Devils on the Loose and the Beast is in the Jungle

Devils on the Loose and the Beast is in the Jungle is the Third studio album by the American Hard rock band Skull's on Parade, released in 2003. This is their last album to feature guitar player and founding member Dex Barrowe, before he died of acute alcohol poisoning on 29 October 2003. 
== Album information[edit] ==
This was the band's first album to be a major commercial success. CBS. Originally the album was supposed to be called The Dandy Highwayman, but the name was changed at the last minute. 
The album's producer, Tom O'Renn had previously worked with artists like Forgetting Monday, Death on the Radio and The Tony Rich Project, which was one of the main reasons Skulls on Parade wanted him to produce the album. O'Renn wanted the album to have a heavier atmosphere and darker guitar playing than the band's previous efforts, still keeping it melodic and punky, and he also worked on the writing of almost every song on the album. O'Renn knew that a harder rock-style would sell more units in the United States.
The album also features some of Skull's on Parade' biggest hits, like "The Bends", "Beast in the Jungle(Animal in me)", "Dancing on my Grave", "Home Again" and "So Far Away". A music video was also made for "The Bends", which received much airplay on. A music video was also made for "So Far Away", but the song differs from the album version as it's shorter, has a different guitar-solo and only features Dex's spoken words in the middle. There was also supposed to be a song titled Devil's on the Loose but was replaced with The Bends. It was featured on a later release.
Devils on the Loose and the Beast is in the Jungle was Skull's on Parades' biggest hit when it was released, reaching number 28 on the UK Album Charts and the singles "The Bends" and "Driving into the Darkness" also rose up the singles charts. 
While touring to promote the album, the band rose to fame in Japan even more and had two sold-out concerts in New York City. Following guitar player Dex's death, the group finished their concert dates and eventually talked about breaking up, while on the verge of an international breakthrough. Freddy and Mo quit after the tour and the band looked for replacements.
== Song information[edit] ==
Tom Barrowe's comments on the songs from a 2003 issue of Suosikki.
=== "The Bends"[edit] ===
"Freddy had this amazing lick that felt like it climbed right out of the 70's we really liked it. Then one time at rehearsals we were jamming and I remembered it from Freddy's tape. We played it and it sounded fucking good. We figured, let's play it and see what comes out of it. After a few gigs, we decided that we want it on an LP. The recordings for the album were already over, but I called Tom and he came over to London, where we recorded the song."
=== "High School Drama Queen"[edit] ===
We figured it was a little boring. What do you do? I didn't like it. It's about this girl, who thinks "why the world belongs to her then gets out and realizes she isnt all she seems". There are some funny lines in that song. " There will be no ugly girls in my high school". It's a fun song."
=== "I Can't Get you"[edit] ===
"It had mine and Johnny's lyrics originally. But in the end Tom looked through it and re-did the whole song. I put some stuff into the song that anybody can relate to. It has good ground, because it's one of the facts of life. There's always things you can't have. But I figured it also has a kind of humorous side to it. Laughter through tears. It's kind of bittersweet."
=== "Beast in the Jungle(Animal in me)"[edit] ===
"What could I say about it? It's a cool song, it swings. It has some pretty dark content and lets your mind explore there is definitely a predator vibe to it which we wanted. I don't want to say anything about the lyrics. Everybody can have their own interpretation."
=== "So Far Away"[edit] ===
"This song is from the demo album Never Leave Me, well yeah, we fucked up that song so bad back then, that we had to remake it now. We changed the Lyrics with Tom's help and really fleshed song out and changed the tempo, The original song has some pretty vile snarky lyrics. As a song, I think it's fucking great and this version is what the original should have been. I think that we might release it as a single later."
=== "Home Again"[edit] ===
"At first it was a love song to Kathy (Dex's then girlfriend), but it built stuff on top of it, - all of my love songs have been made with one of us mates girlfriends in mind - but like I said, it's grown from the original version. The song has gotten to flow in development, and doesn't feel so personal anymore."
=== "Dancing on my Grave"[edit] ===
"The song is about junk (drugs). We all used to take 'em back in the day. It's about the illusions, with which it all starts, but eventually it leads to broken dreams, and complete emptiness and darkness when you notice where using them has taken you."
=== "Boiler Room"[edit] ===
"I really dig Irish cockney pub-culture and "Boiler Room" is a pub-song like that. I wanted to capture that feeling that's in pubs. Where it feels like a fight is about to break out. I like that song a fucking lot. The more I play it, the more it seems to fit."
=== "Bahama Drama"[edit] ===
"It's a good old sweaty high tempo boogie woogie song." I love playing this song live. Dex. Johnny, and I really get to breath on the track.
=== "Rolling the Dice"[edit] ===
"Everyday life. We take chances in everything. You get to feel he win but also have to deal with the consequences of losing. The same system continues through your life."
== Track listing[edit] ==
No.	Title 	Writer(s) 	Length
1. 	"The Bends" 	Johnny Brandybuck, Freddy Spencer, Tom Barrowe 	3:06
2. 	"High School Drama Queen" 	Tom Barrowe, Tom O'Renn, Dex Barrowe 	3:52
3. 	"I Can't Get you" 	Tom Barrowe, Tom O'Renn, Johnny Brandybuck 	4:12
4. 	"Beast in the Jungle (Animal in me)"	Freddy Spencer, Dex Barrowe, Johnny Brandybuck, Tom Barrowe	5:16
5. 	"So Far Away" 	Tom Barrowe, Dex Barrowe, Freddy Spencer, Tom O'Renn 	4:05
6. 	"Home Again" 	Tom Barrowe, Tom O'Renn, Dex Barrowe 	4:47
7. 	"Dancing on my Grave" 	Freddy Spencer, Tom Barrowe, Tom O'Renn, Dex Barrowe 	4:03
8. 	"Boiler Room" 	Hanoi Rocks 	4:22
9. 	"Bahama Drama" 	Tom Barrowe, Dex Barrowe, Tom O'Renn 	3:08
10.	"Rolling the Dice" 	Dex Barrowe, Tom O'Renn, Tom Barrowe 	4:20
2019 Remastered Edition
No.	Title 	Writer(s) 	Length
11.	"Devil's on the Loose"	Dex Barrowe 	2:39
12.	"Gasoline" 	Dex Barrowe, Tom Barrowe 	4:43
13.	"Magic" 	Freddy Spencer, Dex Barrowe, Johnny Brandybuck	4:29
== Personnel[edit] ==
; Skull's on Parade
;
;* Jolly Rogers– vocals, piano, saxophone (3, 9, 10), harmonica (5)
;* Dex Barrowe – guitars, backing vocals
;* Freddy Spencer – guitars, backing vocals
;* Johnny Brandybuck-Guitars, vocals
;* Mo Hawkins– bass
;* Tom Barrowe – drums and Lead Vocals
; additional musicians
* Tom O'Renn - keyboards, percussion, vocals
* Jeni, Lulu, Mary, Annette backing vocals
== Production[edit] ==
* Producer: Tom O'Renn
== Chart positions[edit] ==
=== Album[edit] ===
Year	Chart 	Peak
2003	UK Albums Chart 	5
2003	Japanese Albums Chart	1
2003	Finnish Albums Chart 	1
=== Singles[edit] ===
Year	Single 	Chart 	Peak
2003	" The Bends" 	UK Singles Chart 	61
2003	" The Bends" 	Finnish Singles Chart	4
2003	"Beast in the Jungle (Animal in me)"	UK Singles Chart 	5
2003	"Dancing on my Grave" 	UK Singles Chart 	2
2003	"Dancing on my Grave" 	Polish Singles Chart 	6
2003	"Home Again" 	UK Singles Chart 	1
2004	"So Far Away" 	UK Singles Chart 	1