Warrant Songs Ranked
The Warrant is an American glam metal band formed in 1984 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, that experienced success from 1988 to 1996 with five albums reaching international sales of over 10 million. The band first came into the national spotlight with their 2× platinum debut album Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich, and one of its singles, “Heaven,” reached No. 1 in Rolling Stone and No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. The band continued its success in the early 1990s with the double-platinum album Cherry Pie which provided the hit album titled song and music video.
Following the critically acclaimed gold album Dog Eat Dog the band started to experience frequent changes to the line-up and despite the drop in popularity with the arrival of grunge, they released Ultraphobic in 1995 and a successful best-of album in 1996. The band also changed their musical direction with the release of the grunge influenced Belly to Belly in 1996 but returned to their roots very quickly by the end of the decade. The band experienced highs and lows in the 2000s with successful tours, a new covers album Under the Influence, lead singer Jani Lane leaving, a brand new Born Again album with new singer Jaime St. James, and a brief reunion of the original line up. Into the new decade, former lead singer and main songwriter Jani Lane died. After over 30 years, the band is still recording music and performing, now with ex-Lynch Mob lead vocalist Robert Mason. Here are all of Warrant’s songs ranked.
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15. Sure Feels Good to Me (Cherry Pie, 1990)
“That is not a hideous song by any means; it’s definitely not as bad as “Cherry Pie,” but it’s just an unoriginal, stupid cock-rock anthem, and it tries to rock out harder than it really should. At this point in their careers, Jani’s voice just did not go well with the heavier nature of this song; he sounds out of place and uncomfortable delivering the words. He’s normally a great vocalist and definitely several levels above many of his glam metal contemporaries, so his shoddy vocal performance in this song always put me off.”
14. Train Train (Cherry Pie, 1990)
“You’ve got a tasty version of Blackfoot’s “Train Train” to close the album on a southern rock note, even though the first lines have been censored with a ridiculous bleep.”
13. Blind Faith (Cherry Pie, 1990)
“Pretty standard power ballad about love… Okay I guess but it’s been done a million times before.. It is not bad by any means..”
12. Stronger Now (Ultraphobic, 1995)
“Beautiful and emotional , one of the most wonderful acoustic songs in rock history. “Stronger Now,” which again is a well-crafted, well performed, high caliber song.”
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11. Bed of Roses (Cherry Pie, 1990)
“Bed of Roses” is a standard hair-pop metal rock song. In fact, vocally it even begins to sound like Jon Bon Jovi singing, which is a bit scary because this really could be a Bon Jovi song… no, not the one of the same name.”
10. Undertow (Ultraphobic, 1995)
“There are several excellent songs here; I would consider some songs to be some of the band’s finest overall. “Undertow” in particular is a downright excellent slice of grungy 90s hard rock dominated by a killer chorus.”
9. The Bitter Pill (Dog Eat Dog, 1992)
“”The Bitter Pill” is a mid-tempo ballad with lyrics about how even the most beautiful relationships can be marred by horrible fights. It has a much darker sound than what most people would probably expect from Warrant, the band that brought the world some lighthearted glam metal party songs like “Cherry Pie.” This is a heavy and dark ballad with a weird German part in the bridge, but the whole song is so beautiful and thoughtful.”
8. Mr. Rainmaker (Cherry Pie, 1990)
“This is really a gem on the album, it is a cult favorite yet never was released as a single. This is Warrant at their best. Mr.Rainmaker the hidden gem.”
7. 32 Pennies (Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich, 1989)
“Warrant was one of the most popular hair metal bands in South America during the end of the 80’s. This album is the one I liked the most. You can notice that these guys like to fool around in some of their songs and also with the cover of the album.”
6. Down Boys (Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich, 1989)
“Cool, early ’90s rock by Warrant, which was a really good harder rock band of the early part of the decade. One of my favorite bands of all time!!! come on now! who doesn’t like Warrant?”
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5. I Saw Red (Cherry Pie, 1990)
“Penned by front man Jani Lane, the bonus acoustic version of “I Saw Red” showcases Warrant removed from the image-in-excess Hollyhocks glam ‘n’ hair late eighties scene. Like the album cut, pulled from the big-selling _Cherry Pie_ LP, the acoustic swing through the sobering “I Saw Red” was produced and mixed by the in-demand Beau Hill.”
4. Sometimes She Cries (Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich, 1989)
“It’s surprising for me that the third-person narrative differentiates it from the typical feel of these ballads if only a little. Of course, one of the more acclaimed glam metal ballads 18 and Life / Midnight / Tornado used this trick too, and while Sometimes She Cries is a little less adventurous in its lyrical theme, it has a good production and (in typical style for the genre, give it this much) good guitar work and a strong yet pleasant lead vocal from Jani Lane.”
3. Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Cherry Pie, 1990)
“Uncle Tom’s Cabin” is one of Warrant’s finest moments. This song was the proof that Warrant had songwriting talents that ran much deeper than their biggest hits, and it was always so unfortunate that Jani Lane’s songwriting talents were so overshadowed by shallow and simplistic, yet high-charting songs like “Cherry Pie.” Warrant seriously was an amazing band when you looked past that. This song colorfully weaves a timeless tale of corruption, spearheaded by an incredible acoustic guitar intro before it leads into the intense riffs in the main part of the song.”
2. Heaven (Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich, 1989)
“I think it’s a story of a man having a romantic relationship to a young girl.. Heaven isn’t so far away, meaning they are hoping for approval of the people around them and they can achieve it in the future.”
1. Cherry Pie (Cherry Pie, 1990)
“Fantastic, cannot get enough of 80’s hair bands! You will not regret this purchase. Takes you back to a time where music actually made sense and was worthwhile to listen to.”