Mötley Crüe / discography

- discography
Publications
Studio albums	9
Live albums	3
Compilations	8th
EPs	3
Singles	15th
Video albums	9
Box sets	2

This discography is an overview of the recordings of the American glam metal - band Motley Crue . According to the sources, the band has sold over 27.4 million records in their career. The most successful release is the studio album Dr. Feelgood with over 6.5 million units sold.

Albums

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1981	Too Fast for Love	-	-	-	-	US77 platinum (62 weeks)US	First published: November 10, 1981
1983	Shout at the Devil	-	-	-	-	US17th × 4 Quadruple platinum (111 weeks)US	First published: September 26, 1983
1985	Theater of Pain	DE44 (9 weeks) DE	-	CH25 (3 weeks) CH	UK36 (3 weeks) UK	US6th × 4 Quadruple platinum (72 weeks)US	First published: June 21, 1985
1987	Girls, girls, girls	DE46 (4 weeks) DE	-	CH13 (6 weeks) CH	UK14th silver (11 weeks)UK	US2 × 4 Quadruple platinum (46 weeks)US	First published: May 15, 1987
1989	Dr. Feel good	DE21 (13 weeks) DE	-	CH7th gold (10 weeks)CH	UK4th gold (7 weeks)UK	US1 × 6 Six-fold platinum (109 weeks)US	First published: September 1, 1989
1994	Mötley Crüe	DE55 (9 weeks) DE	AT25 (7 weeks) AT	CH21 (8 weeks) CH	UK17 (2 weeks) UK	US7th gold (10 weeks)US	First published: March 15, 1994
1997	Generation Swine	-	-	-	UK80 (1 week) UK	US4th gold (9 weeks)US	First published: June 24, 1997
2000	New tattoo	-	-	-	-	US41 (6 weeks) US	First published: July 11, 2000
2008	Saints of Los Angeles	DE88 (1 week) DE	AT73 (1 week) AT	CH42 (4 weeks) CH	UK78 (1 week) UK	US4 (12 weeks) US	First published: June 24, 2008

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1999	Live: entertainment or death	-	-	-	-	US133 (2 weeks) US	First published: November 23, 1999
2006	Carnival of Sins Live	-	-	-	-	US- platinum US	First published: 2006
2016	The End: Live in Los Angeles	DE30 (1 week) DE	-	CH46 (1 week) CH	-	-	First published: November 4, 2016

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1991	Decade of Decadence 81-91	-	-	CH22 (4 weeks) CH	UK20 (3 weeks) UK	US2 × 2 Double platinum (37 weeks)US	First published: October 1, 1991
1998	Greatest hits	-	-	CH85 (1 week) CH	-	US20th Gold + platinum (62 weeks)US	First published: November 14, 1998
2005	Red, White & Crüe	-	-	-	UK67 (3 weeks) UK	US6th platinum (20 weeks)US	First published: February 1, 2005
2019	The Dirt Soundtrack	DE33 (2 weeks) DE	AT29 (2 weeks) AT	CH8 (3 weeks) CH	UK32 (3 weeks) UK	US10 (15 weeks) US	First published: March 22, 2019

More compilations

• 1999: Supersonic and Demonic Relics
• 2003: The Millennium Collection: The Best of
• 2004: Loud as Fuck

EPs

• 1988: Raw Tracks
• 1990: Raw Tracks 2
• 1994: Quaternary

Singles

Chart placements as lead musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks	[↑]: treated together with the previous entry; [←]: placed in both charts
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1984	Looks That Kill Shout at the Devil	-	-	-	-	US54 (10 weeks) US	First published: January 4, 1984
	Too Young to Fall in Love Shout at the Devil	-	-	-	-	US90 (2 weeks) US	First published: April 30, 1984
1985	Smokin 'in the Boys' Room Theater of Pain	-	-	-	UK37 (9 weeks) UK	US16 (15 weeks) US	First published: June 1985
	Home Sweet Home Theater of Pain	-	-	-[UK: ↑]		US37 (23 weeks) US	First published: September 1985
1987	Girls, Girls, Girls Girls, Girls, Girls	-	-	-	UK26 (6 weeks) UK	US12 (15 weeks) US	First published: May 1987
	You're All I Need Girls, Girls, Girls	-	-	-	UK23 (4 weeks) UK	US83 (8 weeks) US	First published: November 1987
1989	Dr. Feelgood Dr. Feel good	-	-	-	UK50 (3 weeks) UK	US6th gold (16 weeks)US	First published: August 28, 1989
	Kickstart My Heart Dr. Feel good	-	-	-	-	US27 (16 weeks) US	First published: November 20, 1989
1990	Without You Dr. Feel good	-	-	-	UK39 (3 weeks) UK	US8 (17 weeks) US	First published: March 12, 1990
	Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away) Dr. Feel good	-	-	-	-	US19 (16 weeks) US	First published: May 28, 1990
	Same Ol 'Situation (SOS) Dr. Feel good	-	-	-	-	US78 (9 weeks) US	First published: July 31, 1990
1991	Primal Scream Decade of Decadence 81-91	-	-	-	UK32 (2 weeks) UK	US63 (5 weeks) US	First published: August 1991
1994	Hooligan's Holiday Mötley Crüe	-	-	-	UK36 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: February 1994
1997	Afraid Generation Swine	-	-	-	UK58 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 1997
2005	If I Die Tomorrow Red, White & Crüe	-	-	-	UK63 (1 week) UK	-	First published: January 2005

Video albums

• 1990: Dr. Feelgood The Videos (US:platinum)
• 1991: Uncensored (US:× 2Double platinum )
• 1992: Decade of Decadence 81-91 (US:gold)
• 1998: Behind the Music: Mötley Crüe
• 2000: Lewd, Crued & Tattoed (US:gold)
• 2003: Greatest Video Hits (US:platinum)
• 2005: Classic Mötley Crüe: Universal Masters DVD Collection
• 2006: Carnival of Sins Live (US:× 3Triple platinum )
• 2009: Crüe Fest

Box sets

• 2003: Music to Crash Your Car to: Vol. 1
• 2004: Music to Crash Your Car to: Vol. 1

statistics

Chart evaluation

The following list contains an overview of Mötley Crüe's chart successes in the album and single charts.

DE  AT  CH  UK  US Number one albums DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US1US Top 10 albums DE-DE AT-AT CH1CH UK1UK US11US Albums in the charts DE8thDE AT4thAT CH9CH UK10UK US16US

DE  AT  CH  UK  US Number one singles DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US-US Top 10 singles DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US2US Singles in the charts DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK9UK US12US

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Japan 1990: for the album Dr. Feel good 1991: for the album Decade of Decadence 1994: for the album Mötley Crüe 1997: for the album Generation Swine  Canada 2009: for the album Saints of Los Angeles 2011: for the album Greatest Hits Platinum record  Canada 1991: for the album Decade of Decadence  New Zealand 1990: for the album Dr. Feel good

2 × platinum record  Canada 1989: for the album Girls, Girls, Girls 2005: for the album Red, White & Crue 3 × platinum record  Canada 1988: for the album Theater of Pain 1989: for the album Shout at the Devil 1990: for the album Dr. Feel good

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Japan (RIAJ)	-	4 × gold4th	-	400,000	riaj.or.jp
Canada (MC)	-	2 × gold2	14 × platinum14th	1,500,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	-	platinum1	15,000	nztop40.co.nz
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	25,000	hitparade.ch
United States (RIAA)	-	5 × gold5	30 × platinum30th	25,300,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver1	gold1	-	160,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	silver1	13 × gold13	45 × platinum45

Web links

• Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US