Warrant - Belly to Belly

Classic album from the late 90s

I remember picking this up during October 1996 and being blown away. probably my favorite Warrant album of all time and I would go as far as saying the best they have ever recorded and played together.

Much better than their Cherry Pie days and shows that they can really make great music when they don't have a record company breathing down their neck to write stupid songs like they were forced to in the past.

I love Indian Giver(probably their best rocker ever), All 4 U(amazing duet type ballad), Letter to a Friend(flawless song) and all the others. Each song has something strong to offer. Even the interludes.

If you can find this, then buy it and enjoy. September 30, 2008

No flow to the music

I bought this album without hearing any of it first (this was before I had internet access). I'd heard the classic Warrant songs (Heaven, Sometimes She Cries, Cherry Pie, etc.) and figured this album may revive glam rock or at least bring back some memories of my youth. I started listening to it, and I was like, "uh...what?" The music was kind of like alternative, without the grunge edge, mixed together with an attempt at introspective psychedelic rock. The music sounded forced and it didn't flow well at all! Jani Lane had some good intentions on this album, but the execution was horrible! July 14, 2008

Tries to hard to "fit in".....

Two stars seems harsh, but this is not a good Warrant album. It does have its merits and is a good attempt to capture the sound that was popular at the time. I did like the song AYM. I'm not sure why others hate it so much. They continue in the direction that 'Ultraphobic' started in and went further. If you have not heard this album before it is worlds apart from 'Dog Eat Dog' and 'DRFSR' sounds. If you like Warrant and want variety in their music then this should be a good purchase. It would have been better had they included a couple rockers in the mix to keep all parties happy. They experimented with their sound, but I am glad they came back to familiar territory with their latest effort 'Born Again'. May 16, 2007

Disgusting.

If you liked "Dog Eat Dog", which was an excellent rock music album, you must avoid this disc at all costs. End of discussion.
December 20, 2006

WTF did they change direction for?

When Warrant burst onto the scene back in the late 80's early 90's the released three of the best hard rock albums you could get (screw the criticism of Hair-Metal) and they produced not just hard rocking riffs and memorable chorus' but also great lyrics and excellent arrangement.

Being someone who does not like alternative rock.. Hearing this album is a major downfall for the band. They seemed to just dump the riffs, forget the fun tunes, don't bother making any of them rock, just do simple alternative stuff to depressing lyrics that I CAN relate to on some of the songs, but they just sit in a stale song that goes no where, I don't feel it, nor do I feel for it.

This is not the same Warrant I became a fan of. When a formula works, stick to it 'cause this alternative direction was a bad mistake. Only the die-hard Warrant fan or maybe someone who prefers this stuff to hard rock will like this album. There is a reason that sticks out a mile long as to why the tracks on this album are never seen on any greatest hits compilations, there's a bigger reason the songs from this album they played live on that Live album they released where later taken off of the tracks and re-released as just the original Warrant hits, and there is an even bigger reason then those previous for why this album is labelled "Vol 1" and they never released a "Vol 2"

Thsi was the last original album they did for over 10 years (and the next album Jani Lane had left the band), there next album was a collection of cover versions, and after that they went and did about 4 new songs and re-did there old hits... I think it's fair to say they should have stuck to what they where doing before this album and stopped trying to keep up with the times.

This album kinda reminded me of 3 bands I hate, Selloutica, Live & Nickelback. If you're a fan of those bands then you might like the s####y James Hetfield/Nickleback singer voice with alternative/grunge kind of music. Not all the music is rotten, but they are far from classic songs, I don't think I could ever recognise a song right away from the start, it wouldn't be till the chorus I could tell you what the song was.

I loved the LIVE from whatever to whatever album they put out, but the songs they forced onto it from this album they had on that one I skip all the time, I just cant get into them. I bought this album because Limewire couldn't even find more then 3 of the tracks from this and after hearing it all now I'm not surprised no one has it on there.

I'm even disappointed with the sleeve/booklet. The lyrics it has printed on it aren't all there, and I don't think any song actually has the proper lyrics on it, there's word changes, added bits, bits not there, spelling mistakes, typos & misprints.

This album might be ok for some, but it's far from anything memorable or classic from a group who used to right superb songs and showed they had super talent. None of that shines through even slightly on this one to me. July 15, 2006

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