Motley Crue - Greatest Hits -1998- -flac-

Mick Mars is an underrated guitarist. His use of harmonics, feedback, and pinch squeals is often lost in 320kbps MP3s (which cut frequencies above 20kHz). A CD-rip to FLAC (typically 16-bit / 44.1kHz) preserves these high-frequency details. Listen to the solo in "Kickstart My Heart" – in FLAC, you can hear the string squeak and the amp hiss.

Note on Omissions: This compilation notably excludes "Piece of Your Action," "Ten Seconds to Love," and "Louder Than Hell." But for a single-disc introduction, it is nearly flawless. Motley Crue - Greatest Hits -1998- -FLAC-

For the casual fan, Red, White & Crüe is fine. It has more hits ("Saints of Los Angeles," "If I Die Tomorrow"). But for the archivist, the audiophile, and the hardcore fan, the 1998 Greatest Hits in FLAC is the holy grail. Mick Mars is an underrated guitarist

Why?

Listening to Mötley Crüe - Greatest Hits (1998) - FLAC on a proper system is like stepping into a time machine back to 1987. You are not listening to a compressed file; you are listening to the master tape. You hear the flaws – the slightly out-of-tune vocal, the room mic bleed, the tape saturation. And those flaws are what make Mötley Crüe real. For the casual fan, Red, White & Crüe is fine