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I bought this when it first came out based on the radio play of "Teasin' Pleasin'" and "Scared" and was surprised to find out that the rest of the album was just as good as those singles. Too many albums of that era had 1 or 2 good songs and then 8 or 9 "filler" songs, but this album is solid start to finish. I never skip over songs- it's that good. DT may have had a "glam" or "hairband" image, but they are really more of a gritty hard rock band with more in common with GnR than with Warrant. When my cassette version wore out, I purchased the CD about a year ago and started listening to this in the car a lot and holy crap does this still sound great. They had a really unique style- they varied song structures and tempos quite a bit, and while they have lots of "hooky" riffs, there are plenty of off kilter chord changes to keep things interesting on repeated listens. But the strongest parts of this album have to be the killer grooves that permeate every song and the great vocals and lyrics that have you singing along before you even realize that you know all the words. It's a fun and feel good album that unfotunately they couldn't replicate on "Hellacious Acres"- the riffs and choruses just didn't work out on their sophmore effort, and with the rise of grunge, DT faded into obscurity. It's really a shame because this is such a perfect album from that era- I have no problem calling this one of my top ten favorite albums of all time. If you have even a passing interest in 80's 90's hard rock/sleaze rock, you should definitely make this a part of your collection.