Greatest Hits

Motley Crue | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 17, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Eleven Seven Music
• ASIN: B002QK012Y
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,427 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #33 in Music > Classic Rock > Glam

Editorial Reviews

Digitally remastered, expanded and updated edition of this collection from the L.A.-bred hard rockers features bonus tracks and new artwork, making this the ULTIMATE single disc Motley Crue collection. Many bands have followed in their wake, but there can only be one Motley Crue. Greatest Hits now features 19 stone-cold classics including 'Girls Girls Girls', 'Dr. Feelgood', 'Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)' and many others.

Customer Reviews

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22 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Greate$t Hit$, February 27, 2010

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Tommy Morais (The Great White North) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

Motley Crue is one of my favourite bands of all time and I love their music. They released some great albums and influenced many other artists during and since their heyday in the 1980s. Motley were there, loud and in your face and I think that's what their fans loved so much about them. There have been 9 studio albums, 3 previous Motley Greatest hits (Decade of Decadence, Greatest Hits, The Millenium Collection if you count it and Red,White and Crue), 2 boxed sets and 2 live albums since they started on the sunset strip in 1980. Now in late 2009 comes a new compilation of Motley Crue songs, let's look at it.

I'm satisfied with the representation of Shout At The Devil, Dr. Feelgood and all the others but I can't help but think that their first album Too Fast For Love deserved at least another song on this greatest hits. They put the title track here but why not Live Wire or Piece of Your Action, there are plenty of excellent songs on Motley' first album. There are no songs from their Self-Titled album from 1994 with singer John Corabi who replaced Vince Neil but that was to be expected, but it would have been nice to get something from 2000's New Tatoo at least.This greatest hits has 1 songs from Too Fast, 3 from Shout, 2 from Theatre and Girls, 5 from Dr.Feelgood, Primal Scream from the early 90s Decade of Decadence greatest hits, 1 song from Generation Swine, 2 from the 2004 Red, White and Crue compilation, 2 from their latest album Saints of Los Angeles if you count the remix of The Animal In Me (which isn't that different from the original by the way).

That aside, the songs selected were pretty good. Personally I would have taken out the two songs from Red, White and Crue and replaced them but they picked the very best. Ok, now I just have to say this: except the songs from Saints THIS IS ALL ON RED, WHITE AND CRUE ALREADY! I understand that record companies make money from those compilations and they are made because there are new fans each year but it would be nice if they varied from one another. To me R W & C was the ultimate compilation being two disc, spawning their whole career and including a few extras for the hardcore fans, I've rarely seen better. This one is not bad but it lacks diversity from other soundtracks and misses a few things. Seeing how perfect R W & C was and what this one is, the fact that it is yet ANOTHER compilation for Motley and that I'm a hardcore fan I can't give it more than two stars.

My advice would be to get Red, White and Crue you get much more for your money if not this one while lacking is still worth getting if you're a new fan of the band.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A greatest hits from one of the greatest bands, November 18, 2009

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chicks terminator "fan of #1 band scooter" (southern california) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

I like how they went about this greatest hits album. They pretty much go from the stand point it is a updated version of the previous greatest hits album. They aren't like other bands who do a bunch of these then act like by the 3rd or 4th hits album have never done one before. I got this for 9.99 at best buy and it came with a bonus dvd with footage from cruefest 2 tour which is a cool behind the scenes special. This cd is great if you are just getting into them or long time fans like me that have all their cds, but like to see an updated hits album for a value price.

16 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Call the Guiness Book!, November 24, 2009

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E. shaffer "hair metal" (Pearl Harbor, HI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

Motley now has the record for "fastest to have more greatest hits and live albums than they have studio albums", previously held by Aerosmith. Most of the songs are from their first 5 albums, which are all they ever did that really count. At this rate they will capture the title "most greatest hits albums from fewest studio albums" currently held by Quiet Riot. Despite reguritating the same songs over and over, two of them are still broke.