Steelheart attempted to update their sound for the times with 1996's Wait, but the album fell with a thud (the first album by the group to not register on the Billboard Album Charts), and as a result, singer/leader Michael Matijevic opted to put the band back into mothballs.
Fast forward 12 years, and Steelheart was finally back once more with their fourth full-length overall, 2008's Good 2B Alive.
For those hoping that the group would return back to their earlier, unmistakably "hair metal" direction will be disappointed, as it's the tougher-sounding direction of their previous release that is followed throughout Good 2B Alive.
In fact, if anything, they've even upped the heaviness ante throughout, as Alice in Chains-meets-Creed heavy riffers are what comprise almost the entire album -- "Samurai," "LOL," etc.
With very little power balladry detected (which on earlier Steelheart albums, was expected), Good 2B Alive is undoubtedly Steelheart's heaviest album from start to finish.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samurai | Steelheart | Play | 05:32 | 12 MB | 37 MB |
| 2 | Lol | Steelheart | Play | 04:02 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 3 | Buried Unkind | Steelheart | Play | 04:55 | 11 MB | 32 MB |
| 4 | Twisted Future | Steelheart | Play | 05:10 | 11 MB | 38 MB |
| 5 | I Breathe | Steelheart | Play | 05:59 | 13 MB | 37 MB |
| 6 | Shine a Light for Me | Steelheart | Play | 04:21 | 9 MB | 30 MB |
| 7 | Underground | Steelheart | Play | 04:44 | 10 MB | 30 MB |
| 8 | You Showed Me How 2 LV | Steelheart | Play | 06:06 | 13 MB | 43 MB |
| 9 | Good 2B Alive | Steelheart | Play | 05:52 | 13 MB | 43 MB |
| 10 | G2BA | Steelheart | Play | 05:23 | 12 MB | 33 MB |
| 52 mins | 119 MB | |||||
| 52 mins | 357 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jenny Bifano | Violin |
| 2 | Richard Chycki | Mixing |
| 3 | Ryan Clark | Design |
| 4 | Linda Ghidossi de Luca | Viola |
| 5 | Joseph Edelberg | Concert Master, Violin |
| 6 | Joseph Hébert | Cello |
| 7 | Rev. George and Congregation Jones | Bass |
| 8 | James W. McLaughlin | Engineer |
| 9 | UE Nastasi | Mastering |
| 10 | Bobby Reed | Clarinet, Flute |
| 11 | Edward Roth | Keyboard Engineer, Keyboards |
| 12 | Steelheart | Primary Artist |
| 13 | Mark Weiss | Photography |
| 14 | Kit Woolven | Bass Engineer, Drum Engineering |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |