Reviews (page 7 of 10)
classic speed metal, might sound outdated today but its importance is still felt
As an album, it's not that remarkable to me. Some solid riffing and playing. Lemmy's voice is very unique/charismatic. However, Ace of Spades is one of the best rock songs of all time.
Not my cup of tea
It's really not my kind of music. It's not bad it's just not what I'd choose to listen to.
Amazing rock and roll at its best
Motorhead is considered hard rock royalty and an influence to many rockers. I of course knew the Ace of Spades song, but my only other familiarity with the band was HHH's Time to Play the Game entrance theme. We Are the Road Crew was a nice homage to the roadies, but every song was really, really similar. Lemmy's voice rocks in small doses, but this isn't an album or band I want to hear on repeat.
Ya know, I didn't have a chance to listen to this all the way through, but I do love some guitar-heavy Motorhead. My only complaint about this band is that Lemmy has virtually zero range. Every track sounds very similar, vocally. He is a talented front man and the songs tend to rock, but it's kinda boring.
Lemmy is an Icon. When I hear this I think of the Young Ones. I wouldn’t put this on but always great to hear.
Link to Apple Music is wrong. Relentless but brilliantly cartoonish too.
Every song sounds the same. Ace of Spades was fun only cos I already know it. Not for me.
all the songs sound the same but in the best possible way (hi neil young, ramones, mark kozelek)
I have always disliked the guitar part on Ace of Spades. Take all the guitar out and I think it's a decent song. I think Lemmy's vocal on it is cool, the way it raises at the end. Like the opposite of James 'Metallica' Hetfield's 'a-uH!' at the end of a phrase, up vs. down and kinda neat vs. very dumb. overall pretty listenable - I've dug through tracks a bunch of times to see if I like Motorhead, and I don't really, but I wouldn't ask somebody to turn this off. Motorhead understands that hard rock is best as party music. music: acknowledged. (⌐♠_♠)
Motörhead is of course a bit “if you’ve heard one you’ve heard em all”. But it’s still plenty of fun to listen to this whole record. I believe the “know I’m going to lose, cause gambling’s for fools, but that’s the way I like it baby I’m not gonna live forever” is the hardest rocking 10 seconds ever committed to recording. And don’t forget the joker!
It’s alright. It is a tad boring and repetitive and I’m not impressed with the songwriting in any way, but it is pretty good driving music.
12 tracks of pure, unadulterated rock!!! (It was ok.)
Yeah… I actually loved it. Until “Jailbait.” Even my… lyrically challenged… brain picked up on that one and set off alarm bells. I was biased not to like Motörhead at all, and I suspect our group might have skipped this one because we *just* had a 2-hour long live album of Motörhead a couple weeks ago. That one started strong with an amazing live version of Ace of Spades and then… fell flat. Got very boring. This one is called Ace Of Spades, it starts with an EVEN BETTER recording of Ace of Spades, and then… keeps going…? Still a little boring and flat by the last couple songs, but I think we have a much better version of the electricity of the band than the live version. As long as I put a lot of my brain cells on standby mode I kind of loved it. I think this album is probably more influential than it is a fantastic listen. But I am still shocked how much more I like thrash metal than I thought coming into 1001. 3/5. Good time, but not speaking to me. Tempted to deduct multiple points for Jailbait.
1/5 Jailbait is fucking disgusting and I'm giving this a 1/5 even though it's probably closer to a 2.5. Best track: The Ace of Spades
Not as crazy as I expected, fun and energetic album. Ace of Spades the song is classic but the overall album holds it's own.
Lemmy
Formulaic hard rock songs. Grew bored after 'Live To Win'. Overall: 2/10
Ну короче, такой это однообразный и однозвучный альбом. Каноническое, классическое звучание, но совсем "без лица". На треке "Dance" я поймала себя на мысли, что у меня такое ощущение, что я слушаю подборку стоковых аудио по запросу "Classic Rock". За пару треков лайк, но в остальном скучно. Ну и я от такого рока уже ушла довольно далеко.
The title song still rocks - Ace of Spades is a classic. Jail Bait is disgusting. Everything else sounds pretty much the same and is nothing special. Very meh album.
Ford driver music
Lemmy and co come through with some heavy, gritty riffs. A rock classic. Some lyrics, especially those on the song Jailbait, are pretty rough and uncomfortable. I've read that it may have been satirical, but if it is I have a hard time hearing it as such. A shame too, because it's an otherwise good song. *heard before
I've seldom cycled to work faster
Possibly included just to have the title track in this list- could have been a one track album so awesome is the tune. As to the rest- lather, rinse, repeat, rhyme smoking with joking, unsettle the listener over proclivities for youngsters. Ew.
Lemmy sounds like he destroyed his vocal chords before this album. Not sure how he kept singing for another 30ish years. Again, metal isn't my style. I made it 3 tracks in before deciding I wasn't going to hear anything that was much different from the first 3. Some nice riffs but this just isn't for me.
One perfect song followed by 9 inferior copies (including an icky paean to statutory rape), then one change of pace before the closing carbon copy. But oh, the glory of the title track, which is quintessential rock n roll. There aren’t many lines better than ‘and that’s the way I like it, baby, I don’t want to live forever.’
The titular track is by far the best on the record and such a great song. I appreciate that I guess they started or were at least influential on thrash metal, but Motorhead does get repetitive for me unless I'm in the mood to just pay attention to catchy guitar riffs.
Ace of Spades is a classic, but this isn't an album I'd spin through again.
Pluses for influencing the course of metal and Ace of Spades ripping/the energy getting me through the last Thanksgiving dishes. Minuses for it mostly all sounding the same and Jailbait being truly hard to listen to. Bonus for learning about Girlschool/the extra session musicians being a bunch of punk chicks.
kinda fun but overall not that great.
Bold move to open the album with it's best song by far, because none of the following songs reach those heights, but very good all things considered. Motörhead rocks.
"THE AAACE OF SPAADDEEES, THE AACE OOF SPAAADES" Raw. Gutsy. Awesome!
It's Ace of Spades, it gets a 5.
Loud, brash and obnoxious. Horrible lyrics. Riffs. This is music for blurry nights full of cheap whiskey and dirty speed... Lemmy, It's made by Lemmy for people who live like Lemmy. Classic. 9.5/10
The album rocks hard and is a lot of fun to listen to but holy hell some of those lyrics are... Dated. I just felt the album as a whole felt repetitive, like there wasnt quite enough to fully distinguish a really good song from some pretty good songs.
YEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
Grand
Dope Rock Metal album, would listen to it at the gym or drive fast at moments. S/o to Triple H for putting me on back in the day
4/5
I wouldn't have picked this out for myself, but it's a really enjoyable listen. Will add to my rotation.
already knew that one. initially great, but it gets boring soon.
stating the obvious: this.album.rocks. I love that this came out in 1980 which to me is the start of new wave music dominance and here you have a heavy metal album that is unrelenting and loud. solid album.but a star off for jailbait- a horrid song that is best forgotten.
Wow it's like the same song over and over again. I hate it. Was gonna say it doesn't deserve a 1 because it doesn't sound that bad then I saw Jailbait... yikes
Ace of Spades - i know this song (3/5 goes hard for earlier metal) Love Me Like a Reptile - this song is serving. it's so gender (4/5) Shoot You In the Back - it sounds kinda like "Barracuda" to me. (3/5) Live to Win - these so far are just Harley riding songs. (3/5 it's kinda starting to lose me) Fast and Loose - this is what Vargkelethor does when he does metal music jokes. (4/5 this is a longer song so there's more to it) (We Are) The Roadcrew - fun metal guitar solo. (3/5) Fire Fire - okay there's something different. the group chant is a fun flair. (4/5) Jailbait - hm. well it was just dad classic metal. very samey. i dunno.
Better than I thought it would be
11/17/23. This album kicks you in the ass! Big sound coming from only three people, and every song is perfect for an energy rush. I wouldn’t listen to this casually, but definitely for anytime I need a pick up.
my ears are bleeding blue. the world is a great place.
This album has a good groove. The title track is a classic, but none of the other tracks bring anything new, really. I'm glad it's only 36 minutes long.
The schtick works for a couple of songs before it gets boring. Also, the sound is a bit outdated for 1980.
No other way to listen but to swing your long hair around your head and shred guitar.
5.5/10 All songs are the same Highlights: Ace of Spades
Getting strong "old man yelling at clouds" vibes from this, but in an almost endearing sort of way. The lead singer has no business being a lead singer - none, but dammit if he ain't doing his darnedest. And after all, that's all any of us can really ask for ain't it? Best song "The Road Crew" Worst song "Jailbait" ♠️♠️
2.5 Ace of Spades is a great song. There are some other good songs and a lot of filler.
The instrumentals here are amazing and apparently very much my kind of music. Remove the vocals and I would listen to this possibly forever.
Facemelting
I didn't like this album because it's little too wild for me and heavy metal isn't my favorite genre. Moreover, for me every song almost sounded the same. 2.4
5+ , eines der seltenen albem, die mal einmal hört und mag... glaub hab davor noch nie was von motörhead gehört, obwohl mir die band bekannt war :)
One of the most influential albums in the heavy metal genre! Love the band!!! personal top3 in no order: Ace Of Spades Fire Fire Jailbait
Mir hat das Album weniger gut gefallen. Keine schlechte Musik, aber sie macht mich nervös, hektisch und aggressiv! 4.2/10
The man, the myth, the legend!
I didn't hate this. I really thought I would. It was like a slightly better KISS? Not bad.
Great metal, but the voice is so hard toblisten to
Yeah, for this pretty dedicated poo-pooer of hard rock, this was not too bad. I feel like they really trade on the absolutely undeniable banger that is Ace of Spades, and it's a bit of a slow downhill from there. Like most hard rock/metal bands, the guitar and drums are really technically impressive, and the vocals are extremely distinctive. Did I actively enjoy it? Not really. Am I glad I've listened to it? Yeah, I think so.
There's a definite roughness to the vocals. The guitars are simple but heavy as hell. It all just kind of works though and it resonates pure rock and roll. This one seems like a big influence on heavy metal bands of the 80s and 90s. My only complaint is that much of it sounds the same.
If you like metal, here you go. I don't. So take my rating with a grain of salt.
Sounds like riding a motorcycle through the desert. Pretty solid rock, though every song kinda all sounds the same. That sound was good, but too similar for that many tracks
Fav song: Ace of Spades
Bit too much for a sat morning
Lemmy was one of kind, and his band knew exactly who they were and excelled at it. What rock music is more fun than this?
all the songs sound the same,thats not bad but besides ace of spades it all washes over you.
I've always liked the title song of the album, so it was interesting to hear the rest of the album. I liked (We Are) The Roadcrew and Fire Fire the best of the songs I hadn't heard before. The album's not my usual style but it was a refreshing change.
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 out of 5
Oof. Some nice sounds but otherwise way to heavy metal for my taste. 2 out of 5
Fine example of metal. Not to my current taste, but it is music and represents its genre truthfully. A 3 because it doesn't suck.
Great rock album
I can see why it would be significant to the story of metal music but not my thing. It just doesn't sound good enough. You can get the same feeling of rage and thrash with more compelling rhythms and melodies with something like AC/DC
This is just like exactly what comes to mind when I think about classic 80s hard rock. Long guitar solos, a gruff singer, mostly ridiculous hardcore lyrics. Like Ace of Spades is their most famous song, is probably the best one on the album, and the lyrics are pretty hilarious. I guess I can see what people could like about it, but this isn't for me. Favorite song: Ace of Spades 11/5/23
Of course this isn’t for me and I don’t need it. Speaking as a clueless tourist here, it seems to me pretty good in its class. They rock, sure. Any one track is kind of fun make-believe. So three stars, why not. But for me a whole album in this register is untenable. Even two songs in a row. If you’re metal for hours at a time, you should probably seek medical attention.
Quite enjoyed this, a bit of a change of pace from what I usually listen to
TBH I can listen Lemmy and his simple tunes all day
I’ve only known Lemmy by reputation. But I have to say this doesn’t disappoint. Again, it’s straight ahead rock. The lyrics are out of touch with today but in 1980, this shit must have been poetry.
Well that was a damn good time.
LEMMY IS GOD
First time I have listened to an entire Motorhead album. Every track was a good one my favourite tracks were Ace Of Spades, We Are The Road Crew and Shoot You In The Back. I thought I was listening to a remake of Alice Cooper's School's Out when Jailbait came on the intro is very similar. Overall a great album.
Another band I’ve really been meaning to get into Title track is amazing (of course) and some of the others on this album actually manage to live up to the expectations set by it (Reptile, Live to Win) Nothing more to say really, it’s just a damn fun metal experience Favourite tracks: Ace of Spades, Love Me Like a Reptile, Live to Win, The Chase…
What even are these lyrics? Lemmy cannot sing at all. Just random thoughts being spewed out every song. Very questionable lyrics, just ridiculous. "Ace of Spades" is the only song worthwhile, the rest are just garbage. I wish I could go lower than 1 star.
meaningless sludge that all blends together. would most likely be best listened to if you need something in the background while you’re doing a task that requires a high amount of [technical] concentration. even then, i personally wouldn’t seek it out for that purpose. gets more aggravating the more i pay attention to it.
once again. can i say something without anyone getting mad
Maybe its bc I was listening to this album while writing a midterm but by abt halfway through the album I got annoyed. Its fine. just generic dad rock. Sorry if this is supposed to be a good album.
sounds like being trapped in a demon bar. i like ace of spades, but the rest of the album is consistently not really my thing. some pretty awful lyrics here... also fun fact: "the hammer" in question? maxwell's silver, of course
boo 🍅🍅🍅 I was bored and unimpressed. lyrics made me think mr. lemmy’s personality might just be worse than his voice.
this is the most amount of metal/hard rock i have listened to at once voluntarily... and you know what... i wouldn't do it again but i did not entirely hate it. honestly ace of spades is the one song i might listen to again, but the rest of the album sort of blurs into one big \"mediocre rock band at the bar you go to for your office party\", right down to the awful lyrics. I can see why this did best commercially. not for me! especially \"jailbait\"... what are we doing man, cmon
Got a bit tired after a while but it does a very solid job at what it’s trying to accomplish! I liked this more than I thought I would, so I definitely wouldn’t mind hearing it if someone else turned it on. I counted at least two Doors references which was cute. Really just feels like a hard rock/rock and roll album (complete with the teenage girl song lyrics). Fun solos! Good fun: Ace of Spades, Love Me Like a Reptile (love the lyrics), Shoot You in the Back, Road Crew (vocals aren’t my favorite but that wah-wah solo!!), Bite the Bullet (sounds like a 50 year old man divorce anthem which is cool), the Hammer (LMAO????? Okay Paul McCartney!) Fine but boring: Live to Win, Fast and Loose, Fire Fire, Dance Evil and not even fun: Jailbait, The Chase is Better than the Catch
A tad heavy for me, at parts. But there were some classic tunes in there.
Started strong, got rather monotonous
not mine
Goated
Weird lyrics aside this is a good metal album. Lemmy as such a raw voice. Good solos. Some songs sound the same. 3 stars
A real metal album, heavy riff, lemmy’s powerfull voice and the also powerfull drums we see it directly with the first song: Ace of spades wich is the best in the album. Shoot you in the back have one of the beat riff with fire fire i think I think this album really show how heavy metal is suposed to sound and look like. With punk elements in addition this album is very a good piece of art. I have to say that i dont really click with this and its not my favorite metal album, but it do sound pretty good
;-; . . . I mean yeah, music is good but the lyrics didn't age well
Hard-driving. Run through a freaking wall guitar and bass. Might not be good for my blood sugar but damn I could rage!
Scary, not my type of music. Too loud.
Listening to any song on this album is like ordering a Big Mac. I know what to expect, I kind of like it, and I don't need to consume 20 of them in one sitting.
Great frontman, heavy sound.
Better than Metallica. Still bad.
Some of the lyrics haven't past the test of time
Fantastic album - Especially considering it was released in 1980. I’m obviously not going to put it on repeat, but I now understand why they’re so famous and influential.
Well. I enjoyed the peppy beat. I couldn't understand a lot of the words, but some I sure did (jailbait!). Not terrible to listen to though. I never need to again, but I didn't hate it.
I was never really into heavy metal or its endless subgenres, but always liked Motörhead. It's been a few years since I last listened to this album, and maybe I don't like it so much anymore... Or maybe I should just keep listening to the music without paying attention to the lyrics, which was clearly a mistake I made during this listening.
Ace of spades - sheer bloody poetry. We are the road crew. Psalmist brilliance. This album - magic. Ok it hasn’t aged that well, or maybe I haven’t aged that well. It works beautifully though. And finally an album that deserves placement in this type of list. Lemmy … Philthy animal … fast Eddie. The unholy trinity of metal and punk. Just bloody magic.
Dark but entertaining stuff when you’re in the mood for it, perhaps best experienced as an accompaniment to the documentary film Lemmy (2010), in other words; his life as soundtrack or vise versa. It's not the music alone, it's what Motorhead represents - a kind of barely believable out of control life of the road - while we are at the dark end of the colour wheel of "rock 'n' roll" here, ultimately I find its semi-humourous and a partly self aware caricature of the hedonic nihilist rock’n’roll life, done in the "picaresque" tradition; the likeable rogue being the Lemmy Kilmister, whos' real life sounds like pure fiction. So its part Rock'n'roll voyeurism - the songs describe his life on the road and its lewd comforts, autobiographical, Lemmy seems like a motif that couldn’t possibly be real, and yet the film seemed to show him as just that, hence comedic and perhaps tragic, but definitely entertaining. Good fun metal, if there is such a thing.
Fast and fiery. “Jailbait” hasn’t aged well (to put it mildly) and I started to lose interest during side 2, but still 4 stars from me.
Predictable but an easy listen. I love the way that Jimi’s ex-roadie uses that famous riff from Foxy Lady on Shoot You In The Back. I can’t argue with this album, but I’ve got no real desire to ever hear it again.
It's Motorhead! One of the greatest rock and roll records of all time. Slightly less shout-y than their previous records and marginally better recorded, but still with an urgency and energy that cuts through almost anything. I've heard that they would spend a week in the studio getting the guitar tone, but it still sounds like they loaded in, turned on (loud!), and blitzkrieged their way through a set before storming off the invade another neighbouring country. It's sexist as hell (which hasn't dated well). I know Lemmy found Ace of Spades limiting, but what a song!
Everyone should listen once AND THEN MOVE ON!
Gucci
Pretty good
High octane proto-thrash metal (with hard rock influences) that makes up for the missing variability with pure energy. 3.5/5
Bit too fast and furious listening to the whole album.
I don't spend too much time listening to Motorhead, because my personal enjoyment of listening to a full album isn't as much as many other artists I'd prefer to listen to, at any given time. However, their classic songs like "Ace of Spades" are great, and I do enjoy listening to them from time-to-time. Also, the impact of Motorhead is so huge, and it is very easy to hear why, when listening to the album. Their brand of Rock'n'roll was very fresh, hard driving, and simultaneously upbeat and heart-pumping in its aggressiveness.
stand out track - (We Are) The Roadcrew
It was pretty good, I don't think I'm really into this type of metal so it didn't really strike a chord with me so to speak. Really like Ace of Spades (single).
I actually really like the unique way the lead singer sounds. Makes them stand out from other bands of a similar style. It kind of all blends together after a bit, and I just find myself listening to noise. Noise that I like, but I'm not paying attention to what I'm listening to.
forestil jer lugten af sved i bussen på vejen hjem fra covershoot 😭😭 der er nogle albums der bare skal være 36 minutter lange og Ace of Spades er en af dem
Punk energy and frenzy combined with metal. 36 minutes of glorious melodic noise.
Not great, stopped less than half way through, lyrics were elementary and uninspiring. Each song sounded extremely similar and the vocals were horrible.
Fun but not very impressive
disgusting start to a morning
Eh, not my style
Fine but not my vibe
eh
Bit too intense for me, and didn't need the 2nd disc. Obviously the opening track is a banger but i'm never going to put the whole album on for it.
Enjoyed the extra bits, not heard the alternate versions before
I made it 7 songs in and yeah they kind of suck
Awesome
I was liking this and was gonna give it a 4 and then it all started merging in to one. I think it’s another one I want to give a 3.5 to. I laughed at Lemmy saying the producer got him to sing rather than just shout. Also the thought of them appearing on TISWAS. LOL wonder if Lemmy got pied. And as others have said about the lyrics to ‘Jailbait’, no need. This would definitely be enjoyed more in a rock pub with sticky floors and a couple of ciders
AHHH I loved it. All that is good with music is embodied by this record.
Klart, titelnummeret er en kæmpe banger, og der er virkelig meget knald på den her plade. Men er det bare mig, eller lyder de her sange liiiige lovlig ens? Faktisk mindre end jeg havde regnet med, men stadig
Så blev der skruet op til 11! Mangler mere Lemmy i mit liv. Rip
Jailbait. What the fuck. Not really my bag. Lenny’s voice starts to grate after awhile.
Kinda all the same song, but that song is a banger
Favorite Tracks: Ace of Spades, Love Me Like a Reptile, Shoot You in the Back, Live to Win, Fast and Loose, (We Are) The Roadcrew, Jailbait, The Chase Is Better Than the Catch
Not a big metal fan, but I thoroughly enjoyed this cover to cover.
Ace of Spades is good, but then you have to listen to a very similar version of it 11 more times
Timeless hard driving rock
Some solid heavy rock despite an icky song 'Jailbait'
Un excelente álbum de proto-thrash metal. Sin ninguno de los tintes progresivos del género, la banda de Lemmy Kilmister estalla en una precisa y concisa colección de poderosas pistas que juegan con los límites entre el punk, el metal y la parafernalia. Sin embargo, las letras del disco envejecieron sumamente mal, más aún la de "Jailbait" (no la googleen).
The image on this album cover is so evocative for the sound that you hear. I want to get in a fight at a bar now.
Lyrics are awful but music is good hard rock.
This one wasn't for me.
Adrenalina a tope. Un supermegahit. Un 4.
Todo el rato igual ...
Some dubious lyrics, not my thing
The reason why people only know Ace Of Spades and not any other song is because that is the blueprint for the rest of the album.
Great guitar work
Kennste Ace of Spades, kennste alle. 😜
Liked the softer songs
Ace of Spades 5. Rest of album 2
Ace of Spades baby. Incredible song. Not much else for me here.
Classic init
Iconic but not my type of music
the only card I need!!
I didn’t know I hated this album until I was forced to listen to it here. Every song sounds the same and the mumbling and 2 riffs per song are so grating.
The riffs are iconic and I just choose to not pay attention to any of the lyrics whatsoever. 3.5/5
Cult classic but all fur coat and no kickers
Imagine if ZZ Top came from the UK, cranked up the distortion, sped up, and influenced a slew of punk, metal, and hardcore bands. A big fun, dumb hard rock album that has some raw production, which sounds way better coming from a pair of headphones than from the car stereo. The first half is stronger than the second half with a few exceptions. The weaker songs have way better live versions.
Vienas iš mėgiamiausių albumų ever. Iš šito albumo atsirado meilė speed metal'ui, o Motorhead - viena iš mylimiausių grupių. Negaliu duoti mažiau nei 5/5, nes tai ir klasika, ir didžiulė meilė.
I like a lot of Motörhead's songs and generally like their type of metal. Lemmy's raspy voice is great and the ferociousness and speed is excellent. So why only 3 out of 5 stars? First of all the album itself isn't anything special as a whole and there's some songs that are duds. Secondly I think their compilation album No Remorse that released a few years later blows this one out of the water. No Remorse really showcases Motörhead in the best way possible.
Can see how it broke new ground and influenced the next decade or two of speed metal. Lyrically a little problematic at times, LOL, but Lemmy’s distinctive delivery is magnetic and the band’s breakneck pace is unrelenting
Huh, so it's just Ace of Spades with 12 different sets of lyrics? The other songs aren't bad, since Ace of Spades is obviously a great song. But it's tiring to take in as an album.
Without the gross song “jailbait” this might be a perfect album.
Now, I may be going out on a limb here, but I find Mr Kilmister to be one of this worlds most underestimated lyricists. Expecially in tracks like "Road Crew", they are clever, witty, have a rhythm and meter that makes them (to me) proper poetry. And although I know it's not on this album, any man who can find a rhyme for and indeed include the word 'parallelogram' in any song is deserved of high praise indeed. Musically I guess it is somewhat simplistic, but it comes together well. Again this is an album I possess, bought mainly because it was one that I thought at the time it was one I ought to own, but I found myself liking it. A high 4 for me
As a rock music fan, what’s not to love? This was out long before I gravitated towards rock music, but most of the bands I love were in some way inspired by Lemmy and Motörhead. This album is just great. Simple punk rock and roll. Title track is just iconic but there’s real energy throughout.
The fact that Lemmy and co didn't class themselves as Heavy Metal, but thought of themselves as just Rock N' Roll, is a bonus for me, as that might have penalised the score 😂. Don't think I've heard anything except for the title track Ace of Spades, you can feel the energy that they must have put into their live shows, in a different life I could have been into them. (We are) The Road Crew and Fire Fire are excellent for their use of wah wah, a winner for me. 5 out of 5 for amphetamine consumption while recording and performing the album. However I'll give it a high 3 or a low 4 for its originality (at the time) and that I actually quite enjoyed listening to it.
Ace of Spades is amazing. The rest of the album is pretty tame by today's standards.
Angry and energetic. All time classic!
Brilliant. 5 🌟
ein Klassiker
Dated songs and questionable lyrics. Many of the songs seem to run together with riffs that sound similar.
Ok
can the losers on these albums get through one singular record without shoving their foot so deep in their mouth it comes out their ass? the answer when we come back. the weird horny is just so expired lol. the metal cowboy thing is cool when it works on ace of spades and shoot you in the back
Ace of Spades is good. The rest is relentless pounding without any satisfaction.
The energy they bring is without a doubt impressive. Overall though, the lyrics don’t really bring much and sonically it gets fairly repetitive.
I don’t recommend this at all. Please take it off your list. There’s some very inappropriate stuff there.
Mortorhead is definitely best enjoyed in moderation. Although the rock n roll riffs were always killer. Lemmy only had one note under his belt when singing and that's all you got. So enjoy it but you will realize you don't know where one song ends and the next begins as they all sound pretty similar
Classic hard rock album, very popular as it coincided with new wave of British heavy metal. Motorhead sound superb throughout, courtesy of some great production. Side one is particularly strong, with Ace of Spades and We Are the Roadcrew stand outs. Second side not quite as good although The Chase is Better than the Catch is decent
No thank you!
Look up "badass" in the dictionary, and you will find these guys. A standout album from a band who was always bigger than any genre that would have them. Embraced by rockers, metal heads and punks alike, Motorhead was harder, faster and meaner than just about anyone else. These songs have raw, muscular, hard driving sound that's the sonic equivalent of getting run over by a truck. But it's still highly listenable, never overbearing, and Lemmy is mesmerizing as a front man. Some songs are better than others on here, but the album as a whole is pretty amazing. Fave Songs (All songs, from most to least favorite): Ace of Spades, Love Me Like a Reptile, (We Are) the Road Crew, Live to Win, Shoot You in the Back, Fast and Loose, Fire Fire, The Hammer, Bite the Bullet, The Chase is Better Than the Catch, Dance, Jailbait
It's interesting how some bands manage to have a singular sound, and yet each song feels unique in some way. Meanwhile, other bands have a singular sound and each song kinda feels like the same thing just with different words. Well, with Motorhead, it's the latter - at least on this album. The only song I knew of theirs was "Ace of Spades" so I enjoyed hearing it, only to realize that's pretty much all they bring to the table. Still, it was a nice meal. I'd give it 3.5 stars, but since we don't have that option, I'll be kind and round them up to a 4.
Not for me. I find the whole NWOBHM scene as boring, cliche and predictable. I think I had this as a teenager when I was much more susceptible to this sort of thing, and even then it didnt do much for me. Ace of Spades just repeated but slightly differently, and even that isnt a great song really. 1.5
Had highish hopes for this, ace of spades is great, album was just over half an hour long, thought it would be a quick, enjoyable rock album. Actually turned it off about four songs in the first time, was very bored. All of the songs are essentially worse variations of ace of spades. In hindsight it makes sense but I didn't think Lemmy was such a creepy fucker either, bit disappointing. Jailbait can't have been acceptable at the time, he's telling everyone he's a nonce! Also surprised to hear he's not from some desert town in USA, but stoke-on-trent. Should be singing about oatcakes and pots really. Ace of spades is brilliant, everything else is awful, let's say 2.
Ace of Spades is great, but the rest of the album (mercifully short) is a rehash of it. I did find the album OK to have on in the background though, which says something about how good Ace of Spades is. Some of the lyrics are a little odd to say the least. Lemmy seemed fascinating.
I've listened to Ace of Spades so many times because of Tony Hawk Pro Skater, it's a great song. The rest of the album is very meh. I don't understand why they made Jailbait, what an awful and cringy song to make. The Chase Is Better Than The Catch ain't much better either. This album loses a star just for those. Highlights: Ace of Spades Shoot You In The Back
Know Ace of spades, but not much else really. Sounded exactly like you'd expect a Motorhead album to sound. I like the sound, it's hard not to, but much like ac/dc, it all sounds the same. Think I preferred the first half more, the sound got tiring by the end Jailbait has some hugely questionable lyrics. In fact, there's a few! So does the chase is better than the catch... Feel like once you've heard Ace of spades, you've kinda heard enough! 3.5
Oh yeah. That’s the shit!!
A classic. I do t understand how anyone can dislike this record. I can still remember listening to „Ace Of Spades“ for the first time. What a momement!
I'm not fond of his voice. Gabi and Jackson ruined that for me lol They were playing Ace of Spades on guitar hero on time, over and over and over. Whoa are they British!?
Lemmy displays some great rock vocals on this album. Before this, I would never have likely listened to this album or this band. Metal isn't a genre I know very well. The closest I've come to this genre is GNR's Appetite For Destruction or Black Sabbath's Master Of Reality. This genre isn't how many think it would be. The electric guitars sound very good. All the members sound very good at what they do. Lyrically, the album isn't too intricate. It's not got the lyrical ability of Freewheelin Bob Dylan or Illmatic or Bringing It All Back Home, but it's good enough. This is a better album than many classic albums (Never Mind The Bollocks, In Utero, Nevermind) which is a plus. The songs that stand out to me are: Ace Of Spades, (We Are) The Road Crew, Fire Fire and The Hammer. Overall a very good album. A very cohesive album. Would reccomend. 🌕🌕🌕🌕/🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕
Yeah...no.
Nao consegui ouvir até o final. Acho que não estou na vibe.
Don't forget the joker! Sabbath mashing the NOS, god damn this goes so hard.
It's the Ace of Spades and a bunch of songs with the same sort of energy. It flags a bit after a while, as there isn't much textural change but still... It ain't broke!
Gøy ein gang i blant, men ikkje heilt i mi gata ellers
OG Thrash
Hard to go wrong with Motorhead. I regret not listening to this in an environment where I could have turned the volume up to the appropriate level, but it still made for a decent listen.
While this was a good time, it's not really something I think I'd come back to often. I liked it alright, and of course Ace of Spades is a banger, but the rest was only "good". 3.25/5
I don’t have much to add, Lemmy forever. A-
I can see the appeal if I had just taken a bunch of speed, but I hadn't, so I just wanted to turn it off and go back to enjoying my day. Knocked a star for Jailbait 🤮
Newly minted Motorhead fan
This is so fucking good, but 'Jailbreak' is just extremely uncomfortable.
Let’s try to forget “Jailbait” ever happened. No band is more quintessential rock’n’roll than Motörhead and no person has ever breathed the genre the same way Lemmy did. An absolute classic with one major, horribly aged (it might even have been bad during the release) hiccup.
Jos pidät pelaamisesta Kerron sinulle, olen miehesi Voitat osan, menetät osan Ihan sama minulle Ilo on pelata Ei väliä mitä sanot En jaa ahneuttasi Ainoa kortti mitä tarvitsen On Pataässä Pataässä Pelaaminen korkealle Tanssii paholaisen kanssa Menee virran mukana Se kaikki on minulle peliä Seitsemän tai yksitoista Käärmeen silmät katsovat sinua Tuplaa tai lopeta Tuplapanos tai split Pataässä Pataässä Tiedät, että olen syntynyt häviämään Ja uhkapelit ovat tyhmille Mutta siitä pidän, kulta En halua elää ikuisesti Ja älä unohda jokeria Ante työntäminen ylös Tiedän, että sinun täytyy nähdä minut Lue ne ja itke Kuolleen miehen käsi taas Näen sen silmissäsi Katso yksi ja kuole Ainoa asia, jonka näet Tiedät, että se tulee olemaan Pataässä Pataässä, uh
Muuten antaisin tälle 3, mut nimibiisi on niin hyvää jytää, että pakko antaa yksi ekstra.
2 askia päivässä ja pataässä, sillä pärjää elämässä.
decent
Really surprised how much I enjoyed this! Never been a big motorhead guy, so I thought I would only like Ace of Spades and the rest would be meh for me, but if anything I was digging the other tracks more having never heard em before. The other songs all did kind of bleed together so I don't have specific comments but this general vibe was fun.
Title track is fun and the rest gets a little exhausting. I’ve never really understood the huge appeal.
Much better album than I expected, although not as good as the Iron Maiden record we heard a few weeks ago. Didn't realize they were a trio. Lyrics aren't anything special, but the sound is pretty powerful for 3 guys. This definitely verges on Punk, while still being Metal.
While I can not say there was a ton of musical variety, on this album I can say that most of it kicked ass. Like AC/DC, Motorhead gives you a serving of straight up rock and roll complete with thrashing riffs and iconic guitar solos. I do have to take off some points for the sexism in the lyrics, were a bit much for me once I started paying attention to the lyrics (and obviosuly for "jailbait" cuz..gross). These guitar parts were undeniably fire though and I feel like their show would have been a lot of fun to see. Nothing very complex here, but sometimes simple is ok in rock and roll!
For a record that came out in 1980, it's quite impressive to hear such speed and such energy in a hard rock record. They really changed the game with that one, as you can clearly hear that it paved the way to what would become speed/thrash metal with bands like Slayer and Metallica. So while it's highly influencial and it rocks as all hell, I gotta say that it's not really something I want to return to very often. I still give it a 4 because it rips.
A classic for the denim and leather enjoyers of this world! My ears smells like beer, sweat and motor oil after listening to this.
Badass metal album with the unique delivery of Lemmy. A true classic.
Rockiges Album. Heute Standard. Highlight ist der Song Orgasmatron.
Dreadfully stupid, but it's metal, right, so that's probably seen as a selling point by people who rate this any higher than the bare minimum.
Much of the same
Ouvi o inicio de todas as musicas do album. Todas as musicas começam da mesma maneira: •riff de guitarra bué fire •entra a bateria a bater pesado •entra o resto 3 estrelas
That sweet, sweet Lemmy Rickenbacher bass.
Good ol' Lemmy!
maybe 40 years ago...
Æi, ekki alslæmt skyldi maður fíla röddina, en mér finnst svona hart rokk ekki lengur málið. Hlustaði ekki á textana, en skilst líka að þeir séu sumir problematískir.
Ace of Spades just reminds me of Tony Hawk, haha. Overall a solid album, it doesn't hit hard or make me bounce around in my chair, but it's a good listen.
It's basically the same thing for thirty some minutes. Some of the lyrics are gross. I don't mind Ace of Spades, but I'll probably like it less now because I listened to the whole album. Not great. My favourite song is Ace of Spades.
Weird that Lenny and Motörhead are now basically dad rock. Fine for what it was though.
There's something to be said for straightforward rock and roll with absolutely no ambition other than that but it put a ceiling on my enjoyment of it. Great at what it is, but nothing more than that. Lemmy should not be singing about jailbait either. Nobody should, but especially him
Awesome rocking record. Really enjoyed it. We Are The Roadcrew was a highlight.
heavy but melodic, fast but under control, plodding but groovy
Really
I used to joke that Motorhead only had one song. Listening to this album, that's totally unfair. They have two. However, when they're good, they're VERY good. Ace of Spades is a classic, and a lot of other tracks have a really fun swing to them missing from a lot of metal. Unfortunately, they really don't have many tricks up their sleeve. Almost every song has the same key change going up a major 2nd. Eddie Clarke uses the same guitar lick in at least three of his solos, and some of the lyrics (especially 'Jailbait') REALLY don't stand up. Still, what an opening track eh?
One of those albums that was beyond influential on so many artists. The music is fast and hard and Lemmy sounds like he smoked tons of cigarettes right before recording. One negative note I have for the album is: WTF is up with “Jailbait.”
I've read that the live album *No Sleep 'til Hammersmith* is also in Dimery's list. In that case, I'll keep that live album and reject this one studio LP to save some room in my own list. Both records contain great version of "Ace Of Spades", but the live album has many other essential by the band. Trying hard to save some space on the shelves here... 3/5 for the purposes of this list. Which translates to a 8/10 grade for more general purposes (5+3). Number of albums left to review: 471 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 251 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 120 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more essential to me): 156 (including this one--nothing wrong with it, though... Just want to save some space).
LEMMY!!! I love me some Motorhead!! I've listened to this album many times before, and can't wait to listen again! Motorhead are credited with influencing speed metal and thrash metal. They were on the forefront of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal in the late 70's - early 80's, and helped breathe life into a dying genre. Lemmy's coarse, gravelly voice helped push the hard and heavy feel of their music. Motorhead were also known to play super loud at their live shows, with Lemmy's phenomenal bass guitar taking a front seat, and hitting you right in the chest with sound! Ace of Spades takes me back to my first year of university every time I hear it. I had a dorm-mate who would start his Friday night drinking escapades every week by blasting Motorhead and shotgunning a beer! I feel like Lemmy would be proud!! The themes sung about on this record are a bit risque, but that epidimizes Motorhead's persona. They sang about substance abuse, promiscuous sex, and good VS evil. Overall, a phenomenal album today. An instant 5 stars. I didn't even have to listen to it again to assign it that grade! It is just such an awesome album, and is very influential to the droves of acts that came after it! Favourite songs: Ace of Spades, (We Are) The Roadcrew, The Hammer, The Chase is Better Than the Catch, Shoot You in the Back, Live to Win, Fast and Loose, Dance, Dirty Love, Love Me Like a Reptile, Jailbait, Bite the Bullet Least favourite songs: Fire Fire 5/5
Just hard hard hitting hard rock start to finish. Every song is a banger in this album.
it's ok. none of the songs really stand out but the title track is decent
Album #: 238 first impressions: back to our usual programming, i guess -- british rock dudes beloved by dads after listening through: these guys sure play rock music fast and loud post-reading reviews/wiki: pioneers in thrash metal; not really a genre i enjoy, but i suppose i understand why this album is on here & didn't suffer any more for listening to it than I did w/ yesterday's Limp Bizkit album... recommended for: comical getaway scene in a film set in the 80s
Classic front to back, perfect meld of punk rock and heavy metal. Minus a point for "Jailbait."
Fun. crunchy. fast. makes me want to kick stuff in a good way.
Is Motörhead the slightly harder rock version of AC/DC? Maybe. It's all good. 2.5 / 5 stars.
I can't play poker
pretty rockin baby. dirty sexy rock n rolll hell ya let us gooooo. every member is giving their all. love the dry nuanced drums. the whiskey soaked vocals as they say. very cool. good lyrics. oh yaaa
If the first title track is this band's magnum opus, I'm in for a bad ride here. They are sloppy, not in a good way. They do sound like they are enjoying themselves though.
Is it punk? Is it metal? Who fucking cares. It’s Motörhead, man.
Can’t.
Whoa Nelly! Moorhead rules. 12 tracks that just blow by. Shits fast and rocks. There isn't much more to ask for. Riffs are there. Lemmys vocals are rough but damn they fit so nice. 4*
I really enjoyed re listening to one of my favourite albums in my collection. It is from start to finish just electric. No words can describe how much it is. Favourite tracks are "Ace of Spades", "The Chase Is Better Than The Catch" and "Live To Win" 5/5 Absolute masterpiece of a hard rock album.
Two minutes in to Ace of Spades I had to pause the album to run out and get a leather jacket, some Marlboro Reds, and a 12 pack of Bud; good to go now... Ace of Spades is a quintessential jam for the genre. Few better songs have been written about gambling. Great riff. Also I get the impression that Lemmy used to gargle with asphalt and rinse with bourbon. Other standout is We Are the Road Crew. Jam. Otherwise, the songs kind of fall into a wall of sound, befit for playing in any biker bar. Some tracks have almost punky elements which I was surprised by. And the drum work is bananas throughout. Man must have had robot arms to get through a full set live. Overall I'm a soft 3/5 on this. Doesn't do a lot for me outside of the standouts, but Ace of Spades is an absolute jam and I do dig Lemmy's voice.
THE ACE OF SPADES!!! What a song. I've never really listened to Motorhead so I'm excited. Mr. Motorhead must have chronically sore vocal cords, because his voice is fairly guttural in a good way. A lot of these songs sound the same, but they all shred, so I'm not complaining. A Motorhead concert seems like it would be a real clambake!
This album is filled to the brim with power chords, face melting solos, and Lemmy's distinct raspy voice. Everything goes so well together and makes me want to punch through a wall. Obviously Ace of Spades is an all-time classic metal song. The Chase Is Better Than The Catch was my second favorite as it felt the most unique. All of the other songs had very similar sound, but I am not mad about it at all. This album fux \m/
Ace of Spades immediately makes me think of Tony Hawk. Never really listened to much Motörhead so excited to jump in. I really like the instrumentals and the lead singers voice. Sounds very straining on his vocal chords but damn it sounds good. The beginning of Jailbait sounds like another song and I can't put my finger on it. The Chase is Better than the Catch is an awesome song. I really liked this album. Some classic rock n roll. Give me more.
First time actually listening to a motorhead album, pretty enjoyable, but I don't reckon I could listen to more than 30 mins at a time normally. Some strong tracks, some not so good, but overall good. 3.5*
No me gustó. Tiene alguito en la música pero la voz es malísima.
jailbate? girl what
I love me some good old-fashioned rock and roll. Nice guitar soloing!
Ok. Lyrics were a bit creepy in some songs. Songs sounded very same. 2/5
Full throttled rock and roll, often imitated, rarely bettered. As usual, points docked for noncery (Jailbait in particular)
Some good hard rock, but hard to listen to an entire album. Lots of similarities between the songs and too little effort to make it unique. Just catering to a very narrow audience...
You know I'm born to lose And gambling's for fools But that's the way I like it, baby I don't want to live forever And don't forget the joker Pushing up the ante I know you got to see me Read 'em and weep The dead man's hand again I see it in your eyes Take one look and die The only thing you see You know it's gonna be The Ace of Spades So fucking good. 4/5
nice energy, quite muddy mix, bit fatiguing
great guitar and drum work, its also short and sweet, i don't like when albums are 30 hours for no reason with bunch of filler songs that don't mean anything
I've never listened to this album before, although a few of the tunes I knew from a live Motorhead album I had when I was a kid - We are the road crew in particular. So, quite jolly here and I enjoyed the extended album. Brought back memories of Scumbag College in the 80s as well - probably the first time I'd have heard Ace of Spades I suppose. One I'll definitely listen to again. Somewhere between 4 and 5 stars, but it's got enough memories on it to push it up to 5 just about.
Great Old School straight forward heavy rock
You can't deny the title track, Ace of Spades is a great song. After over 40 years since it was released, the song is experiencing a weird revival of sorts appearing in numerous movies and TV shows when it calls for an intense, frantic, drugged up scene and it really is effective for the ambiance and mood of the scene. Apparently, Motorhead loved that song so much, they built an album around Ace of Spades and recorded that song over and over to fill the rest of the record. Or, so it seems, the sameness of the formula is play fast, have Lemmy shout gibberish loud and sloppily and repeat...! They make AC/DC sound like they have range and diversity...yikes! Is Motorhead, hard rock or punk or metal or hardcore or speed metal or punk speed metal? Judging by the leathers and long hair, I lean towards metal, but who cares, the song, Ace of Spades is fab! The song itself deserves 2 stars, but the rest of the album sadly only 1.
Don’t listen to this while driving. This album was awesome.
Good! There are quite impressive instrumentals here on this album.
oh my god ace of spades is such a fucking tune
It's Motörhead with Lemmy! The title track "Ace of Spades" defined a genre, but the other tracks sound pretty sameish to me.
Motörhead has always held a bit of a reputation for ascending genre. They weren't quite heavy metal rockstars, and weren't quite hardcore punks. Lemmy knew how to lay down a killer riff on his bass that always kept the songs sounding full and heavy. Fast Eddie could shred with the rest of them, but could also back up Lemmy's bass riffs in lockstep. Philthy kept a perfect balance of sloppy devil-may-care drumming while also nailing the hits with the rest of the band. As a unit, they are an unstoppable force of sound. Loud, brash, and intense as all hell.
It’s like AC/DC, ZZ Top and Spinal Tap had a baby.
Lemmy sure sang about fucking a lot for a man with a face like a soldering bench
Ace of Spades and other Motörhead songs that kick ass on the album that has Ace of Spades by Motörhead
This is a fun band that I will always associate with Tony Hawk (showing my age here?). I'm not sure we need both this AND No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live) on the list. The track lists are almost exactly the same. If I had to choose one, I would be inclined to go with the live album for its energy.
Great energy. Ace of spades is overplayed here, was pleasantly surprised the whole album is pretty solid
Solid 80’s rock, if that’s your jam.
Although this album probably does deserve to be on the list, from the generator offering me both their albums (in a short time, too, since I only got their live one 3 weeks ago), I get the feeling they’re more of a singles band, or at least songs band, since everything on here is still good on its own (well, musically; lyrically, ‘Jailbait’ is just… no). It kind of drags, even if there’s nothing bad (again, excepting the one song), and Lemmy is an iconic singer, but his vocal style can get kind of repetitive. Of course, the title track is a metal classic, and the energy is great, so it’s more my opinion. I’d say keep it in, even if I’m not the biggest fan.
Good record.
Love it
I love motorhead but to be true only the best of motorhead. It isn't bad but imo only has 2 or 3 standsout
Obviamente, escutar esta obra-prima é obrigatório, é garantia de uma experiência fundamental com o rock, emoção que nos transporta para um universo de energia, atitude e rebeldia. Desde a primeira faixa, a icônica "Ace of Spades", até a última, "The Hammer", o álbum é uma sequência poderosa de intensidade e paixão pelo rock.
Sick riffs, title track is a highlight. Losing a full star due to the track "jailbait." Big yikes.
rock and roll with a punk swagger. galloping instruments behind the whiskey soaked / smoke charred vocals of legendary frontman lemmy kilmister. the only band both rock and punk fans can agree on, it has been said. just fast, quality rock and roll. highlights: “ace of spades”, “fast and loose”, “dance”.
This is frustrating. The music, the instruments, are really good. His voice is rough but it fits the feel. But the lyrics are so simple and frankly problematic that it ruins it. Glorifying pedophilia is not cool. I bet they'd be awesome shows if not populated by the Sturgis crowd. And that's who would be there. This also only has one level. Yeah. 2.
Every song basically sounds the same. Oh, and what the fuck is he doing on that Jailbait song? Gross.
This would be higher, but the lackluster production and vocals bring it down for me. Still, some pretty awesome riffs and hooks throughout the record.
Motor
This album DRIVES. Nonstop movement and motivation through constant guitar work and shouted vocals. I like that they refused to be labeled a metal band, and were instead a "Rock 'n' Roll" band Not something I want to listen to all of the time, but it's a damn good rock album
The title track is very good but the rest of this is samey and also has some weird noncey lyrics. Title track gives it more than 1*.
Wow that was lowkey the same song 12 times. And sometimes I liked the song, but by the end yeah I was kinda tired of it. Jailbait’s gonna bring it down a point. Best song: Ace of Spades but it could probably be any of them
Pretty much what I expected really. Ace of Spades is great, but the rest of the album is just mindless monotony. Also Jailbait and the Chase are creepy AF
Heavy and a bit hard to listen to. Songs get a bit repetitive, but it has its moments