Shout at the Devil [40th Anniversary Edition] in Bloomington, MN

Shout at the Devil
displays
Moetley Cruee
's sleazy and notorious (yet quite entertaining)
metal
at its best. When compared to its predecessor,
Too Fast for Love
, one can see that the band's musical range certainly widened over the course of its first two albums; the record features catchy, hard-rocking songs, but also includes an instrumental (
"God Bless the Children of the Beast"
) and a powerful cover of
the Beatles
'
"Helter Skelter."
While such later albums as
Dr. Feelgood
would achieve a higher amount of critical acclaim, no
album surpasses the quality of
. [In 1999,
the Cruee
remastered and reissued
on the band's own
Motley
/
Beyond
label with four bonus tracks: three demos, including versions of the title track and
"Looks That Kill,"
and a previously unreleased song.] ~ Barry Weber