Live: Entertainment or Death

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Live: Entertainment or Death
Live Entertainment or Death - Motley Crue.jpg
Live album by
ReleasedNovember 23, 1999 (1999-11-23)
Recorded1982–1999
Genre
Length97:39
Label Mötley
Producer Mötley Crüe
Mötley Crüe chronology
Supersonic and Demonic Relics
(1999)
Live: Entertainment or Death
(1999)
New Tattoo
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Entertainment Weekly A− [2]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

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." [5]

Contents

The album charted at number 133 on the Billboard 200. [6]

Controversy

In a review of the album at the time of its release, hard rock/heavy metal website Metal Sludge revealed that 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 shows from which the tracks for the album were culled form the basis for their claim. Mötley Crüe remained silent on the issue. [7]

Track listing

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]

Personnel

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