Mötley Crüe - The Dirt Soundtrack [2LP]

The Dirt Soundtrack turns Mötley Crüe's notorious life story into a double-LP party, pairing the band's hits with new recordings made for the 2019 Netflix film.

The film adapted the band's infamously candid group memoir, and the soundtrack plays like a highlight reel of Sunset Strip excess. It follows Vince Neil, Mick Mars, Nikki Sixx and Tommy Lee from the raw, scrappy energy of Too Fast for Love through the arena-sized gloss of Dr. Feelgood.

The classics still hit hard. "Live Wire" sounds as dangerous as it did in the Hollywood clubs, and "Kickstart My Heart" remains a pure adrenaline rush from its revving opening onward, with Mick Mars's guitar firing on every cylinder.

Then come the new songs. "The Dirt (Est. 1981)" features Machine Gun Kelly, who played Tommy Lee in the film, and the band reunited with Dr. Feelgood producer Bob Rock for fresh material, including a brash, tongue-in-cheek take on Madonna's "Like a Virgin". Hearing the veterans tear into new songs alongside their 1980s anthems makes the set feel like more than a greatest hits.

Spread across two LPs, it is a loud, fun ride through decades of Crüe chaos, made for cranking up and pairing with a rewatch of the film.