Save Your Prayers

Stunning copy both vinyl and cover in great shape.

Waysted's 1986 album Save Your Prayers was the only one to chart within the U.S. and it's easy to see why: the erstwhile British metal band retooled itself to fit the sound of the day, namely the hard-charging metal coming out of Southern California. Save Your Prayers is never as gloriously sleazy as Mötley Crüe but it certainly has elements of Ratt, filtered through a little bit of the big arena rock typified by such mainstream rockers as .38 Special. In other words, it is built on big melodic songs and hooks but still has a balls-out roar that would satisfy fans. What it lacks is any one song to hook in doubters -- no hit single, in other words -- but the overall sound of Save Your Prayers is massive, heavy, and glossy, capturing much of the feel of mainstream metal in the mid-'80s. [Cherry Red's 2013 reissue contains the B-side "Fire Under the Wheels" and 7" edits of "Black & Blue" and "Heaven Tonight," plus good liner notes that recount the tortured making of the album.]