Tommy Lee – ‘Andro’ [Album Review]

If anyone has followed Tommy Lee’s journey outside all things Motley Crue, you’ll recognize his affinity for the contemporary, nay, the trendy. His lifeline sweeps the spectrum between rock-rap, hip-hop, EDM, trip-hop, and darkwave. Since day one, all Tommy has wanted was to have a good time while being responsible, and it’s this type of outlook we should all embrace. No pessimistic views; always-optimistic ballin’.

Years gone by, Crue proclaimed this was the end only to renege on their contract, but T Lee was already bumping elbows with the mix masters of mashups. Tommy states that his new offering, Andro, is artistic androgyny, with feelings and spiritual outbreaks half-male, half-female; both sexes mixed into one outpouring of venereal nuzzle. While Lee himself never makes a vocal appearance, there’s plenty of room for a whos-who of contemporary up-and-coming wannabes and gonnabes, and Andro has a creative focus that recognizes diamonds in the rough.

“Caviar on a Paper Plate” featuring Mickey Avalon is one of the standout tracks and the video’s quite entertaining lyrically and visually. “Demon Bitches” sounds like you’re inside an arcade machine at a 24/7 Bogota down on lower Crenshaw; The track is so loaded with street cred the big homies be bumpin’ til the break of dawn, while “P.R.E.T.T.Y.” is a love romance that trumps one of T Lee’s old love songs, “Home Sweet Home,” and the difference is night and day. This could almost be an Ariana Grande B-side. But, it’s the heart-dilapidating ending, “Make It Back,” that finds us in pure EDM heaven with a graceful goodnight kiss to end a perfect evening.

Andro is a fun trip that you never want to end, finding yourself asking the conductor if you can ride one more time, and Tommy Lee will surely oblige. If you’ve followed T until now, you might enjoy this, or, if you have no idea who T Lee is, you might have popped in at the perfect time to drop, roll, and dance.

Andro Track Listing:

1. Knock Me Down
2. You Dancy
3. Ain’t Tellin Me Nothing
4. SOMA COMA
5. When You Were Mine
6. Hot Fudge Sunday
7. Caviar on a Paper Plate
8. Leave Me Alone
9. Demon Bitches
10. P.R.E.T.T.Y.
11. Tops
12. Make This Storm
13. Make It Back
14. Tommy Lee [Tommy Lee Remix]

Run Time: 33:94
Release Date: October 16, 2020
Record Label: Better Noise Music