Mötley Crüe Album - Motley Crue - Greatest Hits
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Customers rating:
(67 ratings)
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Release Date:1998-10-27
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Type:Audio CD
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Genre:Album Rock, Hair Metal, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Pop, Pop-Metal, Pop/Rock Music, Popular Music, Rock, Rock/Pop
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Label:Beyond Records
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UPC:639857800220
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Approx. Price:$17.98
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Review - Amazon.com :
Through lead-singer strife and domestic blisters, the Crüe have endured. Greatest Hits is a breather for the group and provides an opportunity to look back at the construction and destruction of this much-maligned multimillion-record-selling ensemble. Sure, much of what's here overlaps with Decade of Decadence, but we do get three tunes from Generation Swine ("Glitter" receives a tender remix) and an eight-panel foldout booklet with essays from each of the rug rats. Most important, two new tracks--"Bitter Pill" and "Enslaved"--feature golden-boy knob twiddler Bob Rock, who oversees two no-nonsense, no-electronics blasts through the candy-metal past. The future looks glam, indeed. --Martin PopoffCustomer review - 1999-12-12
- Great Song Selection...AlmostThis is a great representation of the best of Motley Crue, with the glaring exception of "Glitter." This one is hard to sit through. Surely, there are better hits than this one ("Too Young to Fall In Love", "Knock 'em Dead, Kid"?). Still, a great overview of a great band.
Customer review - 2002-03-14
- Awesome summary--and not the same as "Decade Of..."First of all, this is NOT the same as "Decade Of Decadence". Out of the 17 tracks here, only 7 of them are duplicated (i.e., same songs and same version of songs) between the two CDs. "Decade" was the band's version of a summary of their career to that point, while this collection is a true greatest hits. And what a rocking collection it is! First off, the two new tracks are great. "Bitter Pill" and "Enslaved" have a bit of a modern edge to them but still also have that "heavy metal" sound that was somewhat lacking on the previous album, "Generation Swine". Surely more tracks along this vein would have made 2000 release "New Tatoo" a bit more solid. Would love to hear a Crue album that goes in this direction sometime. As far as the classics that make up the rest of the album, you can't go wrong for the most part: "Dr. Feelgood", "Girls Girls Girls", "Looks That Kill", "Home Sweet Home"...need I go on? I will agree with other reviewers who say that "Glitter" is awful. I didn't care for the original version, never mind the remix. Also would have preferred the original "Shout At The Devil", although I don't mind the remake. Also should have included at least one or two Corabi songs from that underrated album ("Holigan's Holiday", "Uncle Jack", "Misunderstood", and "Driftaway" are all worthy candidates) but I'm sure Vince vetoed that. I do like the inclusion of "Afraid" from "Generation Swine". All in all, you can't go wrong with this collection if you are a Cruehead and/or '80s hard rock fan. For sure, this disk is loaded with vintage hard rock and pop metal classics.
Customer review - 1999-11-10
- A defenitive MOTLEY collection, no holds barred........After hearing the new tracks, "Bitter Pill" and "Enslaved", I got excited! I hope future recordings sound like this. All the favorite MOTLEY traxx are included in the aswesome CD, with cool packaging with nice memoirs left by each member. A cool UK version of "Glitter" is included, a favorite track off the SWINE CD. This is a defenitive, must have for any DIEHARD CRUE HEAD! or for any metalhead over the past two decades! Long live the CRUE! I can't wait for the new CRUE live CD this month. I want to meet the CRUE someday, maybe on MTV's FANATIC show? Forever fan, Bobby D......
Customer review - 2002-05-29
- Motley Crue - Take A Ride On The Wild SideMotley Crue is truly a great band, whether you like it or not. They defined the era of which they played in, and they took everything to the next level, on and off stage. And their music is more than satisfying, not only with outstanding guitar-playing and perfect heavy metal vocals but also with powerful, bass-driven drumming from Tommy Lee. Overall, this Greatest Hits album is a collection of Motley Crue's biggest hits, as well as two new songs. The bottom line is, if you like hard rock and you like humorous but often serious vocals, this is the album you want.
Customer review - 2000-05-15
- Excellent complation of L.A.'s bad boysThis Cd opens up with two new songs from the original line up of Motley Crue. These songs are fairly mediocre but they certainly aren't bad. But once track 3 begins, and you hear that motercylcle, you know what your hearing. "Girls Girls Girls", one of the staples of eighties hard rock blairs out of the Cd player and then you are aware of why you bought the album. And it doesn't stop there. All the classics flow through this album and they have only become better since released. From the hard rocking ode to the L.A. crime scene in "Wild Side" to the thrashing riffs of "Dr. Feelgood" there are almost no complaints on this CD. Along with Def Leppard's "Vault", and "Monsters of Rock", this CD proves that eighties hard rock lives on.
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