Saints of Los Angeles
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| Studio album by Mötley Crüe | ||||
| Released | June 24, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | 2007–2008 | |||
| Studio | The Lightning Bolt Garage, Los Angeles, California | |||
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| Length | 44:03 | |||
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| Metacritic | (54/100) |
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| Billboard | (favorable) |
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| MusicReview | (90/100) |
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Saints of Los Angeles is the ninth and final studio album by the American glam metal band Mötley Crüe, released on June 24, 2008. It marks the first full-length studio album with the band's original lineup since 1997's Generation Swine, following the return of long-time drummer Tommy Lee.
Bassist Nikki Sixx stated in his blog that he believed the band were "on to some of the better songs [they've] had in years". A tentative title for the album was The Dirt, however this was eventually scrapped.Nikki Sixx notes that: "the album is loosely based on The Dirt. Each song is like a mini-story, and you can plug it into the book. Some of it's funny, some of it's serious and in-your-face. It's like a typical, successful Mötley Crüe record."
In an interview on That Metal Show, Vince Neil stated that Saints of Los Angeles was his favorite Mötley Crüe album.
Saints of Los Angeles debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard album charts, selling about 100,000 copies in its first week of release. It also debuted at No. 14 on the Australian ARIA album charts, No. 5 in Sweden, No. 3 in Canada, No. 47 in Italy, and No. 9 in Finland (although it climbed to number 6 in its second week).
Though the band's first single, the title track "Saints of Los Angeles", was their second highest charting single in the US mainstream rock charts ever, peaking at number 5, subsequent singles fared less well. "Mutherfucker of the Year" peaked at number 29 and "White Trash Circus" peaked at number 37 on mainstream rock charts.
The first single, "Saints of Los Angeles", was released on April 11 and started airing on radio stations on April 15, 2008. The song was given further promotion through the music video game Rock Band, being released as downloadable content on the Xbox Live Marketplace and PlayStation Store on the same day. A video for the single was premiered at a press conference by the band on April 15. The song was performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and the Late Show with David Letterman. Jacoby Shaddix from Papa Roach, Josh Todd from Buckcherry, Chris Brown from Trapt, and James Michael from Sixx:A.M. all make cameos at the end of the video. This act had also been done as the band performed the song on their previous Crüe Fest tour. The song was featured in commercials and in promos for X-Games 14.
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