Greatest Hits [Deluxe]

by Moetley Cruee

Overview

Moetley Cruee parted ways with Elektra in the spring of 1998, releasing their second compilation, Greatest Hits, on their own label that fall. Weighing in at 17 tracks, including two pedestrian new songs, Greatest Hits duplicates much of Decade of Decadence, featuring no less than eight songs -- "Looks That Kill," "Home Sweet Home" (original, not the Decade version), "Smokin' in the Boys' Room," "Girls, Girls, Girls," "Wild Side," "Dr. Feelgood," "Kickstart My Heart" (original, not the live version that was on Decade), "Primal Scream" -- that were on the previous collection. Considering all that overlap, you can be forgiven for thinking that the two compilations are interchangeable, but Greatest Hits actually has the edge, not just because it doesn't feature the silly "Anarchy in the U.K." cover, but because it features a greater selection of hits from their masterpiece, Dr. Feelgood, including "Without You," "Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)," and "Same Ol' Situation (S.O.S.)," all of which weren't on Decade. It has its flaws, to be sure -- the sequencing is illogical, the newer songs are lame, and the original "Shout at the Devil" should have been featured instead of the atrocious Generation Swine re-recording -- but it's still the best overview yet assembled. [This compilation was also released with bonus tracks in 2009.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	11/17/2009
Label:	Bmg / Eleven Seven / M?Tley Records
UPC:	0846070038020
Rank:	19694

Tracks

1. Too Fast for Love
2. Shout at the Devil
3. Looks That Kill
4. Too Young to Fall in Love
5. Smokin' in the Boys Room
6. Home Sweet Home
7. Wild Side
8. Girls, Girls, Girls
9. Dr. Feelgood
10. Kickstart My Heart
11. Same Ol¿¿¿ Situation
12. Don¿¿¿t Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)
13. Without You
14. Primal Scream
15. Sick Love Song
16. Afraid
17. If I Die Tomorrow
18. Saints of Los Angeles
19. The Animal in Me [Remix]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Moetley Cruee   Primary Artist
Mick Mars   Guitar
Tommy Lee   Drums
Vince Neil   Vocals
Nikki Sixx   Bass

Technical Credits

Marti Frederiksen   Composer
Nikki Sixx   Composer,Lyricist,Arranger
Sixx   Arranger,Composer,Lyricist
Mick Mars   Composer
Tommy Lee   Arranger,Composer
DJ Ashba   Composer
Vince Neil   Arranger,Composer
Michael Lutz   Composer
James Michael   Composer
Cub Koda   Composer