I am the same age as Pete, and grew up in Newcastle with Venom and Tygers of Pang Tang. This Motley Crue album was an absolute revelation in the UK with rock fans. It is a type of music that we'd never seen/ heard before. A brilliant album from start to finish. It was the excitement and exoticness of the USA. America was not somewhere you could just go to whenever you wanted. It was remote and cool. It is easy to mock in late middle age, but this was a visionary album at the time that we all bought into. The fact that it is so basic was great for us legions of would be musicians who wanted to play at The Mayfair and The City Hall. Mick Mars' guitar playing was so basic that you had a decent chance of being able to play along with it. The thin production and the sound has a real punk sensibility that had overtaken UK rock at the time. Why on earth would you mock the idea of doing a Motley Crue ranking when you did a Venom ranking? Shout at the Devil is in the top 10 metal/ rock albums of the 80s.

Absolute perfect 10/10 Traditional Heavy Metal album! Love every song. Although I could do without In the Beginning. They should have added "Black Widow", "Sinners & Saints" and "I Will Survive" to the album as they are all amazing songs that were recorded during these sessions. Early Crüe is the best Crüe!

Is Simon going for a “Librarian Vince Neil”

I love this album. Easily Crue’s best for me, which I realise for some is like picking your least smelly shite, but it indelibly stamps a time and a place for me. And Danger is fantastic!!! 11: Helter Skelter 10: In the Beginning 9: God Bless the Children of the Beast 8: Ten Seconds to Love 7: Too Young to Fall in Love 6: Knock Em Dead Kid 5: Looks That Kill 4: Bastard 3: Danger 2: Shout at the Devil 1: Red Hot

I love this album. I can seriously say that it was a game-changer for me when it came out. My list: 11) Helter Skelter 10) God Bless The Children Of The Beast 9) Bastard 8) In The Beginning 7) Ten Seconds To Love 6) Shout At The Devil 5) Knock 'Em Dead, Kid 4) Looks That Kill 3) Danger 2) Too Young To Fall In Love 1) Red Hot Also, love the Sara Evans shirt! :) Thanks for the video, guys!

Man a lot of hate for an album that was a huge breakthrough and seller. I’m in my 50’s and I remember at that time EVERYONE loved this album and Motley Crue. To the point if you didn’t like them you were made fun of the same way people are crapping on them now

The only Motley Crue album that I still like. I always felt like Mick's guitar playing was the best part about the band.

Shout At The Devil is a great album, I've loved it for 39 years and will continue to do so.

Stones bitter! That was great. Even at my tender age of 36, I remember the advert 'there's noooo taste likened STONESSSSSS!'

Many thanks for the shoutout! Glad you enjoyed the show!

Great show as always guy

I lean closest to Pete regarding MC, except there’s no hate whatsoever - I’ve just never cared a fig about them. With that said, I still had so much fun watching this show (as I always do.) The dialogue during the segment for Steven’s beverage of choice was absolutely hilarious. Also noteworthy was Pete’s considerable restraint; the customary Vince Neil roasts were conspicuously absent, though his expressions were quite telling when Steven proceeded to wax lyrical about Neil (and the band, in general) at various points from the 53rd minute on, lol. “They are some quite nice looking girls, Steven. What were you doing?” 😂😂😂 Simon with the quick response, as usual. Thank goodness I had finished my cup of coffee before that part! Great show, guys.

Love this album, I'm a Crue fan, my favorite albums are Too Fast For Love & the 1994 S/T . I cheated a little, with that said... 9. Knock 'em Dead Kid 8. Ten Seconds To Love 7. God Bless The Children Of The Beast/Helter Skelter 6. Looks That Kill 5. Bastard 4. Danger 3. Red Hot 2. Too Young To Fall In Love 1. In The Beginning/Shout At The Devil Honorable Mention is the unfinished track I Will Survive which I feel would have fit Perfectly on this album.

Really looking forward to this, like sitting down for a three course meal. Also - Simon & Steven, would love you guys to do reviews of the gigs you go to if possible.

Entertaining as ever gents. I don't believe I have listened to this since it came out. Will have to give it a spin!

Another gem from the UK Connection. It has been over 10 years since I've listened to this. I found that alot of the songs were too long even the short ones as the song structure seems to be verse - chorus - verse - chorus - guitar solo - chorus until they decide to fade. My ranking is :- In the beginning, 10 seconds to love, Helter-skelter, Danger, Red Hot (although I prefer the original by Motorhead, "Overkill"),God Bless etc, Knock 'em Dead Kid, Bastard, Looks that Kill, Shout at the Devil, Too Young to Fall in Love . A friend of mine who has never really heard the crue, after I played him a few tracks of this album, said he would rather listen to Bon Jovi. I played Shout, Too Young, some of Helter-skelter and Red Hot which he didn't mind.

This opens a LOT of possible*classic albums to rank in the future. And I really like that idea

I have never been a Motley Crue fan, but I'll listen to these guys talk about almost anything. Pete, did you catch the new Triumph documentary?

Motley Crüe was my gateway into the world of hard rock and heavy metal, and Shout at the Devil was my first introduction to the band. With their big hair, heavy riffs, and bad-boy party lifestyle, they definitely made an impression on me. And although I will admit that they are not the most talented group of musicians, they haven’t always put out consistently good music, and they have relied a little too heavily on their image at times (a bit like the KISS perhaps), they have still managed to sell millions of albums, write some pretty memorable hit songs, and sell out concert venues all over the world. The name “Motley Crüe” is practically synonymous with the term “hair metal”so I definitely think they deserve to be part of the conversation. Good on you, mates!

Hey gents, great show as usual - didn't have any Jack Daniels so had to switch to a Highland Park single malt... Yeah, the Crue sure do divide opinion, but this is also my favourite of theirs. Here goes... 11 In The Beginning (just a bit too silly!) 10 Helter-Skelter (Beatles covers? No...) 9 God Bless... 8 Bastard 7 Danger 6 Knock em Dead Kid 5 Red Hot 4 10 Secinds to Love 3 Looks That Kill 2 Shout At The Devil 1 Too Young To Fall In Love (awesome drum intro, great riff, cracking chorus) Looking forward to the next one! PS Just got my Cats In Space Tickets for December! Merry Xmas everybody!!

one of the best albums of the 80s a real classic 10/10, but i love all their ablums =)

Running late as usual but got the feeling that this is going to be awesome 👌

Glad to see you put this album on here Pete, a nice change from your usual content, not that there is anything wrong with your other content. lol It's just nice to see you include Motley on here, those first two albums are great fun. 11. In The Beginning ( I like it, it's just not a song is all ) 10. Danger 9. God Bless The Children of the Beast 8. Too Young To Fall in Love 7. Helter Skelter 6. Red Hot 5. Ten Seconds To Love 4. Looks That Kill 3. Bastard 2. Shout At The Devil 1. Knock 'Em Dead Kid

It'S easy bashing vince neill but his voice on this record is great, and his agressiveness is off the chart.

NOW listen UP. She’s a RAZOR 🪒 sharp

Glad to hear Pete’s opinion on this album. I hope you do an episode talking about Too Fast For Love and the ‘94 album. As a Mötley Crüe fan, I respect y’all’s opinions. Shout At The Devil and Too Fast For Love are my absolute favorite Mötley albums. I also love some of the albums that came out after like Theatre Of Pain, self titled 94 album, Girls Girls Girls. I find Dr Feelgood to be a bit overrated but I still like it but I don’t love it. Anything after the self titled 94 album I don’t really listen to that much anymore.

“Is that a stick up?” 😂😂😂 Great show. Loved in York in early 80s and Stones bitter was along with Old Peculiar and Sam Smiths a popular indulgence.

My sophomore college roommate's "perfect" cure for a hangover was 2 aspirin, 2 beers, and Motley Crue's first album as loud as you can stand it. I can confess it worked, but it was probably just the beers.

Now the scorpions are an interesting choice, some amazing stuff from them!

Stephen that is so sad for Lillian Axe. Smallest I remember Freedom Call 12 people in Manchester about 15 years ago. Edenbridge 15 in Wakefield more merchandise sellers and crew than fans

looks like professor Simon in front of a chalkboard.

As I think the same as Pete regarding Motley Crue I shall digress and mention a beer I hope to get my hands on soon. A mate of mine is going to Papworth Brewery in St Ives near Cambridge and get me a bottle of ale, the proceeds of which will be going to help Ukraine. It’s called Bolox to Putin.

I outgrew Motley Crue a little bit, but this album still holds up. I overplayed it a lot when I didn't know as much 80's hard rock. I grew up in a time that liked to pretend that glam never happened, and funny story about that- I remember it was around the time of their reunion in the early 2000's that Motley Crue was getting some radio play from a local station in Florida. Now, this radio station was playing stuff like Korn or Linkin Park. Young kids started calling the station and Motley Crue went on to become one of the most requested bands. It just goes to show that grunge didn't kill shit, 80's music was just swept off the radar for a good 12-15 years before the boom of social media and youtube (both of which made sharing music easier). This is important because it shows that the decision to make these bands "uncool" could have been more of a corporate effort than an actual cultural shift. Kids don't hate on music they haven't got a chance to hear, they're just drawn to music they're exposed to. Given the right support from the media, 80's music could have existed parallel to the 90's. Technology allowed the 80's to make a solid comeback...

Love this album favorite Motley Crue record 1. Red Hot 2. Looks that kill 3. Ten Seconds of Love 4. Knock ‘Em Dead Kid 5. Too Young to fall in Love 6. Shout at the Devil 7. Helter Skelter 8. Bastard 9. Danger 10. God bless the children of the Beast 11. In the Beginning

As Sir Simon, Earl of Accrington, rose to his challenge (at least partially), I released an album in honour of his brave spirit (and as partial thanks for my enjoyment of the channel). You will find my half of the bargain at: "Live Today 05 - Year 2" by Janice and the Pink Monkeys The title comes from the fact that this is my 5th weekly album release in the second year of the project. Definitely outside of the paradigm but enjoy.

I love the first album; truly unique. SATD still some songs much liked---but since 84, I still can't shake the fact that I always thought they were ridiculous, and they never stopped proving this.

Simon have a similar drinking vessel along with my collection of drinking horns currently standing at 15

These days, I can only go back to three Crüe albums. The first two, and the self-titled.

11) God Bless The Children Of The Beast 10) In The Beginning 9) Danger 8) Ten Seconds To Love 7) Knock Em Dead Kid 6) Helter Skelter 5) Bastard 4) Shout At The Devil 3) Red Hot 2) Looks That Kill 1) Too Young To Fall In Love (that downpicking)

Great show...Shout at the Devil is my favorite Motley Crue album...8/10😃👍

Great shirt Pete!!

Think the first two Crue albums are absolute classics. I like Girls, Girls, Girls. I can tolerate Dr Feelgood but I can’t stomach Theatre of Pain anymore.

Wow! Simon's hair looks so beautiful, is it a homage to Vince Neil??

Great show, I remember buying SATD on the same day as Y&T Mean Streak,, while Crue have the anthems I did feel Nikki Sixx strongest and most consistent work is his output with Sixx Am.

Pete I gotta say, every time I make my way up to Burlington VT. I ALWAYS have to make it to Burlington Beer Company! Never had a bad beer there and every time I went the beer always blew my mind! Great choice! But great discussion guys! my ranking would probably go something like this... least favorite to favorite In The Beginning God Bless The Children of the beast 10 seconds to Love Danger Helter Skelter Knock em dead kid Looks That Kill Shout at the devil Bastard Too Young To Fall In Love Red Hot

.I love every song on Shot At The Devil a awesome album.The first six Motley Crue albums are the best.

This album was fantastic. Easily one of the best of that year

One of the very best albums of all time

All this from Saxon fans, tells me all I need to know, whist Motley Crüe play stadiums you are on you tube, love the show and all three of you. But I couldn’t disagree more. Crüe rules period.

Man, Simon's background looks like he's posing for his senior picture!

Now that Simon is one impressive chalice

I have to say something about this show. There seems to be a lot of critiquing the professionalism of this album. Which from someone who like Pete stopped listening to the Crüe after SATD and had been into them since TFFLove. Which is a glorified demo released as an album. Self financed and originally released on Leather records. Their own label. But it got them a deal. The Crüe were a proper underground band. Which is what also makes SATD cool as fuck as it sold 4 million copies and it’s an underground album in its sense of professionalism. There is a punk/ sleaze realness to the Crüe. They come from the hair metal scene, but their more punk and they looked a thousand times better than their glam counterparts. I think the satanic imagery here is also just a carry over from TFFL. The Live wire clip has Nikki wearing inverted crosses and spitting blood. The inner sleeve had them in front of pentagrams. The shift from this image to the TOPain image was the real change and sent me packing. Also being 16 when this came out. It was out of this world and you cannot tell me that gatefold photo didn’t inspire the black metal look. I know it did. I was there. I loved the intro to the album. God bless the children of the beast I never saw as silly and still don’t. I think it was like a short prayer that i related to entirely as a teenager in the 80s. We were the children of the nuclear age. The 70s were dead. It’s true the guitar sound sucks all MC besides Dr Feelgood has shit guitar sounds IMO. And I’m sorry for the rant. But their seems to be an embarrassment among the panel about liking this album which I don’t think is warranted. After all it’s a classic album released at the perfect time. No it’s not a perfect record. but it’s made by a bunch of dysfunctional punk/ rock n roll 20 year old maniacs. Which is exactly what I was. And as much as the Crüe can be ridiculous these days they have outlasted all their contemporaries.Also Danger is an amazing song and in my top three along with To young to fall in love and Knock em dead kid…..Cheers gentlemen and God bless the children of the beast. 🤟😎

I think Stephen made a great point about a specific year and age to hear Crue and potentially get into them.

This along with Too Fast for Love were huge albums for me in high school. Love them both. Probably TFFL a little more. That was my introduction into the Crue camp. The very first time I heard them was on MTV for the video Live Wire. My mouth dropped and I had to run out and buy that record.

11. In the Beginning 10. God Bless the Children of the Beast 9. Knock 'em Dead 8. Bastard 7. Ten Seconds to Love 6. Shelter Smelter 5. Too Young to Fall in Love 4. Danger 3. Red Hot 2. Shout at the Devil 1. Looks That Kill

I started this and then decided to listen to the whole album here on YT. The whole mid section after Helter Skelter is pretty solid.

Shout at the Devil...the first album of mine that my mom ever threw away.

Great video gents! Gets a like for the 3,2,1 reference, I love the fact Simon and Steven couldn't give two fucks if people around the world get their niche UK references! I won't be rating this album, I'd rather see Warrior Soul live again than listen to this!!! Also today I found out that me and Pete share a birthday, excellent!!

Nice one guys!

11. God Bless the Children of the Beast 10. Helter Skelter 09. Bastard 08. In the Beginning 07. Shout at the Devil 06. Ten Seconds To Love 05. Red Hot 04. Too Young To Fall In Love 03. Danger 02. Knock 'Em Dead Kid 01. Looks That Kill

Motley Crue was a Mtv favorite back in the day so that's why their albums sold well

I remember has a kid my older brother had the SATD cassette tape hidden away but I somehow found it and snuck it and when I first heard the opening.. "In the beginning" I was like what the Hell?? Then Shout came on and I was like holy shit!! That was pretty much my introduction to that kind of music.. But as the years went by I can say I'm definitely not a MC fan anymore after discovering way better bands..

interesting Pete would do this show but motley was the first band I got into so I kinda love em should be good show

1. Bastard 2. Danger 3. Red Hot 4. Ten Seconds To Love 5. God Bless The Children Of The Beast 6. Too Young To Fall In Love 7. Knock Em Dead Kid 8. Looks That Kill 9. Shout At The Devil 10. Helter Skelter

The only Mötley Crüe albums that I like are their debut "Too Fast for Love" from 1981 and the self titled release from 1994 which featured John Corabi.

Tom Werman has a really cool set of albums produced, just to put that out there. Listening to this again makes me realize it has the same sort of riffy, addictive mix. I had just recently revisited Twisted Sister and Cheap Trick. Best Poison album also has a similar feel.

I can’t listen to this with my eyes closed like I do some of these. Need to save it for when I can read captions.

Qudos to Mr Bray for fulfilling the commitment to UK beer nostalgia, not to mention UK gameshows (what Pete makes of all this I can only imagine). This was an interesting show for me in as much as it reflects on a time when, as a young gullible metal/rock fan, the media machine was able to accelerate careers way above the actual talent of the band. Style was so much more important than material. With the sad thing being that many more talented bands/artists went left largely ignored. Or to put more succinctly..... Motley Crue were a bit rubbish really, but they should care what I think while they rake in the cash right now.

To 13yr old Me "In The Beginning" Scare the Shit out of me and set up the rest of the Album I think it's Vital and Bands still to this Day have Intro's to Album's

This would have been a fantastic 12" ep with my top 4 tracks only - 1. Bastard - because technically I am one and it rocks hard 2. Too young to fall in love - This and the next are great heavy pop rock 3. Looks that Kill - see above , great choruses . 4. Shout at the Devil - Should have been heavier on record but was a fist in the air crowdfavourite 5. Red Hot - almost as rocking as Bastard, and great live but starting the reduce the quality 6. Knock em dead, kid - ho hum 7. God bless the children of the beast - someone's been listening to Schenker, totally out of place 8. Ten seconds to love - my band used to play this, nuff said, simple dumb basic glob 9. Danger - ho hum hum ho - out of place on this 10. Helter Skelter - aaaagh no, just no 11. In the Beginning - why? My version had a free 12 inch picture disc with it that had Looks that Kill/Helter Skelter/Piece of your action and Live Wire - so 3 out of 4 wasnt too bad. I caught them live at the Dominion Thetare, London with Cheap Trick as Support in November 1984 and they were a great live act. However Theater of Pain was a total let down and Girls Girls Girls was ok, but that was it for me.

I haven't listen to this album all the way through for years. In fact, other than what's played on the radio, I don't listen to them at all, even though I have four of their albums. Here's my ranking of Shout: 11- God Bless the Children of the Beast 10- In The Beginning 9- Ten Seconds to Love 8- Danger 7- Shout at the Devil 6- Looks That Kill 5- Red Hot 4- Too Young to Fall in Love 3- Helter Skelter 2- Bastard 1- Knock 'Em Dead, Kid

I feel like everything Steven said about the choruses we can apply to early Saxon as well

Fun episode , fun album, fun band. What’s next??

Any of the German Dunkelweisse beers are amazing

Pete absolutely nailed it with this is not the real motley crue. I love too fast for love. Sotd just doesn't hold up. I do like the title track and too young to fall in love. In my opinion vince sounds perfect for the first two albums. Thanks for the entertainment fellas. ✌

I really liked this album growing up in the eighties. I hid this album from my daddy who was very Catholic with that upside down Pentagram. Their best album really is Dr. Feelgood. Mick Mars is a great guitarist and Tommy Lee is a great drummer.

Never heard the album, enjoyed the show, don't think I'll investigate it tho. Didn't listen live as the excellentTaylor Hawkins tribute show was on. The only MC album I have is Dr Feelgood which I enjoyed when it came out, don't think I've listened to it in 30 years. Didn't know a comp "Music to Crash Cars By" that is truly sick. A friend of mine grew up with Nick Dingley (Razzle) on the Isle of Wight. He's told many tales but one that comes to mind is that their school got a day off and bussed in to go litter picking after one of the IoW festivals.

On the topic of the production and Mars’ tone and sound, I’d be very curious as to what the guys would think of their last album, Saints of Los Angeles. New Tattoo is the one you couldn’t remember with the dragon on it. SOLA came out in the mid-2000s. I’ve considered it for awhile to actually be a far heavier album than anything else. Obviously Vince’s vocals aren’t great, but the instrumentation sounds great and heavy

Next up Ranking the Studio Albums of Mötley Crüe on Sea of Tranquility!

This is indeed a classic! No ‘Sophomore Jinx’ here!

My favorite Motley Crue album to this day and i love the song Danger, sorry. lol I don't even mention In The Beginning for me it's not a ''song'' 10- Helter Skelter 9- Ten Seconds to Love 8- Knock 'Em Dead Kid 7- God Bless The Children Of The Beast 6- Bastard 5- Danger 4- Shout At The Devil 3- Looks That Kill 2- Red Hot 1- Too Young Too Fall In Love

Fantastic record! I love all 3 first Mötley...the rest not so much at all (except the self-titled). Cheers.

It sold more on the cool image of the band than on the music ! Its cool for what it is and sometimes brainless cool is the order of the day. It's got the "Looks that Kill " !!!

I really enjoy the first album for its rawness. The following 3 albums have few tracks that I really like, the rest is filler, plus as Steven said Werman's production didn't help much on those. Now here comes Bob Rock and boy do things really improve. Dr Feelgood has my favorite MC tracks and the ST kicks ass from start to finish with the heaviest production to date for them. Steven mentioned that how some of Neil's vox could have ended up on the record, well, autotune didn't exist back then *cough* Ozzy *cough*.

It was a great rockin album back in the 80's . do I listen to it now in my 50's? Maybe once in a blue moon.

Hi Pete and Simon and Steven great fun as always this is a band that I have never been a fan of

Just a few weeks back, I revisited their first two albums for the first time in at least 30 years. Yeah. Can't say I enjoyed either very much. I was a teenager when they came out and thought they were cool. Time and place changes perspective I guess.

It's just Junior High "Metal" Kinda like Kiss. It was cool when I was young and didn't know any better.

Hi guys,great show as always. Always have to be careful not to be taking a drink when simon goes off at a tangent. A little indifferent to the crue as vince finished my favourite band. Saw them at donnington in 84 not too good as they were drunk,luvverly. On a side note if steven see's this i saw lillian axe in swansea, only 28 paying customers, but all three bands gave it their all. Fantastic gig. Keep up the great work, all the best, ian.

SCORPIONS! now you're talking...

Don't own the album - only have a compilation but this was fun. Top entertainment.

Love this album. Nikki Sixx was a huge fan of the Raspberries and the Sweet.

I haven’t heard any of the albums for a long time, but when I did Dr Feelgood was always my favourite.

Today I’m having a German Style Black Lager from Nevada. The best Motley Crue album is Motley Crue with John Corabi. It’s catchy, songs have good grooves, and John can actually sing! Honestly that’s the only Motley Crue album I really like listening to. I play the others every now and then but don’t really enjoy most of the songs on them anymore. But I do still like the Motley Crue album. Great show guys!!

New Walter trout album titled "ride" out now. Hopefully there is a review in the near future 🤠.

Witchfynde - Lords of Sin was presented like the most Evil album ever recorded, but the music itself was a lot more like Helix than Mercyful Fate, or Venom

Fun show! Every guitar player knows that too young to fall in love is a tricky one to get it just right. A lot Harder than Burn , rock you like a hurricane or Sabbath bloody sabbath. More in the same league as Ratt’s back for more.

Is that a Blackboard behind Simon ? Is he live from the classroom ?

@StevenReid - Lillian Axe + Riot Act + Kaine in Bradford, the night before Edinburgh - attracted 45-50 ..... there again Bradford's only 45 minutes from Sheffield and presumably was impacted by the fact that Lillian Axe was playing the HRH festival a few days later.

In the Beginning was an obvious attempt to mimic The Number of The Beast intro!