Shout at the Devil (album)
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September 26, 1983 |
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| Label (s) | Elektra Records | |||
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Hard rock , glam rock , glam metal , punk |
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10 |
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Cherokee Studios |
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Shout at the Devil is the second studio album by the US band Mötley Crüe , released in 1983 . It was designed by Tom Werman produced and published on September 26 1,983th
style
In terms of sound, the album still picked up on the punk- oriented heaviness of the debut album, but its production was already more polished and more suitable for radio than the previous album. The album included a cover version of the song Helter Skelter , which was written and published by The Beatles in 1968 . The band dedicated the title Knock 'em Dead, Kid to the Los Angeles Police Department .
For the songwriting, the band members drew inspiration from non-fiction books on the topics of black magic , curses, sorcery and the occult . In addition, bassist Nikki Sixx read the writings of the satanist Anton LaVey for inspiration . With regard to the content of the album and the concert tour that followed, Sixx dealt with the psychology of National Socialism as a cruel mass phenomenon; he had in mind to stage the Mötley Crüe shows as a mixture of Nazi party congress and black mass . Everywhere in the concert halls there should be Mötley Crüe symbols instead of swastikas . Mötley Crüe came up with the song God Bless The Children Of The Beast through the intro of the 1974 album Diamond Dogs by David Bowie . When the rock band recorded the song I Will Survive , the band members hung a gong on the ceiling with the rope twisted tightly together so that the gong swirled around its own axis and produced a strange whirring sound.
Shout at the Devil led the band conceptually more towards Glam Metal : The members appeared heavily made up in the photos of this time, with the colors white, black and red dominating; the stage clothing took on a costume character due to the cuts and colors. Mötley Crüe refrained from assigning special characters to the members.
layout
The album cover of the original LP from 1983 was a gatefold cover . The cover motif was a glossy black drudenefoot that was on a matt black background. This is used both as a protective symbol against evil spirits and as a satanic symbol. Above the symbol, the name of the band was shown, under the drudenfoot the title of the album. Both lettering were in blood red.
On the inside of the opened cover there were four portraits of the band members; Pictured on the left were Nikki Sixx and Vince Neil, on the right Mick Mars and Tommy Lee. The back showed a group photo of the band, which was underlaid by the Drudenfuß, which here, as on the title page, was executed in glossy print. The song titles were printed above the symbol, but not in the order in which they were on the LP. Below the title list includes: the printed "Caution, This Record May Contain Backward Messages" was (German: Caution, this record can reverse messages include '). The reference referred to the fact that Lee and Sixx had tried to put the phrase "Jesus is Satan" as an overdub on the title song of the album, but is primarily to be understood as fitting into the concept of the album.
The inner cover repeatedly showed the motif of the dog's foot on one side, this time shown in white on a red background. On the other side of the cover were the lyrics of the songs, printed in red, as well as the production notes and liner notes . This was also where the dedication text for Knock 'em Dead, Kid was .
The emphasis on the visual in connection with the approach to Glam Metal continued in the production notes, where, after the list of musicians involved in the recordings, photographer Barry Levine and his contributions to the realization of the album are named first. These included the “photos for the album cover, studio photos, video concepts, the album cover concept, as well as advice on choreography , marketing and merchandising ”. Only then was there any further information about the production of the album, such as mastering and other work. This order was changed in the 2003 edition.
Later published editions of the album showed four square portraits of the band members on the front of the cover below the band logo, which had been created from the photos that had been on the inside of the cover in the original edition. In their arrangement and against the black background, they are reminiscent of the cover of the album Let It Be by The Beatles . Below the photo was the album title; the band photo on the back of the cover is identical to that of the original edition. The Drudenfuß only appears once, namely as the background of the transparent CD holder, where it is shown as a burning symbol.
reception
The album reached number 17 on the US charts and was sold in large numbers. It was awarded double platinum in January 1985 in the USA , and on May 15, 1997 it received quadruple platinum for 4 million albums sold in the USA. In Lords of Chaos , Shout at the Devil is described as a "watered-down taste of the demonic " that the band brought to "hundreds of thousands of easily impressed suburban youths". The Canadian band Zimmers Hole refers to the title of her album When You Were Shouting at the Devil ... ... We Were in League with Satan both Mötley Crües album and the song In League with Satan from the debut album Welcome to Hell of British band Venom .
Track list
- 1:13 - In the Beginning (Geoff Workman, Nikki Sixx )
- 3:16 - Shout at the Devil (Sixx)
- 4:07 - Looks That Kill (Sixx)
- 2:54 - Bastard (Sixx)
- 1:33 - God Bless the Children of the Beast ( Mick Mars )
- 3:09 - Helter Skelter ( John Lennon , Paul McCartney )
- 3:21 - Red Hot (Mars, Vince Neil , Sixx)
- 3:24 - Too Young to Fall in Love (Sixx)
- 3:40 - Knock 'Em Dead, Kid (Neil, Sixx)
- 4:17 - Ten Seconds to Love (Neil, Sixx)
- 3:51 - Danger (Mars, Neil, Sixx)
In 2003, all Mötley Crüe albums previously released were re-released on the band's own label, Mötley Records. In addition, the new editions contained songs that were created at the time the album was recorded.
Bonus title of the new edition:
- 3:18 - Shout at the Devil (demo) (Sixx)
- 5:06 - Looks That Kill (demo) (Sixx)
- 2:29 - Hotter Than Hell (demo) (Sixx)
- 3:19 - I Will Survive (Mars, Sixx)
- 3:03 - Too Young to Fall in Love (demo) (Sixx)
Web links
- Shout at the Devil on Allmusic (English). Retrieved July 19, 2011.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b album production notes; Original edition, 1983.
- ^ Mötley Crüe : The Dirt . Autobiography of the glam metal band Mötley Crüe, co-authored with Neil Strauss , from the American by Kirsten Borchardt , Hannibal Verlag , Höfen , 2nd edition, 2002. P. 112
- ^ Mötley Crüe : The Dirt . Autobiography of the glam metal band Mötley Crüe, co-authored with Neil Strauss , from the American by Kirsten Borchardt , Hannibal Verlag , Höfen , 2nd edition, 2002. P. 112
- ^ Lee, Tommy, Mick Mars, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx and Neil Strauss: The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band . Regan Books, 2002, ISBN 0-06-039288-6 .
- ↑ RIAA award database .
- ↑ Michael Moynihan , Didrik Søderlind: Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground . Feral House, Venice CA 1998, p. 25.