As well as six of the band's greatest hits, it featured three remixes "Live Wire (Kick Ass '91 Remix)", "Piece of Your Action (Screamin' '91 Remix)" and "Home Sweet Home '91 Remix", a soundtrack contribution "Rock 'n' Roll Junkie", a compilation album track "Teaser" (previously released on the Stairway to Heaven/Highway to Hell album), a previously unreleased live version "Kickstart My Heart (Live in Dallas, Texas)" and three newly recorded songs "Primal Scream", "Angela" and "Anarchy in the U.K.".

2 in the US albums chart,[10] just under Garth Brooks Ropin' The Wind, and was certified double platinum by the RIAA.

During an MTV interview in 1991, Tommy Lee stated that Vince Neil recorded his vocals for "Anarchy in the U.K." in one take.

The album was succeeded by Greatest Hits in 1998 and Red, White & Crüe in 2005.

The songs, "Teaser", "Rock 'n' Roll Junkie", "Primal Scream", "Angela", and "Anarchy in the U.K." were reissued on the Supersonic and Demonic Relics compilation in 1999, and the remixes of "Live Wire", "Piece of Your Action", "Home Sweet Home" and the live version of "Kickstart My Heart" were reissued on the Music to Crash Your Car To: Vol.