Theatre Of Pain (40th Anniversary)

リリース40周年を記念して再発されるLAメタルを代表するバンド、Motley Crueのサード・アルバムのリイシュー!ロック史に名を残すパワー・バラード、「Home Sweet Home」を収録!

1985年6月21日にリリースされた3作目のスタジオ・アルバム。ヒット・シングル「Smokin' in the Boys Room」、「Home Sweet Home」を含む全10曲を収録。
オリジナル・リリースと同じ10曲を収録したリリース40周年を記念するリイシュー。
■仕様:デジスリーヴ

Backing away from the mild pseudo-Satanic posturing on parts of Shout at the Devil in favor of a more glammed-up image, Motley Crue really began to hit their commercial stride with Theatre of Pain, which broke them on MTV with the power ballad "Home Sweet Home" and a remake of Brownsville Station's "Smokin' in the Boys' Room"; the latter also landed them on the Top 40 singles chart for the first time. Overall, the guitar riffing sounds less heavy metal and more pop-metal; similarly, the sound of the record is slicker and more arranged, polished for mainstream acceptance and airplay. A higher percentage of dull filler has crept into the songwriting, but there are still enough high points to rescue the album's momentum. [In 1999, the Crue remastered and reissued Theatre of Pain on their own Motley/Beyond label with five bonus tracks: demos of "Home Sweet Home," "Keep Your Eye on the Money," and "City Boy Blues," plus rough mixes of "Smokin' in the Boys' Room" and "Home Sweet Home" (the latter an instrumental).] ~ Steve Huey