“Never Enough” hits right in the middle of Cocked & Loaded as track 5 (4:10), and it’s a big reason the album feels arena-sized instead of just another Sunset Strip party record. Cut April–June 1989 at Hollywood rooms like One on One, Music Grinder, and Conway, it has that major-studio weight—wide guitars, tight low end, and a chorus built for rock radio. It’s also a lineup stamp: this is the first L.A. Guns album with drummer Steve Riley, and the song’s locked-in drive helps define that punchy era. Producers Duane Baron, John Purdell, and Tom Werman keep it polished but still gritty, letting the band sound dangerous without getting messy. On the surface, “Never Enough” is an insatiable-desire anthem, but it’s more carefully built than the title implies. Its writing credits add Gregg Tripp and Phil Roy alongside the band—an uncommon move on an album that’s mostly written in-house—and you can hear that extra discipline in the structure...
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