Motley Crue’s Reissued And Remastered Album ‘Shout At The Devil’ Critiqued

Motley Crue

‘Shout At The Devil’

Better Noise Music

In 2021, Motley Crue are celebrating 40 years within the Rock sphere and in a new alliance with Better Noise Music, have reissued their seminal 1983 album ‘Shout At The Devil’ with no extras but the original songs remastered. The question that has to be asked ‘Does it hold up after all these years and is it worthy of a glowing review’? Let’s find out, shall we.

The opening track ‘In The Beginning’ creates a sense of anticipation, as to what the rest of the album has to offer and does it well.

From there, it goes into the title track of the album ‘Shout At The Devil’ and this is definitely a great way to follow up the opening track, it’s still anthemic after almost 40 years and it gives way to a song that will have you singing the chorus for ages after.

The other big songs on offer like ‘Looks That Kill’, ‘Bastard’, Red Hot‘, ‘Too Young to Fall in Love’, ‘Knock ‘Em Dead, Kid’ and ‘Ten Seconds To Love’ all make for great listening.

The songs which I’ve always had a soft spot for are ‘Knock ‘Em Dead, Kid’ and ‘Ten Seconds To Love’, these two are class.

The band’s cover of The Beatles ‘Helter Skelter’, which appears on this album, left me cold when I first heard the album in 1983 and it still does now. It’s an admirable cover of sorts, but one that leans too hard on shock value and, if it was left off the album, would’ve been the better for it.

In summing up, this remastered ‘Shout At The Devil’ album in my estimation, doesn’t sound that much different from the original mix of the album. It’s a case of ‘Could’ve done so much better with the remastering of the songs’, never-the-less, for me, the original sounds far superior, all the way. No messing.