Mötley Crüe - Shout At The Devil

Shout At The Devil is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe, originally released in September 1983 via Elektra Records.

Mötley Crüe is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles, Calofornia in 1981. The group was founded by bassist Nikki Sixx, drummer Tommy Lee, lead vocalist Vince Neil and guitarist Mick Mars. Mötley Crüe have sold more than 100 million records worldwide.

The members of the band have often been noted for their hedonistic lifestyles and the persona they maintained. Their last studio album, Saints Of Los Angeles, was released in 2008. What was planned to be their final show took place on New Year's Eve, December 31, 2015, and was filmed for a theatrical and Blu-ray release in 2016. The band reunited in 2018 releasing four new songs for a documentary The Dirt and are touring with Def Leppard in 2022.

Shout At The Devil was the band's breakthrough album, establishing Mötley Crüe as one of the top selling hard rock/heavy metal acts of the 1980s. The singles “Looks That Kill” and “Too Young To Fall In Love” were moderate hits for the band.

Shout At The Devil displays Mötley Crüe's sleazy and notorious metal at its best. Compared to its predecessor, Too Fast For Love, the band's musical range certainly widened over the course of its first two albums; the record features catchy, hard-rocking songs, but also includes an instrumental, “God Bless The Children Of The Beast” and a powerful cover of The Beatles' “Helter Skelter”.

Mick Mars continues to be the real musical highlight on Shout at the Devil. Mars offers some dirty, crunching, and powerful riffs throughout, while adding a nice variation of melodic leads with varying techniques and sonic flavuors.

“Looks That Kill” is the closest to a true classic on the album. Released as a single and peaking at No. 12 on the Mainstream Rock charts, the song was Mötley Crüe’s first true widespread exposure, due mainly to its heavily rotated video.

What pushes this album over the top is the strong closing track “Danger”, which is the finest pure song on the album. The song contains a variety of guitar textures by Mars along with passionate and wailing vocals by Neil and great drum fills by Lee, making it a very complete band effort and a showcase for their talent at the time.

Shout At The Devil peaked at No. 17 on the US Billboard 200 album charts. “Looks That Kill” and “Too Young To Fall In Love” were released as singles to promote the album; they peaked at No. 54 and No. 90 respectively on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1984, while the title track “Shout At The Devil” peaked at No. 30 on the Mainstream Rock chart. The cover “Helter Skelter” was released as a promo single. Shout At The Devil was awarded 4x Platinum (reaching the four million mark in shipments) in 1997.

This LP record is the first pressing of the band’s 40^th Anniversary remaster.

This album is a 2022 reissue on black vinyl housed in a gatefold sleeve with a printed inner sleeve and remastered audio, pressed in the US via BMG.