Live: Entertainment or Death

Live: Entertainment or Death
Live album by
Mötley Crüe
ReleasedNovember 23, 1999 (1999-11-23)
Recorded1982–1999
Genre
Length97:39
LabelMötley
ProducerMötley Crüe
Mötley Crüe chronology
Supersonic and Demonic Relics
(1999) 		Live: Entertainment or Death
(1999) 		New Tattoo
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
Entertainment WeeklyA− [2]
Kerrang![3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide [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 1994 album Mötley Crüe, 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]

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
No.TitleWriter(s)Recording dateLength
1."Looks That Kill"Nikki SixxNovember 25, 19856:06
2."Knock 'Em Dead, Kid"
March 14, 19843:35
3."Too Young to Fall in Love"SixxMarch 14, 19843:57
4."Live Wire"SixxMarch 14, 19844:19
5."Public Enemy #1"
November 19, 19824:53
6."Shout at the Devil"SixxMarch 14, 19844:19
7."Merry-Go-Round"SixxNovember 19, 19823:22
8."Ten Seconds to Love"
  • Sixx
  • Neil
December 2, 19984:$6
9."Piece of Your Action"
  • Sixx
  • Neil
November 19, 19824:06
10."Starry Eyes"SixxNovember 19, 19824:37
11."Helter Skelter"Lennon–McCartneyNovember 19, 19824:17
Disc 2/Enhanced CD
No.TitleWriter(s)Recording dateLength
1."Smokin' in the Boys Room"
November 25, 19855:18
2."Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)"
July 31, 19904:14
3."Wild Side"
March 10, 19995:52
4."Girls, Girls, Girls"
  • Sixx
  • Lee
  • Mars
December 2, 19984:50
5."Dr. Feelgood"
  • Sixx
  • Mars
March 10, 19995:13
6."Without You"
  • Sixx
  • Mars
July 31, 19903:05
7."Primal Scream"SixxDecember 2, 19985:42
8."Same Ol' Situation (S.O.S.)"
  • Sixx
  • Lee
  • Neil
  • Mars
March 10, 19994:33
9."Home Sweet Home"
  • Sixx
  • Lee
December 2, 19984:06
10."Kickstart My Heart"SixxMarch 10, 19995:39
Enhanced CD bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Recording dateLength
11."Wild Side" (video)
  • Sixx
  • Lee
  • Neil
March 10, 19994:56

Personnel

  • Vince Neil – vocals; guitar ("Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)" and "Same Ol' Situation (S.O.S.)")
  • Mick Mars – lead guitar
  • Nikki Sixx – bass
  • Tommy Lee – drums, piano ("Home Sweet Home")

References

  1. ^ Live Entertainment or Death at AllMusic.
  2. ^ Morgan, Laura (December 3, 1999). "Live: Entertainment or Death". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on April 25, 2009. Retrieved February 25, 2013.
  3. ^ Zell, Ray (January 22, 2000). "Albums". Kerrang!. No. 785. EMAP. p. 46.
  4. ^ "Motley Crue: Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on December 27, 2010. Retrieved February 25, 2013.
  5. ^ Ling, Dave (March 2000). "We are lüdicröus!". Classic Rock #12. p. 48.
  6. ^ "Allmusic (Motley Crue charts & awards) Billboard albums".
  7. ^ "Metal Sludge – CD Reviews in 1999 – The Power & Glory since 1998". Metalsludge.tv. October 6, 1999. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
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