To celebrate Hooked's anniversary, Bad Reputation reissue the original issue with the initial Japanese pressing retained the original cover not censured, and with its bonus CD entitled Live in New York, recorded at Electric Lady studios on May 31, 1991 - 2021 marked the 30 year anniversary of the release of Great White's Hooked album with its controversial or at least provocative cover. In 1991, Great White were still basking in the epic success of 1989's _Twice Shy. Boasting stellar blues-based guitar riffs and the cover of Ian Hunter's "Once Bitten, Twice Shy", Great White continued to move away from their mid-decade sound into a less adventurous but more consumer-friendly form of rock n' roll. Hooked is the fifth full-length album by the American Hard Rock band Great White, released in 1991 (N°18 on the Billboard album chart). The album was certified Gold in April 1991. The original album cover art was photographed by famous fashion photographer John Scarpati and featured a nude female model being hoisted out of the sea by a large hook. This cover was judged too risque by the label and replaced by art director Hugh Syme shortly after the initial pressing with an alternative cover that had the hook still below the sea level and the model partially submerged, so that only her head and arms were visible. The last album to feature bassist Tony Montana. Hooked is as much an extension of _Twice Shy as it is a new album with heavy blues influences and even more mainstream than Great White's previous record. Based on the principle that we do not change a winning team, Great White serves us a new burst of compositions mixing Hard, Rock and Blues for a result again enthralling. While capitalizing on the success of its previous opus, the US combo breaks the nail and definitively breaks with the Glam scene of which we can no longer find any trace. On the contrary, the roots are now fully assumed, not only because of two new covers ('Can't Shake It' from The Angels, and the delicate 'Afterglow' ballad from Steve...
