"We make Ratt n' Roll music for Ratt n' Roll people" -- Stephen Pearcy circa 1990.

This is the best Ratt greatest hits to date. You have 20 tracks all re-mastered. This is the perfect soundtrack for 80s rock lovers! A few of the tracks are from the 90s, but are in the same sonic tradition.

I like how the set list is in non-chronological order. And I like how their biggest hits are spread across the cd. Unlike, older Ratt best of compilations "Round in Round" doesn't appear at the beginning. I give them credit for starting things off with "Dangerous but Worth the Risk." An excellent song that never had a video or was played on the radio.

The only gripe I have is they included the clunky "Head I Win, Tails You Lose" again. So many better songs they could've picked. They should've scratched that and included a ballad like "I Want to Love You Tonight" or "Giving Yourself Away."

Also, because this is primarily the Atlantic years era there is nothing from their legendary self-titled e.p. Fingers crossed that the entire back catalogue gets revamped and reissued. A big cheese Ratt box set with rarities and live tracks would be sweet too.

I saw these guys live this summer and I can't wait for many more years of Ratt n' Roll!

If you already own the first of Ratt's greatest hits "8191", there is not much difference on this new release. 5 songs out of the 20 are different. The 5 being tracks 1,7,18,19, & 20. One thing to take note of, the above song track listing is correct, EXCEPT for the last track. It is not 'No One Can Stop Us Now', it is an MTV Unplugged version of 'Way Cool Jr'. The CD is still a good one to buy, if you don't own a greatest hits from Ratt already.

During the halcyon days of Los Angeles Glam Metal, Ratt became one of the major success stories. Sporting a strong frontman and vocalist in Stephen Pearcy and a guitar master in Warren DiMartini (and second guitarist Robbin Crosby was no slouch, either), Ratt took advantage of the exploding MTV years and took a hard rock single Top 20. "Round and Round," featuring Milton Berle in the comic video, remains the band's high water mark, a single that captures the LA scene in less than four minutes.

"Tell The World" makes the strategic decision to bury that song halfway into the CD, making you listen to a chunk of lesser songs before hitting the payoff. Like many of the bands from this period (think Motley Crue), Ratt worshipped at the altars of Van Halen and Aerosmith, but still liked the gritty, sleazy feel of Los Angeles. The first two albums,

and

, went top ten and multi platinum on that basis, and deservedly so. Songs like "You're In Love," "Lay It Down" and "You Think You're Tough" (inexplicably absent from this set) made for decent hard rock singles.

However, like many bands in the genre, Ratt was of limited ideas. The next three albums delivered diminishing returns, with the dopey lyrical sexism becoming tedious and repetitious. When pressed, they could still deliver a good single (the stuttering riffs of "Dance" and the jazzy hard rock of "Way Cool Jr"), but filler was becoming predominant. By the last album for Atlantic records, they were resorting to hired hitmakers like Desmond Child ("Shame Shame Shame" and "Lovin' You's A Dirty Job" being the two best of the crop), and took a hiatus soon after.

"Tell The World" picks up where the previous "Ratt and Roll" left off, with a pair of songs from reunion albums ("Steel River" and "Over The Edge") plus an OK unplugged version of "Way Cool Jr." If you already have "Ratt and Roll" or Rhino's Ratt Essentials, you're probably set. If not, "Tell The World" is the best Ratt Trapp so far.

Hey if you like good rock and roll you can dance to, and not the new yell over a loud guitar because it's stealing all the sound. Then you will like this Ratt cd because it's got all their best songs, and you won't get a headache.

I used to listen to White Zombie, Limp Bizkit etc. Now I know how much they suck compared to 80's rock. And it will keep sucking until people start returning to the way rock used to be. Rock ain't supposed to be how angry you can get, we don't want to hear about your sad life in a broken home, go get some psychiatry for that. Music is supposed to be having a good time, dating women, fighting, and drinking.

Now it's all downer music that makes you feel depressed when it's done. Music is supposed to lift you up and put you in a better mood then before.

Thank you I won't be here all week.

The song selection here is not as good as "8191". Where is "Giving Yourself Away"? That song was a radio hit and should have been here instead of the MTV version of "Way Cool Jr". Anyone can gripe about songs being left off compilations, but if you're going to put album cuts on a best of, then all the hits should be there, as well!