Vinyl Record

Mötley Crüe - Dr. Feelgood

Mötley Crüe - Dr. Feelgood album cover

Buy Mötley Crüe’s Dr. Feelgood remastered vinyl LP from Kilmorna in Listowel—high-voltage glam metal packed with enduring hard-rock anthems.

LP · Metal · 1989

Available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel.

Buyer notes: 1989 LP, currently available from the Kilmorna Collection Metal shelf. Pay for pickup in Listowel, ship within Ireland from EUR 5.95 per record or outside Ireland from EUR 12.00 per record.

Dr. Feelgood catches Mötley Crüe at their most focused and formidable: enormous riffs, sharp hooks and a polished attack that never sands away the band’s danger. The title track arrives with a stalking groove and street-level menace, while “Kickstart My Heart” converts pure momentum into one of hard rock’s defining adrenaline rushes. Even the brief opening scene-setter, “T.n.T. (Terror ’n Tinseltown),” helps establish an album built for maximum impact. The record also has more range than its loudest moments suggest. “Without You” brings a widescreen power-ballad sweep, “Don’t Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)” pairs bruised feeling with an irresistible chorus, and “Time for Change” closes on an unexpectedly reflective note. Sleaze, precision and melody operate in equal measure throughout, making this a particularly complete expression of the Crüe sound—and an easy record to understand as a lasting cornerstone of late-eighties hard rock.

Dr. Feelgood represents the point where Mötley Crüe’s unruly glam-metal identity met exceptionally disciplined songwriting and production. Its biggest songs remain hard-rock standards, but the album’s staying power comes from its balance of menace, melody, swagger and emotional contrast.

This 2022 BMG single-LP reissue is identified as a remastered 40th Anniversary edition, catalogue 538782551. It preserves the complete eleven-track album across two sides, making it a practical modern pressing for listeners who want the established running order without chasing an earlier copy.

Huge, tightly controlled drums, biting guitar riffs and bright, layered choruses, with gritty lead vocals cutting through a polished but muscular hard-rock mix.

What style of music is Dr. Feelgood? It is a hard-rock and glam-metal album built around heavy riffs, large choruses, swaggering grooves and polished late-eighties arena-rock production. Which songs are included on this vinyl edition? The eleven-track programme includes “Dr. Feelgood,” “Kickstart My Heart,” “Without You,” “Same Ol’ Situation (S.O.S.)” and “Don’t Go Away Mad (Just Go Away).” Is this an original pressing? No. This is a 2022 BMG remastered reissue on one vinyl LP, presented in the supplied release information as a 40th Anniversary edition.