Street Poetry

Street Poetry is the Finnish rock band Hanoi Rocks' eighth and final studio album. The album reached the top 10 on the Finnish charts, and succeeded very well elsewhere in Europe too. The first single spawned was "Fashion", and the second was an internet-only single "This One's For Rock'n'Roll". The album's release was celebrated at the Tavastia Club with three live shows, which were followed by a tour across Scandinavia, England and Japan.

Street Poetry
Studio album by
Hanoi Rocks
Released5 September 2007
RecordedSpring 2007
GenreGlam punk
Hard rock
LabelBackstage Alliance
ProducerHanoi Productions
Hanoi Rocks chronology
Another Hostile Takeover
(2005)		 Street Poetry
(2007)		 This One's for Rock'n'roll – The Best of Hanoi Rocks 1980–2008
(2008)
Singles from Street Poetry
  1. "Fashion"
    Released: 16 May 2007
  2. "This One's For Rock'n'Roll"
    Released: 8 August 2007
  3. "Teenage Revolution"
    Released: 2008
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Hard Rock Hide Out[2]
Plaza.fi[3]
Soundi[4]

The album's title comes from a time when the original Hanoi Rocks were living in London. A drifter was living in the London Underground Ladbroke Grove-station, where he wrote poems of things he saw. He was called a "Street Poet", and hence the title "Street Poetry".

Some reviews said that the album was Hanoi Rocks' first real rock record since the 80's.

Track list
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hypermobile"Andy McCoy, Michael Monroe, Conny Bloom4:05
2."Street Poetry"Andy McCoy, Michael Monroe3:57
3."Fashion"Andy McCoy, Michael Monroe3:16
4."Highwired"Andy McCoy, Michael Monroe3:28
5."Power of Persuasion"Andy McCoy, Michael Monroe, Conny Bloom4:16
6."Teenage Revolution"Andy McCoy, Michael Monroe3:36
7."Worth Your Weight in Gold"Andy McCoy, Michael Monroe3:33
8."Transcendental Groove"Andy McCoy, Michael Monroe3:03
9."This One's For Rock'n'Roll"Andy McCoy, Michael Monroe3:44
10."Powertrip"Andy McCoy, Michael Monroe, Conny Bloom2:38
11."Walkin' Away"Andy McCoy, Michael Monroe, Conny Bloom, DJ Alimo3:56
12."Tootin' Star"Andy McCoy, Michael Monroe, Conny Bloom, Andy Christell2:40
13."Fumblefoot and Busy Bee"Andy McCoy, Conny Bloom2:04
Limited Edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
14."Trouble Boys"Billy Bremner2:49
15."Fashion" (Music video + Making of)Andy McCoy, Michael Monroe7:35
16."Boulevard Of Broken Dreams" (Live video)Andy McCoy, Bob Ezrin, Ian Hunter3:48
17."Highschool" (Live video)Andy McCoy, Bob Ezrin4:09
Japanese edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
14."Self Destruction Blues"Andy McCoy2:44
15."Worldshaker"Tumppi Varonen, Andy McCoy, Michael Monroe2:57

Personnel

Chart positions

Album
YearChartPeak
2007Swedish Albums Chart[5]41
2007Finnish Albums Chart[6]6

Singles
YearSingleChartPeak
2007 "Fashion"
Finnish Singles Chart[7]1

References
  1. Greg Prato (2007-09-03). "Street Poetry - Hanoi Rocks | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
  2. Rockitt, Rob. "Hanoi Rocks – Street Poetry (2007)". Hard Rock Hideout. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
  3. Archived April 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  4. Archived June 2, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  5. Hung, Steffen. "swedishcharts.com - Hanoi Rocks - Street Poetry". www.swedishcharts.com.
  6. "Musiikkituottajat - Tilastot - Suomen virallinen lista - Artistit". www.ifpi.fi.
  7. "Musiikkituottajat - Tilastot - Suomen virallinen lista - Artistit". www.ifpi.fi.
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