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Three 5s in a row, we are raining stars round here. This one is a longtime favourite so it was a five before I even started. I reckon I was probably about 7 or 8 years old when I first heard the title track. There was an old comedy series here in the Uk called The Young Ones and Motörhead appeared on one of the episodes performing Ace Of Spades. I used to rewind that scene and watch it countless times before getting back to the episode. Bloody love that song and always will. There’s nothing fancy about this but sometimes that’s what you need, some good old dirty rock and roll. Top Track - Apart from Ace Of Spades, probably We Are The Road Crew
jailbait.... this is god awful music. first album i regret listening to, wish i could give it a negative rating
Reminds me of guitar hero
I don't think I like Motorhead
All these sound the same. Which is fine. But I think Lemmy gave me an STD listening to this.
generic speedy metal. No thanks.
Great rhythm section. I love Lemmy as a personality, but hmmm, Motorhead- not really a fan.
I would give this the option for more than five stars.
Lemmy. Fun album. You can hear the road in his voice.
And don't forget the Joker(, baby)!
This is kinda fun. The cover poses the band as bad-time desert hombres, plotting their next ambush in the deserts of southwestern American frontier country... though I strongly suspect it might have been set up and shot on the edge of a disused sand quarry somewhere in the English Midlands. Same same, I suppose. Tracks like Love You Like a Reptile do little to offset the near-srlf-parody vibe. Still rocks though, too. Title track obviously huge, with plenty more good gear and solid riffs besides. Bit sexist though.
It's one thing to make guitars, bass, and drums sound heavy and badass. It's another thing to make the fucking vibraphone sound badass, borderline rivaling Lemmy's bitchin' chainsmoker voice on half these tracks.
I had never heard a Motorhead song before today, though I had seen interviews with Lemmy and generally knew about him and his personality (which I've always liked). So I really wanted to like this album, but I just didn't. There were some bright points where there was a cool riff or groove, but overall it just kinda like annoying noise. I feel like it was just recorded/produced/mixed badly and everything just sounded thing and/or empty and not full and rich. It was all I could do to get through listening to the whole record because I just was not feelin' it. Two stars.
Great rock album
Motörhead is the kind of music you thrash to in a bar fight. Lemmy shredded bass so hard he'd melt your face off. Motörhead is baby-making music for if you want that baby to have anger problems.
You win some you lose some it’s all the same to me. I didn’t know this would be a “I only like it in the context of Tony Hawk games” bands, but here we are. Rocks, but so samey it becomes dull.
To quote the great Ace of Spades “it’s all the same to me.” And don’t forget the joker.
Motörhead is an attitude with a band attached. Always hard, always legendary. Lemmy is G0d and all that. Usually a fun listen with one good track. This album is above the rest as there is more than one good song on the album. :)
Otro de rock/heavy de los 80 que me toca seguido. Se me ha hecho algo repetitivo. Me he guardado "Ace of spades" y en general no parece que ninguna otra canción de este disco esté en el top de 10 de Tidal de Motörhead.
Favorite Song: Fire Fire Least Favorite: Jailbait
solid speed metal. frantic and heavy just what i wanted
You ever find yourself nodding along to a sick riff, enjoying your day, only to hear the words "Teenage baby, you're a sweet young thing" and experience the worst disappointment of your life? Well as of September 18th, 2026, I have had that record scratch moment, as I wrestle with enjoying a record that essentially has a song called "I'm a hardcore pedophile, but it's illegal :(." I can't even go to the well of "it was the 70's!" because it was the 80's. I suppose, by then, trickle down economics was beginning its warpath, so evil was kind of the word of the day. Look, I can't really explain the song "Jailbait" away. It just happens to be in amongst some of the greatest hard rock/metal songs ever put to tape. It happened, and it sort of derailed the amazing time I was having going through this record. It just makes you think of the state of masculinity in North America, and the absolute worst characteristics of the worst people imaginable being the bar for male expression because of who we allow to be influential in our society. Thousands of years and billions of different people with different characteristics, and the men we let run the show enjoy fucking kids and exploiting people. Ain't life grand? Whatever. The album is great, but now I'm bummed out. 4 HIGHLIGHTS: Bropocalypse Now!
A solid rock metal blues album by thos power trio. Always pleasantly surprised when I listen to this band.
Meh. 2/5
Fast and rough. Not subtle at all but great energy.
Excellent at what it does best - bang relentlessly
All their songs sound alike hahah
Группа легендарная, и музыка неплохая, но голос и исполнение Лемми мне никогда не нравились.
I think there's some musical merit to this album, but none of it has to do with the vocal performance or lyrical content. This is a hard album to review because it's somehow catchy and pretty meh all at once. Reminds me of the meme about drinking a bunch of coffee when you didn't sleep last night: "now I'm still tired, but faster." I honestly don't get the love for this band; they have one song with many titles. The Wikipedia article has a statement by Lemmy in an interview talking about how he was sick of playing Ace of Spades and said "we have other songs too!" No. No, you don't. theyrethesamepicture.jpeg Other than listening to some either gross or inane lyrics, the hardest part part of this will be deciding if this album gets rounded up to 3 or down to 2. Oh, no, wait, the last two songs reminded me that I listened to the first 8 songs while I was writing this, and they were all the same. ⭐⭐.49
I've been getting a lot of classic metal lately and honestly I don't hate it. But two points on this one: the song "Ace of Spades" is so much better than anything else on the album; no wonder that's THE Motorhead song. But also, "Jailbait?" Jesus Fucking Christ.
Undoubtedly iconic and powerful album. Being a double album, it drags a bit but it is definitely worthy. 8/10
'Music to chop wood by'. Voegt deze schoppenaas nog iets toe aan het eerdere klaverjasboompje dat de heren van Motörhead ons gepresenteerd hadden? Meer zware metalen, variatie is niet hun ding maar als je ervoor in de stemming bent is het gewoon een kwestie van meebeuken en dan heb je er best 36 vermakelijke minuten mee.
Ik had het bij het volledig overbodige live-album al geschreven. Heb je het nummer Ace of Spades gehoord, dan heb je eigenlijk alles al gehoord.
Ik heb Motorhead 1x live mogen aanschouwen, op Lowlands. Ze waren geprogrammeerd in een tent en speelden zo onbedaarlijk hard dat ze aan de overkant van het terrein nog te horen waren. We stonden net buiten de tent en de piep die ik nu nog in mijn oren heb, is te wijten aan dat concert. Standje straaljager. En elke keer als ze een nieuw nummer inzetten, dachten we dat het Ace of Spades was, want alles leek op elkaar. Dat is natuurlijk niet helemaal waar, maar het is wel muziek van het type van dik hout zaagt men planken. Lemmy heeft maar 1 manier waarop hij kan 'zingen'. En alles is in de hoogste versnelling. Er komt naast een enorme bak herrie ook een enorme bak energie uit de muziek. Van mij mag er af en toe iets meer op de rem getrapt worden en mag het iets afwisselender zijn, zoals Thin Lizzy bijvoorbeeld wel deed. Qua muziek konden zij ook dit soort speed en thrash maken, maar wisten het tempo goed af te wisselen. Motorhead kent maar 1 stand. En op zich is dat ook zeker een kunst om het daarmee zo lang vol te houden. Je weet precies wat je krijgt en dat willen de fans. Een album van dit soort legendes mag dus zeker in een 1001-lijstje. Of het dan per se albums is, kun je over twisten, het had ook een 1001-songs kunnen zijn. Na een ruim half uurtje later mogen we weer ademhalen en uitrusten van het moordende tempo van Lemmy en kornuiten. Het eerdere live-album schreef ik hetzelfde lees ik, maar gaf ik 3 sterren. Ik wil hier dat extra puntje wel geven, omdat ik dit minder valsspelen vind dan het live-album en het toch prettiger luisteren is.
This album rocks like a motherfucker, tracks 1-3 are hard hitting, high energy hard rock played with punk rock intensity. Serious stuff. Banger
Ok
This album brings back a lot of memories. It's definitely a record that sounds completely different depending on how loud it's played. I absolutely agree that there isn’t a huge amount of stylistic variation between the tracks, with the same relentless bass, distorted guitar and barking vocals running throughout. And some of the lyrics are very much of their time, but Motörhead albums were always primarily a menu for their live shows, where they were imperious. I'm not surprised that Lemmy was pretty hard of hearing by the time we lost him. 4 for the album. 5 for the shows.
Who would win a fight between Lemmy and God? TRICK QUESTION! Lemmy IS God!
RIP Lemmy, for better or worse he epitomised the sex drugs n rocknroll lifestyle.
FUCK YES!!!!!!!!!!! RIP LEMMY
makes me excited for halloween
Wild how many people are willing to not only write, but then publish a song about how they’re a creep towards kids
Pretty much a distillation of Motörhead's sound: loud, fast, and rude rock 'n' roll pushed to its absolute limits. Lemmy's "lead bass" playing is probably at his most direct hear, as half the time the main riff of the song will be driven by his distinctive bass sound going directly through your skull. And those riffs are mean as hell, while a main complaint that many have is that Motörhead have too many songs that sound the same to each other, what makes me not care as much is simply due to how catchy and powerful the riffs of every song tends to be. This is helped extremely well by the production, which very well might be my favorite production on a Motörhead album. Each instrument already sounds gritty and powerful by themselves, but when put all together it just creates this storm of rock 'n' roll that just blows nearly every other record out of the water. That said, this record has a massive Achilles heel in the infamous track "Jailbait", where Lemmy describes his desire for a "teenage baby" that he doesn't even dare ask the age of but she's old "enough" to be backstage where he has sex with his other groupies. Obviously this song is very distasteful lyrically and there's good enough reason to suspect that Lemmy most likely has had sex with at least a few underage girls due to his claimed sexual exploits of sleeping with over 2000 women over the years. However, Phil Taylor and Lemmy have also claimed in an interview that that track was in fact to dissuade men from committing any sexual offenses with minors who ended up backstage, and Lemmy even wrote a song in the 90s called "Don't Let Daddy Kiss Me" which very bluntly speaks out against child sexual abuse. So what do we do with this information? Undoubtably even if "Jailbait" was meant to be a cautionary tale not to entertain any sexual advances made by underage fans, the song's cheeky delivery and the exclamations of "you're so fine" and "I just can't wait" just end up muddying the waters. But at least it wasn't as bad as Ted Nugent's "Jailbait", where he explicitly brings up the age of a thirteen year old girl who he "knows is clean" and even offers to share her with the police officer arresting him at the end of the song. So yeah, I guess what I'm saying is that if you're able to divorce "Jailbait" as an extremely dated product of its time that didn't portray its apparent intended affect, you'll be able to enjoy 11 pretty damn fantastic rock songs.
Enjoy some Motorhead but this was a lot of Motorhead.
A one trick pony for sure, but it’s a pretty fun trick
3.5
It was decent but it all was very same like. Felt the run time. Gonna go light 3
I enjoyed it!
I have never listened to Motörhead. Of course I know and have listened to Ace of Spades and probably I've heard other songs as well. On the one side I really like the powerful rock they play. But they tend to do everything (at least on this album) in a very similar way, i.e. the songs have quite a similarity. And that's the other side I am a bit annoyed about. But overall a fine album.
Good album, didn't necessarily stand out. Somewhat easy listen. 6.3/10
Quite enjoyable. It's energetic and fun but after a while, it felt like a lot of the songs blended in to each other.
Love the ace of spades. Such a good song, good album as well
I've heard a lot about this album and intentional didn't listen to any Motörhead to have my first experience with them be this album from the generator. It would have been great if the vocals weren't just abrasive for the sake of being abrasive through the whole thing. The title track was fine and it just went downhill from there.
This is not an album that you enter or leave thinking it is the best thing ever, but you end up having a good time for almost all of the 36 minutes this album has to offer.
Kenny is legend
Day967 - they do what they do really well
The musical equivalent of a Stallone or Schwarzenegger. You come in knowing exactly what you're getting and yeah it's a bit dated now but it's a good time and isn't trying to fool anyone. And sometimes that's exactly what you want to watch. Jailbait takes this out of 4 star range for me. 6/10
Tbh only listened to three songs and got the gist. I would enjoy if in a particular mood
Sometimes, you just want to rock.
Lemmy at his finest
Potente, Maschio e Villoso Ascolto un po’ rovinato perché l’ho sentito alle 6 di mattina su un treno e mi ha un po’ scombussolato Potevo prevedere che sound avrebbe avuto dalla copertina? Probabile, si
Jailbait did not age well but I was nodding my head and moving fast throughout the rest of this album!
I enjoyed this album. So much so that I'm regretting not having given it, and Motorhead, more of a chance. This is straight ahead, no foolin' around, power rock. It gets you moving, it's delivered with conviction and mastery. Superior guitar work - inventive, effective, and just plain ass-kickin'. Absolutely excellent.
A little manic for me. I might listen to it on some rare days….. but most likely not.
Meh. Gotta appreciate it for what it is, but it's not for me after two songs or so.
Classic album for me. The Chase is Better than the Catch is still my favorite song off it.
Who would win in wrestling match: Lemmy or God? Lemmy! Nahhh!!!!! God!?!? Wrong, dickhead…trick question, Lemmy is God.
this is some metal-ass shit for 1980
3,5
Every track is a jam 🤘
Was enjoying it fairly well until it got to the Jailbait song. Why is this such a common thing in old metal music? Bizarre.
Damn, I feel pumped!
It’s impressively tight and focused metal. I get it. Just not really my jam
Kind of all starts to sound the same. Also, not cool that Jailbait came in while I was in a high school parking lot.
Joskus tekee hyvää jättää analysointi sikseen ja antautua hyvän rockin vietäväksi. Tämä albumi on juuri niihin hetkiin. Helppo 4/5
They all kinda blended together, so even the 30-something minutes felt too long.
I like the tempo and a lot of the energy, but it also kind of feels a bit like every track on here is just kind of a variation of 'Ace of Spades'. Every track sounds so similar. I don't think I've ever heard an entire Motörhead album front to back before, and if they are all like this one I don't know if I really want to. Standouts Ace of Spades 4/5
Nice! 🤘🏻 4 ⭐️
Imagine being so unfun you don't like this. 5.0/5.0
stone cold classic
Unmemorable
nah
Ace of Spades is a proper classic track, and I've long had a soft spot for this album. It's so wrong it's right!
ace of spades is a great song but put it on an album of sub-par copies, plus jailbait, and the whole thing becomes a cringe enterprise
This a double album containing different versions of the same song, in alternate versions on the second disk. In Motörheads defense, it is a good and effective song. No nonsense, you know what you’re going to get, high energy rock and roll. Mostly about sex, sometimes with very dated lyrics.
Great record. If you like the title track you’ll like the rest of it
Ace of spades and then banging your head against a brick for 33mins while drinking and watching questionably legal porn. Still, it must have made sense at the time. What goes on between consenting adults and all that... Musically it's quite good, it's just hard to ignore the sentiment
why not? Heavy, but enjoyable.
Ehhhh just not that good and the title track is overrated imo 💔
The title track is a classic. It’s still metal though… even after a mere 36 minutes I was struggling.
What did I do to deserve this? Albums like these make me question the validity of this list , i'll just move on, hope for the best and pray that theres no more Motorhead albums.
Just rips.
2.6/5 Some good rock and metal songs on this album, although after awhile it all does sort of end up sounding the same. I still enjoyed it though.
They really played the hell out of those guitars.
So bad. I mean ‘Jailbait’…. WTF
Gran primera canción.....después para sus seguidores.
I've only heard a couple Motorhead albums (which I should change), but this one is almost perfect for what it is except for like 2 weaker songs on the B-side. Perfect production for this too, raw and nasty.
Dance when you listen to this Fast and Loose album.
Det grisigaste, råaste, punkigaste metal-albumet som någonsin har gjorts. Ibland blir det dock lite för grisigt…
It got me round a 30 minute run, it won’t be on the regular playlist but was ok.
Title song is cult classic, other songs sound same, and didn’t age well. Very lecherous and creepy lyrics like “Jail Bait” and the chase is better than the catch.
Rate: 9/10.
METAL SEMPLICE SEMPLICE. TESTI FACILI INSIEME AGLI STRUMENTALI. OTTIMO PER PENSARE POCO E LASCIARSI UN PO’ ANDARE. IN ITALIA VORREI COMPRARE UNA HARLEY E VIAGGIARE LUNGO L’ADRIATICA FINO AD ARRIVARE NEL TAVOLIERE DELLE PUGLIE. DUE PERÒ È IL VOTO. 2/5
Pretty solid all the way through. Ace of Spades is timeless.
I wanted to like this and really enjoyed the lead singer’s vocal stylings but halfway through the album I was starting to feel I was just listening to “Ace of Spades” over and over again.
Jumps straight into it! Tracks are good, pounding, grunty, and tight. Damn good albumn.
I mean - it's Motorhead... A dozen songs that all sound the same.
Not for me either.
Nothing special.
Great rock music played fast and loud.
A whole album is a bit much
hated every second of it
This is my eighth album. It’s the fourth rock album I’ve had. Make it stop. All the songs sounded the same and followed the same formula: aggressive guitar, jarring vocals, loud drums. It just isn't for me. Not one bit. My mum ripped ass whilst I was listening to this. It sounded more pleasant than this godforsaken album. If hell was actually a real place and I ended up down there (for whatever reason) playing this album on repeat would be an effective method of eternal torture. No amount of tolerance training would ever prepare for hearing this over and over and over again. The lyrics were straight ass and the songs were straight nose pollution. ESPECIALLY the lyrics on ‘Jailbait’, that song alone would've given this album 0 out of 5. Unfortunately, that isn't an option, so 1 out of 5 was my only choice. I didn't even want to listen to it after seeing the title, but I remained out of an unwilling curiosity to see if it would be as bad as I thought. I stopped listening after that song, I didn't need to OR want to hear any more. Actual dogshit.
Definitely up there in the hall of most pedophilic records of all time
Thought this would be an automatic 1, but I actually kinda liked it. Not great lyrics, but some of the songs were fairly melodic for the genre and I appreciated the energy. Doubt I’ll ever listen to them again. Turns out we had another Motörhead album that I also gave a 3 to. Decent surround sound mix on Apple Music. Plus, I love the name Lemmy — it’s always my first thought when this group is mentioned.
Ace of Spades is such a great song. And this album also contains other songs!
Decent hard rock from 1990 that was a good listen but already forgetable.
Not gonna yuck someone’s yum, but this music is just not for me.
This sounds live. Other than that, good album. Pure energy but not speed metal energy You still hear every word Feel every note Feel every drum beat even though it feels like it’s the same from the onset and throughout . No big deal. I get it Winning a kids choice music award they will not. But win some of those kids over in their older years? They most certainly will. Choice cut: Fire Fire
Lemmy was a legend, but "jailbait" made my stomach turn.
This album rocks! Every song also sounds the same! And if it came on again I would definitely be disappointed. 2.5, rounding down.
55
Never heard of album or band. Definitely not good that I’ve never heard of this 80s rock band. Definitely heavy metal. Really good drums and guitar. Vocals suck. Unnecessary. Another cool guitar riff on reptile. I just do not like the singers voice at all. It’s not well written either. Chorus isn’t catchy at all. Good guitar solo. I have a feeling it’s going to be a lot of bad vocals and good guitar. Didn’t even attempt a chorus on shoot you in the back. Gotta respect it. Nice guitar solo. Still think the main guy can’t sing. Not a lot of substance to the lyrics of love to win but at least the flow works well with the guitar this time. Side note- I knew these dudes had a WWE song. How tf are we letting the guys who made the HHH theme song get on this list. It makes sense as I keep lysening. This is WWE fan music. Straight head banging. No substance beyond that. With all that being said, the lyrics on fast and loose are much better. This is a pretty good song. Back to bs with the road crew. Good rhymes but no substance. Good guitar riff. Great drums. I think I’ve heard fire fire. Might be a guitar hero song? Not sure. either way I like this one. Another awesome guitar. Sounds I’ve never heard before. Out on jailbait. Bad title, bad message. It’s just dated and has no place being a song in this time. “Love that young stuff” come on bro. Next song. Dance is so much better. Cool guitar again obv. Much better writing. Vocals aren’t terrible. Bite the bullet is fine. More lyrics lacking substance. Cool guitar again. All of these song are kind of the same. The chase is pretty good musically but it’s another one where you just can’t be talking like that anymore. Needed to stay in the 80s. Really like what they do with the guitar in the back half. Actually think the lyrics are pretty good on the hammer. No other song is as well written as this one. Good guitar again. Back to bs lyrics and vocals on dirty love. Another generic heavy metal song. Disappointing closer. But that’s kind of the theme of the album. It’s a bunch of songs that sound the same but leave you wanting more because some elements are really good. Overall, just above JAA. 2.8/5 stars.
No time wasted here that's for sure. Contains as much speed as Lemmy's nostrils. Great stuff.
Extremely good speed metal that helped shape modern metal. Some songs are a little dated but most of them rip.
Never a bad time. Good live too.
Metal. It’s fun, but mostly just loud and noisy.
Lemmy’s a legend … but after Ace of Spades it’s just the same song 11 times right?
Бомбоклаааат
Motörhead really leveled up Metal with faster rhythms and an overall heavier sound to kick-off the 80's. Thrash Metal was still a couple of years away, but you can clearly tell where it came from. Also, I was very surprised to discovered these guys are brits. They always seemed so All American to me. Key tracks: Ace of Spades
meh
For sure interesting I could see myself coming back I can’t say he has a good voice but I also can’t say that takes away from it This isn’t an album you’d come to if you want some beautiful soft vocals you come to it for the rocking out 3.5/5 Back half is less entertaining Favorite: love me like a reptile, ace of spades, fast and loose,
All fine and dandy until jailbait... quite the turd in a punch bowl
My thoughts about metal can be summarized as "nah I don't really like it - well except for Motörhead of course." Maybe it's because this is closer to punk than to a lot of other metal? This is good relentless noisy fun. R.I.P. Lemmy. (Ignore the lyrics if possible.) 4 stars
Whaaaa? It’s the same song.
Toö much öf a goöd thing. We start high, and we get slightly löwer with each söng. By the time we're at the statutöry rape söng, I have a headache and I'm ready tö listen tö something else. Maybe that makes me weak sauce, but I wöuldn't mind if it were more varied. That said, the high at the start is really what yöu're here för.
Not bad
(3/7) I don't like the guy's voice but didn't think about it long enough to figure out why
Fine, lead track slaps, rest blurs and hadn't aged well
Spotify gave me the extended deluxe edition - alternative (longer) takes! - which was frankly unnecessary. All the songs sound the same. Inevitably, some songs (‘Jailbait’) haven’t aged well. But they make a good noise and the beat is good.
Yep. 4.5/5.
WHOO DOGGY! WHAT A FUCKIN RIDE! Big energy from start to finish. Hard, fast and twangy guitar riffs paired with driving percussion and gravel-infused vocals have me craving a fast-as-fuck motorcycle cruise, leathers on, hair whipping in the wind. These hard rockin muthafuckas and their badass idgaf attitude are damn near aspirational. As a self-proclaimed anti-1980s and anti-heavy metal girl, I must admit this all gas, no brakes album unexpectedly fuckin slaps HARD. I really, really enjoyed it. Is it the same song 12 times? Kind of, but there’s enough variety to keep me interested. Did I listen to the lyrics? Not really. I did catch a couple of eyebrow raising moments, but the lyrics are so secondary on this album that Jailbait doesn’t even bother me. Thank goodness this album is only 36 minutes, any longer and I might need a pit stop from the high energy riffage.
Motoheads clap back album to Houmous and Chutneys ‘4 of Diamonds’1.4 1/12 Ace of Spades
I respect so much Lemmy and Motörhead as a symbol, but I never be a fan of their music.
RATING: 7.5/10 HIGHLIGHT: Ace of Spades LOWLIGHT: Jailbait
Putting Ace of Spades as track 1 is both a blessing and a curse. On one hand, it's about as effective of an attention-grabber as you get in music. On the other, it's a good sign you can just...turn the rest of it off after that. Ok that's a bit harsh. If you turn your brain off, it's some solid good ol' hard as fuck rock. Oh and then you get to Jailbait and think hmm that title is a little worrying, and then you listen to the lyrics and go "okay what the fuck". -1 because that shit is something else.
Ace of spades is responsible for so much of the music I listen to. Lemmy is a god
Only knew (and loved) the title track. But the whole record is pure dynamite!
Legendaarinen levy joka kärsii hieman toistosta
*1980. *Only 36 mins, but I was over it by the 2nd song. *Procrastinated listening to this all day, and sure enough, it was rough. *Basically the generic brand of AC/DC. RATING - 5/10
This album is an all timer. I discovered Motorhead through the Bambi episode of The Young Ones. And like a lot of disaffected youth, their music really spoke to me. Loud, fast and tons of attitude. Every song kicks ass with the exception of the lyrics to Jailbait, otherwise it's perfect to my ears. Overkill should be on this list also. In the immortal words of Lemmy, "We want to be the kind of band that if we moved in next door to you, your lawn would die." This is the soundtrack.
Das scheppert schon ganz ordentlich. "Ace of Spades" ist auch als Single bekannt. Ein solides Rock/Metal Album. 3-4/5
persigue la idea de tocar más fuerte, más alto y con más actitud. cada canción avanza sin mirar atrás. exceso y velocidad. libertad a todo volumen.
Bra! Rock, snabbt och kanske inte så hårt men bra ändå. Lemmy är ju förstås cool som få. Jag gillar att det går snabbt och att det inte är några krusiduller. Rakt på bara, precis som det ska vara.
Fuck these assholes
The Good: We get to play poker! The Bad: It turns out it is Lemmy who get’s to poke her… The Ugly: The fucking mole… Ace of Spades, what a way to start the day. Somehow the version of this album that I listened to include a second disc with live versions of the album… can’t say I hated listening to it… This album is a must listen to all those who say that metal sucks… Rock n Roll mothafuckers!!! 5*
This album sounded like Ace of Spades 12 times in a row with a little statutory lust thrown in to spice it up. All that shit-talking aside, I didn't hate this!
Honestly, Idk. I’ve been surprised often so far. I am going in with an open mind…. Wow. So I WANT to love this. But… yeah. Brits. Doing hard rock. Spinal Tap. I mean come on. I love drums and a driving bass line. And it opens so strong with Ace of Spades. But then… songs about 2 am booty calls, paeans to touring life with drunk driving, losing your hotel in the haze and super glue? And… jail bait??!!!? With ZERO irony. Um…. Sorry fellas 2 Boolean: False
A: inte helt min genre av musik. Stundvis helt vibe men tyckte alla låtar lät helt lika. Whatevaaa 2/5 D: Dom hade bra meno. Jag tyckte att de nog företräder sin genre väldigt bra. Ett av de mest berättigade albumen på listan. Skulle kanske inte lyssna själv men var nog mycket bra. Giving högstadiet träslöjd (shoutout Andy). 4/5
There are so many hard partying, hard riffing hard rock albums I've defended here. But you gotta draw the line somewhere.
High energy, fast riffs and a front man like no other
This is a very good 80s hard rock album. It's pretty same samey though, but that's not a problem if you like this sound, which I do. Awesome album to get amped up.
I like it for what it is.
3.7 2x extended
Nothing but bangers on this album, the title track is obviously the best but this is just really consistent and probably the best motorhead I've heard. Great riffs
YES. I haven't listened to this in a long time, and this is reminding me that I need to add this album to my library.
Hard driving, straight forward rock. Not bad.
Okay classic heavy metal
This list is making me realise that the 1980s were a much better time for non-pop music than I thought it was, and that's especially true for metal. A lot of my taste in music leans pretty modern (mostly mid-2010s onwards), so it took me way too long to get into a few bands that I definitely should've earlier, including Motörhead. These guys do absolutely nothing but kick ass and chew bubblegum, and they were all out of gum by the time they needed to record this album. That being said, the song outing the lead singer as Schrödinger's Pedophile definitely takes a star off my rating, but the completely bouncing-off-the-walls energy of the album and ridiculous guitar soloing almost makes up for it.
Nicht sehr catchy aber kann man hören
Unglaubliche Energie als Trio
3.5-4/5 Einfach cool
another "better than expected" album but won't listen again probably
Ace of SHIT!
lmao just so dumb and gross and cool
Lemmy is god
Best of rock n roll. Each song a banger. 10/10
Es ist Motörhead in Reinform: laut, dreckig, kompromisslos. Der Titeltrack ist ein unsterbliches Geschoss, aber das restliche Album rauscht oft eher als es wirklich packt. Roh, energisch, aber auch etwas eintönig.
I don't like this as much as I should. Driving bass, good riffs, lyrics about fucking. A bit boring though.
I can take or leave Motorhead – whilst I recognise their status as a classic band in the speed metal/heavy metal pantheon, I feel they are a singles band at best and I don't really like Lemmy's vocals. Revisiting this album has done little to alter my opinion, as I feel the second half is a marked drop-off in quality from the highlights of the first. The vocals quickly began to grate and tracks began feeling like lesser imitations of a similar formula.
Meh. Not a big fan of Motörhead. Despite loving metal music, I never quite got the cult surrounding Lemmy, maybe because I wasn't exposed to it early enough. For me, they were always just another greasy hard-rock band (as they've always claimed themselves) - the leathery aesthetic, the booze-and-broads general themes and Lemmy's voice are pure roadhouse / biker bar material, and while I can definitely enjoy a couple of songs, a full album bores me quickly. It didn't age well, and I have a hard time taking it seriously. Ace of Spades is pretty good Motörhead - mean and lean, with fast riffs and dumb lyrics that absolutely do the job. But it gets repetitive after a while, and I doubt I'll listen again. 6/10
Never heard before. I was surprised to like it. A punck sound from the early aigty helped, but as soon as Ace of Spades stated I was sure I heard ir before. Actually Isome songs in "Veuillez rendre l'ame à qui elle appartient" sound quite similar and I came to the conclusion that Serge Gay Tissot the guitarist was influenced by Motorhead.
Ace of Spades gets mentioned way too often as Motörhead’s best album, but for me, Overkill is by far their absolute banger. This one is still a blast from start to finish, but it’s also exhausting. In the end, Motörhead’s sound and Lemmy’s voice don’t have much range, so after a while it all starts to feel a bit samey.
Cooles Hard Rock Album
Ace of Spades ist geil (Tony Hawk 3 Flashback), der Rest klingt irgendwie alles gleich (vor allem nicht das gute Gleich) für mich als Rockbanausen. Viel Rumgegröhle, was nicht so meins ist.
Ace of Spades is ein Banger. Rest des Albums fetzt auch. Geil Edit: Ich habe nun den Text vom Song Jailbait gelesen :-(
My favorite Motorhead album, probably thanks to THPS3.
The energy on this album was amazing! Just non-stop fun in my opinion. I think this would be great for a trip or workout.
All sounded the same and not good. At least it was only 30 minutes lost.
I’m just motoring on ahead on the list with a bunch of boring, repetitive junk
Solid. It’s just straight forward, hard rock. Gritty and snarly.
Meh-music was in your face & over fast. Vocals still rough
Solid album. True Classic. Lenny's grit just makes it a classic in it's own right.
Great energy but does start to get samey. 4/5
If you heard ace of spades you have heard it all
Not quite sure about the song "Jailbait and I just can't wait". Maybe that one could have been left on the cutting room floor rather darlings. It's a cohesive album (some may call samey) which is mostly nice and easy to listen to. Doesn't outstay it's welcome
The title track has to be one of the greatest rock songs of all time. It doesn't matter how many times I hear it, it remains monumentally good - it just thunders along and it blows me away every time. Sadly, nothing else on this record comes anywhere near it. How could it? If they'd put Ace of Spades on it ten times, I'd consider it a great album but the rest of this record really is just guff. And the lyrics are appalling. But none of it matters, because Ace of Spades is on it.
It's impossible not to get a serious lift from that classic opener. Ace of Spades has to be up there as one of the finest rock / metal songs. It still bares repeat listening now. I even had an Ace of Spades patch on my denim jacket in the 80s. As each track hammers past with Lemmy yelping and hollering it's hard not to get caught up in the rush. Mostly the lyrics are hilarious but utterly entertaining... except in these more enlightened times Jailbait isn't exactly Nabokov. I've never read any biographies of Motorhead / Hawkwind and crew but I imagine it would be a pretty erm, interesting tale. Definitely worthy of being on the list if not worthy.
I kinda love the vibe of this album even though the songs aren’t really my thing. Far from bad though! 2.5
All the reviews on this website are like “THIS IS ROCK HELL YEAH NOTHING BETTER.” Which further confirms my sad theory that I have outgrown “rock ‘n roll” when it sounds like this. Just no interest if the lead singer can’t sing and every song is essentially just an iteration on the last. Points for being a quick album, despite my skipping through almost all of it. Supposedly the title track is redeemable so I’ll go relisten but it sounded p similar to the rest…
Solid. A lot of nice up tempo hard rock. Really pleasant. Maybe a littl bit samey in bits? Very enjoyable though. Good car music maybe
In the third series of skins Jack O’Connell sings the title track. I like thinking about Jack O’Connell. Negative 1star for the song Jailbait
A bit too monotonous for my liking. Most of the songs sound like different parts of the same thing. Quite liked Fast and Loose. 2
I grew up on this album
Not bad, but not a band I’ve ever been interested in nor will I revisit.
Strong 4 for me, still holds up really well. Will be making it's way into the running playlist rotation.
Probably one of the most aptly named bands ever. I'm not in the mood for this much anymore, but when I am, it definitely scratches an itch.
Don't need to hear this again -
Motörhead were incredible. One of the greatest rock bands to ever exist. I could listen to a Motörhead record every single day for the rest of my life. Over a forty-year career they must have released close to twenty records and none of them are bad, or even (in my opinion, of course) mediocre. And that’s because they’re all the same. Every single Motorhead album, every song, sounds exactly the same. That’s how they worked, that was their “thing”. But I don’t care. James Wood, the literary critic, has talked about how when a great writer reaches the peak of their form they start repeating themselves, simply because at the top there’s nowhere else to go, and this should not necessarily be seen as laziness or a lack of creativity but as a realization that one’s form can be no further “improved” without harming it, and the same applies to Motörhead. Pick Ace of Spades (most people do, although to me it’s no better or worse than the albums that surround it), pick Overkill, pick Inferno, hell, pick Snake Bite Love. It’s all Motörhead, it’s all Lemmy, it’s all fantastic. Best track: “Ace of Spades”
Could not finish. Boring dad rock, every song sounds the same, the vocals are a whole struggle bus. Not for me.
Good album but how was Jailbait ever acceptable?
Awesome album but jailbait song is fucked up.
IT's Motorhead. It's Ace of Spades. IT's one of the icons of metal. 100% all the way.
3/5
Motörhead is a band that I always knew but never really got into until late, maybe 15 years ago. I wish I had been earlier to the party, this album is excellent, one of my favorites of theirs, 4+ stars.
Another great album from Motörhead!
I mean, it is classic Motorhead..... so it has a high-floor already, not a perfect album but really good.
These guys are good. They have a gritty sound. Ace of Spades is a good song.
3/10 Very much not for me
I think I'm finally to the point where I don't confuse Motorhead and Radiohead. Every time I had a Radiohead album in this project, I was expecting heavy metal. I first heard Ace of Spaces on an episode of The Young Ones and have enjoyed their music since.
Second and final Motorhead. I could have sworn that these guys had three list albums in 'em, but nope. Just this and the Hammersmith live album. Honestly, two list albums seems about right for these guys, so I'm not complaining. Anyways, this album. While I do generally enjoy the novelty of live albums, I must admit that it's difficult to form much of an opinion on Motorhead's style, so I'd be curious to hear what their hard rock approach sounds like in the studio. Here goes. Yeah, it's fine. Just not really my style. Still, I can admit that this music is competent. The cool, confident guitar riffs carry these songs along well and feature a commendable level of variety. The general muddiness of the guitars was also an element that I enjoyed - it contrasts nicely with the cleaner sound that the percussion has. The songwriting is deliberate and effective, with plenty of good choruses. The vocals aren't my style, though they do work in the tough as nails context of this album and I can understand their appeal. Overall, this album was solid and just about the perfect length for what it was trying to be. My middling score moreso relates to the interest that I have in this genre of music. Book time. Debuted at No. 4 on the UK charts. The title track was a successful single. The book entry closes out by saying that this album concluded "The first, glorious period of Motorhead history" and laid the groundwork for later explorations of speed metal. Wikipedia says that this was the band's most commercially successful album in addition to being their debut release in the US. Critics really liked it and it's regarded as one of the all-time best metal albums. The chart success was mostly just relegated to the UK at the time of release, though it charted modestly in nine countries when an anniversary edition of the album was released in 2020. These seem like good enough qualifiers to me and, as mentioned previously, I'm favourable to Motorhead having two albums on the list. I cosign this inclusion.
I feel like I should like this album more than I do. It's in the general wheelhouse of what I am into, but whereas the AC DC song is fun, the Motorhead song doesn't work as well on ad infinitum repeat.
Too hard core for me. DNF.
Pretty great! Love a riff. “Jailbait” aged like milk, but Love Me Like A Reptile is my new fav 🤘.
Frenetic, ferocious, and unapologetically brash. This record demands that play it as loud as possible. Favorite track: Ace of Spades
I wanted to like this, but WTF with the misogyny and “jailbait” lyrics? Also all the songs kinda sounded the same.
Getting an actual studio album by Motörhead makes me wonder why that crummy live album would ever be on this list. This album is exactly what you expect. It’s driving hard rock with a metal taste to it, the lyrics are nothing impressive and every song feels a little the same. It’s perfect in some situations where you just need music to have more energy than thought, but it doesn’t serve a lot of purpose beyond that.
Monster opener. The rest feels a like a lot of the same. All pretty good, but it starts to all blend together.
no es mi estilo para nada
Influential across every genre of rock that came after it. From thrash to punk to metal to anything with a hard backbeat.
It's just too darn loud. Honestly, I kind of like it, but every song sounds basically the same. Same tempo and rhythm, similar guitar chords, etc.
Rock on!
"Ace of Spades" is almost unfair song to kick of an album with: the rockinest rock song that ever rocked. I'm about halfway through the album and pretty much amazed that the tracks that follow aren't a letdown after that opener, but they somehow aren't. The guitar solo/feedback exercise in "The Roadcrew" is amazing. I definitely didn't expect that when I put this album on. (I'm looking forward to replaying Ace of Spades again to see if it still stands out after the rest.... I suspect it'll surprise me and rip my skin off where I thought I'd built up callouses.) I feel like I should have heard this years ago and had it in my library, so that's a pretty good indicator that it belongs in the list. 4.5/5
Not really my favorite style but still decent
Love Motorhead, me. But the production was a bit thinner than I remembered. Bit of a shame, you're not quite getting the full punch
Subtle as a brick to the face and all the better for it. The smell of Jack Daniels and stale cigarette smoke is strong with this one.
I actually like the formula of this band but I don’t know that there’s enough variety in each track to keep me interested. Also jailbait is gross. Actually all the lyrics in general are kinda gross.
This is so degenerate.
Can’t give this higher than a 2 after hearing jailbait
every song is about convincing a woman to sleep with him, even underage girls! how pleasant and enjoyable <3 :)
The music on this album was fast-paced, early metal. The riffs were quite electric. The guitar solos were plenty and the drums were rapid. The lyrics in some of the songs were creepy, though ("Jailbait", for instance). My parents used to listen to this kind of music frequently (I do remember hearing some of these songs in my childhood). I'm not super into it, but it was spirited overall.
Great week - 3 awesome records in a row - Sugar - Copper Blue, The Birthday Party - Junkyard and now this. Motörhead’s debut is a timeless classic and Ace of Spades a timeless song. This album has never gotten old. Lemmy’s songwriting remained remarkably consistent over the years with this record serving as the sonic blueprint for every thing that came after. Live these songs hit even harder as they were clearly meant to be experienced live rather than just listened too on the turntable. But funny enough the songs bring joy regardless of where they are experienced. The record is not perfect because a few tracks come off as similar and it really is hard to claim perfection when a few tracks are clearly a cut above the rest. But, fuck, in a land full of competitors and imitators, there was no one quite like Motörhead. 5/5
This was a lot better than I thought it would be (the fact that it's still just a 3 tells you all you need to know about how good I thought it would be). This will never be my thing, but I sort of get it.
And don’t forget the Joker.
For a heavy metal enjoyer, this album is a must. The grungy speedy musicals made me wanna buy a bike. It's loud and almost cliche like, but it really works, sometimes you just need something loud and nasty in a good way to rinse your brain and let it unplug
Favourite tracks: Love Me Like a Reptile I like the guitar riffs and everything that supports them but the vocals are just not for me. Each song sounds like the last one too so hard to pick favourites. However I think it's clear what my least favourite is: Jailbait. Just what the fuck man. 2/5
Top stuff. Like Sabbath they bring heavy riffs and harrowing vocals from Lemmy. I enjoyed it more to them than Ace of Spades
Metal Punk at its finest!
No thanks. These guys have a sound, and they execute that sound well-enough. But every song sounds the same — there’s no imagination in the delivery, particularly of the lyrics. A 1.
4.5
3.5
I absolutely loved this album back in the 80s. I never owned it but my best friend a had it. Just great visceral energy. It fucks hard. (10) ★★★★★ But why did they have to go full Nugent right there in the middle of the album. Yikes 😬
The title track is classic. The rest not as good, but still enjoyable. 3.5 stars
This is pretty rad. I think if this is what heavy metal continued to sound like, I'd be on board, but instead it morphed into some guy with a high pitched voice singing about Dungeons and Dragons while another guy taps out a guitar solo with what sounds like the cheapest amp they had at Guitar Center. Instead of singing about actual demons, Motorhead sings about metaphorical demons -- gambling, booze, fast cars, faster women -- it's badass. The title track is the star of the show, but "Love Me Like a Reptile", "(We Are) The Road Crew", and "The Hammer" are all pretty great too. 4.5 stars.
You known I’m born to groove And europop’s for fools But that’s the way I like it baby I wanna be a HAPPY NATION! And then I saw the Sign And it opened up my mind I give her all that she wants And then she’s gone tomorrow It might cause your ears to bleed But it’s the only band I need It’s the Ace Of Base The Ace Of Base! 4.5 stars for Ace Of Base
While not a Heavy Metal fan, I remember seeing Motorhead on Top of the Pops and always liked the song 'Ace of Spades'. Found another track that I enjoyed as well. Can't beat English heavy metal.
Motorhead is like a really solid burger. You know what you're going to get, it's not particularly groundbreaking, but it does the job and it does it really well.
Can I tell the difference between each song? No. Do I care? No. It rocks
Lenny sings like he knows he ain't getting girls. 4/5
Not my favourite Motörhead album, which may be because of over-familiarity, especially with the title track, but also because the best songs on the first three albums are, to me, better than those on this, the band's 4th. It's all fairly subjective though because Motörhead didn't really evolve from album to album - despite later lineup changes, they sounded pretty much the same (with the exception of the experiment with Brian Robertson ex-Thin Lizzy on Another Perfect Day, which I like a lot even if no-one else seemed to...). Ace of Spades may be the band's best sounding album though, the production is excellent. The sound could have been muddy, and was on some other recordings, with Lemmy playing rhythm bass, Phil Taylor clattering along with his double-bass drumming and Fast Eddie Clarke's limited but very effective guitar, but there is a lot of space in the mix - you can hear Lemmy's Rickenbacker clearly, as you can the other instruments; they all sit distinctly in the mix. Lemmy may have always claimed that Motörhead were a rock and roll band and not a metal band but this album, and Overkill & Bomber the year before, came along at just the right time with the emergence of NWOBHM and had a huge influence on the 1980s metal scene in general
Loud, boring and repetitive. It started out a 3 for the big riffs and metal energy, then became a 2 due to the singer’s voice and weak lyrics, and finally a 1 by 3/4 through when it became clear that every song sounded exactly the same, which had worn out its welcome long before. Add the badly-aged “Jailbait” to the list of grievances here.
sublime para su época.
The songs are pretty addicting and simple which is its virtue as an album. However, I just can't listen to Lemmy for an extended period. Somehow MY throat hurts.
i like that one song
yeah they got a song called jailbait…
It's almost as good as Overkill. Favourite tracks: Chase Is Better Than The Catch, Love Me Like A Reptile, Road Crew
i really can’t imagine someone waking up and being like i wanna listen to motorhead
the problem with a one note album is that when you don't like that one note...
Nah.
1.5
Overall enjoyed it, though the end is not as satisfying as the start. That is probably due to the fact that most track sound the same, though it's a great note, it does get tiring at some point. Jailbait is also extremely problematic so minus a point
Reminds me of Deep Purple but high on meths. Great energy, driving rhythms, soaring solos. But, afraid to say, not my Cup of Tea.
#947. It's pretty good, but like Slayer, every single one of their songs is exactly the same. 4/5: cheesy
What can I say, it's Motorhead. The riffs are fast and chunky, the lyrics are crude and the vibes are fun. That Jailbait song is pretty rough even for 1980, but the rest is fine.
Ace of Spaces as a song has a long cultural tail and stands out as the first song on the album, until you get to the rest of the album which is little different song-by-song from Ace of Spades.
Banger. I could quote Airheads, but I'm assuming others on here already did it. Could do without the creepy shit of Jailbait.
I heard of this band. Too raunchy for me. I don't like the vocals. Fair album.
I now understand at least 3 of my ex bfs a lot better. Of all of this kind of metal/boy music I’ve been exposed to so far, this is the best kind
I would have disliked this in 1980 and I still do. The only thing going for it is that Lemmy's voice wasn't nearly as bad as I'd imagined. In fact, he sang just like he spoke. Unfortunately it was used to sing ridiculous lyrics and the music sounded like generic hard rock This could be any hard rock band from the 70's/80's era. The riffs were indistinguishable to any other crap I heard on the radio at the time. I can usually understand why an album makes this list, whether I agree or not. But this was just boring and nothing new. Even in 1980.
I might ultimately go back and edit this, but of the big 4 of British heavy metal, Motörhead is the band that I’ve had the hardest time getting fully into. Still, this is a really solid album. And maybe one day it’ll click and I’ll be back to edit this rating.
Bueno
This really is an album you need to hear before you die.
Fine metal album. Didn’t listen very closely
another album on this list where i have to give the big fat red stamp that says "hell yeah brother" on it. despite being classified as metal, this album sure sounds less like metal and more like plain ol' rock n roll. put bluntly it's more metal music made for your cooler older motorcycle -riding leather-jacket-wearing uncs. classic speed metal if you will. other rock albums are made for cruising on the highway while this one is going over the speed limit and zooming through the street like a wild animal. if i was on a road trip and i was going to... like... nevada. this album would hit ABSURDLY hard.
This just sounded like a lot of noise with terrible lyrics.
I’m not a fan of metal music, but Motörhead doesn’t grind my gears as much as other metal bands. They supposedly produce Thrash Metal (?) versus heavy metal, and maybe that’s the subtle difference that gets me. The lead singers voice meshes well with the chaotic guitars and rampant drumming despite every song sounding very similar. This was a good introduction for me to the aforementioned Thrash Metal but it mostly likely starts and stops with this album. PS - hat tip to Guitar Hero and the Tony Hawk skateboard video game for bringing Ace of Spades into my life. That song does kick some serious ass!
Yeah, no.
This is the rock and roll equivalent of a shot and a beer at a dive bar. It has a bit of a kick, doesn't taste very good, and too much will give you a headache....but it definately hits the spot now and then. Ace of Spades absolutely rips, the rest is fine.
The guitar was great...but the lyrics were sub with this whole yelling but not yelling thing. And then jailbait....sorry not sorry you tanked your rating right there. It wasn't going to be great to begin with, but the guitar is at least really good so maybe that would have bumped it.
I was enjoying jamming out to this and then they had to ruin it with Jailbait. WHY ARE SO MANY MALE ROCK STARS SO GROSS. The rest of the songwriting wasn’t much better. Mostly “I’m a rock star so I’m going to fuck shit up and fuck a lot of women” vibes. Which is too bad, because the guitars are super rockin’.
Thoroughly enjoyable experience- perfect length and a good mix of hard rock.
My old mate Pedro Crabbto (he of the Mudflaps fame) loved this album back in High School and I’m sorry to say I didn’t pay much attention to it. But old man rocker me loves this! 5 stars, Fast & Loose baby!
Never heard this entire album before. I enjoyed the songs I haven’t heard on the radio before. lemmy has such a unique voice.
Punk Rock. And if you like that one note that Lemmy “sings” you’ll love this. Oh yeah it has Ace of Spades.
Unabashed rock.
# Album Name: Ace of Spades # Artist: Motorhead # Rating: 5/5 # Comments: Such an iconic opener in Ace of Spades. Banger of an album. lots of energy. I enjoyed it. RIP lemmy. Shredding those geetars. # Top Tunes: AoS / Reptile / Shoot you in the back / Road Crew / Bite the bullet # Would I listen to it again? Yes
i think the metal umlaut is goofy as hell tbh. most mainstream commercial rock from this period sounds very formulaic to me, and it's not a bad sound, but it gets a bit boring after a while.
I was just waiting for this to end the whole time. Love Me Like a Reptile was a particularly wtf moment. I was just thinking the lead singer sounds incredibly old when the song Jailbait came on. Lovely.
Gritty, loud, nasty stuff still holds up.
Meh. I like Ace of Spades because of guitar hero and the way he says Ace of Spades. The rest I could do without.