Players

Matt Gorney: Bass, Drums, Lead and Backing Vocals
John Gorney: Keyboards, Lead and Backing Vocals
Mark Mistysyn: Guitars, Backing Vocals

Track Listing

Fresh

1. Disillusioned (M.Gorney)
2. Talkin' to My Tuna (J.Gorney)
3. Lonely (M.Gorney)
4. Struck Me Hard (J.Gorney)
5. Everything is Gonna be Alright (M.Gorney)
6. Hip Trip (J.Gorney/K. Brewer )
7. Middle Class (M.Gorney)
8. Native Son (J.Gorney)
9. Take Me Away (J.Gorney)
10. Solitude (M.Gorney/Mistysyn/Spillane)
11. Surrender (M.Gorney/Hawkes)
12. Don't Mention my Love (J.Gorney)
13. Change of Emotion (M.Gorney)
14. Catch My Fall (J.Gorney)
15. Wasted Memories (M.Gorney)
16. My Love (J.Gorney)
17. Summer Days (M.Gorney)

Smoked

1. Pain (M.Gorney/Hawkes)
2. Memory to Keep (J.Gorney)
3. Say You Will (M.Gorney/Sinopoli)
4. Sunset (J.Gorney)
5. Tell Me Why (M.Gorney)
6. Pig (M.Gorney)
7. Embrace Me (J.Gorney)
8. You're Not Funny (J.Gorney/M.Gorney/J.McLaughlin)
9. Summer (M.Gorney/Spillane)
10. Fairy Dance (J.Gorney)
11. Unsatisfied (M.Gorney)
12. Rape Me (J.Gorney)
13. See You Around (M.Gorney)
14. Sleep (J.Gorney/M.Gorney/Mistysyn

Review

Use Your Kielbasa is a big, eclectic, ambitious effort--and a mildly, if not wildly successful follow-up to Blow it Out Your Amp!!!  Deciding not to emulate their previous album, Shitar instead tries a bit of experimentation with songs culled from many, many genres.  See You Around is perhaps the most loved song from Shitar's vast catalogue.  Matt Gorney is a frontman and musician in the Paul Stanley mold, and that is evidenced here.  John Gorney, on the other hand, has always had an affinity for pushing the musical envelope.  While he delivers standard fare in songs like Struck Me Hard and Memory to Keep, he also delves into new areas with Hip Trip and Fairy Dance.   Kielbasa may lack unity and direction, but it makes up for it by satisfying Shitar fans of varying tastes.  Truly, something for everyone.

Rating (Out of *****)

*** 1/2

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