Mötley Crüe: Every Album Ranked Worst To Best

9. Generation Swine

The Crue were definitely in a state of freefall after coming off of their change of scenery with their self-titled album. Despite trying to shake up their usual formula, the loss of Vince Neil came together with a pretty audible thud when the group eventually went out on the road. Getting Vince back in the band seemed to be the just the ticket for success...if the record didn't ended up being Generation Swine.

Instead of the sleazy rock bangers that the Crue were known for, a lot of this record is the product of the band jumping on the hype train of industrial music that was just starting to get moving at the tail end of the century. While there's nothing wrong with acts like Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson respectively, one of the biggest strengths to their bow was that they didn't sound anything like Motley Crue. If you put Motley into the equation, things start to really go haywire.

Rather than the grim introspective tracks of the heavy hitters of the scene, the Crue sound totally unbelievable on this outing, as some of the more synthetic elements of their sound turn into cheap parodies of themselves after being played for more than a few minutes. This did get the band back on the same page, but this is probably one of the last stops you want to make when digging through their back catalog.