Mötley Crüe are going back From the Beginning this fall with a new career-spanning compilation.

The new CD or 2LP set, available September 12, includes more than a dozen singles and key cuts from their heyday as one of glam metal's biggest acts ("Smokin' in the Boys Room," "Girls Girls Girls," "Dr. Feelgood," "Kickstart My Heart") all the way to modern-day releases like 2008's Saints of Los Angeles and 2024's Cancelled EP. The album closes with a new recording of the band's famed power ballad "Home Sweet Home," featuring duet vocals with Dolly Parton. (The vinyl, available in a number of color variants, will also include two extra tracks.)

Known for their androgynous looks, heavy make-up and shocking offstage antics - a sex-drugs-and-rock-and-roll saga later chronicled in their group memoir The Dirt - the Crüe (whose classic line-up featured singer Vince Neil, guitarist Mick Mars, bassist Nikki Sixx and drummer Tommy Lee) emerged from Los Angeles' Sunset Strip club scene with a bright mix of loud heavy metal and sleek pop ideas. They've released six Top 10 albums between 1985 and 2008, and saw their albums Shout At the Devil (1983), Theatre of Pain (1985), Girls, Girls, Girls (1987) and Dr. Feelgood (1989) certified for a more than 18 million total copies shipped in the United States, per the Recording Industry Association of America. The songs from those albums were staples of rock radio and MTV, and were augmented by heavy pyrotechnics and other stage trickery in their live shows. Despite a host of trials onstage and off, from Neil and Lee's stints quitting the band (vocalist John Corabi fronted the group on a self-titled 1994 album) to a lawsuit from Mars after he retired due to health issues in 2022, the band still continues to record and tour (with former Marilyn Manson guitarist John 5 completing the line-up), and will embark on a planned Las Vegas residency the week From the Beginning is released.

A video for the Dolly-assisted "Home Sweet Home" premiered last weekend, and portions of the proceeds from sales and streams of the track will be donated to Covenant House, a non-profit offering shelter and support for homeless teens and young adults. From the Beginning is out September 12 and can be pre-ordered at the links below. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases.

From the Beginning (BMG, 2025)

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.S. (White Clear) / Target (Black/Translucent Splatter + Sticker Sheet) / Walmart (Black Marbled)

* exclusive to 2LP

1. Live Wire
2. Take Me to the Top
3. Shout At the Devil
4. Looks That Kill
5. Too Young to Fall in Love
6. Smokin' in the Boys Room
7. Home Sweet Home
8. Girls Girls Girls
9. Wild Side
10. Dr. Feelgood
11. Without You
12. Kickstart My Heart
13. Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)
14. Same Ol' Situation (S.O.S.)
15. Primal Scream
16. Afraid *
17. Saints of Los Angeles
18. The Dirt (est. 1981)
19. Dogs of War
20. Cancelled *
21. Home Sweet Home (feat. Dolly Parton)

Tracks 1-2 from Too Fast for Love - Leathür LR-123, 1981
Tracks 3-5 from Shout At the Devil - Elektra 60289, 1983
Tracks 6-7 from Theatre of Pain - Elektra 60418, 1985
Tracks 8-9 from Girls, Girls, Girls - Elektra 60715, 1987
Tracks 10-14 from Dr. Feelgood - Elektra 60829, 1989
Track 15 from Decade of Decadence '81-'91 - Elektra 61204, 1991
Track 16 from Generation Swine - Elektra 61901, 1997
Track 17 from Saints of Los Angeles - Eleven Seven/Mötley ESM/MR 248, 2008
Track 18 from The Dirt Soundtrack - Eleven Seven/Mötley ESM 520, 2019
Tracks 19-20 from Cancelled EP - Big Machine 00843930115594, 2024
Track 21 is a new recording