[6] Producer Bob Rock found working with Mötley Crüe difficult, describing them as "four L.A. bad asses who used to drink a bottle of wine and want to kill each other.

[6] "Kickstart My Heart" was written by bassist Nikki Sixx after his experience being clinically dead for two minutes from a heroin overdose before paramedics revived him with two shots of adrenaline.

This was the same sample used by the band Queensrÿche for their song "Eyes of a Stranger" which was off of their album Operation: Mindcrime released one year prior to Dr.

[9] In addition to Tyler, Bryan Adams, Skid Row, Robin Zander and Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick, and Jack Blades of Night Ranger contributed backing vocals on the album.

[6] Dr. Feelgood has sold more than six million copies in the U.S.,[10] and went Gold in the U.K.[11] In various interviews, members of Mötley Crüe stated that it was their most solid album from a musical standpoint, due in no small part to their collective push for sobriety.

Critics remarked the renewed energy and entertaining values that permeate the album,[12][21][13][16][15][18][19][20] bringing the listeners "in a world of everlasting party",[17] where they "savored the joys of trashy, unapologetically decadent fun".

[16][19] Canadian journalist Martin Popoff wrote that Dr. Feelgood is an album "made by a dumb band trying really hard"[15] while a BBC Music reviewer declared it "a glitzy flashy experience... ultimately shallow and narcissistic".

Though pushed close by last year's shock return with the weighty Saints of Los Angeles, [the album is] the best Mötley Crüe have ever released.

"[14] "Dr. Feelgood" and "Kickstart My Heart" were nominated for Grammy awards for Best Hard Rock Performance in 1990 and 1991, but lost both years to Living Colour.