Cherry Pie

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Cherry Pie
Image:WarrantCherryPie.jpg
Album by Warrant
Released September 11, 1990
Recorded 1989 - 1990
Genre Hair metal
Length 38 min 14 s
Label Columbia
Producer(s) Beau Hill
Professional reviews
Warrant chronology
Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich
(1989) 		Cherry Pie
(1990) 		Dog Eat Dog
(1992)

Cherry Pie was the second music album by American hair metal band Warrant. The record, which spawned the hits "Cherry Pie", "Bed of Roses" and "I Saw Red" is the band's best known and highest selling release.

Contents

Production and marketing

Cherry Pie was released on 11 September, 1990 through CBS Records. It was recorded at The Enterprise in Burbank, California.

It is widely rumoured that Erik Turner and Joey Allen had not played played a note on the album and that all guitar work had been performed by ex Streets guitarist and session musician Mike Slamer;[1]. The rumour has never been verified, although Slamer's wife confirmed in 1998 that her husband played guitar on the record.[2]. The album's liner notes refer to Turner's function as "G-string" and Allen's as "Bong Riffs", adding that "Erik & Joey would like to thank Mike Slamer & Tommy Girvin for their Wielding G string Inspirations".

The album also featured guest performances by Poison's C.C. Deville, Bruno Ravel and Steve West from Danger Danger, and Fiona.

The album carried a parental advisory sticker in the United States, due to the final track entitled "Ode to Tipper Gore", which consisted of a collection of swear words cut from the band's live performances.

Canadian cable-TV music network, MuchMusic, refused to air the "Cherry Pie" video on the grounds that it was "offensively sexist".[3]

Songs

The albums themes include sex ("Cherry Pie", "Sure Feels Good To Me", "Love in Stereo"), love and devotion ("Mr Rainmaker", "Blind Faith"), and betrayal ("I Saw Red", "Train, Train").

The single "Cherry Pie", which is probably Warrant's best-known song, was dedicated to president of Sony Music US Don Lenner. The dedication was no doubt inspired by the record company pressure which led to the track's creation. The record was completed without the song, but Warrant's label requested that a new rock "anthem" be added in order to enhance its marketability. Vocalist Lane responded by writing "Cherry Pie" in 45 minutes. The single, comprising a string of metaphorical references to sex and bearing a striking resemblance to Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar On Me", was a smash hit. It featured Poison's C.C. DeVille on lead guitar.

Prior to the writing of "Cherry Pie", the album's title and first single was to have been "Uncle Tom's Cabin", a track which foreshadowed the kind of imaginitive song writing which would later be more fully revealed on the Dog Eat Dog record. Although named after the classic novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe, the song tells the story of a witness to the involvement of local police in a double murder and appeared to have nothing to do with slavery, racism, or the Deep South. It was eventually released as a single and reached #83 on the American charts.

The record's third single was "I Saw Red", a ballad inspired by a true story of betrayal. It was written after Lane had walked in on his best friend in bed with his girlfriend, resulting in his nervous breakdown and the delayed release of the band's first record Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich.[4]

Tracks

  1. "Cherry Pie" - 3:20
  2. "Uncle Tom's Cabin" - 4:01
  3. "I Saw Red" - 3:47
  4. "Bed of Roses" - 4:04
  5. "Sure Feels Good To Me" - 2:39
  6. "Love In Stereo" - 3:06
  7. "Blind Faith" - 3:33
  8. "Song And Dance Man" - 2:58
  9. "You're The Only Hell Your Mama Ever Raised" - 3:34
  10. "Mr. Rainmaker" - 3:29
  11. "Train, Train" - 2:49
  12. "Ode To Tipper Gore" [Live] - 0:54

Personnel

Additional personnel

  • Jimmy Hoyson - Engineer, Mixing
  • Martin Horenburg - Assistant Engineer
  • Dave Collins - Digital Editing, Sequencing
  • Hugh Syme - Art Direction, Design
  • Johnny B. Frank - Arranger
  • Danny Stag - Arranger
  • Ted Jensen - Mastering

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1990 The Billboard 200 7

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1990 "Cherry Pie" Mainstream Rock Tracks 19
1990 "Cherry Pie" The Billboard Hot 100 10
1990 "I Saw Red" Mainstream Rock Tracks 14
1990 "I Saw Red" The Billboard Hot 100 10
1991 "Blind Faith" Mainstream Rock Tracks 39
1991 "Blind Faith" The Billboard Hot 100 88
1991 "Uncle Tom's Cabin" Mainstream Rock Tracks 19
1991 "Uncle Tom's Cabin" The Billboard Hot 100 78

References

  • Hard Rock Haven Review of Whitesnake concert featuring Warrant Kip, Winger and Slaughter, Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Bonner Springs, Kansas, August 9, 2003
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