Mötley Crüe - Decade of Decadence '81-'91 (1991) [1991 DE 7559-61204-2]

Decade of Decadence is a greatest hits compilation album by Mötley Crüe, released on October 1, 1991 and charted at number 2 on The Billboard 200. It was the sixth album and the first of many greatest hits compilations released by the group. Though it was intended to be the band's first compilation album, the content was unlike a standard compilation release.

Artist: Mötley Crüe
Album: Decade of Decadence '81-'91
Label: Elektra/Mötley Records
Catalog#: 7559-61204-2
Matrix: 755961204-2 WME
Format: CD, Compilation
Country: Germany
Released: 1991
Genre: Rock
Style: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Glam Metal

Lineage: SilverCD -> EAC -> FLAC
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue + .log)
Bitrate: Lossless
Total Time: 1:03:04.067
Total Size: 659 MB

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Track listing

1. Live Wire (Kick Ass '91 Remix) - 3:15
2. Piece Of Your Action (Screamin' '91 Remix) - 4:38
3. Shout At The Devil - 3:13
4. Looks That Kill - 4:07
5. Home Sweet Home ('91 Remix) - 4:00
6. Smokin' In The Boys Room - 3:26
7. Girls, Girls, Girls - 4:28
8. Wild Side - 4:39
9. Dr. Feelgood - 4:46
10. Kickstart My Heart (Live in Dallas, Texas, July 1990) - 4:57
11. Teaser - 5:15
12. Rock N' Roll Junkie - 4:01
13. Primal Scream - 4:44
14. Angela - 3:52
15. Anarchy In The U.K. - 3:20

Lineup

Vince Neil - lead vocals
Mick Mars - lead guitar, rhythm guitar, background vocals
Tommy Lee - piano, drums, percussion, background vocals
Nikki Sixx - bass guitar, background vocals

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Decade of Decadence is a greatest hits compilation album by Mötley Crüe, released on October 1, 1991 and charted at number 2 on The Billboard 200. It was the sixth album and the first of many greatest hits compilations released by the group. Though it was intended to be the band's first compilation album, the content was unlike a standard compilation release.

As well as six of the band's big hits, it featured three remixes ("Live Wire (Kick Ass '91 Remix)", "Piece of Your Action (Screamin' '91 Remix)" and "Home Sweet Home '91 Remix"), a soundtrack contribution ("Rock N' Roll Junkie"), a compilation album track "Teaser" (previously released on the Stairway to Heaven/Highway to Hell album), a previously unreleased live track ("Kickstart My Heart (Live in Dallas, Texas)") and three newly recorded songs "Primal Scream", "Angela", Anarchy in the U.K.".

The album debuted at US #2 (placing to Guns N' Roses Use Your Illusion II) and was certified double platinum by the RIAA.

The remix version of "Home Sweet Home" was the band's 8th and final Top 40 hit in 1991, reaching #37 on the Billboard Hot 100. The original 1985 version only reached #89 on the same chart.

Music videos were made for the three singles to promote the album. "Primal Scream", "Home Sweet Home '91", and "Anarchy in the U.K." which was largely shot on the bands Monsters of Rock tour in Europe.

"Rock N' Roll Junkie" had been featured in the Andrew Dice Clay movie, "The Adventures of Ford Fairlane" which featured a cameo by Vince Neil. (Vince's son started a Motley tribute band called, "The Rock N' Roll Junkies.")

The songs, "Smokin' in the Boys Room", "Teaser" and "Anarchy in the U.K." are all cover songs, originally recorded by Brownsville Station, Tommy Bolin, and Sex Pistols respectively. (During an MTV interview in 1991, Tommy stated that Vince recorded his parts for Anarchy in the UK in one take. Vince has stated that John Lydon called him saying the cover was brilliant.)

The album is now out of print, having been replaced by Greatest Hits in 1998 and in 2009. The latter compilation featured a different track order, including previously unreleased material. The songs, "Teaser", "Rock N' Roll Junkie", "Primal Scream", "Angela", and "Anarchy in the U.K." were reissued on the Supersonic and Demonic Relics compilation in 1999, and the remixes of "Live Wire", "Piece of Your Action", "Home Sweet Home" and the live version of "Kickstart My Heart" were reissued on the Music to Crash Your Car to: Vol. 2 box set.

Album review by Alex Henderson

Elektra Entertainment drew on the five albums Mötley Crüe had recorded in the 1980s and threw in a few new songs as well when assembling the best-of collection Decade of Decadence. The title couldn't be more appropriate -- whether the subject matter is strippers ("Girls, Girls, Girls") or the occult ("Shout at the Devil"), Crüe delights in some of rock's sleaziest decadence since Kiss and Sweet. Die-hard aficionados will already be more than familiar with such headbanger classics as "Looks That Kill," "Wild Side," and "Piece of Your Action," but for those new to the band's metal and hard rock, the album isn't a bad introduction at all. The previously unreleased material includes a live version of "Kickstart My Heart" and an ironic cover of the Sex Pistols' "Anarchy in the U.K." In the '70s, the punk and metal audiences were hardly the best of friends; but in the '80s, it became downright fashionable for headbangers to embrace punk.