Mötley Crüe’s debut album, Too Fast for Love, was released on November 10, 1981! That opening riff on “Live Wire” still makes us want to turn it up. Along with “Take Me to the Top,” “Piece of Your Action,” and the title track, it introduced us to the sound of Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars, and Tommy Lee, who had formed the band earlier that same year.
They released the album themselves on Leathür Records, starting with just 900 copies. Mick Mars later told Billboard that they sold albums out of their car’s trunk. Elektra signed them the following year and re released a remixed version. That original pressing also included “Stick to Your Guns,” which was left off the Elektra edition many of us grew up listening to.
Original 1981 Leathür Records Tracklist (10 Tracks)
- “Live Wire”
- “Public Enemy #1”
- “Take Me to the Top”
- “Merry-Go-Round”
- “Piece of Your Action”
- “Starry Eyes”
- “Stick to Your Guns” (omitted from the standard Elektra reissue)
- “Come On and Dance”
- “Too Fast for Love”
- “On with the Show”
Standard 1982 Elektra Records Tracklist (9 Tracks)
- “Live Wire”
- “Come On and Dance”
- “Public Enemy #1”
- “Merry-Go-Round”
- “Take Me to the Top”
- “Piece of Your Action”
- “Starry Eyes”
- “Too Fast for Love”
- “On with the Show
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