Too Fast for Love

Too Fast for Love
Studio album by Mötley Crüe
Released 15 December 1981, (Remix) 1982
Recorded Hit City West in Los Angeles, California
Genre Heavy metal, glam metal
Length 46:16
Label Elektra
Mötley Crüe chronology
Too Fast for Love
(1981)		 Shout at the Devil
(1983)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic [1]
Sputnikmusic [2]
Rolling Stone [3]

Too Fast For Love is the debut record of American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe; 900 copies were released in November 1981 on the band's Leathür Records label. Elektra Records signed the band the following year, at which point the album was remixed and partially re-recorded. This re-release, with a different track listing and slightly different artwork (e.g., red lettering on the cover and a different interior photograph of the band), has become the standard version from which all later reissues derive. The original mix of the album remained unreleased on CD until 2003, when they were included in the Music to Crash Your Car to: Vol. 1 compilation.

While the album only reached number 77[4] on the Billboard 200 album chart in the US, it would ultimately reach platinum status.[5] Musically, the album mixes elements of punk rock, glam rock, and heavy metal. The album is the 12th greatest Glam Metal album according to DigitalDreamDoor.[6]

The song "Live Wire" was released as a single for the album.

The album cover is a parody of The Rolling Stones' album Sticky Fingers.

Contents

Track listing (1981 Leathür Records original release)

All songs by Nikki Sixx, except where noted.

Side A

  1. "Live Wire" - 3:14
  2. "Public Enemy #1" (Sixx, Lizzie Grey) - 4:22
  3. "Take Me to the Top" - 3:43
  4. "Merry-Go-Round" - 3:22
  5. "Piece of Your Action" (Sixx, Vince Neil) - 4:39

Side B

  1. "Starry Eyes" - 4:28
  2. "Stick to Your Guns" - 4:20
  3. "Come on and Dance" - 3:11
  4. "Too Fast for Love" - 4:11
  5. "On with the Show" (Sixx, Neil) - 4:07

Track listing (1982 Elektra version)

  1. "Live Wire" - 3:14
  2. "Come on and Dance" - 2:47
  3. "Public Enemy #1" (Sixx, Lizzie Grey) - 4:22
  4. "Merry-Go-Round" - 3:22
  5. "Take Me to the Top" - 3:43
  6. "Piece of Your Action" (Sixx, Vince Neil) - 4:39
  7. "Starry Eyes" - 4:28
  8. "Too Fast for Love" - 3:22
  9. "On with the Show" (Sixx, Neil) - 4:07

The album was re-released in 2003 with the following bonus tracks:

Lineup

Certifications

Organization Level Date
RIAA – United States Gold September 27, 1984
Platinum July 22, 1987

References

  1. ^ Too Fast for Love at Allmusic
  2. ^ "Music reviewer". Sputnikmusic.com. 2005-08-02. http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=3086. Retrieved 2011-08-13. 
  3. ^ "Rolling Stone magazine review". Rollingstone.com. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/motley-crue. Retrieved 2011-08-13. 
  4. ^ "Billboard album chart history-Mötley Crüe". http://www.billboard.com/#/album/m%C3%B6tley-cr%C3%BCe/too-fast-for-love/11997. Retrieved 16 June 2010. 
  5. ^ "RIAA Gold & Platinum database-Too Fast for Love". http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=too%20fast&artist=motley%20crue&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25. Retrieved March 4, 2009. 
  6. ^ "100 Greatest Hair/Glam Metal Albums". Digitaldreamdoor.com. 2005-09-03. http://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_metal-hair-alb.html. Retrieved 2011-08-13. 
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