Epic...if you're 13 years old.
Seemed so powerful in junior high, but now it sounds like a horrible joke. If you're an adult still cranking this one loud then you need to get a life.
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The Best, By Far
When "Looks That Kill" came blasting out of my car radio speakers somewhere around summer 1983, I was hooked. A high-school metalhead on the cusp of transition into a college punk, I found the raw, dirty sound of this album to be the perfect synthesis of the best elements of Judas Priest, the Sex Pistols, Iron Maiden and the Ramones (excluding Rush, probably my favorite bands around that period). SHOUT is a snapshot of the best early '80s metal, before the whole genre descended into farce. Every track here kills.
A classic but a little slicker than before
This is an awesome album, love it start to finish. But the Crue were a little slicker and heavier than before. This is a metal classic. After this the Crue would get spotty at best. It's sort of an end of an era.
Great album but...
This is a great album.
Tommmy Lee!
His best drums performance.
Still Shoutin'
This album--along with Pyromania, Metal Health, and Bark at the Moon--was one of those formative albums in my youth. It rocked my world when it first came out, and it still rocks my world when I pop it in the iPod today. In short, this is the best Crue album as far as I'm concerned. It's definitely their most "metal" album, whatever that means, and it has some of the best riffs on the decade lurking within its decadence. I think even Satan himself wouldn't be able to resist singing along to "Shout at the Devil," "Bastard," "To Young to Fall in Love," and "Danger." Here's all the dirt you need on the boys in the Crue.
Motley Crue's best!
I saw Crue on this tour back in the 80's. This is MC at their best. Mick Mar's guitar work is excellent. Before the more commercial albums to follow, MC created a metal classic.
Timeless
Raw rock and roll that should not get compared to the follower hair bands. Crue led the way!!!
25 years later this still ROCKS HARD!
This is in my top 10 rock albums of all time. It may not be as mainstream as AC/DC's Back in Black, BUT IT ROCKS JUST AS HARD IF NOT HARDER!
Motley
Hair metal at its finest...
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