Hanoi Rocks have never been a band that filled me with enthousiasm and certainly I didn’t consider them worthy of respect. Sleaze and Glam fans certainly would throw me into the fire for this opinion of me, but as the saying says “There’s no accounting for taste”. For all that I’ll try to be objective.
Street Poetry is as we can say an attempt of the band to travel us to glamorous punk of an age long gone by. Rock ‘n’ Roll, party mood, and street songs. Generally all is well. Good played songs, warm production. Well, all that is missing is inspiration and that unfortunately has a result, mediocrity.
A Rock ‘n’ Roll album of 45 minutes, in my opinion, should keep you stretched, not put you to sleep. You should be able to sing along with its choruses from the first listening, not be bored while listening to it.
Nevertheless… As I’ve already said before “There’s no accounting for taste”
| Track List | Line Up |
| 01. Hypermobile 02. Street Poetry 03. Fashion 04. Highwire 05. Power of Persuation 06. Teenage Revolution 07. Worth Your Weight In Gold 08. Transcendental Groove 09. This one’s for Rock n Roll 10. Powertrip 11. Walking Away 12. Tooting Star 13. Fumblefoot and Busy Bee |
Michael Monroe – vocals Andy McCoy – guitar Conny Bloom – guitar Andy “A.C” Christell – bass Lacu – drums |