"The middle of the album doesn’t quite maintain this energy, with songs that change from the successful style of the opening, and probably overstay their welcome by being both too long and less engaging. “Malaria” is five and a half minutes of drum machine like rhythm and chanting of the song title in a long drawn out fashion that incites boredom rather than status quo. This is followed by the one real song on the album that disappoints. And – yep, you guessed it – it's the ballad. And you can’t miss it, because the title of the track is “The Ballad of Jayne”. And yes, it was released as a single, and yes it became the highest charting single by the band, number 33 on the US charts. And the video was all over MTV. But you know, is that the purpose it serves? And is that worth it for the record company and band management? Take that song off the album (and when I recorded this album to cassette back in the day I did) and this album is INFINITELY better. OK, they perform it well, and some out there may like it. Good luck to you if you do."

On this episode we are going to talk about “Cocked & Loaded” by L.A. Guns, the band’s 2nd studio album released 35 years ago this week, on today’s episode where ‘it’s never enough just to hold you, it’s never enough just to please you’ on Music from a Lifetime.