Your Filthy Little Mouth
Studio album by
David Lee Roth
ReleasedMarch 8, 1994
Recorded1993
GenreRock
Length55:55
LabelReprise
ProducerNile 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[1]
Chicago Tribune[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[3]
Rolling Stone[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.

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

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

References

  1. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Your Filthy Little Mouth at AllMusic. Retrieved August 13, 2013.
  2. ^ You, Brenda (1994-03-10). "David Lee Roth Your Filthy Little Mouth (Reprise)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2013-02-16.
  3. ^ a b c Frost, Deborah (1994-03-11). "Your Filthy Little Mouth Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2013-02-16.
  4. ^ Drozdowski, Ted (1994-06-30). "David Lee Roth: Your Filthy Little Mouth : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2013-02-16.
  5. ^ "Searching Discogs for David Lee Roth Your Filthy Little Mouth". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2013-08-14.
  6. ^ "Picks and Pans Review: Your Filthy Little Mouth". People. 1994-04-04. Retrieved 2013-08-14.
  7. ^ a b "David Lee Roth Releases". Fridaymusic.com. Retrieved 2013-08-14.
  8. ^ "Reviews of Peter Blakeley | The Pale Horse, David Lee Roth | Your Filthy Little Mouth, and Spark 950 and Timbo King | United We Slam". Cdshakedown.com. 1994-04-13. Retrieved 2013-08-14.
  9. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 239.
  10. ^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  11. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – David Lee Roth – Your Filthy Little Mouth" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  12. ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  13. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – David Lee Roth – Your Filthy Little Mouth". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  14. ^ "Swisscharts.com – David Lee Roth – Your Filthy Little Mouth". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  15. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  16. ^ "David Lee Roth Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
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