Condition Critical,
Quiet Riot's follow-up to their number one, multi-million-selling commercial breakthrough
Metal Health, is nearly identical to its predecessor. Not only do they repeat the hard-driving pop-metal hybrid to the last detail, they even throw in another
Slade cover. Like on
Metal Health, the
Slade cover on
Condition Critical ("Mama Weer All Crazee Now") is the finest moment on the record -- it's the only time the riffs have a solid hook and the melody is memorable. However, the rest of the record is well produced and sounds good, even if the quality of the songs is somewhat poor.
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Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi