Live: Entertainment or Death
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Live: Entertainment or Death is a live album by the heavy metal
band Mötley Crüe
, released on November 23, 1999. The album is a collage of live recordings of the band from 1982 to 1999. The album charted at number 133 on The Billboard 200.
Disc 2
revealed that the vocals on a small percentage of the tracks had been "redone" or "touched up" in the studio, calling into question how much of the record was a genuine live document. The website provided dates and suggested that side-by-side audio comparisons to bootlegs from the same shows the tracklist for the album was culled from were the basis for their claim. Mötley Crüe opted to remain silent on the issue.
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band Mötley Crüe
Mötley Crüe
Mötley Crüe is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1981. The group was founded by bass guitarist Nikki Sixx and drummer Tommy Lee, who were later joined by lead guitarist Mick Mars and lead singer Vince Neil...
, released on November 23, 1999. The album is a collage of live recordings of the band from 1982 to 1999. The album charted at number 133 on The Billboard 200.
Track listing
Disc 1- "Looks That KillLooks That Kill"Looks That Kill" is a Mötley Crüe song released on their 1983 album Shout at the Devil. Written by bassist Nikki Sixx, the song was released as a single on January 4, 1984 and spent 10 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States, peaking at #54 and # 18 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks....
" - 6:06 (Nikki SixxNikki SixxNikki Sixx is an American musician, songwriter, author, fashion designer, radio host, and photographer, best known as the co-founder and bassist of the band Mötley Crüe. Prior to forming Mötley Crüe, Sixx was a member of Sister before going on to form London with his Sister band mate Lizzie Grey...
) - "Knock 'Em Dead, Kid" - 3:35 (Sixx, Vince NeilVince NeilVincent Neil Wharton is an American vocalist and musician, best known as the lead vocalist of heavy metal band Mötley Crüe.-Early life:Neil was born in Hollywood, California to Odie and Shirley Wharton...
) - "Too Young to Fall in LoveToo Young to Fall in Love"Too Young to Fall in Love" is a song by the American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe originally released on their 1983 album Shout at the Devil. Written by bass guitarist Nikki Sixx, "Too Young to Fall in Love" was released as a single in 1984 and reached #90 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #26 on the...
" - 3:57 (Sixx) - "Live WireLive Wire (Mötley Crüe song)"Live Wire" is the debut single by the American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe released from their 1982 debut album Too Fast for Love. The video was directed by the members of Mötley Crüe themselves, showcasing the bands exotic stage theatrics, such as Nikki Sixx setting himself on fire and Mick...
" - 4:19 (Sixx) - "Public Enemy #1" - 4:53 (Sixx, Lizzie GreyLizzie GreyLizzie Grey is a guitarist most famous for his membership in the band London, and writing the Mötley Crüe song Public Enemy #1. Prior to performing in London, he was the guitarist for the band Sister with Nikki Sixx in the mid-to-late 1970s...
) - "Shout at the DevilShout at the Devil (song)"Shout at the Devil" is the second single by the American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe. Written by bassist Nikki Sixx, the song is the first single and title track of their album of the same name. The song charted at #30 on the Mainstream rock charts...
" - 4:19 (Sixx) - "Merry-Go-Round" - 3:22 (Sixx)
- "Ten Seconds To Love" - 4:46 (Sixx, Neil)
- "Piece of Your Action" - 4:06 (Sixx, Neil)
- "Starry Eyes" - 4:37 (Sixx)
- "Helter Skelter" - 4:17 (John LennonJohn LennonJohn Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
, Paul McCartneyPaul McCartneySir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
)
Disc 2
- "Smokin' in the Boys RoomSmokin' In the Boys Room"Smokin' in the Boys Room" is a song originally recorded by Brownsville Station in 1973 on their album Yeah!, reaching #3 on the U.S. charts, and later covered in 1985 by Mötley Crüe, with the Crüe's version accompanied by a conceptual music video featuring Michael Berryman as the school...
" - 5:18 (Cub Koda, Michael Lutz) - "Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)"Don't Go Away Mad " is a song by Mötley Crüe from their 1989 album Dr. Feelgood. Released in 1990 as the album's fourth single, it peaked at #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #13 on the Mainstream rock charts....
" - 4:14 (Sixx, Mick MarsMick MarsMick Mars is the lead guitarist for American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe.-Career:After his family relocated from Indiana, to California, Bob Deal dropped out of high school and began playing guitar in a series of unsuccessful blues based rock bands throughout the seventies, taking on menial day...
) - "Wild SideWild Side (Mötley Crüe song)"Wild Side" is a single by the American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe from their 1987 album Girls, Girls, Girls which charted at #2 on the Billboard 200.-Composition:...
" - 5:52 (Sixx, Tommy LeeTommy LeeThomas Lee Bass , best known as Tommy Lee, is an American musician and founding member of glam metal band Mötley Crüe. As well as being the band's long-term drummer, Lee founded rap-metal band Methods of Mayhem, and has pursued solo musical projects...
, Neil) - "Girls, Girls, Girls" - 4:50 (Sixx, Lee, Mars)
- "Dr. FeelgoodDr. Feelgood (song)"Dr. Feelgood" is a song by the American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe. It was released as the first single and is the title track to their fifth album. Although it is the title track, some versions of the album do not include it, such as the Korean edition...
" - 5:13 (Sixx, Mars) - "Without YouWithout You (Mötley Crüe song)"Without You" is a power ballad by the American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe, originally released on their 1989 album, Dr. Feelgood. The song features Mick Mars playing a slide guitar during the intro and the solo, an acoustic guitar arpeggio on the verses and bridge and various licks on an...
" - 3:05 (Sixx, Mars) - "Primal ScreamPrimal Scream (song)"Primal Scream" is a song by the American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe. The single was released on their 1991 album Decade of Decadence, which was the band's first of many greatest hits compilations...
" - 5:42 (Neil, Mars, Sixx, Lee) - "Same Ol' Situation (S.O.S.)" - 4:33 (Lee, Sixx, Neil, Mars)
- "Home Sweet HomeHome Sweet Home (Mötley Crüe song)"Home Sweet Home" is a song by the American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe. It was originally released in 1985 on the album Theatre of Pain, and again in 1991 for the Decade of Decadence compilation album...
" - 4:06 - "Kickstart My HeartKickstart My Heart"Kickstart My Heart" is a Grammy Award-nominated song by the American rock band Mötley Crüe, originally released on their 1989 album, Dr. Feelgood. The song has also been used numerous in media, including the trailers for Robert Rodriguez's family comedy Shorts and the Disney/Pixar film Cars...
" - 5:39 (Sixx) - "Wild Side" [Video] [Bonus Track]
Personnel
- Vince NeilVince NeilVincent Neil Wharton is an American vocalist and musician, best known as the lead vocalist of heavy metal band Mötley Crüe.-Early life:Neil was born in Hollywood, California to Odie and Shirley Wharton...
- vocals - Mick MarsMick MarsMick Mars is the lead guitarist for American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe.-Career:After his family relocated from Indiana, to California, Bob Deal dropped out of high school and began playing guitar in a series of unsuccessful blues based rock bands throughout the seventies, taking on menial day...
- guitar - Nikki SixxNikki SixxNikki Sixx is an American musician, songwriter, author, fashion designer, radio host, and photographer, best known as the co-founder and bassist of the band Mötley Crüe. Prior to forming Mötley Crüe, Sixx was a member of Sister before going on to form London with his Sister band mate Lizzie Grey...
- bass - Tommy LeeTommy LeeThomas Lee Bass , best known as Tommy Lee, is an American musician and founding member of glam metal band Mötley Crüe. As well as being the band's long-term drummer, Lee founded rap-metal band Methods of Mayhem, and has pursued solo musical projects...
- drums, piano
Controversy
During a review of the album at the time of its release, hard rock/heavy metal website Metal SludgeMetal Sludge
Metal Sludge is a glam metal, hard rock and heavy metal website founded in 1998. It has spawned various tours as well as an album...
revealed that the vocals on a small percentage of the tracks had been "redone" or "touched up" in the studio, calling into question how much of the record was a genuine live document. The website provided dates and suggested that side-by-side audio comparisons to bootlegs from the same shows the tracklist for the album was culled from were the basis for their claim. Mötley Crüe opted to remain silent on the issue.