This is the soundtrack to Nikki Sixx’ book “The Heroin Diaries”… the Mötley Crüe member’s tale of his struggle with heroin addiction. The opening track “X-Mas In Hell” finds Mr. Sixx naked underneath the christmas tree with a needle sticking in his arm. No friends, no family… just smack. While Sixx managed to get his life back on the rails again since then, the same unfortunately cannot be said about this album.
In spite of all the string arrangements, piano, a full- blown children’s choir and so much bombast that even Axl Rose let us know he’s jealous, all of the songs fail to stick. Unlike Mötley Crüe’s album from a couple of months ago. “The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack” is polished beyond belief yet it never quite manages to hide that it is an average modern rock album that Bon Jovi or Alice Cooper already wrote back in the 80ies.
Oh yeah, the deluxe edition of the album comes with a bonus EP containing 8 live songs.
Score: 5.5 out of 10
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