Despite the song being the most well known (with possibly the exception of Poison) and despite being classic rock gold - the album that shares the same name is really very different from the raw 'I've stabbed the amp with a knife' style of early rock you'd expect if you'd just heard the title track.
It's somewhat orchestral, sometimes jazzy, and sometimes as musically theatrical as you can get (the final track is entirely instrumental and belongs in West Side Story).
The jazz/cabaret bass in Blue Turk is entertainment all by itself, and musically pretty far from Schools Out. Alma Mater perfectly captures the feelings of relief and sadness I got from leaving school.
My favourite track is Public Animal #9, not least because the title seems confusing - I mean, why #9?...It has a punchy beat to kick it off, a piano starts the melody before some nice guitar licks get things moving properly. There's also a very catchy choral "Hey-hey-hey" that punctuates each line of the verse.
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