Hot take: By far, Motley Crue’s greatest moment in their recording history was…

too fast for love is their best album and it isn’t particularly close, every song shreds

shout at the devil was pretty good but had a fair number of skippable songs

theatre of pain was trash outside of the 2 singles

girls girls girls was also not that great outside the 2 lead singles, except maybe all in the name of rock

dr feelgood obviously has some heavy hitters but still, lots of filler if you go back and look

decade of decadence was cool but only i think 2 new songs, though both were great. if they hadn’t spent so much time on the road they could have squeezed in their best album right here.

Corabi album is pretty good but it’s almost like a different band

i get what they were trying to do with Generation swine but it mostly misses. Afraid is pretty good.

new tattoo is god awful

saints of los angeles is, for this point in their career, solid. but if you go back and listen it’s not really all that great

for shout at the devil i think:

intro/title track
looks that kill
too young to fall in love
knock em dead kid
ten seconds to love

are all very good songs. the rest aren’t really bad per se, and definitely better than some of the filler on subsequent albums, but i don’t think hold up all that well in comparison to the songs i listed above. they are kind of their time quiet riot inspired “metal” which is fine it’s just nothing special.

unrelated but i also should shout out Bitter Pill and Enslaved from the 98 greatest hits, which i think are both good and for whatever reason aren’t on apple music/spotify.

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This was their second peak, but I generally agree with the OP - never lived up to the promise of the early work.

Of course, they lived the lifestyle and gave us one of the great books of the era - The Dirt (forget the adaptation, which was fun but straight trash).

I disagree a bit. Too Fast For Love has more filler than Shout at the Devil.

Also, the Corabi album deserves more love, even if it does sound like a different band. Hooligans' Holiday, Power To The Music, and Uncle Jack are three of their heavier (and better) songs.

Agree 100%.

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…In The Beginning/Shout At The Devil. There is nothing else in their catalogue that comes close to giving me the “feels” like that does.

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Too Fast For Love is an amazing record. So is Dr. Feelgood. The rest of their albums are hit and miss, at best.

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be specific

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TFFL filler: Merry Go Round, Starry Eyes, Come on and Dance, On With the Show, Stick to Your Guns

SATD filler: Red Hot, Danger, Helter Skelter

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TFFL filler: Merry Go Round, Starry Eyes, Come on and Dance, On With the Show, Stick to Your Guns

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I love every one of those songs.

Merry Go Round is awesome.

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TFFL filler: Merry Go Round, Starry Eyes, Come on and Dance, On With the Show, Stick to Your Guns

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lol stop it

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Yeah, those are great songs.