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Track Listings
| 1. Find Myself |
| 2. Afraid |
| 3. Flush |
| 4. Generation Swine |
| 5. Confessions |
| 6. Beauty |
| 7. Glitter |
| 8. Anybody Out There? |
| 9. Let Us Prey |
| 10. Rocketship |
| 11. A Rat Like Me |
| 12. Shout At The Devil '97 |
| 13. Brandon |
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Generation Swine is the seventh studio album and final for Elektra Records, originally released on June 24, 1997. The album is the first to feature singer Vince Neil since Dr. Feelgood, and the last to feature the original line-up until Saints of Los Angeles.
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Mötley Crüe are set to re -release a limited quantity of their catalogue, having regained the rights to all their songs, after a long absence in the market place. Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars, Tommy Lee and Vince Neil , collectively Mötley Crüe, returned to the top of the charts with Saints of Los Angeles, their first studio album in a decade with the original line-up back in 2008 . Based on the band's New York Times bestseller The Dirt, the disc debuted at #1 on the Independent Album chart and was the top debut of the week on the Billboard Top 200 albums at #4. "Saints of Los Angeles," which was nominated for a Best Hard Rock Performance Grammy Award was also noted as the #1 Rock Song of the Year by iTunes critics. The band also started Crüe Fest in 2008, which was the most successful touring rock festival and the number ten tour overall (according to Rolling Stone), playing for nearly half a million rock fans throughout North America. This was swiftly followed by Crue Fest 2 in 2009, during which the band played the whole of the Dr Feelgood album every night in celebration of their 20th anniversary, this included a stand out show at Sonisphere festival in the UK last year. Mötley Crüe has sold more than 80 million album copies worldwide, including 25 million in the U.S.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Despite the fact that over the better part of the last decade and a half Motley Crue have released some of the hardest rock albums around, they have received more publicity for the fact that their drummer Tommy Lee is married to Pamela Anderson than for their brilliant music. The band's "Generation Swine" album is possibly their most commercially and critically successful album and the main reason for this is the fact that the album is simply electric. The band's style is rock of the hardest kind and is full of their trademark thrash metal style which is tweaked here and there to suit a more modern audience. The album is basically a thrash metal classic and once again sees the band in a decadent and egotistical mood with the majority of the tracks being about sex and drugs (2 topics that any good rock album should deal with in abundance) as is highlighted by the standout rock tracks "Find Myself", "Generation Swine" and "Shout At The Devil 97". The album also has a softer side as displayed on the tracks "Afraid" and "Brandon" (a tribute by Tommy Lee to his first child). It's a great album and their best since their "Dr Feelgood" days.
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I Will not hear a bad word against the music on this album. The songs are loud and complex, and reveal a different side to the crue than any album previously. This album is the sound of 4 guys who have been and done it for the lst 15 years, and actually are making music for musics sake.
However, some of the production is a bit suspect and the inclusion of very strong synth (glitter!) show that maybe the three headed producor of Nikki, Tommy and Scott Humphries are each dragging the album in a different direction. Maybe it lacks focus, but it does sound so so fresh, even 8 years on. To me that shows that Generation Swine has stood the real test.
However, some of the production is a bit suspect and the inclusion of very strong synth (glitter!) show that maybe the three headed producor of Nikki, Tommy and Scott Humphries are each dragging the album in a different direction. Maybe it lacks focus, but it does sound so so fresh, even 8 years on. To me that shows that Generation Swine has stood the real test.
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16 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Generation Swine = Generation Gap
20 May 2002
Format:Audio CD
It's unfortunate that this last collaboration with the original members of Motley Crue was their best, and sold the least. The members of Motley Crue have grown as human beings, and as song writers. It's too bad that most of their fans have not. This album demonstrates some of the most intense drumming Tommy Lee has released, and the most meaningful message that Nikki Sixx has ever given. I understand that growing up with Motley Crue was all about sex, drugs, and rock n roll. However, they have matured and the true Crue fans should too. From an artistic and creative point of view, this is the best Motley album ever recorded.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
A sort of homecoming
30 May 2002
Format:Audio CD
'Generation swine' is an interesting record. After just one listen you can tell that the Crue didn't enter the recording of this to be a reunion album at all. For whatever reasons the then present vocalist John Corabi was out, and former vocalist Vince Neil was reinstated.
Since sales of the 'Motley Crue' album, (the first, and only album done with Corabi on lead vocals), weren't very impressive, and the fact that the Crue were not doing an album of their typical nature probably made the record label to push for a reunion, as for a vehicle to promote the album. Or, perhaps bassist Nikki Sixx and the gang just found Corabi to their disliking and asked Neil to rejoin, instead of searching for another singer.
Whatever the case, it's obvious that Neil wasn't in mind when many of the songs were written. With Sixx singing lead vocals on three of the songs, drummer Tommy Lee hacking at one of his own tunes, as well as Corabi's fingerprints seen all over the album, one would find it difficult to argue other wise.
Overall I find it quite a decent album. Songs like "Afraid", "Glitter", "Flush", and "Rocketship" show a more mellow style of writing that is generally untypical of the Crue. That's not to say that this album is full of ballads, "Generation swine", "Shout at the devil '97" and the punk flavored "Anybody out there?" make sure to keep the listener on their toes.
The extra tracks on the 'Crucial Crue' edition are kinda cool as well. In fact, "Kiss the sky", an early version of "Flush", is one of my favorite songs on the album.
Also of note, Lee's "Brandon" is surprisingly one of the albums' high points. As well as his penned "Confessions".
Since sales of the 'Motley Crue' album, (the first, and only album done with Corabi on lead vocals), weren't very impressive, and the fact that the Crue were not doing an album of their typical nature probably made the record label to push for a reunion, as for a vehicle to promote the album. Or, perhaps bassist Nikki Sixx and the gang just found Corabi to their disliking and asked Neil to rejoin, instead of searching for another singer.
Whatever the case, it's obvious that Neil wasn't in mind when many of the songs were written. With Sixx singing lead vocals on three of the songs, drummer Tommy Lee hacking at one of his own tunes, as well as Corabi's fingerprints seen all over the album, one would find it difficult to argue other wise.
Overall I find it quite a decent album. Songs like "Afraid", "Glitter", "Flush", and "Rocketship" show a more mellow style of writing that is generally untypical of the Crue. That's not to say that this album is full of ballads, "Generation swine", "Shout at the devil '97" and the punk flavored "Anybody out there?" make sure to keep the listener on their toes.
The extra tracks on the 'Crucial Crue' edition are kinda cool as well. In fact, "Kiss the sky", an early version of "Flush", is one of my favorite songs on the album.
Also of note, Lee's "Brandon" is surprisingly one of the albums' high points. As well as his penned "Confessions".
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Still Strong Three Years Later
24 July 2000
Format:Audio CD
I have been a Motley Crue fan for years, and was more than psyched when Vince Neil was back on vocals. Generation Swine is nothing like any of the previous Crue albums out there, but this is the Crue we're talking about here. It's still damn good. Crue fans will be pleasantly suprised.
Generation Swine has a song for everyone on it, and the 17 songs make it an excellent buy. "Afraid" is one awesome slow tempo song, and the title track of "Generation Swine" is a fast-paced, thunderous song with amazing drums. And of course, "Shout at the Devil '97" brings back wicked memories of their second album. Motley rocks like old on this album!
The songwriting is superb as usual, and the lyrics definately stand out strong on this album. On the whole, this is one great cd, and a must for all fans of hard rock.
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