Ace of Spades

Just 40 minutes of adrenaline, kinda cool.

Every song is the same!! :)

I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would, more a Lemmy in Hawkwind kind of girl. However I loved it a high 4 stars, oh to hell O'll give it foive.

This is banging. Really energised me this morning. It's not deep, it's not meaningful, it's just pure, unadulterated heavy rock. Love it.

Good record

An amazing rocknroll record

Lemmy rules and there is nothing that psyches you up more than the Ace of Spades.

Lemmy is an icon, part of the definition of a rockstar. The song Ace Of Spades is iconic, one of the best songs of the genre. The rest of the album is ok, lyrics are kinda bad, but it's still an iconic sound. Lemmy's voice is always recognizable.

It's really impressive how they managed to release an album where they just play the same song over and over again with different titles.

If you take ZZtop, drop it an octave, play it at 1.25 speed, you can hear this at home. I can see where this stands in the hard rock metal continuum but I don't really care for it.

If the lyrics weren't so 70's/80's sleaze this would rule a lot more. I guess if you're drunk enough on shit pints it doesn't matter. All the songs sound the same but they all go hard as hell, so it's fine.

Came out and did what it set out to do. Some, uh, questionable lyrics aside or the fact that Lemmy's voice does seem grating the more you hear it, that was really good.

If you like the song Ace of Spades you will like the album Ace of Spades.

Holy hell, this sucks. It's like listening to every terrible cover band that ever played at your local dive bar had a love child, and now they're all fighting over who gets to play drums. "Ace Of Spades" if fine, iconic even, but then it's back to the mediocre riffs and sloppy performances. I've heard better noise coming from my neighbor's lawnmower. Spins: 1 Playlist Additions - Ace of Spades - Love Me Like a Reptile

somehow someways fun but i wish there was only one motorhead album.

I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. There is very little variety here though haha

Motörhead makes some decently good metal, I mean it’s not my thing but it’s not too heavy haha (def was for the time)

It's a good album for the ears, just pretty engaging metal music throughout. It's not special, but it doesn't need to be. Ace of Spades is the highlight song, but the rest sounds like it, so it works.

The band has talent but I can't stand Lemmy's raspy yelling.

cobra is peak. added to the likes. husbands give me the vibe like im back in high school driving nowhere at night and nothing feel real. not in like a bad way but i think the first half of this album is “stronger” than the other half. Au pays du cocaine is an understandable top song. it’s rly good. overall, i added this album to my saved albums and will listen again. it’s weird and interesting just like a lot of the albums that i listen to (like brockhampton)

Solid

Would be higher if it didn’t feel like one thirty six minute song

This was fine I liked the style of music that all sounded similar and was long

I remember the first song from the opening intro cinematic from Gorod Krovi in Black Ops 3 Zombies, so that's my favorite song. The lead singer's voice got on my nerves after a while. I can tell that man smoked a lot of meth during the creation of this album, they were not okay when they made this. For the world of metal, this feels like a breakthrough.

Boomer Rock n roll. No me dice nada

Ace of spades (song) has always put me off listening to any other Motörhead music. Not a fan of the voice. However, after beginning with that song, ALL of the rest better than it. Easy 4/5.

Oh man, this is proof that less is more. The drum and guitar set the pace for a high octane journey while Lemmy’s lyrics are gruff and direct. If you’re ever throwing yourself down a hill on a mountain bike or ripping fast lines on a skateboard, this should be your weapon of choice.

Consistently rocks, but songs are one-note after the opening blast. Band fun enough to carry it, but I wish they did more with that manic grind.

The title track is something I'm fairly happy exists even if I never want to hear it again. The rest are increasingly poorer reruns, culminating in the rotten "Jailbait". Does Lemmy achieve a single actual musical note with his vocal throughout? Not my thing at all, but as a frequent inhabitant of "Arizona desert-style" environs I'm at least pleased to see "a sandpit in Barnet" in glorious technicolor.

There is a point, somewhere around track four of Ace of Spades, when you begin to suspect that Motörhead may have accidentally recorded the same song twelve times and simply changed the titles. This is an extremely homogeneous album. It starts at full throttle, stays at full throttle, and ends at full throttle. Distorted guitars, Lemmy barking over the top, drums charging forward: repeat until finished. Dynamics are apparently considered a sign of weakness. Which brings us to “Ace of Spades”, by far the most famous song here. My theory? It’s the first track and it has the same name as the album. Had “Love Me Like a Reptile” opened the record and the album been called Love Me Like a Reptile, I’m half-convinced that would now be the legendary Motörhead anthem instead. There simply isn’t enough separating these songs for me to understand why the title track towers so dramatically above the rest. And the sameness gets tiring. Listening to the whole thing on headphones feels less like an album and more like an endurance test for your ears. The guitars never stop grinding, the intensity barely changes, and when the record finishes, the silence feels fantastic. The production doesn’t help either. Even on an original UK vinyl pressing, the mastering sounds rather compressed and congested, which only exaggerates how relentlessly similar everything is. Still, I can’t score it lower. There’s obvious skill, energy and conviction here. The problem is that the consistency becomes repetition. Ace of Spades reminds me of those school essays with a minimum word count: you’ve already made your point, but you’re 500 words short, so you start rewriting the same paragraph with longer adjectives. That is this album. Here is riff. Here is riff again, slightly faster. Here is riff wearing a different jacket. Here is riff with a new song title. 5/10

Gut, gut, gut Mag zwar rock nicht so aber dazu kann man wenigstens viben Alles klingt sehr ähnlich, ich glaub das ist so nh rock Eigenschaften

all of this sounds like a one unnecessary long song and something your 6month situationship would tell you to listen to. I think I would enjoy it more if I was deaf.

80’s Metal

Mon dieu

This is fine. It's just Motorhead isn't it. Well, everything is fine apart from Jailbait. Oof, that wasn't an easy listen

Motörhead – Ace of Spades (1980) On Day 121, I shifted gears into some pure, high-velocity rock and roll. The album is definitely good, with energy and solid production that perfectly captures the band's grit. It did its thing from start to finish, maintaining a high-energy pace that avoids being boring. "Love Me Like a Reptile" was a personal highlight for me, showing off that groove amidst the chaos. While the technical chemistry and Lemmy’s iconic vocal of attitude are impressive, it didn't quite have that extra something to push it to a 5 for me. A strong, consistent 4/5 to start the new decade of the journey.

That bass sounds so pissed off.

Good hard rock, if a bit repetitive (although that’s the point) would have rated it higher if it didn’t contain a song alluding to paedophilia.

Ace of Spades 4.4 Love Me Like a Reptile 3.6 Shoot You in the Back 3.8 Live to Win 3.5 Fast and Loose 3.6 (We Are) the Road Crew 4 Fire, Fire 3.5 Jailbait 3.4 Dance 3.4 Bite the Bullet 3.4 The Chase Is Better Than the Catch 3.7 The Hammer 3.6 Score: 3.658333333

Perfekt musik att slå nån på käften med, men det är inte min grej

Hell Yeah, Lemmy!!!

I mean, the rest of the album sounds like rough drafts of Ace of Spades. But then again, that means you get a whole album of Motörhead.

kinda super cool, not really my thing nowadays but if you gave this album to 13 year old me i would have ate it up

Every song sounds exactly the same (and thats ok) there is 1.... really, really fucked up song in here Best Song: Ace of Spades Rating: 6.5/10 Stars: 3

Great. Now I can only picture John Turturro painting a black hallway. Thanks a lot, Severance.

Such a formative part of my youth. But, it hits different today. I don't know why.

Best Songs: Ace of Spades (We Are) The Road Crew

My previous Motörhead on this list was a live album, which I scored down and said “just give me a proper album”. This is it! Really enjoyed. A little cliched but generally just solid, energetic rock with some cracking vocals.

Opener, Ace of Spades, is, musically, a different song to closer, The Hammer, although the gestures are all the same: chugging on E, some sloppy chromatic movement at the ends of phrases, Lemmy hoarsely shouting within his limited range and sense of metre. The lyrical mood is somewhat similar - pathetic fallacy and crushing inevitability of death. The arc of the album makes the similarities between the two songs even harder to distinguish, as there is no arc, just a straight line. That's not quite right. There is the full arc of a speedometer going from 0 to 100 in seconds, then staying like that until the gas runs out and the needle crashes back to nil. Regardless, everything is a bit of a blur. There's no strong argument against Ace of Spades, the song, as an amphetamine rush of energy. And, for a while, one can top up upper after upper, but it will just about keep you in the same state, you won't go any higher. That's a measure of energy, mind, not quality. Nothing gets better than Ace of Spades, the song, but you can sort of believe you are listening to the opener for thirty six minutes. It's certainly a buzz, but the empty feeling at the end isn't just exhaustion. 2 No band with sufficient self-respect to discard tracks 2-12 would have been able to make track 1. Ace of Spades (the song) is absolutely brilliant. 1.5/5

Fairly neutral on this one. Slight skew towards the downside, but not enough to fall to a 2.

I'm only going to rate the first 13 tracks of the 27 "deluxe edition", the extra hour of extra credit is for the dedicated listener's independent study. Comment 1 - the production and mix is poor, with everything a bit distant and thin, full left/full right pan balance on things. Fatiguing. It sounds like studio work without the live cohesive sound of a band playing in unison. Comment 2 - (We Are The) Roadcrew was a high point. Jailbait was a low point (Yes, I recognize it was [likely] an attempt at humor). This grew on me as it progressed. Wasn't love, but shifted up in the 3s.

The opening title track has an undeniable energy and power. I use to love this song growing up, but since listening to a lot less metal than I use too I haven't heard it in years. Glad to know that it still holds up. The rest of the album is not as good as the opening track, but the album keeps a similar energy throughout. Sometimes I can feel fatigued from listening to metal for too long, so I was glad this album was only 36 minutes long. I feel like Lemmy's voice works perfectly for Ace of Spades, but can be less fitting for other songs and the lyrics can be quite weak especially having a song called Jailbait that is just as gross as it sounds. Favorite Track - Ace of Spades Least Favorite Track - Jailbait ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

How long until we find out Lemmy is on 'the list'?

me...

Pretty meh here, I had heard the title track before but nothing special here for me.

Turns out I like the idea of Motörhead more than the actuality of Motörhead. 2 stars.

Fun guitarwork and good energy! My favourite was Fire Fire.

Ace of Spades // 1.5/5

this is great and exciting fav song: Fire Fire

Worthy of inclusion based on the inspiration it generated came by a bit samey in parts but still noteworthy 3.5*

Nothing burger

Not a fan of heavy metal…

If this is the best example of thrash metal, it is time to ask whether thrash is a worthy or relevant genre. One harsh nöte!

This album just came and went for me. Influential I’m sure, but it’s sounds like a bunch of stuff I don’t like, so I wasn’t a fan.

Awful, I hate this band

Enjoyed the first song, but after that it was a challenge.

No mg mucho, hard rock viejo, como kiss pero un poquito mas duro

Its big, loud and aggressive. But that is Motorhead. Fast paced guitar and drums coupled with the most gravelly vocals rock. This is the most classic thrash rock album ever. On account of it having the most famous thrash song in all history on it, "Ace of Spades". If you were to make an entry into the dictionary of what metal sounds like I am pretty sure that "Ace of Spades" would be included in that entry. When Lemmy sings it feels like he is accusing you of some personal slight against him. And I wouldn't have it any other way. This album was made to be played at top volume so you can absolutely rock out and annoy everyone in an area of one square mile. I love it. (4.250)

Excellent

Great

Starts to albums dont get much better than Ace of Spades, the urgency of those opening guitars leading to Lemmy’s unmistakable growl. Unfortunately the album as a whole is a bit one note and feels very repetitive. Yes the guitars are great, but Lemmy’s limitations are really evident the more you get into the album. The least said about Jailbait the better. Yes, times were different, but the lyrics acknowledge that Mr Kilminster knows it is wrong even then. The title track aside this is all just a bit dull

This is the sound of my childhood and is peak Motörhead. It’s the tight, sharp sound of early heavy metal. “Ace of Spades” still sounds incredible - even if it does remind me of The Young Ones - and it keeps up, into “Shoot You in the Back” and “Live to Win.” Eventually though, I remember why I wouldn’t be a complete metal head - it all starts to be a bit samey: not in a consistent sounding way, a “this could be the same song” sounding way.

Look, it's fun, but it also felt like listening to a single 36 minute song: variety was not its strong suit. Lemmy had a great rock voice though. I saw They Might Be Giants in Nottingham, UK last year and as well as taking the piss out of the massive number of vape shops there, they seemed very impressed that a bust of Lemmy, containing his ashes, was somewhere in the venue with them. They sadly didn't play a cover. I think I'm back wishing for half stars again, but as I don't have access to them, it's getting a 2 instead of a 2.5.

Listening to this album was like eating a dozen donuts. The first one was so good, you can’t wait to eat the second but each marginal donut gets less and less appealing and by the end of it you don’t want another donut for a couple months.

4.1 I'm glad I'm not too smart to love Motorhead. Most of this is cock-rock to the nth degree but cmon Ace of Spades and (We Are) the Road Crew are burners. One of my regrets in life is not seeing them at Ed's when I had the chance. My bro had hearing loss for a few months after that show.

I knew the title track - it's pretty good. And it's kind of the only decent track from the album. I never liked Lemmy's raspy voice, and I'm kind of turned off by all the jailbait style tracks.

I like this better than most hard rock/metal that would come out over the following decade. That's not a huge hurdle to jump, but I still appreciate the authenticity. (Even if some of the lyrics get ick.)

What a ball kicker of an opener. Only complaints: - it doesn't really vary from there - the grossness isn't just evident on Jail Bait but also 'The Chase is Better than the Catch' with the memorable line 'I like a little innocent bitch' - and somehow, the grossness feels a little try-hard? I mean, his wiki says he slept with 1,000 but if like half of those were teens it says more about what insecurity drives being incapable of interacting with adult women I can see the through line Queens and Foo Fighters and I'm sure others, and could even enjoy *some* of this in small doses. But the enjoyment is tempered the moment you listen to more than two songs and how persistently juvenile it actually is underneath it all.

Not my type

Jailbait - teenage baby, you look so fine ... Jesus, that's a little bit sick. And musically apart from the title track, it's fairly shite anyway. 2 out of 5 stars because of Ace of Spades.

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Börjar med en käftsmäll i form av Ace of spades som efterföljs av resten av spåren i samma tempo. Det är ett album där man vet vad man får. Kanske inte så spännande men det är röjigt rakt igenom. Det blir en 4a. Bäst är Ace of spades, Shoot you in the back, The road crew.

Me tiene loco que casi todos los álbumes de la lista contengan rock. No sé, el género no es para mí, no me gusta mucho el metal...

Lemmy’s great but most songs sound the same.

It's pretty generic rock. I genuinely don't remember any of it after listening to it

J'aime bien mais faut pas en abuser

du rock sympa

J'ai hâte. 36 minutes 12 titres ça c'est efficace. Bizarre la transition avec la folk mais j'adore même si j'ai obtenu un léger mal de crane

Lacks imagination

Grosse pochette avec les 3 banditos! 4ème album de ce british rock band que je connais pas vraiment. Je les connais seulement de leur intro The game pour le lutteur Triple H. Sans être sceptique, j'avais pas trop d'attentes. Du gros rock sale, on pourrait dire du heavy metal. La voix du chanteur est pas exceptionnelle et ça se ressemble de chanson en chanson, mais que de riffs qui donnent juste le goût de monter le son! Ça goal sans arrêt cet album, c'est un peu brûlant à la fin je dois avouer. On est entre le 3 et le 4 quand même. Nice, mais on est une coche en abs d'Eliminator.

I saw Motorhead at Glastonbury and my overriding memory was Lemmy addressing the crowd: “You like rock n roll don’t ya? Say yes goddammit!” before tearing into another blistering song. This is what this record is. It has a singular vision to just rock your socks off, and it does it so well. Kicking straight off with Ace of Spades is a real sign of intent, but it holds up for the whole album. Really great, fast-paced, driving rhythms, excellent guitar work and hard solos, and a voice of rough leather and pure attitude over the top. 4.5 rounded up.

Lemmy rip

I got the point after five songs that sound the same .. "Jailbait", boy howdy, does not meet 2026 standards

First time listening to Motorhead... All I know about 'em comes from that Ministry documentary. This was a really okay album, probably just not my thing... couldn't FULLY get into it, but I have to admit it has some pretty great bangers, LONG LIVE MOTORHEAD. 3 stars and a half

Jailbait... WTF! 🙉

1.5

Motorhead was a fantastic band that really bootstrapped the whole heavy metal scene. Their best album

too much happening 🥲

3.5 - Good

très bonne découverte. A réécouter avec plaisir

>>>>> the Beatles This is one of the greatest albums of all time. It rules. Ace of Spades is a classic but, for me, We Are The Road Crew is the best song here Who would win in a fight between Lemmy and God? Trick question; Lemmy is God

I was excited for this album. I love Ace of Spades. Unfortunately, as I listened to more and more of the album, the lyrics were cringe. Jailbait? Some may say that is the way it was back when this was written. Well, albums have to hold up, and this one doesn’t.

Was expecting to hate this and was surprised. Some great guitar work.

Pure energy. I wonder if you could call this progressive rock because each track bleeds into the next and they all have the same level of energy. Most of the songs pretty much sound similar, I didnt know the album was close to being finished because I thought only a few songs had played. Overall would return to this. Ace of Spades is an all time song.

Thoughts before listening: I mean it's Motorhead, it's going to be good. "Ace of Spades" the song is truly one of the best metal songs of all time, and I expect more of the same from the album of the same name. Review: As I said, the song "Ace of Spades" is great....then they rewrote it 11 more times and stuck all of those songs on an album of the same name. Its hard to hate this (although I'm sure a review of the lyrics would find plenty of things to complain about) and I have enjoyed listening. That being said, its pretty hard to tell when one song ends and another begins. I'll add a few of these tracks to my playlist, but the truth is that the album got a bit stale by the end. Still though its Motorhead so I'll give it 4-stars.

Motörhead is simply an icon of rock ‘n’ roll, and *Ace of Spades* is their most iconic album. Of course, you have to be familiar with this album, and naturally, you have to recognize the riff from the title track after just two bars. And much like with Elvis Presley’s debut album, what comes after it doesn’t really matter when it comes to evaluating it. Still, a few words on the matter: Culture must always be viewed in the context of its time. For this reason, I believe it is misguided to criticize Lemmy for the lyrics he wrote in 1980: his mindset - especially toward women - is easy to understand even from today’s perspective, based on his work from the ’90s and his actions. Rather, “Ace of Spades”—perhaps even more so than Iron Maiden’s debut album of the same name—has defined the style of harder rock since the 1980s. "Legend" is the only appropriate description!

Original review: "Classic. I have to give this a 5, I owe so much to this album. One of the greatest metal albums. Punk rock and biker rock. Their sound is undeniable and they inspired future generations." 'nuff said.

There’s not much depth here, but there’s almost enough attitude and power to make up for it. I was gonna give it 3 stars, but Jailbait earned it 2.

It's fine I just don't like how long it is.

never got into these guys. it decent enough music but just not for me

The classic trio of Lemmy, Eddie and Phil - all sadly now deceased - with their defining musical statement. It's a consistent album, a pure amalgam of metal and punk, and is dwarfed by its iconic title track despite plenty of other quality tracks. I love the fact that Lemmy stole the Hawkwind track 'Motorhead' and made a career out of it after they left him high and dry in the states.

Not for me but I can see the appeal for some.

They leaned hard into whatever it was they were doing

Starts with an iconic songs and never reaches those heights again. 2.5/5. Raising to 3.

It’s okay but there was no songs that I really liked

♠️♠️♠️♠️

Straight down the line heavy rock 'n roll with great guitar solos. The title track is the one most know but the rest of the album is just as good. As with a lot of this genre listening opportunities will be only under specific circumstances

Surprisingly liked it but that jailbait song…

violets are blue roses are red i really don’t like motörhead The voice is hoarse the rhythm coarse from this picture alone i can tell these men probably smell i hate their hair i hate the vibe one star from me that’s it, good night

Lemmy die geile Sau

Fan-freakin-tastic. This is loud, aggressive, fast and boisterous. I love it. It feels like the perfect continuation of Black Sabbath but more punk. Like very punk. This is the bridge of punk and metal and its fantastic. I can't say its something that I can "vibe out" with, but its definitely that I can hang out with all day when the mood is right. Its just fast and fun. Its like a rollercoaster ride in the most pure sense, the ups and downs are equally thrilling.

uh oh. i know ace of spades (song), the instrumental is really good. i hate this guy’s voice. oh god there’s a song called jailbait on here 😭😭 i might hate this. shoot you in the back immediately made me angry. on live to win. the bass tone on this album is cool. i wish i liked.. any of this. this sucks so bad. fire fire. ugggggghhhhhhhh 🫩 i’m on jailbait… i already hated this what are we DOING HERE MAN 😭😭 THEY JUST FUCKING REUSED THE ACE OF SPADES RIFF AS A BASS LINE. FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU. the chase is better than the catch… this was dreadful. 1

01) Ace of Spades - 10,0 02) Love Me Like a Reptile - 8,0 03) Shoot You in the Back - 7,5 04) Live to Win - 7,5 05) Fast and Loose - 7,5 06) (We Are) the Road Crew - 7,0 07) Fire, Fire - 6,5 08) Jailbait - 6,5 09) Dance - 6,5 10) Bite the Bullet - 6,0 11) The Chase Is Better Than the Catch - 7,0 12) The Hammer - 6,5 TOTAL: 7,21 (72/100) Current ranking: 427/844

05/03/2026 *1. ace of spades - vaguely know this one already... like the guitar and drums! do not know how i feel about the vocals.... guitar solo is really nice! love the energy... real nice ending :) *2. love me like a reptile - liking the start.... ashamed to say how much i'm enjoying this one lol. was not excited for this album when it showed up! *3. shoot you in the back - like the lyrics more on this one :) guitar and drums have been great throughout! 4. live to win - still liking it, but kindof sounds the same as the other songs. not as bad as i was expecting though! 5. fast and loose - lyrics are a little bit weird/chauvinist male rock. not looking forward to whatever jailbait is though...... still sounds nice though :) 6. (we are) the roadcrew - not as big a fan of this one... like the distorted guitar near the end. 7. fire fire - nice, but it's all kindof blending into one. loved the guitar still! 8. jailbait - not looking forward to this one.... did not expect it to be so explicit about being noncey..... as nice as it sounds, it leaves a very slimey impression... would not listen to this one again. 9. dance - nice, same as the others really :) *10. bite the bullet - liking the start more... great! 11. the chase is better than the catch - bit tired of this album now. still not massive on the vocals, but a lot better than the usual metal vocals i was expecting..... 12. the hammer - as much as i didn't hate this album, i'm not upset about it ending either. not bad though! a lot punkier than i expected, which was a nice suprise! wasn't looking forward to this as i would generally class metal as my least favourite genre of music ever, but a lot rockier. the poorly aged (probably not great when they were written either) lyrics sometimes leave a sour taste, along with not having much substance, and it becomes a bit monotonous when listening to the album as a whole.

I know cultural perceptions change, but I’ll give the people who said Rock music is evil this, they were singing about having sex with teenagers A LOT.

Gritty, raw, and very influential in the metal scene. Makes for good driving music, but Lemmy’s vocals get to me after a few tracks.

Pretty one-paced, but a great listen. Full of energy without getting too much.

Dam this guy needs a cup of water

Repetitive but fun!

"philthy animal" on drums

3.5

BOW DOWN TO THE BOW DOWN TO THE KING all I can hear when I listen to Motörhead is triple H and with the current state of WWE, that annoys me ask me again in 6 months and this may get boosted

Jailbait is controversial, but overall it’s a solid and bad ass album. Lemmy rocks

Fantastic album of loud, high energy rock / metal. You can really hear the punk influences from the riffs, though the distortion and speed place it closer to heavy metal (even if Lemmy disagreed). An all-time classic that I've listened to many times.

Jailbait is completely rancid song, but otherwise most of this bleeds together into a lot of nothing too terrible.

Belle découverte !

I hate how much I enjoy this album. On the one hand, it's pretty dated and one note. On the other hand, I can't help but start moving my head when metal starts playing. Decent riffs and the lyrics are largely fun (not touching "Jailbait" with a ten foot pole...) but very AC/DC in that all the songs just sound the same and the vocals aren't that impressive.

Päris kõva plaat, Lemmy mängib bassi nii unikaalselt ja ta hääl on terves rokis täitsa ainulaadne. Esimene pool plaadist olin üpriski elevil ja tatsasin jalaga kaasa, aga teisel poolel natuke vajus ära. Head riffid, aga veits liiga ühte patta andmine. 3.6/5

36 minutes of screaming hell. If you are looking for music that leaves you tense, angry & anxious, this is your album. I am obviously not a heavy metal fan.

Punk and metal perfectly blended. A couple of filler songs kind of get you out of the mood, but it has freakin' "Ace of Spades" on it!

It’s like listening to a whole block of WIMZ Knoxville’s classic rock. In that it’s all kind of the same but not terrible

Ace of Spades by Motörhead hits hard with speed, aggression, and raw intensity right out of the gate. The power of the instrumentation is undeniable, and the title track especially delivers a punch. However, Lemmy’s gravel-soaked vocals quickly became grating to my ears. After a few songs, I found myself wondering if he prepared for recording sessions by gargling whiskey and razorblades. The abrasive tone may be part of the band’s appeal, but for me, it exposed every last nerve in my brain rather than enhancing the experience. Lyrically, the recurring references to his sexual escapades also wore thin. What might have been intended as rebellious or provocative instead felt excessive, to the point that certain images lodged themselves in my mind and refused to leave—leaving me wishing for a bucket of bleach to rinse my brain clean. Shock value only goes so far before it starts to feel repetitive. That said, I didn’t hate the album. The musicianship is solid, and there are moments I genuinely enjoyed. But as a complete package, it’s not something I feel compelled to revisit. Music is deeply personal, and while I can respect Motörhead’s influence, their sound—particularly Lemmy’s vocal style—just isn’t for me.

Just a sledgehammer of a rock album. It kicks you in the balls relentlessly and expects you to love it. You can absolutely hear how influential their sound became to those that followed. While some recoil at Lemmy's vocal stylings, I find that the album is the better for it. It adds to the raw intensity that the band exudes and wouldn't be as enjoyable without it.

I don’t want to sound like a bleeding heart lib but some songs like “Jailbait” really don’t age well. That being said there are obviously some classic songs and overall it’s a good sounding album.

Good rock fun here. Ace of Spades is the best track.

Tænk at noget så dårligt og grimt kan være så godt. Jeg har virkelig hygget mig med lyttet, især en lille banger som The Roadcrew er pisse fed.🤘- Mit ønske for den førstefødte var at hvis det blev en dreng, så skulle han hedde Lemmy. Men sådan gik det ikke. (Det var nu nok også blevet nedstemt alligevel.)

Metal n’ Roll! Der er fuld fart på Lemmy & Co. på et album der lægger mange sten på vejen til det Trash der senere kommer ud af Californien. Det er ikke særlig avanceret, men det fungere helt perfekt.

Solid hard rock. A unique delivery and keeps the pace up throughout.

Dig the vocals

I didn’t think I’d like this but it was it alright

Had never heard beyond "Ace of Spades" and this album blew me away. Just an all-out sonic assault in the best possible way. Taking off a star for the tastelessness of "Jailbait" and some other lyrics. This is the most punkish metal I've ever heard. It melted my face off.

Not a huge metal fan, but I do like punk, and I feel like Motörhead are one of the punkiest metal bands out there. Some tasteless tracks like Jailbait aside, this thing is a blistering, high voltage thrill that I played loud. The pure rock and roll of it all transcends the often piss poor lyrics and Lemmy's growl. Gets repetitive but I don't care, it almost all works for me. Mad Max music

Classic Metal. Possibly Motorheads best offering. Although track number 8: (which I won't name in case I end up on some sort of watch list )😬 🤣 bit dodgy that. Overall good album.

Ace of Spades by Motörhead is pure, unfiltered rock and roll, its loud, fast, and unapologetic. Lyrically it’s largely about sex, excess, and life on the road, and it doesn’t pretend to be anything more profound than that. This album isn’t designed to make you think. It’s there to hit you hard and keep going. The riffs are relentless, the pace rarely lets up, and Lemmy’s snarling delivery gives everything that raw, gritty edge. It’s heavy, high-energy and undeniably fun. Favourite tracks: “Ace of Spades” is superb — an absolute monster of a track and easily the standout. “(We Are) The Road Crew” is also strong, capturing that chaotic touring lifestyle perfectly. The rest of the album is ok, though nothing quite reaches the level of the title track. Least favourite tracks: Nothing was terrible, it’s consistently good and much more enjoable than I thought, but much of it blends into one high-speed blur behind the iconic opener. Album artwork: I love the album cover, angry and full of leather.

8/10

Excellent rock and roll.

Musically it’s good, full of driving energy. Unfortunately, beyond the title song, the rest were fairly mediocre if not bad. 3/5

Fuck yeah, it’s fast, it’s heavy, it’s largely about shagging, but it’s fun. Motörhead are one of those bands that really nailed each part of what they were about. They sounded loud and fast, and wrote songs to match. They sang about drinking, taking drugs, sex, gambling, living life to the fullest and westerns. And they did most of that as often as possible whilst dressed as cowboys. RIP Lemmy 5.0/5.0 Best Song: Ace Of Spades/Live To Win

Riffs, loads of riffs, the greatest stepdad-core album of all time. They essentially perfected their sound in the first song and repeat it for the whole album but its so good it doesn't matter. The meeting place between punk, metal and rock. Best Track: It's always going to be ace of spades, but we are the road crew is class as well

Musicwise not that special, but you can't overstate the influence of this band

No complaints here, this was a lot of fun.

Lemmy’s voice gets a little monotonous after a while as he sings at literally one tone, but you can’t deny the rock on this one. Some of the lyrical content hasn’t aged well (jailbait 😬), but still a face melting classic.

Started well but got very samey

bit too long

Lemmy rules!

Fast, heavy, doesn't overstay it's welcome

I like the sound of the record, but it does drag on for clocking in at under 40 minutes. Mid 3

Here we go! Got this right after Steely Dan, what a relief. Great energy and drive. Love Lemmy's singing and bass. Super good drumming. Title track is so good, all time classic. "Jailbait" keeps this from being a 5 star album. I feel like it is them playing to a persona, but still tough to get over. The lyrics are not the point, but in general they're not that great. Maybe my favorite older metal. Solid 4 stars/

I have never liked the singing in Motörhead. That being said there were some good moments musically in the album but overall it felt quite simple and dull sadly. Some songs like The Road Crew was just looping the same thing endlessly with some solos built on top of it.

I've never listened to a whole Motorhead album before, but it turns out it's all exactly the same. Fast-paced drums and guitar powerchords, Lemmy's constipated shouting (someone else described it as sounding like he is trying to have a shit and that is literally the perfect description), naff lyrics. Can't pick out any highlights because it's all the same track (bar a couple of guitar solos). I would have rated 3 on the basis that I could probably quite happily listen to most of the tracks as background while working, but Lemmy's vocals and the track "Jailbait" make this a low 2.

ac/dc without the personality and some questionable lyrics was briefly enjoying it at We Are The Roadcrew -> Fire Fire but that moment of fun immediately got put to a halt by Jailbait. ew

I think I've been spoiled by metal bands like Ne Obliviscarus and Opeth having a good blend of harsh vocals and clean vocals with incredibly talented vocalists having multiple styles of each. I keep hearing these power metal bands with the same vocal style throughout a whole album and wonder how people didn't get sick of it. Wanky guitar solos were short and added to the music rather than overruling. Maybe a low-mid 3. Nevermind "Jailbait" made me ill get down to a 2

curiosament súper divertit i súper interessant. m’ha fet pensar en stoner rock i això, obviament, m’ha agradat. no soc donada al heavy però ara entenc una mica la fiebre motorhead.

8/10

They LITERALLY all sound the same, which I suppose is ideal if you like it, which I don't. Extra star for the time they were admittedly very cool on The Young Ones.

Bacons

it's very of a genre but I find this very dull.

Not bad, but it did sound all quite similar. 2.5/5

“Ace Of Spades” is one of the all-time great rock & roll songs. It is everything rock & roll should be- it starts at full force, never relents even an inch, and it’s under 3 minutes long. For that reason Motörhead will always be royalty… even though they might be the least good famous band to ever exist. Seriously, and I say this with love, Motörhead is like an even lower-brow version of Slade or AC/DC and I suppose that’s an accomplishment all on its own. That little bit of punk rock really does a lot to punch up the ‘party rock’ sound. This is a fun album except that the ‘sex with minors’ stuff kinda dampens the vibes. Maybe you could curate a Motörhead playlist though? Please just do it better than that live Motörhead album I listened to a few months ago which sounded like 8 attempts at recreating “Ace Of Spades”. I guess that’s better than 8 versions of “Jailbait”, but it still gets tiresome after 30 minutes.

I love some Motorhead. Lemmy was definitely the epitome of rock and roll.

Honestly better than most, if not all of the 80s metal bands. Might be my favourite from the era after listening to this. There’s at least a consistency in their music vs Metallica and Anthrax.

One great song and then riffs off that one great song for another half hour.

This album was a 2 until I got to the song "Jailbait."

Motorhead play bluesy hard rock, and they play it *very* fast and *very* loud. I already know there's a few speed metal bands out there that probably crib off this band alongside Deep Purple. A fun listen, and I'd already listened to a couple tracks before via the compilation album "No Remorse". Always a fan of Lemmy and his cranked to 11 bass guitar + smoked out growling vocals. While I don't want to come off as a pearl clutcher, given that listening to Motorhead and not expecting crass lyrics is a little insane, the song "Jailbait" is pretty fucking grating to listen to. No amount of catchy riffs can really save it for me given the fact it's another embarassing rock song about pedophilia. Leave that type of songwriting to, I don't know, Jethro Tull I guess. 8.5/10

The space of ades

Point off for track called "Jailbait" Fave track: Ace of Spades

Drags on too long. And it’s not even a long album. 2.5/5

I think I've noted my love for Ace of Spades (the song) previously. Maybe it's fond memories of The Young Ones. Anyway, I think I liked this studio album a bit more than the live one (although "Jailbait" - dodgy as fuck).

Fun but repetitive

I don't think it's great; it's the kind of rock and roll that got very dated. But, at least it's honest; it sets out to do something and does that well, even though I don't found particularly good.

Tony Hawk you will always be famous.

This is my kind of metal.

The more I hear this stuff, the more I like it. It feels like Ramones who even tho the all sound the same for the most part, it’s great music. I can’t get past Jailbait being on the album, but otherwise it’s consistent. Solid 4, almost a 5.

-Incredible-. It's just straight up metal goodness that never goes out of style. Then the friend I'm doing the challenge with pointed out the lyrics to Jailbait, and uhh... Shit.

As is usual with motorhead they struggle to not remake the same song over and over. But where the previous motorhead album I listened to for this list (the live album) is miles better is the wise choice to leave shit like Jailbait off the playlist.

yawn

4/10 - similar to Metallica but not as good

Great heavy metal. Lemmy was one of a kind.

I had a live album from Motorhead a while back and gave it 4/5 which sort of surprised me. I know I've heard this album but it isn't really something I would listen to normally. Ace of Spades is a great song. What it is about Lemmy's awful voice that works so well? And his bass tone is always amazing. The lyrics throughout this entire album are laughable. So juvenile and dumb. Don't even get me started on Jailbait. The title of that song alone should be a big red flag. Shows how much the times have changed and I think that's a good thing. Other than Ace of Spades I don't think I would listen to any of this album again. I don't know, maybe my tastes have matured, maybe I'm old and grumpy. This kind of rock just doesn't do it for me. Lemmy was a hell of a bass player though, that's for sure. Unlike any other. 2.75/5.

Hell yeah simulator. 5/5

2026.01.20.

Good rock, terrible lyrics, decent sound, 100% lemmy, more fun on guitar hero

I hear the punk and metal influences of the 80s, but it's not my cup of tea.

Ace of spades is prima. Maar als je vervolgens 15 keer hetzelfde nummer maakt met dezelfde powerriffs waarvan er één gaat over seks met een tiener dan haak ik af. Hardrock/metal is niet mijn genre, toegegeven, maar er moet toch wel beter zijn dan dit. 2/10

É um álbum marcado pelos riffs cheios de energia, os solos de guitarra e a bateria. Instrumentalmente incrível, só tenho pena que a voz do vocalista me tenha cansado. Faz parecer as músicas todas iguais, portanto acho que o resto da banda carrega o vocalista às costas. Claro que isto é a minha opinião e ele não deixa de ter uma voz espetacular, mas cansativa. Mal o ouvi a cantar percebi logo que esta era banda da música do Triple H. Destaque para a Ace of Spades, (We Are) The Road Crew e o solos em quase todas músicas, especialmente o da Fire Fire. É um forte 3/5!

Yeah this was a no.

"We are Motörhead and we play rock and roll" zoals Lemmy altijd zei. En of dit 1 en al rock and roll is. Het gelijknamige titel nummer is natuurlijk 1 van de meest legendarische metalnummers ooit geschreven, maar de rest van het album doet er echt niet voor onder. Invloeden vanuit de blues en het vroegere rock and roll zijn allemaal duidelijk te horen maar wel in een steviger jasje. Het is ook niet voor niets 1 van de meest iconische metalalbums ooit gemaakt. Dikke 5 sterren waard!

Mwah. Product van z'n tijd. Was vast leuk in een bar in America in de 80s. Werd er niet heel warm van, maar het was ook niet offensief aan de oren op de achtergrond. Dezelfde stem, gitaar en drum dreunde ongeveer een halfuurtje door over sex en whatever, prima. Als je niet al te aandachtig naar de tekst luistert heb je ook niet zo'n last van de weird pedo shit. Geen nummers geliked

Klonk eigenlijk als heel veel hetzelfde, ook niet zo aandachtig kunnen luisteren als ik had gewild. Mede omdat ik het erg druk had, maar ook omdat ik het dus allemaal niet zo speciaal vond. Als geheel wel enjoyable en kan me voorstellen dat dit heerlijk is om op de achtergrond of bij een concert te horen als het volume van de muziek lekker hard mag. Snap echter niet waarom dit zon goed album zou zijn.

Ja…. Het is weer klaar voor vandaag. Wederom een niet zo bijzonder album. Het heeft zeker een geweldige rock sound, maar ik vind het veel van hetzelfde. Na een paar nummers ken je de stem, de gitaren en de drums wel en blijft er niks unieks over. Ik ga geen namen, nummers of momenten onthouden van dit album. 2/5 - Ik zal het niet afzetten als je het draait, maar bij mij thuis zal je het niet vinden en liever kies je toch ook wat anders als ik langs kom.

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I didn’t like the sound of this one very much h

Made me undertsand the nuances in metal and rock

didnt like it. didnt hear until the end. not for me i guess

Down your throat rock album. Jailbait is a tough listen 40 years later. 4/5

Svårt att bestämma mig. Det är habilt rock i grunden. Ace of spades är ju grym. Men tycker låtarna är lite för lika, det känns lite samma om och om. Så pga det dippar det nog ner mot tre.

Ace of spades är fantastisk och generellt har Motörhead ett grymt sound. Problemet över en hel skiva är dock att det helt saknas variation - det känns som att det är samma riff och struktur på varenda låt på hela skivan. Det gör det till slut lite långtråkigt, även om i princip alla låtar i sig är bra. Stark trea.

ace of spades is a great opener....immediately high energy, very instrument heavy, but can already tell that this album will not make much of an impact on me....... deeply musically talented for sure (the guitar!? the drums!??), maybe fun to see live or listen to on a roadtrip? hmmm the albums we've been getting just feel so painfully similar.... fun, intense lead ins.....like fast and loose

album cover is killing me some cool guitar, i can rock w it, liked more than i expected/cld see it growing on me but probs wldn’t reach for this album, liked the alternative versions more for a lot of these lol standouts: (we are) the roadcrew love me like a reptile (purely bc name) dance

I was on board until he genuinely started singing about being sexually attracted to a child. this was never ok. DNF

If there’s one band that truly fits the definition of rocking out with your cock out, and absolutely no holding back, it’s Motörhead. This is definitely a classic album from them, but what I’ve always liked about Motörhead is how they’ve always stayed in their own lane. It’s hard to pin them down as strictly heavy metal, hard rock, or punk. Instead, they captured that collision point where all of those genres overlap, and that became the Motörhead sound.

"We are the Roadcre" is amazing. That's it.

One dimensional sleazy rock n roll. This is better than Hammerstein and the early catalog. But its nothing really unique or special. The production value is pretty high on these 80's motorhead albums which makes em more enjoyable. 4 stars for the man. Lemmy 🤘

Act of Spades instantly brings back hours and days if playing Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 in my college dorm.

3/5 fav songs: ace of spades, fire fire, the hammer I did quite enjoy this album, though it did start to feel a bit samey.

Hm naja. Is ok 1-2

I liked the riffs and melodies way more than I was expecting I'm not the kind of person that believes all lyrics should have deep meanings but these ones are just too silly to ignore, bordering misogyny. I'd give it a 4 for the songs only and 1 for the lyrics. Make it a 2, maybe? or 3? IDK

Very good

Worth the entry fee for the title track alone but contains so much more besides

Leather required.

The only acceptable metal band, love it

The lyrics on this are ridiculous, but i love the energy and the attitude of this album. Its like Slade on speed.

Ace of Spades is the greatest example of Motorhead's style. Fast drums, distorted guitar solos, and rusty vocals. Some of the beginning sounds that later influenced the creation of metal.

I am a big Lemmy fan (also of songs he wrote for others). I have always enjoyed this album since it was released. Not for everyone but a classic for the genre.

Look, I like this music but maybe noy usually 4 stars like it. Except for the fact that Ace of Spades was my favorite track in Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 and it bumps the whole album off nostalgia.

Man I really wanted to enjoy this album. I thought it would bring me so much nostalgic joy. It really did not work for me. I found it so boring. It really did not age well. It just feels uninspired.

FUCKIN MOTÖRHEAD!!!!!!!!

ok, Ace of Spades, aber nachher ist gut. gar nicht mein stil.

Hammer, ein Riesenalbum vom Anfang bis zum Ende. It's Rock'n Roll!

good songs, it can get repetitive

Dumb, but it does it well.

I love Lemmys vocals- they were a crossover band for me, as I was into Punk in the 70s, Ace of spades is a great track, particularly “live” - I listened to this album on the way to Football yesterday, it’s good and not too heavy

Still can't get into Motorhead.

Not going to overthink this one, as far as metal goes it’s a 5 if there ever was.

Only here because of the first song, the rest of the album sounds like worse versions of that song. Not offensive or anything like that, but also not remarkable or great.

Track 1. (Ace of Spades) Love this actually, amazing guitarist. 8.6/10 Track 2. (Love Me Like a Reptile) Yeah, this is good shit. 8.3/10 Track 3. (Shoot You in the Back) 9/10 Track 4. (Live to Win) Such a good guitar riff, holy shit. 8.3/10 Track 5. (Fast and Loose) Really great melody, love this. 8.5/10 Track 6. ((We Are) The Road Crew) Actually, good lyrics, which are rare in rock, since it's mostly screaming. Like how it's not all just about fucking girls and getting drunk. 7.6/10 Track 7. (Fire Fire) 7/10 Track 8. (Jailbate) 8.9/10 Track 9. (Dance) 8.4/10 Track 10. (Bite the Bullet) 8.5/10 Track 11. (The Chase Is Better Than the Catch) Immediate like. So fucking catchy, head-bopping song. Love the title too, very... creative. 9.6/10 Track 12. (The Hammer) 7.8/10 Overall Score: 8.4/10

I feel like part of the aesthetic of this album is that the music sounds crappy and janky and also slightly inebriated. If that appeals to you im sure this would be a great listen, I was not a fan.

Onhan tuo loppupeleis aika yksiulotteista

Kova meno! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Olihan siinä meininkiä.

Very cool but many skips🥲

Du heavy metal tellement oubliable que je crois que j'ai dû écouter cet album 2 ou 3 fois parce que je m'en rappelais pas quand je voulais le noter

C’est pas mon groupe préf, je m’en fiche un peu en réalité Je reconnais la voix est sympa selon les morceaux Les sons se ressemblent tous j’ai l’impression..

Pas ma came du tout mais objectivement c'est bien

Pure badassery

Look, I know it's a trick question and Lemmy is God, but this just gets real samey real fast. Also, "I'm in your life, I might be in your wife" is a fantastic line.

Like the energy. Some of the songs are lacking something and can be a bit repetitive. Overall a good hard rock album. 3/5 Might listen again

I really liked some songs to an extent that surprised me (because Motorhead have influenced so many other bands I can't stand). I love the raw, stripped down power trio energy. I bet this band was incredible live. But also, this album contains some all-time dumb lyrics. Whenever I could make out what Lemmy was saying, it sounded very Spinal Tap-esque.

Lemmy is not god….good player and songwriter but things started sounding very similar as the album went along. Ace of spades is a banger of a track but other than that not overly impressed

In your face!

This. Album. Rocks.

I really like Ace of Spades. Love me Like a Reptile was good, Road Crew. driving hard rock. thunderous compared to contemporaries like ACDC or Zepplin. and only 3 of em.

One decent song, one noncing anthem and all the others sound exactly the same

Would’ve been 5 stars but then that song jail bait came on. Pretty dusty lyrics from a 35 year old. Eww.

Age hasn’t dulled the power of this. Still rocks hard. Can’t argue with it. Just goes for it from the first note and then hits you in the face over and over! Pure Rock…..not even trying for anything else. 4

Remember when this was in Superbad. lol

Liked it more than I thought I would.

This album smells like meth sweat, crankcase oil, stale beer, and tanned leather. And it fucking rocks. Straight up, greasy rock and roll. Just killer in every way if you're looking for this sort of thing.

Ehh, it was fine, but I'm only really interested in listening to one or two or three songs, and they all kinda sound the same. I'd go with 2.5, but we're gonna round down to two stars here.

I often have a backlog of albums I haven’t managed to listen to on the day the generator generated them for me. And then a small backlog of album develops and there are albums I am rather reluctant to listen to because of reservations, prejudice, etc. I’m not much into heavy metal/rock. So this was one of these backlog albums. I liked the drums. I appreciate great drummers. The songs of this album all sound very similar to one another and that’s an issue that often bugs me about rock albums. I feel like they are so heavily fixated on one sound. Which I get. They can’t just start alternating their whole motif but a bit of variation could help. So yeah… not my cup of tea but decent drums and guitars. But the song Jailbait … wtf.

There is one speed and one sound and that is frantic. Can definitely see its relevance in the growth of thrash metal to come that decade. But it’s really monotonous and the only thing that really caught my interest were the questionable lyrics on the overtly sex inspired songs. I get that these songs were never really designed with intellectual criticism in mind but can’t help but feel it’s an awkward listen in 2025. Enough irritants to keep this down at a 2 for me but I don’t doubt they had a lot of fun recording and performing this for many years.

Notable heavy metal contribution and the guitair in particular shines and love the wild riffs as you go along. Common complaint but the vocals are cool but they are mono. If you then overlay that with the music it kind of rolls you along on the same pattern. Its never bad but it does make the appeal fade over the course of the album. No problem with the album, style or frantic nature of it. I just dont think enough here to elevate it to a great.

Its frenetic, loud and sounds like a chain smoker riding a Harley Davidson. It doesn't let up in intensity throughout the whole album. I quite like it, because I am well aligned with the genre, but I can't help thinking there is an obvious lack of refinement with this album. It's fun, and I would certainly enjoy any given track in isolation. A whole album of it gets a bit samey though.

The album is influential for sure, just not for me. 4 for influence but 1 for my tastes

Always partial to a bit of Motörhead. Distant cousins of Husker Du. Melodie’s buried beneath the onslaught. It’s very good but a bit one trick.

Chädhead

Dope

I loved the instruments but the vocals weren’t really my style. It did feel slightly repetitive in my opinion.

I have love the singles form this album for sometime but have never listened to the whole album all the way through , wow what top rock and roll , metal what ever top tunes all the way through and lennys gravelly voice just adds to the chaos which is this album First one I have reviewed which warrants going out and buying and adding to my collection

Ace of Spades is a great song and all the other songs on this album are just like Ace of Spades...except not as good.

“Ace of Spades” is obviously a classic, but after that, it all just blends together in a mostly forgettable blur. Pretty cool guitar tone though. Best Track: Ace of Spades

Legend

I had the live motorhead album not too long ago, which I didn't care for much, so the same thing here.

It's loud, it's legendary, but it's not my fav

I love the title track of course, but the rest of the album is tragically similar there's no depth to the album at all

Same song over and over

I wish I could drink as much as Lemmy did throughout his life

You Play Track 1 some, play Track 4 some it's all the same to me but I like it

I was only familiar with Ace of Spades so today was my first time listening to Motorhead. I am impressed. The songs are all similar in sound and theme but are still well done. I like Lemmy's voice and the guitar playing. This album reminds me in a way of the Misfits when they were at their best. This is a well done, and enjoyable album.

Honestly don't got a ton to say. Just a fantastic slice of classic speed metal. Songs like Ace of Space and (We Are) The Road Crew are fantastic. Album does get a little repetitive, but that's not a bad thing with a band like Motorhead. If Motorhead didn't sound like Motorhead, that'd be a huge problem. Some bands you don't want them having music that all sounds the same. But some you do. AC/DC is another example of that. I want every AC/DC song to sound like Back in Black. And Motorhead is the same, every song should sound like Ace of Spades. But anyways, yeah. Amazing record. I probably wouldn't have given it a five anyways, but having a song like Jailbait makes it easy to not give the five. What's with 70's and 80's bands having a pathological need to make a song about wanting to get with underage girls? Embarrassing and gross.

Enjoyed the sound, lyrics & singing not so much! Don’t see this as a classic album.

Pretty sure thrash is just not going to be my thing

Great album! Classic one of theirs!

This is quintessential 80s rock but it drones on to me. I don't notice a wide distinction between songs. It categorizes a genre but without much setting itself apart.

Favorite tracks: Shoot You in the Back, (We Are) The Road Crew They are nothing if not consistent - loud, in your face, and obsessed with sex

p458. 1980. 4 stars. Now we're talking. One of the best rock'n'roll bands ever, and the source of every thrash metal wannabee that came after. Tight as a drum, still sounds fresh today and doesn't outstay its welcome on any of the tracks. Point deducted for some suspect lyrics that haven't aged well ("Jailbait").

All fine and straight ahead but 'jailbeat' is a dealbreaker holy shit

8/10

I want to like this but I didn’t love the lyrics (especially those from Jailbait…ew), and Lenny’s voice just isn’t too pleasant to listen to. So, needless to say I’m a bit disappointed.

Pretty uninspiring hard rock

Love love love