Motley Crue Dr. Feelgood CD

This is an Enhanced CD, which includes both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
Motley Crue: Vince Neil (vocals, shaker); Mick Mars (guitar, background vocals); Nikki Sixx (piano, organ, bass, background vocals); Tommy Lee (drums, percussion, background vocals).
Additional personnel includes: Steven Tyler, Bryan Adams, Robin Zander, Rick Nielsen, Skid Row (background vocals).
Principally recorded at Little Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver, Canada in 1989. Includes liner notes by Alan K. Stout.
Lyricist: Nikki Sixx.
Mötley Crüe: Vince Neil (vocals, harmonica, shaker, background vocals); Mick Mars (guitar, guitars, background vocals); Nikki Sixx (piano, organ, bass guitar, 8-string bass, 12-string bass, background vocals); Tommy Lee (drums, percussion, background vocals).
Personnel: Ian Putz, Ross Gregory, Henry Christian, Tom Keenlyside (horns); John Webster (piano, keyboard programming); Bob Rock, Mike Amato, Marc LaFrance, Bob Dowd, Jack Blades, Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Steven Tyler, Bryan Adams (background vocals).
Programmer: John Webster.
Audio Remasterer: George Marino.
Liner Note Author: David Wild.
Recording information: Little Mountain Sound Studios, Ltd., Vancouver, British; Preferred Sound, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Author: Bob Rock.
Illustrator: Don Brautigam.
Photographer: William Hames.
Mötley Crüe's albums were a lot like episodes of Married with Children -- they may not be great works of art, but they can be darn entertaining. With Bob Rock serving as producer, the L.A. headbangers savored the joys of trashy, unapologetically decadent fun on Dr. Feelgood -- an album that made no pretense at being anything else. While nothing here is quite as commanding as "Shout at the Devil," "Wild Side," or "Live Wire," such hook-oriented MTV smashes as "Kickstart My Heart," "Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)," and the title song are infectious and hard to resist, and helped make this the best-selling Mötley Crüe album ever, as well as providing their first Top Ten singles. Unfortunately, the album would be lead singer Vince Neil's last album with the band for several years, thus marking the end of Mötley Crüe's heyday. Neil's departure -- and pop-metal's decline in popularity during the mid-'90s -- proved to be severe blows to Mötley Crüe, but Dr. Feelgood is still a fine curtain call. [In 1999, the Crüe remastered and reissued Dr. Feelgood on their own Motley/Beyond label with bonus tracks.] ~ Alex Henderson
Motley Crue's biggest seller, DR. FEELGOOD is the best example of Beyond Music's CRUCIAL CRUE series reissue of the band's catalog. A meaty and in-your-face digitally remastered sound, with added extras of four demos and a hitherto-unreleased track, improve this title greatly. Superlative liner notes are also included.
Riding a string of platinum releases, Motley Crue here employed producer Bob Rock to help achieve the blockbuster sound that accompanied their glam metal image; the title track kicks in with a ferocity not heard since SHOUT AT THE DEVIL. Drummer Tommy Lee's shuffle propels "Kickstart My Heart," while singer Vince Neil wails to good effect on the radio-friendly "Without You." Crowd favorite "Same Ol' Situation (S.O.S.)" sensitively explores lesbianism, while the politically incorrect "She Goes Down" features guest vocals by Cheap Trick's Robin Zander. Although album closer "Time for Change" proposes a better future through social action, don't look for a deep message on DR. FEELGOOD. This is perfect pop metal.
Mötley Crüe's albums were a lot like episodes of Married with Children in the sense that they may not be great works of art but can be darn entertaining. With Bob Rock serving as producer, the L.A. headbangers savor the joys of trashy, unapologetically decadent fun on Dr. Feelgood -- an album that makes no pretense at being anything else. While nothing here is quite as commanding as "Shout at the Devil," "Wild Side," or "Record Collector (magazine) (pp.94-95) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[A] tight, entertaining bag of tricks, featuring at least three career-best songs."