I continue my wrap up journey of Mötley Crüe, heading straight into 1985's Theatre Of Pain, hot on the heels of 1983's Shout At The Devil.
As you may recall from yesterday's post, I'm not a big fan of the people behind Crüe, as such, I'm not going to delve deeply into their history, like I would with other artists from the era. Instead, I'm just going to jump into the album.
What made Shout At The Devil shine, seems to have all been stripped from Theatre Of Pain. In comparison, it's simply not as catchy. While it does have the hits, Smokin' In The Boys Room, and Home Sweet Home, this appears to be all it has to offer.
As I played through it, I wouldn't say I heard anything bad. Rather, it was all just mediocre, and kind of forgettable. The last track, Fight For Your Rights, was kind of the perfect example of what summed up everything for me. It had a solid guitar lick, and the verses felt like they were building and building, but then the chorus just didn't deliver.
Instead, I'd rather take a side step, and point out the current layout for Retro Spins. This background was made by taking photos of the various 80's artists, dumping them in an AI caricature creator, and tada, fun images popped out! With a little editing, PDF'ing, and moving "people" around to fit in and around each other, and you get...well, the end results here. I dig it. Did AI do a good job? How many do you recognize?
Oh...right Mötley Crüe's Theatre Of Pain...Eh...it was okay. Nothing worth writing home (sweet home) about. It doesn't leave me frothing at the mouth to jump into their final album I have to hear from the 80's. But, I suppose I will anyway.
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| THIS WEEK ON THE CHARTS August 18, 1984 |
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