Love Is for Suckers

Rock · 1987 · 10 tracks

Love Is for Suckers

A glossy, high-production pivot toward pop-metal and radio-ready hooks. The sound of a heavy metal band trading their snarl for a sunset-strip shine.

It's the Twisted Sister album that sounds like they spent the whole summer in a Hollywood hair salon.

A high-octane, neon-soaked celebration of 80s excess and melodic hard rock.

Love Is for Suckers · vs · Twisted Sister

Summer+4.0σ

Summer saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks

01

Wake Up (The Sleeping Giant)

4:21

02

Hot Love

3:34

03

Love Is for Suckers

3:26

04

I’m So Hot for You

4:06

05

Tonight

3:53

06

Me and the Boys

3:52

07

One Bad Habit

3:18

08

I Want This Night (To Last Forever)

4:20

09

You Are All That I Need

4:17

10

Yeah Right!

3:13

Moments Worth Waiting For

The massive gang-vocal explosion on the title track that feels designed for a 20,000-seat arena

The surprisingly earnest power ballad shift on You Are All That I Need featuring uncharacteristic vulnerability

The mechanical, driving drum intro of Wake Up (The Sleeping Giant) that signals a more commercial direction

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