Ace of Spades

A somewhat average album here. Ace of spades is a solid song. Some of the others on this album are pretty bad. The main singer doesn’t have much vocal range and limits the variance in the songs. They do rock pretty hard though which is nice. 6.5/10

So Ace of Spades is excellent, and every other track on this album is “ace of spades lite”. And then there’s Jailbait…

Ace of spades still rules, the rest of the album is samey, sleazy, pretty good. Jailbait was pretty cringey and gross.

I love this album like a reptile. It’s exciting at first but then gets a tad scary.

A lot of it sounds too similar from one track to the next. The title track is inarguably iconic. Outside of this everything else is…fine.

First things first - Lemmy aint going to pull of any beautiful acapellas in this album. But - in the context of the rock and roll that Motorhead play - it works well. Now - obviously - Ace of Spades is a superb song and opens the album. And then we get Love me like a Reptile - which has some questionable pretty cheesy lyrics - as does 'Jailbait' - but - picking up again from 'Shoot you in the back' - it's apparent, every song has a singular focus and thematic lyrics, sometimes drawn out to being cheesy. It's pure unapologetic hard rock and roll - speeding down the highway on a Harley. It's a short album - good at what it does, a fast hard punch. However - there's not much dynamics to this, it's ALL loud and fast - and sometimes that can get a bit tiring to the ears. To be truly effective, sometimes, you need to give the listeners ears a rest. 7/10

Surprisingly listenable! Of course they had to list after under age girls, write about, record it, and no doubt perform it. Was four stars, but knocked a star off for misogyny.

Starts hard and never gives up. After about three songs I started to wonder what it would be like to be Lemmy. Everything fast and loud and always vocally straining like your trousers are too tight. By the end of the album all the intensity got a bit tiring. Title track is awesome, everything else here tries to do the same thing and largely misses.

Exactly what you expect for an album that starts with Ace of Spades.

Liked energy of drum/guitar/bass. Enjoyable to listen to, but questionable/superficial subject matter.

buddy holly but make it metal?

Ace of spades is great but Motorhead aren't exactly a varied band. Also, 'Jailbait'? Oof.

Right off the bat, I had to check and see when Kill Em All came out (1983) so Metallica was probably inspired by Motorhead to some extent or maybe they knew each other but that 80's metal opening of banging on drums before those chords begin is a classic.

If you're going to be known for one album for most of your carrer, this isn't a bad one to be tagged with.

Never been a motorhead fan. I had always heard OF them but never heard them. I was definitely into this kind of music later in the 1980s and I think this album was just ahead of my time, so that is why I missed it. Ace of Spades is definitely an easy song to call the 'star' of the album. The rest of the album definitely sounds like my kind of music. It's a shame it took this long for me to hear it. 3/5

starts and does NOT stop

I didn't really notice any songs other than the title track but they were all pretty good but a bit samey. Hard to dislike overall

Never knowingly listened to anything by this band before. Couldn’t find much to fault in it, just good old straight ahead rock and roll with a fair dose of thrash in it. Clearly laid a lot of ground for metal to come. As usual I find the metal attitude a little boring and one note. I did appreciate lyrics that were largely free from posturing about spiritual, philosophical or political evil. No grandiose pretensions here, just your basic lifestyles of the rough and rowdy.

Jailbait is er questionable. Generally the songs are listenable with good sonic textures.

A good listen and something outside my normal music preference

Ace of Spades is a good song but I didn't really love any others. Not bad but I don't need to hear it again.

Ca brasse, c'est heavy, mais la voix a quelque chose de obn et ca reste Rock and Roll quand même. Seulement c'est sur la ligne en metal et rock, j'adore et j'ai aimé beaucoup plus cet ablum que celui live que j'ai eu sur cette liste. 3.75

Based on my experience with the Live album I trimmed this album to it's base 12 tracks instead of the additional 15 on the deluxe editon and it was much more palatable. Still probably a bit too soon since the live album was only 5 days ago. Anyway, Ace of Spades is still great, (We Are) The Roadcrew is my fave from this one.

Zo'n band die je eigenlijk graag 5 sterren gunt, maar gaandeweg kom je er dan toch achter dat het echt niet meer dan 3 waard is. Paar nummer zijn wel echt tof, maar de rest lijkt allemaal te veel op elkaar helaas.

Niet mijn ding, maar wel legendarisch en leuk om een keer gehoord te hebben

Toch is dit best tof. Alles lijkt op elkaar maar ik vind het goed te pruimen 🤘

pummelling, growly, groovy

A fast, loud, straight forward, slab of rock. This hurtles past in no time without pausing for breath. The lyrical content would be enough to get Lemmy cancelled multiple times in 2022. Rating: 3.5/5 Playlist track: Ace of Spades Date listened: 15/04/22

A collection of bangers! Lemmy doesn’t drop the vibe in any of these songs.

I lost my virginity to Mötorhead. They each took turns to fuck the shit out of me. It was neither fun nor meaningful.

Pretty fun, I respect the fact it partially started a whole genre that I do really enjoy. Some of the lyrics are a little questionable

Ace of Spades is cool but every song sounds just like it. Enjoyable album but I can survive just hearing Ace of Spades at random occasionally.

Motörhead always goes down easy, hard rock done well and fast

Some classic hard rock on a Friday, alright! I've never been a Motörhead fan, but I can get down with this. The guitar does all the work. The lyrics don't offer anything meaningful or profound, but that's what I expect from my rockers. Just a lot of guttural urges and bravado. And that's okay. "Jailbait" is creepy and gross though, that's not cool. Side note: I did not realize Motörhead was such a sexual band in terms of lyrical content and it is not a turn on. I think people who’ve had sex with Lemmy are entitled to some kind of financial reparation.

Not as bad as I thought it was going to be. A lot of it sounded the same but was enjoyable.

ehhh

Way better than expected but not much variety

Decent but slightly repetitive

5/10 mid tier hard rock album that loses an entire point for the existence of Jailbait

If I wanted to hear Ace of Spades ten times in a row I’d love this album. 5/10

It must have been groundbreaking when it was released, but it isn’t my kind of music.

Eu não consegui ouvir até o fim, não é o meu tipo de música

One good track. The obvs one, the rest not so good.

A good metal album that paved the way for better metal, and which has been overshadowed by those better albums, unfortunately.

It could just be the title track for the whole duration and it would still be just as good.

I'm amazed that Lemmy managed 40 years of fame from one song.

A bit of 1980 heavy

Pretty sweet album, I love the vibe. RIP Lemmy.

Ah Lemmy, Philthy and Fast Eddie at there best here with obviously there "Anthem" "The Ace Of Spades" a highlight but overall a good album, which has some merits. I can see why some may see this on this list but not in my collection.

Heavy riffs and a lot of them, and Lemmy's voice. "Ace of Spades" and "Jailbait" the two best songs in my opinion. The album can get repetitive but short enough to not get boring in my opinion.

Cover reaction - Emo 80’s Cowboys? Sick. Dad rock for sure but absolutely an album to drive to.

This break-neck sprint of an album is a striped down and pure cut rock gem! The sound of the group lives right at the intersection of punk and metal and there is absolutely no pretense about the fact that they came to party. Each track has an almost bootleg quality, which is a testament to the skill and sensibility of their producer. On the whole the album is fairly uniform and a bit of a one-trick pony, but I happen to really like that one-trick, so it suits me fine.

It had a lot of bangers and ace of spades is of course a monster of a song, but the album was a little one note to me. Still enjoyable with all its energy.

3 för att Lemmy verkade vara en skön jäkel

Meh. Obviously Ace of Spades is a classic. Everything else seems to blend together.

2.5

Tiukkaa settiä ja aitoa menoa. Livenä ois ollu varmasti ebin.

Ace of spades classic, others, not listened enough

Peak Motorhead :)

Ace of Spades is clearly an awesome song, not so keen on the rest

classic dad metal

For some reason, this sounds good to me. They came from an era when audible lyrics mattered.

What Jack said

Iconic title track, but most of the others are a bit generic. Reliable, grizzled, up-tempo hard-rock that's fun for a while but very samey.

Very good!

Rock maar niet van hoge kwaliteit als je het mij vraagt

Some nice riffs, but all very samey

Lemmy sounds like his voice isn’t going to make it to the end of every song. The opening title track is a ripper. Huge energy literally from the first note. But it stays high energy the whole time, and I grew very weary. Do not recommend driving to this album.

Rock, lite av inget

It's okay

It was ok

Kinda felt like I was listening to the same song for an hour. Rhythms sounded the same the whole album, none of it was bad but none of it aside from the title track was particularly amazing.

Haunting blues rock of the title track (and very good solo), heavy, cadenced songs. Considering that this is a New Wave of British Heavy Metal Ablum (NWOBHM), it's quite okay. (6/10) Favourite Tracks: Ace of Spades

Kolejny hardy material, tym razem jeszcze ciezszy niz Deep Purple, bo Motorhead, z smiesznym o, to juz chyba bardziej metal, a nawet speed metal w niektorych momentach tej plyty, jakze klasycznego Ace of Spades, ktore nawet jako laik ciezkich brzmien, ku zdziwieniu niektorych, znam i szanuje, zwlaszcza zalozyciela i jedynego stalego czlonka bandy, czlowieka legende, kgogos kto dla metalu jest tym czyms czym Snoop Dog jest dla rapu, a wiec pana Lemmiego glosu i basiora bandy, chociaz dwoch pozostalych czlonkow ekipy to rowniez klasyczne nazwiska z tak zwanej zlotej ery motorheada, pan Clarke na gitarce i Phil zwierzak na drumsach, ale jesli mowa o zespole, to nie mozna zapomniec kto byl odpowiedzialny za ich brzmienie na plytach, czyli panu Vicowi Mailenowi, bo porownojac wczesne materialy bandy, a albumami ktorymi wybili sie do mainstreamu, to wlasnie najwieksza roznica jest po stronie producenckiej, okielznanie dzikiego brzmienia i nadania mu smuklosci co czuc zwlaszcza na licznych solowkach ktore tak czesto wystepuja na ace of spades, jak przystalo na szybki ciezki metal, jest krotko a tresciwie 36 minuty i 12 trakow, album tak prosty jak i sam gatunek, motywem przewodnim bedzie sex, drugersy i filozofia yolo, najkrocej rzecz ujmujac, slucha sie tego dobrze, bo z tekstow, ktorych autorstwo jest przypisywane calej bandzie, co tez jest zaskoczeniem w szol biznesie, bije autentycznosc, jak sluchasz traczka jak the chase is better than the catch, to slychac ze sa to slowa oswieconego czada, caly album opiewa szybkie pelne zycie i robi to tak dobitnie nie pozostawiajac zadnych dwuznacznosci co kto mial na mysli piszac kawalki o gwaltach, dzikich wezach i przynetach wieziennych, dopiero przy tym odsluchu skojarzylem skad taka okladaka, w motywie kowbojskim, kapelunio, poncze i cos pustynnego pod nogami, nawiazuje ona do kawalka shoot you in the back, ktory posilkuje sie tym samym motywem mowiac oczywiscie o szybkim zyciu i jeszcze szybszych zgonach, calosc byla nagrywana jeszcze w UK, dopiero lata 90 to emigracja do stanow, wiec to jakas podrabiana pustynia, tez dziwne ze postac tak kojarzona z hamerykanskim stylem zycia jest wyspiarzem, spotifajowa wersja obrodzila w alternatywne tejki i z 36 minut zrobilo sie prawie poltorej godziny na 27 kawalkach, niestety alternatywne tejki nie maja podjazdu do materialu albumowego, sa one tutaj tak jakby pokazac co pan Vic pocudowal z dzwiekiem motorheada, ze stali sie oni tak klasyczna pozycja na metal liscie, na plejaka obok ace of spades, ktroy juz sie tam cziluje od dawna laduje live to win, najbardziej pozytywny kawalek plyty, a o to naprawde ciezko wsrod tak pozytywnego podejscia do zycia jaki propagowal pan Lemmy

Does everything it says on the box. Short, fast and loud. Some questionable lyrics here and there, and then Jailbait plays. Woof.

good title track but the remainder was more of the same - I guess that was Lemmys thing but hey

While most of the songs lean on their lyrical theme pretty hard and there are some questionable choices ('Jailbait') made, there's no denying that at its core this is an absolute charging rock machine that's a classic for a reason. RIP Lemmy

loud

If you've heard one of their songs, you've heard them all. Pretty decent song, though. Best track: Ace of Spades

In my opinion all of these songs are so similar. Fast and loud with the same guitar tones. The only thing it has going for it is that you can hear how much they have influenced other artists

I like Ace of Spades as a song, but loads of the other songs sound exactly the same, so this got pretty old pretty quick.

pretty good for a motorcycle rock band

It's fine. Not the most original sound I've ever heard; that being said, the sound does go hard. Overall an okay album. Favorite track: (We Are) The Roadcrew

Solid straight forward rock & roll album but not a keeper for me. 2.5

Can't get into this album

3.1 Ace of spades was me bekend, de rest niet. Wel eens leuke listen, maar wel weer lang, spotify kende geen kortere versie precies.

It's a good, classic album. An influencer of heavy and thrash metal. It's not really my thing though. Highlights: 1, 2, 7, and 10.

Kind of generic and repetitive. Probably ground breaking for it's time, but not my cup of tea.

Solid album, crazy the first track is the title track but decent music!

🤘🎸🎸

Solid album Need to listen again hehe Final Thoughts: 3/5

Awesome - love it

It was fun, got my blood pumping and couldn't help move a bit in my seat to it. Some great riffs.

Mucho fan en los comentarios de YouTube. Yo solo conocía “Ace of spades” y con esa me quedo

Super high energy. Seemed okay but wasn't the mood today.

Good fun rock, Jailbait is terribly dodgy though

3/5 Nice album for Metal sounds.

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Decent, enjoyable frantic energy. Essentially 6 different versions of Ace of Spades really so not a huge amount of variety for bigger scores.

Enjoyable mostly. By the end I am a little bit bored as it is mostly similar in style. Done well, but by the end I was done.

I honestly thought I would’ve hated it but didn’t mind it! But still a bit too heavy for me.

Some good tunes.

Grand. Good rock album. Same-y

Other than Ace of spades never really listened to much Motorhead. Mainly as its Metal and I have generally found that that genre is associated with people with poor personal hygiene. Ace of Spades is the obvious standout but this is album more rock then metal for me. And that is an excellent thing. Guitars are load and prominent, Vocal works if a bit one dimensional and the rest of the songs on the album are decent without being exceptional and lack the ferocity of Ace of spades. Enjoyed it though. An en-lighting experience and if we're being honest we'd all like to pull off that leather jacket hat combo on the cover. 3/5

Not really my thing but enjoyable enough. Instantly recognisable. Got a bit much by the end and I was glad when it finished

Quite samey throughout. That same is a great sound, but it is a little silly that I felt like the only difference song to song was the words.

Title track is great.

never heard anything but ace of spades. Album is a jam for sure. Songs a little samey, but no duds. Will throw it on at a late-night party for sure.

Schon recht, aber nach drei Stücken nervt es dann doch ein wenig

Sostengo que no son géneros para mí, o sea mucho me suena igual y no me despierta mucha emoción. Pero diré que me gustaron sobre todo "Love Me Like a Reptile", "Fire Fire" y "Jailbait". No sé qué más decir, porque además no sé hablar del virtuisismo de los instrumentos acá. 7/10

Fine. Nothing extraordinary. 6/10

I liked this more than I was expecting. Kind of a heavy metal Ramones.

Motorhead is one of those bands I need to divorce the music from the life experiences and types of people I knew then who listened to Motorhead. Solid sound, they lyrics are... well, they compliment the music and I'm not listening to them for content. Just enjoying the drive and grit and rawness. Perfect to push you through. Very similar to ZZ Top. ...ok, except the song Jailbait. WTF Lemmy?

Starts off really strong . giving you "Ace of Spades" and "Love Me Like a Reptile" off the bat. Had trouble rating this; kind of got samey as it went on, but the highs were pretty fun. Kind of a 3.5 if it was possible

Ändå bra, mycket GH-vibbar. Headbang vänligt.

Me agrada mucho la energía que tienen todas las canciones en este disco. Dan ganas de tomar whisky y viajar por carretera mientras lo escuchas. Como dice la descripción en Wikipedia, su música encaja muy bien entre el punk y el heavy metal (aunque a mi gusto se inclina más hacia lo segundo).

Surprisingly enjoyable, would be good running music. Could do without the "jailbait" crap but seems to be par for the course in this era.

Fun and badass metal album. Not something I'd choose to listen to often, but definitely better than most.

There's some good stuff like "Ace of Spades" but it's typically not my vibe so I won't listen often.

Catchy heavy metal. A little more intense than I tend to go for, but good.

Bit samey. Bit rapey.

solid for what it is outside of "Jailbait" that kinda turned me off of the whole thing

Klingt nach Staub und Schlamm. Sehr dreckig! Obwohl sich die Lieder ähneln, verbuche ich es bei dem Album als konstante Reproduktion des Flairs. Ist für meinen Geschmack eine Niche und Ich fühle mich selten in der Stimmung, so etwas zu hören (wenn überhaupt), aber ich respektiere die Musik. Sie sagt mir auf jeden Fall zu. Die Stimme ist erwähnenswert! Nicht gut und wohlmöglich in einem anderen Kontext unerträglich, ist sie sehr markant und vor allem zum Flair der Musik außerordentlich passend dreckig. Sie verschwimmt dadurch mit der Musik, sodass Ich sie nicht als störend wahrgenommen habe. Eher wie eine weiteres Instrument. Ein altes, raues, ungestimmtes Instrument, wie ein Waschbrett oder eine Kuhglocke. Etwas, dass Erstaunen in dir weckt darüber, dass man damit Musik machen kann.

That's a killer rock & roll record!

nice raw unfiltered rock, nothing more nothing less

Really a 3.5. Solid album, enjoyed listening to it. Nothing on here blew my mind, however.

Already listened, always awesome!

Some out and out rockin going on here. Really liked this album. A bit one paced!

A little manic for me. I might listen to it on some rare days….. but most likely not.

Meh. Gotta appreciate it for what it is, but it's not for me after two songs or so.

They all kinda blended together, so even the 30-something minutes felt too long.

Unmemorable

ace of spades is a great song but put it on an album of sub-par copies, plus jailbait, and the whole thing becomes a cringe enterprise

Ace of spades and then banging your head against a brick for 33mins while drinking and watching questionably legal porn. Still, it must have made sense at the time. What goes on between consenting adults and all that... Musically it's quite good, it's just hard to ignore the sentiment

The title track is a classic. It’s still metal though… even after a mere 36 minutes I was struggling.

Title song is cult classic, other songs sound same, and didn’t age well. Very lecherous and creepy lyrics like “Jail Bait” and the chase is better than the catch.

METAL SEMPLICE SEMPLICE. TESTI FACILI INSIEME AGLI STRUMENTALI. OTTIMO PER PENSARE POCO E LASCIARSI UN PO’ ANDARE. IN ITALIA VORREI COMPRARE UNA HARLEY E VIAGGIARE LUNGO L’ADRIATICA FINO AD ARRIVARE NEL TAVOLIERE DELLE PUGLIE. DUE PERÒ È IL VOTO. 2/5

I wanted to like this and really enjoyed the lead singer’s vocal stylings but halfway through the album I was starting to feel I was just listening to “Ace of Spades” over and over again.

Not for me either.

Nothing special.

Decent hard rock from 1990 that was a good listen but already forgetable.

Not gonna yuck someone’s yum, but this music is just not for me.

Lemmy was a legend, but "jailbait" made my stomach turn.

This album rocks! Every song also sounds the same! And if it came on again I would definitely be disappointed. 2.5, rounding down.

Whaaaa? It’s the same song.

(3/7) I don't like the guy's voice but didn't think about it long enough to figure out why

Fine, lead track slaps, rest blurs and hadn't aged well

Putting Ace of Spades as track 1 is both a blessing and a curse. On one hand, it's about as effective of an attention-grabber as you get in music. On the other, it's a good sign you can just...turn the rest of it off after that. Ok that's a bit harsh. If you turn your brain off, it's some solid good ol' hard as fuck rock. Oh and then you get to Jailbait and think hmm that title is a little worrying, and then you listen to the lyrics and go "okay what the fuck". -1 because that shit is something else.

*1980. *Only 36 mins, but I was over it by the 2nd song. *Procrastinated listening to this all day, and sure enough, it was rough. *Basically the generic brand of AC/DC. RATING - 5/10

Honestly, Idk. I’ve been surprised often so far. I am going in with an open mind…. Wow. So I WANT to love this. But… yeah. Brits. Doing hard rock. Spinal Tap. I mean come on. I love drums and a driving bass line. And it opens so strong with Ace of Spades. But then… songs about 2 am booty calls, paeans to touring life with drunk driving, losing your hotel in the haze and super glue? And… jail bait??!!!? With ZERO irony. Um…. Sorry fellas 2 Boolean: False

All sounded the same and not good. At least it was only 30 minutes lost.

If you heard ace of spades you have heard it all

I kinda love the vibe of this album even though the songs aren’t really my thing. Far from bad though! 2.5

All the reviews on this website are like “THIS IS ROCK HELL YEAH NOTHING BETTER.” Which further confirms my sad theory that I have outgrown “rock ‘n roll” when it sounds like this. Just no interest if the lead singer can’t sing and every song is essentially just an iteration on the last. Points for being a quick album, despite my skipping through almost all of it. Supposedly the title track is redeemable so I’ll go relisten but it sounded p similar to the rest…

A bit too monotonous for my liking. Most of the songs sound like different parts of the same thing. Quite liked Fast and Loose. 2

3/10 Very much not for me

Too hard core for me. DNF.

I wanted to like this, but WTF with the misogyny and “jailbait” lyrics? Also all the songs kinda sounded the same.

It's just too darn loud. Honestly, I kind of like it, but every song sounds basically the same. Same tempo and rhythm, similar guitar chords, etc.

This is so degenerate.

Can’t give this higher than a 2 after hearing jailbait

Favourite tracks: Love Me Like a Reptile I like the guitar riffs and everything that supports them but the vocals are just not for me. Each song sounds like the last one too so hard to pick favourites. However I think it's clear what my least favourite is: Jailbait. Just what the fuck man. 2/5

sublime para su época.

i like that one song

i really can’t imagine someone waking up and being like i wanna listen to motorhead

Reminds me of Deep Purple but high on meths. Great energy, driving rhythms, soaring solos. But, afraid to say, not my Cup of Tea.

Ace of Spaces as a song has a long cultural tail and stands out as the first song on the album, until you get to the rest of the album which is little different song-by-song from Ace of Spades.

I heard of this band. Too raunchy for me. I don't like the vocals. Fair album.

This just sounded like a lot of noise with terrible lyrics.

Yeah, no.

The guitar was great...but the lyrics were sub with this whole yelling but not yelling thing. And then jailbait....sorry not sorry you tanked your rating right there. It wasn't going to be great to begin with, but the guitar is at least really good so maybe that would have bumped it.

I was enjoying jamming out to this and then they had to ruin it with Jailbait. WHY ARE SO MANY MALE ROCK STARS SO GROSS. The rest of the songwriting wasn’t much better. Mostly “I’m a rock star so I’m going to fuck shit up and fuck a lot of women” vibes. Which is too bad, because the guitars are super rockin’.

Meh. I like Ace of Spades because of guitar hero and the way he says Ace of Spades. The rest I could do without.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Ace of Spades // 1.5/5

Nothing burger

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

1.5

too much happening 🥲

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

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.

Dam this guy needs a cup of water

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

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

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.

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

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

4/10 - similar to Metallica but not as good

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Still can't get into Motorhead.

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..

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.

“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

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

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

Pretty sure thrash is just not going to be my thing

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

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

Lemmy die zweite...c

Undeniably badass and good, but these songs all sound the fucking same.

I already was not a Motorhead fan.

Metal is not a genre I particularly enjoy. Nothing wrong with this, just not my cup of tea.

Vocals: 1. Drums/guitar: 4. Repetitive song formula: 2. 4 plus 1 plus 2 equals 7. Divided by 3 equals 2.333. I’m surprised, as I expected a higher rating but damn his vocals wear on ya for an entire album.

I don't think I'd actually heard another Motorhead song beyond Ace Of Spades and it was actually decent, but very samey throughout. Maybe I'd heard the whole album before but I just thought Ace Of Spades played 12 times in a row?

How many identical songs are on this album? Still I listened to all of it.

Music was OK but I couldn't get past the singer's voice.

Damn bro, do you need a cough drop?

The title track is an obvious banger, but the rest is the same song with different lyrics. Jailbait is absymal, The Chase Is Better than The Catch nearly so.

Not good

This might come as a surprise to no one, but the rest of this album isn't as good as the opener.

88/1089 This album is decent, i can see the appeal and Ace of Spades is a clear standout. However, the songs all sound extremely similar to my ear and i’m not a huge fan of the vocal style (though the guitarring is solid) Jailbait is absolutely abysmal though 22/100

I like ya fit, G

i liked Ace of Spades as a song when I was like 9, but I didn’t realize that every song would kind of just sound like that… oof

chud soundtrack, i don't want to be that guy that hates "fun" music but it just isn't fun to me, i fw Thin Lizzy and other similar bands that are interested in the basic principles of pop songwriting but this chug chug roast beef sandwich music just doesn't do it for me Fav song: (We Are) The Road Crew

These guys are the middle of The Road Crew. Ace of Spades, although hard driving, stays in the middle lane. The songs are very similar with no stand outs. Not sure why this album is a Must Hear, I think the only reason it makes the 1001 List is because of Jailbait and The Chase being about sex with underage girls. I guess they’re trying to portray the Wild West of the eighties, I guess. (2.2*s)

Only ever heard the title track of this album from the band. The rest of the album is not bad. Some early thrash metal with good guitar and drums. Hearing some double bass pedal in there. Sounds like these guys formed in a scuzzy biker bar. Lead has a certain road worn voice, like he's seen some shit. And with that name, Lemmy Kilmister, had to become a hard rock forefather. Ace of Spades was a better album than I expected and I give it 2.1 stars.

Didn't really like it, but also didn't hate it. Motorhead certainly established a formula and stuck to it. That felt like 12 of the same song over and over. Fast beat, hard rock riff and some strained gravelly vocals from Lemmy. Pretty easy for me to shelve this and move on from Motorhead. Lemmy's vocals are primarily what set Motorhead apart from other hard rock acts of this ilk. This dude must have smoked a couple packs then chased it with a glass of thumbtacks and sandpaper. I can understand the unique allure but is has never worked for me. A song here and there is OK but I have no need to spend any extended time with Motorhead. Glad it was only 35 mins even if I didn't mind it. 2.20 stars

this was just not for me and that's ok!

Wouldn't listen to again.

Got halfway through and heard everything I needed to. Just not my genre at all- painfully noisy. Sorry Lemmy. 3/10 (1.5/5)

Glad i listened to the 40min album, i got the vibes in the first track and honestly that’s all you need, don’t think there’s a reason to listen to the rest

I love me some eighties heavy metal, yet I did not care for Motörhead's Ace of Spades. Every song was more or less the same as far as tone, lyrics, and energy. I don't even have the nostalgic factor with the title song because I didn't hear it in my teenage years. At least it was a short album? I won't pretend that I have excellent taste in music--I liked Mötley Crüe as a teenager, and outside of the hits, their music is absolute garbage. Actually, Mötley Crüe's hits all sound the same, but they were more fun than whatever Motörhead put on this album. 2, I guess, because this was music instead of whatever Pere Ubu passed off as music, but my enjoyment was at a 1.

much in the same way ac/dc is, it's pretty much one song over and over again and while it's done really well and it's a fun time to see live, it leaves something to be desired in a full album setting

Samey.....but fun, in a kitschy sort of way. 2.5 and a coin flip for the rounding direction

On today's roll of the 1001 albums I should hear before I die, I got yet another band I have only heard in passing but have never officially checked out any of their projects, I got Motörhead's Ace of Spades. This album is exactly what I'd expect some senior mechanic to listen to as he douses himself in every car fluid imaginable while trying to change your oil. This album is pretty standard and by the books Hard Rock with some influences of early Metal scattered throughout and not much else. The vocals are ragged and at times quite hard to hear, the instrumentals are the main sell as they absolutely rock with each track but lack variety once you get 30+ minutes into this album, and the songs feel very same-y despite the tracklist clearly stating the songs are different. I wasn't really impressed by what Motörhead had to offer outside of the kickass title track, as everything else feels like a copy of the first song. If someone put this on I would enjoy every track except for the very weird song Jailbait, but I would never choose to listen to this again.

I’m only 36 albums into this project and I’ve already been given both Motörhead albums. I’m unsure whether the generator thinks I am a metalhead who will be greatly enthused or rather realizes I am a leadfoot with a penchant for pop who’d rather get the metal out of the way up front in anticipation of more gentle genres. I can’t deny these guys rock. The musicianship is excellent. Lemmy’s voice just doesn’t do it for me. More Motörhead, ma’am? No thank you. I’m all done.

Was a decent 3 until “Jailbait”. Oof

Classic rock and roll, the different songs did blend into each other for me but if you like this sound then that is not a bad thing.

13, 13, THIRTEEN straight album from the UK. For fuck sake, there are 194 other countries on the blue marble that make music - trying listening to something that isn't from your damp foggy island. British excellence is a joke!! As for Motorhead, good rock music with shitty vocals and worse lyrics. There is literally a song about being a fucking pedo -Jailbait. What the actual fuck! How was the rest of the band cool with this, were they all just trying to bones teenagers? minus 1 star just for that song! 4/10 130/1001

Loud intense fast high energy, but so repetitive

So painfully generic and uninspired.

Rating: 1.9 Laughably stupid. Early metal at its most trashy and ignorant. I understand that Lemmy spent his entire life partying himself to death but his music doesn’t HAVE to reveal that so openly. With all this being said, the songs are all pretty much straightforward, don’t drag and you could probably put this stuff on at any bar and everyone (me included) would probably enjoy it so I’ll give it credit for that.

Despite listening to metal for pretty much my entire life I have never really understood motorhead. Every song blends together, jailbait is creepy as hell, the bass tone is really the only thing giving this above 1 star

i hate to admit, but i had a teeny tiny bit of fun with this, while alternating with a stank face (+1) for teeny tiny bit of fun. to add to comment from tom about the general horniness - i have seen this nastiness prevail among a group of former coworkers who are motorhead fans. i think we can separate artist from art or fans from the art's message a lot of time, but seeing this firsthand gives me a nudge to think otherwise sometimes.

I forgot I was listening to different songs for a good 20 minutes. Then "Jailbait" started playing and I started hoping that it was knowing satire about their reputation and treatment of fans. Because, if not, big yikes.

1. zpadez - 2.5 2. reptile - 1.5 3. zhoot - 1.5 4. uuin - 2 5. fazt - 1.5 6. road - 2 7. fire - 1.5 8. jail - 1.5 9. dance - 1.5 10. bullet - 2 11. chaze - 1.5 12. hammer - 1.5

I see the impact it had, but it's not pushing boundaries NOW.

Probably historically important but not pleasant to listen to. Drumming is repetitive, voice gets on your nerves 2.4

Can't give any album with Jailbait on it more than two stars

Böring

A little more groove than I was expecting, but I still really don't like Lemmy and every song kind of sounded the same

Eh, what am I missing?

Fun opening track, but also kind of a mess. Sounds like an album of trying to figure out one song, getting it, making it the first track then using the rest of the tries to make an album. It's dumb, but fine.

Was not in the mood for something this heavy.stopped after a couple of tracks

-well to put it simply, it’s… not really my thing, i guess? a little bit corny even for heavy metal standards. and oh god the lyrics to some of these tracks -someone else is definitely better equipped than myself to enjoy this so i’m not writing it off completely. has some good moments. but yeah not my preferred listening -Favorites are Fire Fire and The Chase Is Better Than the Catch

It’s rock, and it’s fast and kinda loud. Not really my jam.

I can’t even lie, Motörhead has a cool sound, and of course I love the title track but… every classic rock band got that one song called Jailbait if you know what I mean….

Good at what it does, fast paced rock riffs with an angry sounding vocalist. Questionable lyrics. Very same-y. Quite tedious after about three songs of the same themes and tempo. Don’t need to listen again. 2/5

Som en flaska jack daniels

Eh, kind of same-ish. Legally obliged to like Ace of Spades and Love Me Like a Reptile, but every song felt the same. So you really just need the one or two of them. Certainly not 27 of them. 2.5/5 stars.

Ok it was pretty good until I got to the song Jailbait. How the fuck did that song get made?? Are you fucking kidding me?? Dragged the whole record down cuz now they all seem like they are (or support?) disgusting pedos.

Meh...

Why is this so rape-y

I wanted to like Motörhead but the Jailbait song really soured my view of them. Ace of Spades is the only decent song on the album anyway.

Oh boy...

Idk it was better than when I heard the live versions, but retroactively I'm rating the live album lower b/c I listened to the lyrics more carefully this time and they're incredibly dumb. Rating: 5/10

5/10 Motörhead is Motörhead. It’s good just not for me. Favorite song: ace of spades

jailbate didnt age well

It's funny that people say everything sounds the same now when this band is still popular. There's barely any difference between songs. I don't get it. It's fine for about 180 seconds and then it's really boring.

Songs to paint a picture of the same black hallway over and over again to. Fun listen, high energy and wicked guitar tone that makes you want to scream at things. Wouldn't call this album sonically diverse, which isn't necessarily a bad thing but I would've loved to hear something different from song to song. Almost campy in presentation, like a hair metal band that just finished watching sons of anarchy. Fav track: Ace of Spades

I found listening to this to be extremely repetitive. Every song sounded more or less the same. Maybe that's a me issue but I really could not get into this. I felt like the music was poorly played and there wasn't enough interesting to me to make me overlook it. On top of it, some of the songs and lyrics weren't great either. I can see why people like the song "Ace of Spades" but it wasn't really for me. I can see how this was influential for later stuff so I'll give it a 2 instead of 1 but for personal enjoyment it's more of a 1.

Every song feels 10 minutes long cuz they all sound the same and just blend one in to another. Jailbait is bad, real bad

Love Ace of Spades but after that it’s really just the same song over and over again with increasingly bad lyrics. 4/10 and the title track carries it to that.