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Motley Crue - Saints Of Los Angeles<br />
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Artist...............: Motley Crue<br />
Album................: Saints Of Los Angeles<br />
Genre................: Metal<br />
Source...............: CD<br />
Year.................: 2008<br />
Ripper...............: Exact Audio Copy (Secure mode) / Level 8 & TSSTcorp CDDVD SE-S204N<br />
Codec................: FLAC<br />
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Quality..............: Lossless, (avg. compression: 78 %)<br />
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit<br />
Tags.................: VorbisComment<br />
Information..........: Unscensored / Explicit Lyrics<br />
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Ripped by............: FLAWL3SS on 8/19/2008<br />
Posted by............: FLAWL3SS on 8/19/2008<br />
News Server..........: None<br />
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Included.............: NFO, M3U, LOG, CUE<br />
Covers...............: Front Back Inlay<br />
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Tracklisting<br />
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1. (00:01:21) Motley Crue - L.A.M.F.<br />
2. (00:03:45) Motley Crue - Face Down In The Dirt<br />
3. (00:03:45) Motley Crue - What's It Gonna Take<br />
4. (00:03:50) Motley Crue - Down At The Whisky<br />
5. (00:03:40) Motley Crue - Saints Of Los Angeles<br />
6. (00:03:55) Motley Crue - Mutherfucker Of The Year<br />
7. (00:04:17) Motley Crue - The Animal In Me<br />
8. (00:03:01) Motley Crue - Welcome To The Machine<br />
9. (00:03:37) Motley Crue - Just Another Psycho<br />
10. (00:03:13) Motley Crue - Chicks = Trouble<br />
11. (00:03:26) Motley Crue - This Ain't A Love Song<br />
12. (00:02:51) Motley Crue - White Trash Circus<br />
13. (00:03:27) Motley Crue - Goin' Out Swingin'<br />
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Playing Time.........: 00:58:54<br />
Total Size...........: 336.53 MB<br />
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NFO generated on.....: 8/19/2008 10:43:12 AM<br />
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Band:<br />
Vince Neil - lead and background vocals<br />
Mick Mars - guitars and vocals<br />
Nikki Sixx - bass and vocals<br />
Tommy Lee - drums and vocals<br />
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Additional Musicians:<br />
Marti Frederiksen - background vocals<br />
Melissa Harding - background vocals<br />
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Production:<br />
Produced, engineered and mixed by James Michael. Co-produced by Nikki <br />
Sixx and D.J. Ashba. <br />
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It's been eleven years to the day since the original members of Motley Crue <br />
issued a new studio album (Generation Swine was released on June 24, <br />
1997), and man have they delivered! Lyrically based on their autobiography <br />
'The Dirt', this album drips of sleaze, filth, sex, drugs and Rock N' Roll! This 13 <br />
track album really gathers all the things the Crue are best known for and <br />
combines it into a cohesive platter, something fans will be rejoicing about for <br />
awhile to come. The thing I am most happy about is you can taste Mick Mars' <br />
stank all over this album, and Motley Crue can only benefit from more input <br />
on any level from him. Mick has seven co-writes and his unmistakable playing <br />
stands out like it should. <br />
This is the best album Motley Crue has released since 1994's offering with <br />
John Corabi. The similarities between the greatness of MC94 and Saints Of <br />
Los Angeles are the injection of fresh-blood into the writing mix. In 1994 it <br />
was John Corabi and now it is James Michael, D.J. Ashba and Marti <br />
Fredrickson, as well as Mick Mars' input. <br />
The album starts off with "L.A.M.F.", an intro in the vein of what the band <br />
did with "Shout At The Devil" and "Dr. Feelgood". From there it is balls to the <br />
wall with "Face Down In The Dirt", a song recounting a kid's early dreams of <br />
making it as a rockstar which features some ferocious punk-flavored <br />
drumming from Tommy Lee. "What's It Gonna Take" is a mid-tempo rocker <br />
that features one of my favorite guitar solos on the album, albeit it short, it <br />
gets the point across with some nasty wah-wah riffs and dive-bombs that are <br />
classic Mick Mars. "Down At The Whiskey" is my favorite cut on this album. It <br />
is a borderline ballad that kicks in at the choruses and Vince Neil really shines <br />
vocally here. "Saints Of Los Angeles" was the first single released from the <br />
album and while I like the track, I think they could have picked a better single. <br />
"Mutherfucker Of The Year" is pure groove and very reminiscent musically of <br />
"Sick Love Song" from Red, White & Crue. It has very demented vocals and <br />
some of Mars' best fretwork lies within this cut. <br />
"The Animal In Me" has 'hit' written all over it. You can feel the Sixx: A.M. <br />
influence all over this track and Vince sounds better than he has in years. <br />
Imagine Sixx: A.M.'s "Life Is Beautiful" crossed with Vince's last solo single <br />
"Promise Me" and that's what I get out of this song. Tommy's drumming <br />
before the solo is outright insane and Mick lays down a solo that really adds <br />
to the song. "Welcome To The Machine" reminds me of early Crue as it is fast <br />
paced and full of punk attitude. If you dug the drumming on "Kickstart My <br />
Heart" or "Smoke The Sky", then this track will have you beating the shit out <br />
of your dashboard as you head down the road. "Just Another Psycho" is <br />
stellar musically as Sixx really lays in the pocket and puts down a groove, I'm <br />
not too fond on the lyrics though. <br />
I feel "Chicks = Trouble" should be the second single for a multitude of <br />
reasons. For one, Motley Crue's fan base is predominately male and we can <br />
all relate to the lyrics here. Secondly the track is full of hooks from top to <br />
bottom - the censors will have fun with some of the lyrics though. A full on <br />
rocker, it is probably my second favorite tune on this album. Another groove-<br />
laden track, "This Ain't A Love Song", is another potential single. If you are a <br />
fan of tracks like "Primal Scream" and "Sick Love Song", as I am, then this is <br />
right up your alley with some beautiful slide work added into the multi-<br />
dimensional solo. "White Trash Circus" sounds eerily close to Skid Row's "New <br />
Generation" as the lyrics are Motley's career summed up in two minutes and <br />
fifty-one seconds. The album ends with the track that caused Saints Of Los <br />
Angeles to be delayed by a week, when at the CrueFest press conference, <br />
they wrote this cut and re-entered the studio to add it to the album. It is the <br />
perfect bookend to S.O.L.A. as an album. It really displays the Crue attitude <br />
of continuing to forge ahead and not going down without a fight. Some fans <br />
have wondered if this song means the band are done and that this is their <br />
swan song. I doubt it, I think Motley Crue is finally back as they should be! <br />
All in all, like I said before, this album is Motley's best work since MC94, and <br />
if done right this album could help put the band back on the map musically <br />
instead of jail terms, OD's and porn tapes. <br />
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