Band:
Nikki Sixx – bass, keyboards, piano, backing vocals
Mick Mars – lead guitar, backing vocals
Vince Neil – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica
Tommy Lee – drums, keyboards, piano, backing vocals
Discography:
Too Fast for Love (1981)
Shout at the Devil (1983)
Theatre of Pain (1985)
Girls, Girls, Girls (1987)
Dr. Feelgood (1989)
Mötley Crüe (1994)
Generation Swine (1997)
New Tattoo (2000)
Saints of Los Angeles (2008)
Guests:
Machine Gun Kelly
John 5
Sahaj
Info:
Producers: Dave Donnelly & Bob Rock
Released 2019-03-22
Reviewed 2019-05-04
The sound is of course familiar as most of the songs have been heard before, but also the new songs feels like something from that time, or like versions of the band’s earlier songs. Opening track The Dirt doesn’t give any sense of novelty; I thought it was something from an earlier album until I read the information about the album. Even Madonna’s Like a Virgin fits well and doesn’t really stand out, which kind of pinpoints the simplicity in the band’s song building. There isn’t much creativity about them, but of course they were pioneers of the sleaze, glam metal genre and many bands of today are very inspired by them, something they deserve credit for. But they are not really looking to write good songs as much as potent hit songs, which show in the fact that this album feels very dated and not as timeless as the best albums of the era.
I am not impressed by what I hear, even the old songs give the sense of déjà vu and I find that to be rather boring. The problem is that you grow tired with these songs very fast even if you haven’t heard them before as they are catchy, simple and with many repeating elements meaning that you kind of starts to grow tired with the songs towards the end of the first time you hear it. But they do of course have fans and all, and as background music when not really listening it works really well so why not have it for the lift or phone queue or something like that? Still, I cannot really help but feeling like it is a pathetic attempt of trying to capitalise on former glories and trying to get fans to buy another album without really offering anything to them – it is the same reason as to why I hate best of albums, it is meaningless and devalues the music trying to slash a career into one boring product – in this case a really dull one.
The collectors and some fans will probably buy this, hopefully no one else does. It may be an album you can listen to but at the same time it is a big waste to have made it. It is not really worth your while, perhaps the one who decided to release it should be publically humiliated for wasting people’s time with pointless albums.
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