New Tattoo by Motley Crue

New Tattoo, Mötley Crüe's eighth studio album, came out in July 2000, and it's the sound of the Hollywood band running back to the glam-metal strut that made them stars in the '80s and early '90s. Tommy Lee had quit the year before, so this is the only Crüe album without him: former Ozzy Osbourne drummer Randy Castillo sits behind the kit instead, and it turned out to be the last full-length studio record he made before his death in March 2002.

Mike Clink produced, and the rest of the gang is present and correct, Vince Neil's sneer, Mick Mars's grinding guitar and Nikki Sixx's bass all pointed straight back at the glory days. It's big, dumb, loud fun, with no apologies. "Hell on High Heels" is the song that went to the countdowns.

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