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Now, this is an interesting album! Designed as a companion piece to Mötley Crüe bassist/songwriter Nikki Sixx's autobiography, The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack -- based on journals he kept during the peak of his drug abuse in the '80s, now supplemented by commentary by his friends and the man himself -- is a genuinely odd and oddly moving record, a weird pileup of pained spoken word diary entries, operatic metal, L.A. sleaze, grimy electro-industrial beats, the stray power ballad, and circus music, all delivered by Sixx's new band, Sixx: A.M., which is fronted by vocalist James Michael, who also produced and wrote the album with Sixx. Musically, this album exists out of time -- it certainly doesn't sound like a throwback to the Crüe and, despite the echoes of She Wants Revenge on "Pray for Me," it doesn't sound modern, either. In that sense, The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack is the product of a true, distinctive artistic vision -- one that might not be coherent, but it's certainly compelling, both in its open-wound honesty and often baffling mash-ups of styles. Even if Sixx: A.M. dabble in modern textures here, this never sounds like a desperate attempt to sound modern, since everything in this music is designed to mirror Sixx's voyage into heroin hell. It's a concept album and, as such, it plays as an extended suite instead of a collection of songs, but that's the appeal of this record: it's an art rock confessional, quite unlike anything Sixx -- or anyone else, for that matter -- has done before. Which means that even if The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack isn't quite to your specific tastes -- it might be too gloomy for Crüe fans -- it nevertheless is hard not to admire the risks Nikki Sixx takes on this record, or the strange success he achieves here, either. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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- The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack
- Released 2007
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- The Heroin Diaries: X-Mas In Hell EP
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The Best
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- By tyjamcam92
- 11/20/2008 18:01:18
- I can't get enough. I listen to this album all the time and it never gets old. I still ove the music. I think they need to make a new album together. They have to potentail to be the best in the world.
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Best of 2007
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- By SHORDEE
- 8/16/2008 20:50:55
- This was my favorite CD of 2007! You have to get it and listen to it straight though so you can truly apprciate the mental theatre that springs to life. Nikki's story could not be told better than it was by James Michael and DJ Ashba adds the circus side-show insanity with his unique guitar playing style. <br/>There is a 6 piece documentary on YouTube that tells the story of how these 3 amazing artists came together to create one of the greatest albums aven made. <br/>
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Just what we wanted
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- By Deathxxcrew
- 7/11/2008 20:27:31
- This Guys Are a Perfect Combination Of Classic Rock Mixed With Alternative Rock Which Just Make Them Quite Unique and The Fact That Every Song Was Written By Nikki Sixx and Enhanced With Dj Ashba And James Michael knowledge on the subject makes this just unique .<br/><br/>By The Way The were Awesome @ Crüe Fest 2008 (@ West Palm Beach , Fl on Jul 1st)
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