Roth's fourth solo release serves up his usual ham on wry with a wide stylistic spread that suggests he's out to appeal to every hard-rock taste.
The title song reprises Van Halen's catchy, synth-driven "Jump" formula; before the album is over, David Lee has blithely skipped from the Stones to Led Zeppelin to ZZ Top, done the slick outlaw-epic thing much better than Bon Jovi, belted some smoky blues a la Alannah Myles' "Black Velvet," heartily ripped off Aerosmith's "Walk This Way," and even waded in Creedence's friendly neighborhood swamp. Production varnish, however, keeps this from being a real roots exploration.
