WITHOUT YOU
THERE'S NO CHANGE
NIGHTS AND DAY
ARE GREY
IF I REACHED OUT
AND TOUCHED THE RAIN
IT JUST WOULDN'T
FEEL THE SAME
Dr. Feelgood
(stylized as D℞. FEELGOOD)
is the fifth
studio album
by American
heavy metal band
released on
Sept 1st, 1989.
Dr. Feelgood
topped the
Billboard 200 chart,
making it the
band's only album
to claim this position.
It was the
first album
Mötley Crüe
recorded after their
quest for
sobriety and rehabilitation
in 1989.
In addition to being
Mötley Crüe's
best selling album,
it is highly regarded
by music critics
and fans as
the band's
best studio album.
This was also
the band's
last album
to be recorded with
lead singer
Vince Neil
until the
1997 album
Generation Swine.
Recording
Producer
Bob Rock
found working with
Mötley Crüe difficult,
describing them as
"four L.A. bad asses
who used to drink
a bottle of wine
and want to kill each other."
To minimize conflict
and allow production
to proceed smoothly,
Rock had
each member
record their
parts separately.
The opening track
"T.n.T. (Terror 'n Tinseltown)"
has a sample of a
woman saying
"Dr. Davis, telephone please".
The same sample
was used by
American
heavy metal band
Queensrÿche
in their song
"Eyes of a Stranger"
(1988)
a year prior.
The title track
was inspired by a
drug dealer,
while the end of
"Slice of Your Pie"
is based on
"I Want You (She's So Heavy)"
(1969)
by English
rock band
the Beatles.
"Kickstart My Heart"
was written by
bassist
Nikki Sixx
after his experience
being clinically dead
for two minutes
from a heroin overdose
before paramedics
revived him
with two shots of
adrenaline.
"Without You"
was co-written
by drummer
Tommy Lee
about his relationship
with his
then-wife
Heather Locklear.
The lyrics of
"Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)"
reference
"Too Young to Fall in Love"
from the band's
second studio album
Shout at the Devil.
Steven Tyler
of Aerosmith
sings backing vocals
on
"Sticky Sweet".
"Nikki and Tommy
and I hung out a lot,"
said Tyler,
who was in Vancouver
around the same time,
recording Pump.
"Of course, we're all
akin by our old drinking
and drugging days."
Guitarist
Mick Mars
reportedly set his amps
so loud that his
playing leaked into
Tyler's vocal recording.
Bryan Adams,
Skid Row,
Robin Zander
and
Rick Nielsen
of
Cheap Trick,
and
Jack Blades
of
Night Ranger
contributed
backing vocals
on the album
TRACK LIST
T.n.T.
(Terror 'n Tinseltown)
Dr. Feelgood
Slice of Your Pie
Rattle Snake Shake
Kickstart My Heart
Without You
Same Ol' Situation (S.O.S.)
Sticky Sweet
She Goes Down
Don't Go Away Mad
(Just Go Away)
Time for Change
Get it For Free
Dr.Feelgood
(Demo)
Without You
(Demo)
Kickstart My Heart
(Demo)
Dr. Feelgood
(Live)
Kickstart My Heart
(Live)
Sticky Sweet
(Vocal Mix) [*]
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