Your Filthy Little Mouth

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Your Filthy Little Mouth
YFLM Cover.jpg
Studio album by
David Lee Roth
ReleasedMarch 8, 1994
Recorded1993
Studio The Hit Factory (New York, NY)
Genre Rock
Length55:55
Label Reprise
Producer Nile Rodgers
David Lee Roth chronology
A Little Ain't Enough
(1991)		Your Filthy Little Mouth
(1994)		 DLR Band
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [3]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Your Filthy Little Mouth is the fourth full-length studio LP by David Lee Roth, then the former lead singer of the American rock band Van Halen. It was produced by Nile Rodgers, whose work had included David Bowie and Madonna, and released in 1994 by Reprise Records.

Contents

Overview

Released near Roth's critical and commercial nadir, Your Filthy Little Mouth did not conform to the expectations of rock music during 1994 (such as grunge rock), nor to the public's perception of Roth. [1] The album features stripped-down arrangements that can be categorized as diversely as jazz fusion, dance, country, reggae, R&B, big band, rock, and blues. However, the commercial specialization of TV and radio formats during the early 1990s left such diverse albums with few options for airplay. [3]

The B-side to "She's My Machine", an atmospheric blues song titled "Mississippi Power", is available on the Japanese release. [5]

Reception

At the time of its release in 1994, Your Filthy Little Mouth received mixed reviews from music critics, and with particularly negative responses coming from heavy metal critics. While Roth's newly intricate lyrics were well-received, the wide range of genre exercises on Your Filthy Little Mouth earned Roth commensurate praise and derision. [6] Deborah Frost of Entertainment Weekly graded the album a "B+", noting that "thanks to Nile Rodgers' skillful production, the result is Roth's most listenable, insightful, and hysterical effort in years." [7] Randy Krbechek of MetroNews notes that "the album improves as it progresses; the horn-driven 'A Little Luck' and 'Cheatin' Heart Cafe', a duet with Travis Tritt, are substantial improvements, as is 'Sunburn,' with its snaky guitar intro". [8]

Like Roth's earlier solo LP, Skyscraper (1988), Your Filthy Little Mouth met with a tepid response from listeners and critics who expected Roth to reproduce the hard rock sound of classic Van Halen; others criticized him for not distancing himself enough from the sound of classic-era Van Halen. [3] In 2007, the album was remastered and re-released on the Friday music label. [7]

"She's My Machine" became a rock radio hit in early 1994, reaching #12 on Billboard 's Rock Charts.

Track listing

  1. "She's My Machine" (Monty Byrom, David Neuhauser, David Lee Roth) – 3:53
  2. "Everybody's Got the Monkey" (Frank Simes, Joey Hunting, Roth) – 3:01
  3. "Big Train" (Terry Kilgore, Roth, Joey Hunting, Preston Sturges) – 4:14
  4. "Experience" (Kilgore, Roth) – 5:54
  5. "A Little Luck" (Eddie Anderson, Steve Hunter, Roth) – 4:40
  6. "Cheatin' Heart Cafe" (Kilgore, Roth) – 4:06
  7. "Hey, You Never Know" (Kilgore, Roth) – 2:46
  8. "No Big 'Ting" (Kilgore, Roth) – 4:51
  9. "You're Breathin' It" (Richard Hilton, Kilgore, Roth) – 3:46
  10. "Your Filthy Little Mouth" (Kilgore, Roth) – 3:02
  11. "Land's Edge" (Kilgore, Roth) – 3:12
  12. "Night Life" (Walt Breeland, Paul Buskirk, Willie Nelson) – 3:35
  13. "Sunburn" (Kilgore, Roth) – 4:42
  14. "You're Breathin' It" [Urban NYC Mix] (Kilgore, Roth) – 4:13
Japanese bonus track
No.TitleLength
15."Mississippi Power" 

Personnel

Musicians

Production and Technical

Charts

Chart performance for Your Filthy Little Mouth
Chart (1994)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [9] 91
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [10] 62
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [11] 62
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [12] 26
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [13] 23
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [14] 25
UK Albums (OCC) [15] 28
US Billboard 200 [16] 78

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