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Theatre of Pain by Motley Crue
Theatre of Pain is an album by Motley Crue, released in 1985. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 133 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Home Sweet Home”, on 77 lists with a best position of #17.
Theatre of Pain, Mötley Crüe's third album, came out on Elektra on June 21, 1985, and it's the moment the Hollywood leather boys traded some of their menace for glam. Tom Werman produced, and the record steers away from the heavy metal of Too Fast for Love and Shout at the Devil toward full-blown glam metal, with Vince Neil's yowl, Mick Mars's guitar, Nikki Sixx's bass and Tommy Lee's drums polished up for the big time.
The two songs that stuck couldn't be more different: "Smokin in the Boys Room" is a strutting cover of the 1973 Brownsville Station hit, and "Home Sweet Home" is a big, aching power ballad. Critics shrugged or sneered, and some of the band have never warmed to it, but it reached number six in the US, went quadruple platinum, and sent them out on the Theatre of Pain world tour.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Theatre of Pain on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Home Sweet Home#302 of all time | 77 | #17 | – | 1990–2026 | |
| 2 | Smokin in the Boys Room | 53 | #18 | – | 1990–2026 | |
| 3 | City Boy Blues | 1 | #577 | – | 1990 | |
| 4 | Louder Than Hell | 1 | #914 | – | 1990 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.