Various Artists
Sweet Family Music: A Tribute To Stryper
(Flying Tart/Liquid Disc, 1996)

 
 
Executive Producer (of sorts): Alex Parker

Known Formats
CD – catalog # LDD9992, lyrics included - no

Featured Albums
The Yellow And Black Attack {1}
Soldiers Under Command {2}
To Hell With The Devil {3}
In God We Trust {4}
Against The Law {5}

Songs
1.   {3}  ??? -- "The Abyss" (2:02)
2.   {3}  Steve Hindalong -- "To Hell With The Devil" (3:33)
3.   {3}  Morella's Forest -- "Calling On You" (4:15)
4.   {3}  Klank -- "The Way" (3:51)
5.   {1}  Cricket -- "Makes Me Wanna Sing" (3:04)
6.   {4}  Havalina Rail Co. -- "Always There For You" (5:54)
7.   {5}  Dinner Mint featuring Jesse Sprinkle -- "All For One" (4:02)
8.   {4}  Argyle Park -- "Lonely" [two-timing mix] (5:09)
9.   {3}  Grammatrain -- "More Than A Man" (4:45)
10. {1}  Combat Chuck -- "You Know What To Do" (3:21)
11. {2}  Ghoti Hook -- "First Love" (3:12)
12. {1}  Echoing Green -- "You Won't Be Lonely" (3:43)
13. {2}  The Blamed -- "Soldiers Under Command" (5:26)
14. {2}  Aeixa -- "Makes Me Wanna Sing" (3:38)
15. {2}  Joe Christmas -- "(Waiting For) A Love That's Real" (3:54)
16. {3}  Fluffy featuring Ralph Melish -- "Honestly" (5:24)
17. {3}  Marriage Is Madness -- "Free" (3:51)
18.         [untitled] (0:40)

Total Time – 69:43
 

Comments: This compilation is not worth wasting more than bargain bin prices for.  Most of the "covers" are down-right mockery of the originals.  The only real decent ones are 9, 11 and 14.  Other ones, which are half-way decent, but don't quite measure up vocally, are tracks 3, 4 and 13.  There are quite a few where the melody hasn't been altered much, but the style is pop, which isn't very effective when covering hard rock / metal originals (in my opinion).  But several of these, namely 6, 16, and 17, are so terrible that you wonder whether they were coerced into doing them.  The vocals on track 16 are spoken, fancy that.  I guess all this shouldn't come as too much of a surprise knowing the typical quality that's portrayed on just about all Flying Tart releases, the single exception, of course, being the last Circle of Dust album.