Faster Pussycat ‎– Wake Me When It's Over CD

Faster Pussycat are a hair-metal / rock band sitting somewhere around the Motley Crue side of things if you have to pigeon-hole them. Wake Me When It’s Over was their second album, and released in 1989. They’re cheesier (and cheekier) than some, with a side order of sleeze and a huge dollop of blues in their sound.

No more so is this blues element demonstrated than in “Gonna Walk” and “Cryin’ Shame”. I’d love to hear someone cover one of these using a proper bass and with a fat black guy on vocals. “Cryin’ Shame” is the closest thing to a title track with the chorus kicking off with the phrase “Wake me when it’s over and it’s done”.

The sleazier side of the band is shown during songs such as opener “Where There’s A Whip There’s A Way”, “Poison Ivy” and “Slip of the Tongue” – which is down pretty much the same alley (oo-er) as the Whitesnake track, but is definitely not the same song.

Of course, every glam metal band has to have a ballad or two thrust on there and Faster Pussycat don’t let the side down. Album closer “Please Dear” is the slow dance song that rounds things off nicely, but earlier on there is the classic “House of Pain”. This, in my opinion, is Faster Pussycat’s “Every Rose…”. I can see the lighters waving in the air as I type this.

Label: Elektra

Country: US

Media Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Sleeve Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)