Is this a motley crue album?????? (Generation Swine - Mötley Crüe)

Member Name: leeman-seed

Product:	Generation Swine - Mötley Crüe
Date:	18/04/09 (125 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: .. Has the originnal band members back

Disadvantages: ... Dyer album, bad name, songs, album art created global warming, responisble for poverty

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This is the 7th studio album release by motley crue on 24th June 1997, and sees the original line up reunite for the first time since the 1989 album Dr Feelgood after lead singer Vince Neil departed from the band, and for the last time until the bands most recent album saints of los Angeles which sees the return of drummer Tommy Lee.

A lot of the songs on this album were written in collaboration with John Carobi the vocalist on the previous album, because he was replaced by original singer Vince Neil this started a huge legal battle between motley crue and John Carobi regarding rights to these songs.

The cover art of this album sees 4 suited people with pig heads standing in front of an American flag. This album also contains the new updated logo that we first saw on the previous self titled album.

Line up

Vince Neil - Vocals
Mick Mars - Guitar
Nikki Sixx - Bass Vocals
Tommy Lee - Drums, Piano, Vocals

Track Listing (original album not any remastered version)

1-Find Myself (2.51)
2-Afraid (4.07)
3-Flush (5.03)
4-Generation Swine (4.39)
5-Confessions (4.21)
6-Beauty (3.47)
7-Glitter (5.40)
8-Anybody out there? (1.50)
9-Lets us prey (4.22)
10-Rocket Ship (2.05)
11-A Rat like me (4.13)


--------------------------------- My opinion -----------------------------------------------

When first hearing about this album it was an exciting concept, I mean ..Vince Neil back and the original motley crue returning after a mildly disappointing previous album could this have seen a brilliant return to form not seen since almost 10 years previous.
After seeing the album art and album name .. and not really being able to decipher the meaning, (I assume the album art is a dig at the American government or something?? but even so my excitement didn't subside... until I started to play the album and I realised just how bad this album was.

For me this album is a HUGE disappointment and easily the worst motley crue album, maybe this was because it was releasedin a time were grunge and not glam metal was king and they needed to re find a niece or maybe it was because most of the song we written with previous singer jJohncarrobi in mind, and when he was replaced by Vince it seems non of the songs were updated to match Vinces higher vocal tone thus making the vocals never get into there stride or even begin to sound like the original sound of the crue or maybe I am just trying to make excuses for motley crue as I am a loyal fan, but either way this is a bad album and certainly not one that a new comer to the band should use as a start to there motley crue experience.

The biggest disappointment for me on the album is that the original glam / metal roots seem to have been abandoned and the album never seems to settle on a particular style constantly straying into into punk, hip hop, metal, grunge and even psychedelic, this pattern varies from changing song to song and quite often changing style during one song giving the songs and whole album a very hectic, untidy and unstable sound and often seem to be trying to imitate popular bands of the time. Which is completely against the we will do what we want attitude which made motley crue famous originally.

The following is a break down of the track listing as seen above and my opinion on each song

1- Find Myself -
The opening song worried me , the guitar riffs were really Really bad and the whole tune was all over the place, with no catchy hooks, awful lyrics and vocals. This sounded nothing like motley crue should sound . I was expecting something from the great band of the 80's but instead got something that sounded like it was wrote in a mums garage in the grips of teenage angst.

2-Afraid-
This song is actually one of the better songs on the album, it was more of the sound I was expecting now my hopes were up again .. maybe the first song was a joke and meant to be bad or something .. yes that's it .. haaa motley crue with there jokes .. had me worried BUT wait about half way through the song the musical style changes and really sets the tone for the rest of the album to a more industrial nine inch nails type of sound.

3-Flush-
This song starts with a nice drum and bass intro, then the vocals kick in and once again completely contradict the rest of the sound, the lyrics on this song are pretty good, the trouble is vices voice seems to drone making it very hard to actually make out what he is saying. The overall style of this song seems to be going for that 1990s grunge feel and has a horrible fluttery sound effect on the guitar solo making the whole thing seem like a really bad soundgarden rip off attempt.

4-Generation Swine-
Considering the album was named after this song it inst up to much the intro riff is defiantly in the style of a punky (American skater punk), The vocals sound dreadful, The chorus of the song once again is in a different style to the verses and now sounds like im listening to janes addiction. This was just a really bad song, and my least favourite so far.

5-Confessions-
Maybe because the last songs we so bad but this seemed to be a much better vocal performance and it once again seems like you are listening to motley crue again. Granted this would have been a throw away song on a previous album but I would take anything at this point. The trouble is the lyrics on this song are really bad and just seem to repeat over and over which gets very annoying after Vince has sang 'ahhh ohhh' for the zillionth time.

6-Beauty-
This song although not exactly the same style you would expect from previous albums is the best on the album. It has a very catchy industrial riff and is sung by both Nikki Sixx and Vince Neil, Nikkis deeper voice matches this song perfectly and makes me wonder if the whole album would have been better with Nikki singing.

7-Glitter-
Odd sound effects here reminiscent of an old Jon Bon Jovi Song, its not a bad song,the vocals are fine and it is a love song. The solo on this song is dyer once again, and has an annoying effect.

-8- Anybody out there
Very Punky riff,Not really a song or style I would normally choose to listen to, but at least the vocals and guitars seem to be working from the same song sheets which is something of a miracle on this album. And has a decent little solo.

9-Let us prey-
Throw away song

10-Rocket Ship-
this whole song is sung by Nikki Sixx and is mainly acoustic, its not bad seems to be more of an experiment than a serious song. And is quite short.

I will leave this on a parting note as a motley crue fan .. please do not judge the rest of motley crues albums on this one alone.

Summary: PLEASE!! dont judge the crue by the album alone