This article is about the Mötley Crüe album. For the The Continental episode, see Theater of Pain.
1985 studio album by Mötley Crüe
Theatre of Pain
Studio album by
Mötley Crüe
Released
June 24, 1985 (1985-06-24)[1]
Studio
Pasha (Hollywood)
Cherokee (Hollywood)
Record Plant West (Hollywood)
Genre
Glam metal[2][3]
Length
35:16
Label
Elektra
Producer
Tom Werman
Mötley Crüe chronology
Shout at the Devil (1983)
Theatre of Pain (1985)
Girls, Girls, Girls (1987)
Singles from Theatre of Pain
"Smokin' in the Boys Room" Released: June 24, 1985
"Home Sweet Home" Released: September 30, 1985
"Keep Your Eye on the Money" Released: 1986 (Spain) [4]
Theatre of Pain is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe, released on June 24, 1985. Released in the aftermath of lead vocalist Vince Neil's arrest for manslaughter on a drunk driving charge, the album marked the beginning of the band's transition away from the traditional heavy metal sound of Too Fast for Love and Shout at the Devil, towards a more glam metal style.[5]
Theatre of Pain contains the hit singles "Smokin' in the Boys Room" and the power ballad "Home Sweet Home".[5] The album reached No. 6 on the US charts[6] and No. 36 in the UK,[7] and was certified quadruple platinum by the RIAA on June 5, 1995.[8]
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^"Top 50 Glam Metal Albums". Metal Rules. Archived from the original on November 26, 2017. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
^"The 10 Most Disappointing Follow-Up Albums". pastemagazine.com. June 22, 2015. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
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