If there were the rock equivalent to a poet laureate, critics around the world would nominate Mister David Hasselhoff. What he accomplishes with a microphone and a leather jacket can only be described as pure brilliance. David Hasselhoff wheezes and hacks his way through seventeen marvelous tunes, enhancing each track with groans that bring to mind a punctured fireplace bellows. "Crazy For You" is standard love song fare until Hasselhoff seizes it and forces it through his strained vocal chords. His anarchic approach to the ballad "Flying On the Wings of Tenderness" can be compared to a prison assault. And the skill that he brings to the beloved torch song "Wir Zwei Allein" lends his trademark caterwauling that can't be matched. A salute to David Hasselhoff and all that he brings to our listening pleasure, salut! Viva "Hot Shot City!"