Big Hits and Nasty Cuts

Big Hits and Nasty Cuts: The Best of Twisted Sister is a greatest hits compilation by American heavy metal band, Twisted Sister. It was released in 1992 by Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and by WEA International Inc. for the rest of the world. The track list consists solely of songs from their first three albums, omitting any material from Come Out and Play and Love Is for Suckers, except outside of the United States where "Bad Boys of Rock 'n' Roll" was replaced with "Be Chrool to Your Scuel" from Come Out and Play.

Big Hits and Nasty Cuts: The Best of Twisted Sister
Compilation album by Twisted Sister
Released	March 17, 1992
Recorded	1979–1984
Genre	Heavy metal glam metal
Length	69:02
Label	Atlantic (US) WEA International Inc. (rest of the world)
Compiler	Jay Jay French, Mark Mendoza
Twisted Sister chronology
Love Is for Suckers (1987) Big Hits and Nasty Cuts: The Best of Twisted Sister (1992) Live at Hammersmith (1994)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	5/10^[2]

The album received a Parental Advisory sticker for the live tracks, which contain some profanity.

Background

Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider was against the release of the compilation, citing it as nothing more than Atlantic Records' attempt to make profit off the band's back catalogue. He told The Morning Call in 1992, "I had no control at all, I told them I didn't want it out. I said, 'Are you getting letters or something? Is there some massive demand for a Twisted Sister package?' I know exactly why they're doing it... to make a few dollars to try and bolster Atlantic's sagging sales. They've had horrendous sales the past few years, so they're releasing everything they have in best ofs. It doesn't cost anything. It's pure profit!"^[3]

Track listing

1. "We're Not Gonna Take It" - 3:39
2. "I Wanna Rock" - 3:03
3. "I Am (I'm Me)" - 3:35
4. "The Price" - 3:49
5. "You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll" - 4:42
6. "The Kids Are Back" - 3:17
7. "Shoot 'Em Down" - 3:54
8. "Under the Blade" - 4:40
9. "I'll Never Grow Up, Now!" - 4:08
10. "Bad Boys (Of Rock 'n' Roll)" - 3:19
11. "What You Don't Know (Sure Can Hurt You)" (live) - 5:09
12. "Destroyer" (live) - 4:37
13. "Tear It Loose" (live) - 3:05
14. "Run for Your Life" (live) - 3:38 (US version only)
15. "It's Only Rock 'n' Roll" (live) - 10:12
16. "Let the Good Times Roll" / "Feel So Fine" (live) - 4:15

Credits

Twisted Sister

• Dee Snider - lead vocals
• Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda - lead & rhythm guitars
• Jay Jay French - rhythm & lead guitars
• Mark "The Animal" Mendoza - bass
• A. J. Pero - drums

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Twisted Sister - Big Hits and Nasty Cuts: The Best of Twisted Sister review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
2. Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 461–462. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
3. Blockus, Gary R. (July 17, 1992). "Widowmaker a new twist for Dee Snider". The Morning Call. p. D1, D2. Retrieved January 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.