Motley Crue Albums Ranked

Mötley Crüe is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1981. The group was founded by bassist Nikki Sixx and drummer Tommy Lee, lead singer Vince Neil and lead guitarist Mick Mars. Mötley Crüe has sold more than 41 million records worldwide, including 25 million albums in the United States, making them one of the best-selling bands of all time. The members of the band have often been noted for their hedonistic lifestyles and the persona they maintained. Following its hard rock and heavy metal origins, the release of their third album saw the band joining the first wave of glam metal. Here are Motley Crue’s top albums of all time ranked.

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9. Generation Swine (1997)

“This album came out when I was in high school and I was a big fan of the Crue from their earlier albums. It’s different but still a decent album. Beauty and Rat Like Me are the best songs not counting the Shout At The Devil remix which is awesome. Flush, Anybody Out There & Rocketship are pretty cool tunes as well. Glitter is decent for a ballad. I never was a fan of Afraid and always wondered why they released it as a single. The rest of the songs I usually skip. The original album was 13 songs and 7 of them get a thumbs up. Not as good as some of their other albums but Motley Crue is still awesome even at half speed. Worth the listen!”

8. New Tattoo (2000)

“This is easily one of the most underrated albums of the past 15 yrs. You should already own this now with songs like Hell on High Heels,Punched in the teeth by love,First band on the moon, 2 great ballads in the title track and Hollywood ending and my personal favorite Fake this is Motley at there finest.”

7. Saints of Los Angeles (2000)

“I like this album, just not as much as their 1st 5 or 6. First off, there’s 13 songs on it, which is a good thing, when they’re all very good songs. I do like almost every song here, and they are mostly 3 – 4 minutes in length, which isn’t always a bad thing (not having 5 – 7 minute songs, like some bands). It’s a great listen all the way through and since they haven’t released 10 decent albums or better, it’s especially good and should be given it’s due as a good CRUE Album. It sounds great on vinyl and much better than the CD or downloaded version. Recommended Listening for CRUE fans!”

6. Motley Crue (1994)

“I personally think this is a really awesome metal album. Super heavy with some very cool riffs. Also some nice melodic pieces too. Very little, but cool. Honestly though, it sounds nothing like Motley Crue. Not just because Vince Neil isn’t the singer! It just doesn’t sound like their usual stuff. And the album is pretty solid all the way through. Unlike a lot of the stuff after the Shout at the Devil album, I thought had only a few good songs. This rocks throughout. But if you’re expecting a Vince Neil style Crue, you won’t get it here.”

5. Theater of Pain (1985)

“Motley Crue is the best!I am the biggest crue fan around and this is another excellent masterpiece by the Icons of hard rock!Mick Mars shows his versatility guitar wise on this effort with Vince,Nikki,and Tommy being as solid musically as ever.You have the greatest crue ballad of all time in Home Sweet Home along with the rockin Tonight(We Need A Lover) and Keep Your Eye On The Money.The best though which makes this the complete package is Louder Than Hell that is one of the best rock songs you’ll ever have the pleasure of banging your head too.Then you have a sweet power ballad of how the world is on the edge of insanity with Save Our Souls.One more that stands out is Fight For Your Rights which is an awesome rock song for standing tall to fight for your freedom.”

4. Girls, Girls, Girls (1987)

“What an excellent 80’s hair rock album. Mötley Crüe is definitely the best of the bunch. I had this album on tape but once CD players became popular I forgot about it for a good ten years. Ordered this CD one day and couldn’t be happier and filled with nostalgia when hearing the motorcycles rev up on the intro to Girls, Girls, Girls!”

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3. Dr. Feelgood (1989)

“I was always a fan of the Crue back in the day. I had all their records thru Girls, Girls, Girls. By the time this one came out, I was phasing out of hair metal and onto classic rock like Zepplin and Hendrix. I was kinda more one-track-minded like that back then. Here I am 25 years later and getting back into them and many other metal bands from the 80’s. I think all of their albums to this point are great. They say “Theater of Pain” was one of their worst, but I always liked that one too. I guess because it brings back memories. But, really, it’s solid. I would recommend this one and everything in front of it to anybody thinking about buying a record. A good start is “Too Fast For Love”, and then move up from there.”

2. Too Fast For Love (1981)

“Motley Crue have over the years become rock legends mainly because of their backstage debauchery and hedonistic lyrics that reflected the LA life style of the 1980’s. While anthems like Dr. Feelgood, Girls Girls Girls, Wild Side, Looks That Kill, and Kickstart My Heart survive on classic rock radio and the very ideals of heavy rock before all this MC were a raw and gritty rock band that actually lived up their image and lyrics. While Feelgood is usually named as their ultimate musical statement and other tracks from Theatre Of Pain and GGG’s get the spotlight this album is a true gem more than any other.”

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1. Shout at the Devil (1983)

“Shout at the Devil is the point where Mötley Crüe‘s musical range widened and the perfect template for “hair metal” was forged for the coming years. Coming nearly two full years after their fine but raw debut , Too Fast for Love, it is clear that the band had fully embraced a Judas Priest style of metal with just a bit of seventies glam rock for full effect in the MTV age. This is also the album where bassist Nikki Sixx fully arrived as a composer, writing hook-heavy anthems that strike adolescents in the heart “