"The Wildhearts" is the 6th studio album by the British metal band of the same name released in 2007 on Round Records. The line-up for the album was Ginger (vocals/guitar), C.J. (guitar), Scott Sorry (bass) and Ritch Battersby (drums).

This was the first Wildhearts album bassist Scott Sorry appeared on, replacing Jon Poole and Danny McCormack. The band has always had a rotating line-up due to one thing or another, but as long as Ginger's at the helm, it will always be the Wildhearts.

What can I say about this album? As with previous albums by the Wildhearts, it's another storming journey of a mixture between rock and furious metal. Ginger's lyrics have always captured the mind and the album is not short of massive riffs either. "Rooting For the Bad Guy" kicks everything off with crunching guitars and thunderous drums, which is the order of the day throughout the whole album.

There are softer songs on the album, too. "Slaughtered Authors" deals with the record industry and how artists are held at virtual gunpoint to produce record after record, all in the name of a few dollars for the fat cats, and pennies for the artists themselves, compared. "Bi-Polar Baby" is a song about living with someone who has the bi-polar disease and how it can affect those around you.

In summary, this is a brilliant album and one I come back to quite often. The Wildhearts might not be a band for everyone but if you like pop/punk/rock/metal all rolled into one, it's all on this album. I would definitely recommend this album to anyone.


1. Rooting For the Bad Guy
2. The Sweetest Song
3. The Revoution Will be Televised
4. The New Flesh
5. Slaughtered Authors
6. The Hard Way
7. Inner City Overture
8. Bi-Polar Baby
9. She's All That
10. Destroy All Monsters

My rating: 9/10