Category: Mötley Crüe

Mötley Crüe – Live: Entertainment or Death (1999)

by Record Facts

Live: Entertainment or Death is the first official live album by American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe. Released on November 23, 1999, it is a compilation of recordings from 1982 to 1999. However, it contains no songs from the band’s self-titled 1994 album, nor 1997’s Generation Swine.
“We picked the stuff that sounded the best without having to touch it up,” Nikki Sixx observed in 2000. “We still play some of those songs [from Generation Swine] in the set; they just didn’t make the final tracklisting.”

Packaged as a double-disc set but priced as a single disc, Live: Entertainment or Death features performances of many of Mötley Crüe‘s best-known songs, covering (almost) their entire career both in terms of song selections and concert dates. In general, most of the performances here took place either in the first half of the ’80s or in 1998-1999, and it might have been nice to hear the group at their Dr. Feelgood-era peak instead; there are also no songs from the Vince Neil-less era, but that’s a wiser choice, and helps present a more consistent, good-time atmosphere. There aren’t really any new revelations here, either concerning the band or the material; it’s exactly what you’d expect Mötley Crüe to sound like in concert, and even if the visual aspects of the stage show are lost, it’s still an entertaining listen for fans.

The album charted at number 133 on the Billboard 200.

 

Disc 1

  1. “Looks That Kill” – 6:06 (recorded 11/25/85) (Nikki Sixx)
  2. “Knock ‘Em Dead, Kid” – 3:35 (recorded 3/14/84) (Sixx, Vince Neil)
  3. “Too Young to Fall in Love” – 3:57 (recorded 3/14/84) (Sixx)
  4. “Live Wire” – 4:19 (recorded 3/14/84) (Sixx)
  5. “Public Enemy #1” – 4:53 (recorded 11/19/82) (Sixx, Lizzie Grey)
  6. “Shout at the Devil” – 4:19 (recorded 3/14/84) (Sixx)
  7. “Merry-Go-Round” – 3:22 (recorded 11/19/82) (Sixx)
  8. “Ten Seconds to Love” – 4:46 (recorded 12/2/98) (Sixx, Neil)
  9. “Piece of Your Action” – 4:06 (recorded 11/19/82) (Sixx, Neil)
  10. “Starry Eyes” – 4:37 (recorded 11/19/82) (Sixx)
  11. “Helter Skelter” – 4:17 (recorded 11/19/82) (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)

Disc 2

  1. “Smokin’ in the Boys Room” – 5:18 (recorded 11/25/85) (Cub Koda, Michael Lutz)
  2. “Don’t Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)” – 4:14 (recorded 7/31/90) (Sixx, Mick Mars)
  3. “Wild Side” – 5:52 (recorded 3/10/99)(Sixx, Tommy Lee, Neil)
  4. “Girls, Girls, Girls” – 4:50 (recorded 12/2/98) (Sixx, Lee, Mars)
  5. “Dr. Feelgood” – 5:13 (recorded 3/10/99) (Sixx, Mars)
  6. “Without You” – 3:05 (recorded 7/31/90) (Sixx, Mars)
  7. “Primal Scream” – 5:42 (recorded 12/2/98) (Sixx)
  8. “Same Ol’ Situation (S.O.S.)” – 4:33 (recorded 3/10/99) (Lee, Sixx, Neil, Mars)
  9. “Home Sweet Home” – 4:06 (recorded 12/2/98) (Sixx, Neil, Lee)
  10. “Kickstart My Heart” – 5:39 (recorded 3/10/99) (Sixx)
  11. “Wild Side” [Video] [Bonus Track]

 
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Notes
Released: November 23, 1999
Recorded: 1982–1999
Genre: Hard Rock
Length: 97:39

Label – Mötley Record