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Cherry PieCherry Pie was the second music album by American hair metal band Warrant. The record was released by CBS Records on 24 September, 1990. It spawned the hits Cherry Pie", Uncle Tom's Cabin" and I Saw Red. Musical style Cherry Pie is an archetypal example of the sound of the Sunset Strip hair metal scene, dominated by loud guitars, simple catchy hooks, anthemic choruses and a preoccupation with sex. Production and marketing Cherry Pie was recorded and mixed at The Enterprise, in Burbank, California with producer Beau Hill. The record's marketing was dominated by the themes of its sexually-charged first single, reflected in an album cover featuring a young female waitress dropping a strategically positioned slice of cherry pie. This theme was also highlighted in a raunchy video clip featuring model Bobbie Brown, who would later become the wife of vocalist Jani Lane. Canadian cable-TV music network, MuchMusic, refused to air the "Cherry Pie" video on the grounds that it was "offensively sexist". Songs The single "Cherry Pie", which is probably Warrant's best-known song, was dedicated to president of Sony Music US Don Lenner. The dedication was no doubt inspired by the record company pressure which led to the track's creation. The record was completed without the song, but Warrant's label requested that a new rock "anthem" be added in order to enhance its marketability. Vocalist Lane responded by writing "Cherry Pie" in 45 minutes. The single, comprising a series of metaphorical references to sex and bearing a striking resemblance to Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar On Me", was a smash hit. It featured Poison's C.C. DeVille on lead guitar. Prior to the writing of "Cherry Pie", the album's title and first single was to have been "Uncle Tom's Cabin". Although named after the classic novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe, the song tells the story of a witness to the involvement of local police in a double murder and appeared to have nothing to do with slavery, racism, or the Deep South. It was eventually released as a single and reached #83 on the American charts. The record's third hit was "I Saw Red", a ballad inspired by a true story of betrayal. It was written after Lane had walked in on his best friend in bed with his girlfriend, resulting in his nervous breakdown and the delayed release of the band's first record Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich. Track listing 1. Cherry Pie 2. Uncle Tom's Cabin 3. I Saw Red 4. Bed of Roses 5. Sure Feels Good to Me 6. Love in Stereo 7. Blind Faith 8. Song and Dance Man 9. You're the Only Hell Your Mama Ever Raised 10. Mr. Rainmaker 11. Train, Train 12. Ode to Tipper Gore Live References
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