Dr. Feelgood
by Mötley Crüe
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Dr. Feelgood is ranked as the best album by Mötley Crüe.
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Dr. Feelgood track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Dr. Feelgood rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | fabm0 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 68/100 | 7 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 11/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 43 Music Albums of 1989 | 36/43 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1989 | 14/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Decade 1980s Pt 2 | 39/100 | - |
| 2026 | timosbuecherei | Top 90 Music Albums of the 1980s | 45/90 | 10 |
| 2026 | PapaShiz86 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1989 | 49/50 | 0 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum decade 1980s Pt 2 | 89/100 | - |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Worst Albums I’ve Listened To | 38/59 | - |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 80 Music Albums of 1989 | 11/80 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 153 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 558 | |||
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Dr. Feelgood ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/08/2026 20:55 | Jparce | 278 | 81/100 |
| ! | 02/28/2026 16:29 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 |
| ! | 02/28/2026 12:33 | classicjoe | 507 | 78/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.6/100, a mean average of 70.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.3.
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Dr. Feelgood forum mentions
Repo 08/15/2026 22:32 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
BestEverAlbums 06/27/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5356): By marco17Dr. Feelgood comments
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Romanelli TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/25/2011 23:38 | #19564 | TOP COMMENT
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Ah, 80's hair glam bubblegum metal pop. Motley Crue's 5th album was a huge smash, with 4 top 30 singles and massive sales. This album had all of the Hollywood Glam prerequisites: apostrophe shortened song titles (Same Ol' Situation), umlauts, aquanet, songs about groupie sex ("She Goes Down"), a song that would be perfect for The Archies if you take out the guitars and bring the vocals down 1 octave ("Sticky Sweet"), and of course, the power ballad ("Without You"). The albums best song, "Kickstart My Heart" is a lyrically empty ode to dying and coming back to life, which Nikki Sixx did. The worst track, "Time For Change", is what USA for Africa would have sounded like with guitars.
The strangest thing for me about this album is that, despite not having a lot of harmony parts, there are 13 backup singers credited...including Steven Tyler, Robin Zander, Bryan Adams, Jack Blades, Rick Nielsen, and Sebastian Bach. So what was Vince Neil actually doing?
As good as pop hair metal got. I guess.
I have always liked this album. It is a little more commercial than perhaps the Crue's best work, but a good solid listen if you like 80's style hard rock.
A good album made by a dumb band trying really hard. Production is fantastic - songwriting like most Motley Crue songs is serviceable. The title track, "Kickstart My Heart and "Same O' Situation" are the best tracks on the album. "Without You" is a guilty power ballad pleasure for me.
Vince Neil really nails the most fast, hard-rocking songs. It's the slower songs were he kinda lets the band down.
What KISS made it in the 70s these guys took it further. Motley is one of the best hard rock/metal bands ever for music and attitude. Dr. Feelgood, Kickstart My Heart and Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away) are truly hard rock anthems.
RoundTheBend TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/23/2016 22:29 | #164365 | TOP COMMENT
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T.N.T. had some really impressive studio work in it for its time in my opinion. Otherwise... this really isn't my thing. Kickstart My Heart had a decent guitar tone... but the songwriting is really weak.
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