life to the fullest (hmmm, maybe too full), described in "Face Down"; the appetite for sensual pleasures, detailed in "Don't Say No"; and, yes, even the appetite for love, covered in the touching ballad "When I Find Love."
  Although the album is generally dedicated to the wild life, the band seems just a tad restrained and production just a bit too polished to adequately convey this spirit, suggesting that these songs are probably done the most justice when they're let loose in a concert setting. However, after achieving recognition with their Don Dokken-produced debut, and resolving that Hungry be a departure from Dokken's shadow, the album does succeed in more finely delineating XYZ's own character.
  The maitre d' suggests that you order this platter--and bon appetit!

Reviewed by Merryl Lentz for R.I.P. Magazine, January 1992.

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