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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
this is the same as putting ace of spades on a loop for half an hour. you eventually have to ignore lemmy entirely, firstly because of his consistently one note growling, and secondly on the basis that everything he is saying is dumb as rocks. obligatory “rock n roll” pedo song. it’s not boring and it is good old fashioned Rock Music but it is sooooo spinal tap.
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.
4/5 for the vibe, minus 2 for "jailbait."
Every song feels 10 minutes long cuz they all sound the same and just blend one in to another. Thought Jailbait was just going to be bad musically. Was much worse than I thought.
Ace of spades is a great song, but beyond that there was not much to write home about. Some of the lyrics were also just downright gross to listen to (jailbait for instance) so I’m giving this one a 2/5. Fav song: Ace of Spades
Stg if I have to listen to one more album with a million long ass guitar solos I will go crazy
Aisde I guess the title track and Jailbait despite the lyrics, the music is pretty dull and crap but Lemmy is probably the only famous metal musician I could stomach if I met them in real life, Rest in peace to a legend. Unfortunately his music is shit to me but more power to you if you like it.
Not a genre I enjoy, but at least it was short.
Imagine being Drake, you get publicly destroyed for being a nonce and then Lemmy was out there singing about underage girls sucking him off and he got a free pass.
I can only take so much of this type of music. I did kinda like the title tract but after that it went downhill. Songs began to sound the same, and annoying.
I liked early Hawkwind so have a soft spot for Lemmy. I also like the track Ace Of Spades very much. Trouble is its track 1 side 1 on this album so the rest quickly falls away in mediocrity of the same old same old. This stuff will appeal to many old rockers and I know quite a few who do but I’m not one of them. 2/5 25/1/25
While not my style of rock and roll/punk/heavy metal, I can appreciate its influence they had on other styles of music.
When loading this up on Spotify, the first thing that jumped out was '12 songs, 36 min 16 sec'. The only way that could have made me smile more, is if each song was literally 3 minutes and 1 second, as opposed to an average.
Yeah, ok. Icons of rock ain’t they!!? But a little heavy for me, I like the odd listen to their commercially successful singles but an album is a little too much for me.
This gets to be real grating, real quick... not sure what it is, if it's the extremely limited vocal range, the repetitive generic riffing or the inane lyrics.
Ace of Spades (the song) was ALWAYS playing in THPS and I've never really liked it. Lemmy's voice was always just terrible to me. I guess at the time it was kind of a novel thing, and their art surely provoked the youth as well, but I feel like it's just edgelord stuff today. Add on the problematic as hell "Jailbait" and you've got a barely-talented band writing cringey music. On the plus side, the album was relatively short.
No need to stroke the chin or check the stereo separation. This is high octane no nonsense in your face drivel. It's engaging because of the front man.
A bunch of songs from the alternate 1985 in Back to the Future II. I now need a tetanus shot.
The title track brought back good memories of playing Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3. Other than that, I wasn’t into it.
Pretty average, old-school hard rock, akin to Black Sabbath. I see a lot of talk online about Lemmy and how much of a supposed legend he was, but altogether his music isn't really my thing. The title track is alright though.
General dislike
too rowdy for me
I’ve already reviewed Motörhead’s live album, which I did not care for. Granted, it’s hard to appreciate a live album when you only know one of the songs, but still, No Sleep Till Hammersmith? More like… wake me up… when we leave Hammersmith. I’ll workshop that. As far as this album goes, I’m familiar with the title track, but that’s it. However, I see that there’s a song on here called “Jailbait,” so that should be fun and not at all problematic. I guess it’s time to fire this one up! Well, as I expected, outside of the title track, this album was a bit of a snooze. I suppose I’ll start with the things that I liked about this album. “Ace of Spades” is awesome. It’s got an absolutely frantic energy to it, but everything still sounds tight and precise. The main guitar riff is fantastic, the drumming comes at a blistering pace, and Lemmy’s growling vocals are fantastic. The guitar playing across the album is pretty good, and I like the heaviness of the sound. As for the things I didn’t like about this album… the overall sound feels lazy and uninspired. It feels like everything after the title track was just cobbled together without any forethought. These songs all sound incredibly similar to me; they’re just fast and loud, but there’s nothing else of note about them. And on the note of “Jailbait,” the lyrics are somehow even worse than I could have imagined. Holy hell, that was gross. For a band that’s so well known in the history of metal, there’s nothing particularly unique about the overall sound of this album, and it’s pretty dull. Maybe it was earth shattering when it came out, but I think other bands have improved so much on this speed metal sound, that this album just falls flat. Ace of Spades may have been incredibly influential in its time, but to me, it just doesn’t hold up.
Listening to this was like pressing a drill against my head for an hour. Tough singer. No range.
A bit too rockin’
Ace of Spades is the fourth studio album by Motörhead, originally released in 1980. This is a pretty influential album. You can hear Motorhead setting the scene for metal in the 80s. I'm not a super big fan of Lemmy's voice, but it works on a lot of these songs. Especially the first track, that one rocks. Then you have tracks like "Jail Bait" which are just so horrifically bad. In fact, a lot of the lyrics on here are pretty lame. The production leaves a lot to be desired as well.
“Jailbait” bruh these old bands really gross me out sometimes Some decent song in the beginning, def not understanding why it’s on this list
One banging tune and a lot of questionable choices....
Motorhead is some pretty good gnarly rock, although I hate Ace of Spades so much, just one of those songs that annoys me. There are some pretty sick riffs and guitar work on this album, Shoot You in the Back and Fast and Loose sound so good, but the lead singers vocals are pretty dogshit. around the midpoint they say fuck it and get very repetitive, Also what the fuck is Jailbait, different times, I know, but holy fuck how gross.
Some fun riffs but the lyrics in several tracks haven’t aged well and it’s never really been my sound.
#365 - 1 year... and this is what I get? Geez. Not my musical genre at all
YAWN
Some iconic vocals, but really only one good track. The reptile song was one of the better ones, but I definitely got sick of it listening to the B-Sides. Not terrible, just not something I'd listen to in album form again.
nah, somehow sounds more dated than Iron maiden even tho they came out the same year
I'm not sure how something so loud can also be boring.
Nah
This album is only on the list to listen to the title track, Ace of Spades. The rest of the album is fine, but it just feels like slightly grimier hair metal. The singer's voice is grating and it sounds like he'll lose it any second. Best Songs: Ace of Spades, Live to Win, Worst Songs: (We Are) The Roadcrew, Jailbait, The Chase Is Better Than the Catch
Ugh
This is a lot more like punk rock than most metal. That's kind of an interesting change of pace, but it's not my style. This is a pretty rough record, the production is fine but very stripped-down, and nobody in the band is really a strong instrumentalist. Lemmy in particular, while having a very distinctive voice, is quite a poor singer.
Not horrible, but not what I would choose to listen to. The songs all started to sound the same after a while...
I have to agree with another review who called out Jailbait. I was thinking it was tongue-in-cheek, like Shoot You in the Back, but came across as too heartfelt, making it just creepy.
Ace of Spades over and over again until you get to the one where he says he's a paedo.
2.5☆/5 08.29.2024
Not my vibe
Straight up hard rock from the. early 80s most songs sound very similar.
I bet these guys are scary yet cool and respectable
All just a little bit over-the-top for my liking. Yes, there are some killer licks and great rockers in there but I can't really get on with Lemmy's amelodic yelling and the rhythm and bass just lack nuance and variety.
oh... that's a song about how the dude wants to fuck a teenager...
Lemmy's voice becomes grating by the 2nd song.
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I respect their unique approach and style to the music world. I personally would never go out of my way to listen to them however based solely on their name it was better than expected. Props to them and respect given.
The music itself wasn’t bad, but the lyrics were. I’m docking a star mostly for “Jailbait.”
Seemed like a lot of the same. Nothing really trying to standout. Vocals are not great either.
It honestly all sounds the same to me and tbh if they’re not singing Triple H’s theme song, I’m probably gonna zone out.
Maybe this isn’t my cup of tea but man this album is a slog, even at 36 mins. Every song sounds nearly identical, and that sound is just meandering and completely uninteresting to me. I do get the appeal, I actually enjoyed the first song, especially the riff on it, but as a whole this album did nothing for me.
They deserve jail for that jailbait song.
Todo el rato igual ...
Music is fun, but singing and lyrics are atrocious. 2.4.
not my bag
Some interesting songs and some great examples of heavy metal, but I definitely did not need the second desk with alternative versions of all of the songs on the first record.
title track is great but not sure I like much more
Forgettable proto-metal
This could be a real fun speed rock album, and the title track is bona fide classic. Sadly, the utterly disgusting "Jailbait" ruins it. Different times, sure, but I'm really glad those are over...
Took me multiple days to get through this one
This is the Katy Perry of rock. It's way too safe and I don't like it a single bit. With that said, it wasn't too bad on the ears so it gets a 2
This is pretty painless. It comes at you quick and just rocks the whole way through. It has a kind of Meatloaf on speed quality. Don't love it. Don't hate it. Would not dip in again.
2.5/5
There wasn’t much I liked about this album.
Ace of Spades is incredibly catchy and recognizable even to those that don't know Motorhead. Jailbait is despicable and taints the whole album.
After about 20 minutes I realized I hated the dude's voice and couldn't recall any individual song since they all sound extremely similar. 3/10
ich fühl mich plötzlich sooo müde ;-)
Nah
Favourite song - Ace of spades
This sure is an okay album. Nothing really stands out other than Ace of Spades. BUT this is the first time I get to use my, “this classic rock artist just admitted to being a pedophile” card! That’s an automatic star deduction. This will not be the last time I use it! Jesus Christ!
Wasn't expecting to like this very much as I am not a big fan of metal. Had to listen to Love Me Like a Reptile twice because I had to make sure I heard the lyrics right. Sadly, I did. Then I got to Jailbait... All in all, not the worst thing I have ever heard, but I did not have a good time. Ace of Spades is still cool though.
Sama biisi useasti mutta vain yksi toimii kuin häkä
Musiikki on selvästi korkean kakkosen luokkaa, mutta mietin pitkään, kannattaako tämä siitä huolimatta kuulla - onhan soundi tavallaan ainutlaatuinen. Lopulta on todettava, että vain Ace of Spades on oleellinen.
Couldnt listen to the second album
Ace of Spades was ace
This is okay, but I don't understand why this album is on the list. It's generic sounding 80s heavy metal, not a single attribute or song that stands out to me. Every track seems composed mostly the same with the only difference being the starting note, the tempo shifts slightly, and the lyrics change, but it's basically the same composition track after track. There's nothing wrong with a formula, and there's nothing wrong with solid execution of it by all involved, but I guess I'm just missing the magic of the album. As a side note, while I've heard a few of these songs on the classic rock radio station over the years, I never knew it was Motörhead. I've heard the name of the band before, but I always assumed they were more like an alternative rock / industrial band. So, clearly I came in with the wrong expectations, but at least I left learning something. I don't see anything worth returning for though.
Ace of spades goes pretty hard. The rest of instrumentals and vocals feel a little repetitive, nothing special here. 2*
Rating: 4/10 Awful vocals, awful lyrics, and very one-dimensional songwriting. I appreciate the energy of the band and some ideas are good but overall I do not care for this album. Ace of Spades is great though.
Only liked Ace of Spades, the voice of the singer was too distracting for me
Jailbait - it's as problematic as it sounds, probably more. Ace of Spades is pretty much the standout but Fast and Loose adds some variety with blues-y rockiness, almost Clutch-esque
Not my taste
Peruspaskaa sai päähän laittaa
I choose in my life to constantly make fun on the leading track, Ace of Spades, because Lemmy's voice is so unique its hard not to pay attention to that track. It wouldn't be a notable song without the delivery, but I understand that pulling people in. Lucky for those people, every single other song here is the exact same track but chopped up with different lyrics, some far more disgusting than others. Its fine in short bursts, but a whole album of it, even at only thirty minutes, can lead anyone to groaning every time a track starts and it sounds the exact same as the last one, two, three, etc, etc. I get why those looking for a pick me up would like the rough energy of this, but nearly everything about this has aged like milk, and it feels only like it passes due to the joy I feel singing "MY ASS IS GAY!" to the tune of "The ass of spades!" Its a cathartic experience, truly, and gives me some amount of pleasure, which I feel deserves it some indirect credit.
Lots of energy, not much else.
Hard Rock, Metall, 1980 -> 2
A song called "Jailbait" does not age well.
All the tracks sounded EXACTLY the same. The guitar was pretty good. Vocals were scratchy and atonal
Interesting. If I didn't know this was Motorhead, I couldn't have placed it between 1978 or so and today.
Pretty rough
Guess I'm not a Motörhead fan. I am, however, a ¨ fan.
2.5
Not as bad as I thought it would be. Has a very 70s hard rock mixed with Guns N Roses feel to it (ignoring the vocals which for me don't match the quality of the guitars and bass). This is certainly much more listenable than early Metallica for me.
Never really got into Motorhead. Too much noise, not enough substance
They're like if toxic masculinity was a band. Some pretty wild wah effect solos though.
Glimpses of hope, but mostly mediocrity. Don't think I'll find replay value in here
Jailbait aged well
Not for me. I’ve always loved “Ace of Spades” and was excited to expand my knowledge of Motörhead. But every song was just “Ace of Spades” with different lyrics.
Wenig Abwechslung
The whole album sounds similar. Lemmy growling with heavy guitars. I've never listened to an entire Motorhead album and don't need to again.
Just don't like metal
Wow. I am not into this. Made it halfway through. It’s not a texture I care for.
One track career
Lemmy created an entire persona millions of people copied. The problem is Lemmy was not overly talented and also a pedophile. The title track is good, I liked Fire, Fire also. I thought the last few songs were decent. But overall this has not aged well, Lemmy did not age well. Motörhead’s greatest accomplishment is influencing Metallica, for that alone it gets a low 2 star rating 3.9/10
I am not and probably will not become a fan of trash metal. Too loud, rough, sans finesse.
This probably just will not be my thing, don't really like metal but I'll be open minded! The guitar riffs are cool i feel like this would be really cool live. jailbait gross song ew
Feels like more of the same song each time, probably because of the way Lemmy is singing. Its not for me, never has been.
Known before: Band/Some songs Standouts: / 3.5/10
Known Before: Band Standouts: 11. The Chase is Better Than the Catch 4.0
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.
It's really not my kind of music. It's not bad it's just not what I'd choose to listen to.
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.
Every song sounds the same. Ace of Spades was fun only cos I already know it. Not for me.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Mir hat das Album weniger gut gefallen. Keine schlechte Musik, aber sie macht mich nervös, hektisch und aggressiv! 4.2/10
Oof. Some nice sounds but otherwise way to heavy metal for my taste. 2 out of 5
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.
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
Some of the lyrics haven't past the test of time
Everyone should listen once AND THEN MOVE ON!
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.
Fine but not my vibe
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.
I made it 7 songs in and yeah they kind of suck
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.
Ace of Spades baby. Incredible song. Not much else for me here.
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.
Ace of Spades is amazing. The rest of the album is pretty tame by today's standards.
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
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
Gøy ein gang i blant, men ikkje heilt i mi gata ellers
Much of the same
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.
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.
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
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.
No me gustó. Tiene alguito en la música pero la voz es malísima.
jailbate? girl what
Ok. Lyrics were a bit creepy in some songs. Songs sounded very same. 2/5
nice energy, quite muddy mix, bit fatiguing
oh my god ace of spades is such a fucking tune
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.
Motor
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
Rocks hard. I’ll let other people enjoy it.
tracks : ace of spades [3] love me like a reptile [2.5] shoot you in the back[2] live to win[1] fast and loose[1] (we are) the roadcrew [3] fire fire[3] jailbait[2] dance[2] bite the bullet[1.5] the chase is better than the catch[1] the hammer [2] RATING : 2
This album is very much just alright. Ace of Spades is a great single and if you've heard it you've heard the entire album honestly. The entire album sounds very similar and there's barely any differences between the songs. I'm not saying it's a bad thing but in my eyes this makes this album just fine.
Ace of Spades!!! The only Motörhead song I know but I do love it. The heavy drums and bass are awesome but after a while the songs do meld into one another.
Every song sounded the same, like it was something my tenth grade stoner friends made in their band
Hmm. I think it might be quite true that this was a strong influence on a lot of other heavy metal artists. I acknowledge that. However, I found this repetitive and boring and sometimes offensive (jailbait).
I didn't enjoy this one...not that I was expecting to, but it was tough to make it through the album. I did make it through every track, except Jailbait, but it was an unenjoyable task. I mean, there were moments when the driving rhythm and guitars were a bit catchy, but on pretty much every track I was just waiting for it to end.
Not my favorite brew, but refreshing compared to the beta albums I've recently been subjected to.
This album was kinda like eating donuts. The first song was pretty good, I kinda wanted another. The second one was enough. The third was a bit much, I’m feeling a bit full now. Then we get a fourth, a fifth, a sixth…by the 12th I was about ready to roll over and die. One at a time would have been much more enjoyable probably
Eh
This album was decidedly not made for me. I can appreciate the musicianship, but that's about it. 2/5
The link between Sex Pistols and GnR, but the drums really grated on me after a while. And the less said about Jailbait the better…
Title track is great, the rest is fine and exactly as expected. Was going to give this a 3 but have to take off a star for Jailbait, yikes
Bon mais un peu redondant. Malheureusement, l'enregistrement date des années 70. Donc le son n'est pas parfait.
Sounds all pretty much the same, unfortunately. Knew Ace of Spades before. But still, kinda gets you hyped. + Ace of Spades + Live to Win
It's just 12 variations of the same song. Granted, that song is "Ace of Spades" but, even at a relatively short 36 minutes, it wears on you.
A voice only a mother could love. One banger, all filler
Definitely not my cup of tea, the singer's voice is pretty grating but I can see the appeal of the instruments. Makes you want to drive fast. Gets a little repetitive though, and many of the songs sound the samey to me, which made the album kind of drag.
Was Ace Of Spades on a Tony Hawk game back in the day? For some reason it reminds my of Tony Hawk. It’s one of those songs that everybody has heard of, isn’t it? Even if you’re not into rock much at all, you know Ace Of Spades. Not sure I’ve ever heard anything else by Motörhead, but there you go. Songs I already knew: Ace Of Spades Favourites: Ace Of Spades Ok, so it turns out that if you’ve heard Ace Of Spades then you’ve basically heard the whole album. The guitar solos are remarkably similar in each song, and I’d bed that if you played Fire Fire and Ace Of Spades at the same time that you wouldn’t even notice there were two different songs playing. The elephant in the room on this album is the song Jailbait. It feels bad to speak ill of the dead, so I’ll just state the facts. In this song, Lemmy sings about how he wants to “taste” a teenager. It’s pretty damn weird, and made what was a decent (if not very samey) album, into something much weirder.
Fine, was in the mood for it originally but I swiftly tired of it
A couple of bangers but felt somewhat relieved when it was over
Wasn't really my thing. Hope this site doesn't recommend more dad rock to me...
Seemed to go all downhill after the first song. I had to stop after an hour.
I’m not a fan.
some of these are boppish but the cringey lyrics overtake the good licks
Rock N Roll...but not for me.
As far as Metal goes, Motorhead has a special place as their impact on aesthetics and attitude have transcended more than mainstream Pop/Hair Metal. That being said, this album has only one major breakthrough hit "Ace of Spades" with several homogeneous filler tracks that don't necessarily elevate or push any boundaries. While that isn't a bad thing, it does hold the effort back.
The Ace of Spades, The Ace or Spades, The Ace of Spades, The Ace of spades… That’s about all I remember from this early 80’s metal. AoS was always on rotation while listening to old school metal.
Cool for the genre
New to me. I was never much of a heavy metal guy but this included snippets seemingly left over from punk, which I appreciated. Conceivably I’ll listen to one or two tracks again someday.
Y'a eu un bug c'était 12 fois la même chanson je crois
je ne regrette pas d'avoir repoussé cette écoute j'aurais même pu attendre plus je crois
A precursor to butt rock????? Idk not really feeling it. Songs sounded too similar for my taste
Every song is basically the same, but it's pretty fun. Some really dodgy lyrics in one of the songs in particular (Jailbait) which is a bit grim. It's an odd kind of music, it's simple like 50s rock & roll (Dance in particular sounds like this) but with louder guitars. Not really for me, one track of it is fine (particularly when it's Ace Of Spades), but it gets very samey very quickly. 2/5.
Too heavy for me
just not for me
Ooof, Imran it wasn’t terrible, just not for me for a full album.
While I knew the title track and had heard Road Crew, the rest of the album was new to me. And it's cool. It's a bit same-y, of course, but at the same time, I was impressed with how much variety they managed to get given that Lemmy has a very narrow range as a singer and they are a three-piece band. Anyway, I dug it for what it is. Interesting middle-ground between punk and metal. Docking one star for Jailbait, though
54/100: The song Ace of Spades is really good, but this album is one of those that really tests your promise to listen to every album all the way through before writing a review. By three songs into the album, I knew this was going to be a tough listen. The album “Ace of Spades” is aptly named, because it’s essentially just the song “Ace of Spades” and 11 variations of it. When the distinct part of your musical style is just playing loud and fast, it’s hard for any song to stand out as unique. I won’t listen to this album again, I had a hard enough time listening to it once through.
Back in the day I was a dastardly street magician. I would take advantage of drunken idiots for a small fee and perform ‘magic’. This one time I got caught by a fella who happened to see my trick deck and noticed every card was the Ace of Spades, I was mortified. “The gig is over mate, you’re done for unless….” He started to unzip his pants and said “I’ll let it slide if you Love me Like a Reptile”. I said to him “turn around then”. He obliged and as he turned around I pulled out my trusty revolver (this isn’t a metaphor) and I said “I’m going to Shoot you in the Back”. Bang. He was on the floor bleeding out and I said to him “we are very different people you and I. I don’t do this for sport, I Live to Win”. At this point I walked away, leaving him to enjoy his final few minutes face down in the dark street. I was in such a high and went into the night looking for a woman, someone who is Fast and Loose. It was as if someone could hear my thoughts because these hot chicks pulled up out of nowhere smelling of cigarettes and leather. “We are the Roadcrew”, this one firecracker stated. She walked up to me I noticed my piece. At this point it could of been a metaphor as I was ready. She took my gun and the other chick, hair looking like a premium firework silhouetted in front of the moonlight. “Fire Fire” she yelled whilst shooting my gun into the air. In a daze, I didn’t take into consideration what attention this brought to the alley we were in which was now lit up by red and blue lights. As ominous the arrival was of these chicks, their departure was as if they were all smoke and mirrors. I was done for. As the metal clasped my cold sweaty wrists, one cop said “you’ll be jailbait in a few hours you little punk”. I was thrown into a cell. Alone with my thoughts still not really understanding where it all went wrong. Why was I so comfortable in shooting that man? Is this something I have done before? Why can’t I remember anything before that incident? A big brute came pacing outside my cell, caressing the bars with his fingers “You have no idea what you’ve done do you? We’ve been looking for you for months and at the sight of a bit of pussy, you let your guard down. You’re fucked now, that was your last dance”. I had no answer. I guess this is is, I have to bite the bullet. Considering they have been searching for me for months and now I am within 6 feet of every cop in this town, they sure do not seem too happy. Maybe the Chase is better than the catch after all. With this in mind I thought I would oblige. Why does this have to be over? We can continue this game can’t we? I could see that this 300lb fucker had all the tools on him to take down a small army. I could see the seam of his pants partially covering a gun in is boot. He had two guns on each side of his hip and what looked like a blade in his back pocket. I walked over to the cell and he seemed to appear smaller the closer I walked to him. He looked scared which made me start to question what kind of things I had been doing outside? This guy who was safe on the other side of the cell started to tremble. He was so scared he couldn’t even look me in the eye. His head looking down at my hand he has now realised that is his terrified state I have taken one of his guns and he knows that he’s the one fucked. We are both fucked but at least I will be the one who sees this guy get fucked. I pull back the hammer “In a bit dickhead” Not really my cup of tea that album.
This is way out of my wheel house and I just can’t say I love the genre. My low rating is just personal preference based.
eh not for me. Leather strapped cowboys are a funny visual though
Motorhead's lead singer does not do it for me.
Förstår att detta är en klassiker men för mig låter allt likadant.
Dull Dull Dull
Only listed to a few, but it’s not my personal listening taste (metal rock).
There is a reason I’ve only ever heard one song off this album before.
Same story as with ZZ Top - monotonous, repetitive and irritating. The only reason it's not one star is that Ace of Spades is a great song (and then you have 9 more songs that barely sound different). Once again, not my style.
The title track is a good listen, but wouldn't go out of my way to put the album on. Also some questionable lyrics (Jailbait).
Meh
12 versions of Ace of Spades.
Have definitely heard of Motorhead, but don't know the music very well. "Ace of Spades" I remember for the vocals, which sound a bit whiny. That carries for the album, it's like hard rock with a vocalist straining to prevent himself from crying, kind of a strange effect. It's not a bad album, but there's not much here that was memorable, and amid all the other classic rock bands out there, I just don't think this brings much to the table. Maybe they've got better albums out there, but this one's more like a three of diamonds. Favorite tracks: Ace of Spades, Fast and Loose. Album art: Really like this one, these guys look absolutely insane. Goth cowboys. Color contrast is excellent, stances are proud. Iconic looks all around. 2.5/5
Not a massive fan of the sound but I didn't think it was awful. 2/5
Lol, that front cover encapsulates hard rock. Three British guys cosplaying as leather-clad gothic cowboys and managing to look serious about it. The sound is slightly better than I remember. It has more of the stripped-back energy of punk than most heavy metal records. However, it does get a bit samey even in 36 minutes. The songs are mostly mindless crap about getting drunk and having sex. "Jailbait" is particularly repulsive ("you're jailbait. I just can't wait"). I'm not even morally objecting - it's more that I just want to vomit at the thought of Lemmy having sex with an underage girl and writing this song after. 2*
The metal band loved by punks. Their most famous album named after their most famous track which Lemmy hated. It fast, heavy and a bit repetitive. Not for me.
The only cool thing about this band is that it is better that suicidal hippie folk rock
Every song sounded the same and then within each song it was a lot of repetition. I didn’t mind listening to it necessarily but don’t need to ever listen to it again.
Wanted to like it because THPS "Ace of Spades", but this just felt repetitive and noise.
Ik vind de pukkel van Lemmy gedenkwaardiger dan deze plaat.
Good music but lyrics kinda didn’t matter
It’s fine, and if it was on in a store I’d be neutral about it, I just can’t bring myself to care about Motörhead. Listening to this album is a boy task. Every song sounds the same.
Mmm, not bad. Just not my style. I enjoyed Ace of Spades, but beyond that I felt it was a lot of the same thing.
A precursor to mental in England British band Didn’t save any songs from this Album
Jel to sve jedna pjesma ili? Nije moja šalica čaja ali nije ni skroz neslusljivo. Al su zato tekstovi iznenadujuce losi
a ne znam, Lemmyev glas je tipa Thompsonovog onog kad oponašaš: "Zmija me za srce ugrizla" samo je ovdje učestalo. ima čak nekih dobrih instrumentala, ali to je kao i ac/dc sindrom - znate već. ovaj cover je isto mislim u Kapeli ufotkan, al ovo je Zdravko fotko - uglavnom sad na mjestu gdje će navjerojatnije biti reciklažno dvorište, gdje je prije bila pilana, e u tom dvorištu - na šljunku gdje sam se polomio još malo. bilo je dost' visoko, ngl. šljunak 3/5, fotka 4/5 samo zato što je domaće, a album 2/5 - i dost.
Peaked kad je Dave Grohl mu došo odsvirat ace of spades na bubnjevima, that's all.
His warty face though.
The Ace Of Spades sets the tone and boy does this album never shift out of that gear. Jailbait is a rather unfortunate song. This album is peak 80s mysogeny, sex, drugs, and rock and roll. (We Are) The Road Crew is a nice send up for the tough life of a stage crew.
All of the songs sounded exactly like Ace of Spades to me
Very samey but solid.
4/10. Maybe it's just that I pre-judge any album with a song called "Jailbait" on it going in, but I didn't think this was that good.
My first introduction to this was on Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3. It didn't get annoying listening to it constantly while I perfected a 50/50 grind around a cast of boiling steel. So... This is just boring dumb rock to me, though. So I don't really care. And since this list is already disproportionately filled with upset whiteys, I'm gonna penalize the 'head. Not 1/5 though, because these guys can clearly J-A-M.
This album started off super strong, exciting, energy that was a great indicator of things to come. The title track had a great riff, things were looking good - great, even. Next song, similar riff, but that is okay because this band clearly deserves the continued listen, surely there is more in this tank. On and on that goes, while the Law of Diminishing Returns rears its I-told-you-so head. A view at their play count confirms it: the first song is absolutely amazing, but everything after that is basically the same with an ultimately downward trend. The setting likens to back in the old arcade days, no quarters left, but the Motorhead pinball machine's flashy lights and exciting "Ace of Spades" soundbites create that false hope that it can be played as if for the first time, every time. Truth is, on the next visit to the arcade, quarters at the ready, the pinball machine fires up at the deposit of coin, the world is lit and the moment is all but fleeting. The same lights and brilliant flashes become predictable, as the score gets higher, the same "Ace of Spades" riff echoes, the game gets boring. The last ball is lost, the game is over. After a brief reset, the pinball machine is back to flashy lights, the "Ace of Spades" anthem playing at seemingly triumphant moments of flash. The realization sets in that the flash and music never changed at the deposit of coin, it was the exact same with coin or not. A quarter wasted, yet still the temptation of a good time lingers, perhaps the next time will be different? Truth is, with this album, the differences were seemingly rehashed for every song. Granted, this is the world of modern music, this is exactly what happens, but perhaps Motorhead forgot to be creative?
nah
I don’t get it
Motorhead album, fine thrash music. They are okay.
Pretty loud. A lot of the songs are the same, but not bad. 2/5 Ace of Spades is best song.
:D vittu ebinn kuunnella ace of spadesii täysii sen verran mitä oon joskus kuunnellu motorheadia niin muistan että kaikki biisit kuulosti 99% samalta ku ace of spades. että odotukset ei ole korkeella. aika hyvin vastas kyllä odotuksia, mutta toisaalta hyvää tasasta tykittelyä. voisin kuunnella uudestaan töidenteon ohella ainakin semi-ironisesti.
Crankin first song. Does get a bit the same as the album goes on but can't fault the enthusiasm.
The title track is of course fire (shoutout Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3) but the rest is kind of meh. Not that it's terrible, it just falls into that Kiss territory of cheesy hair metal. And I refused to listen to anything past a song called "Jailbait."
Jah, rock og rul. Man skulle nok have været der, i tiden, for at kunne opleve hvor stort det var. Nu er det bare endnu et rock album. Men fint og små-kedeligt.
Heavy metal, højt, nogle ok numre, ellers lidt tungt
Speed, heavy rock n roll. Sorry to say it is a bit samey. Still legendary band.
It gets a little samey, but the guitar work is pretty good. Too bad I can't really stand Lemmy's voice, and the lyrics are.. something.
Shouty
The album got off to a cracking start. How could you go past the classic Ace Of Spades? As it progressed it kept those hard nosed guitars and drums but the content of the lyrics progressively got more and more rapey. Culminating in both Jailbait and The Chase is Better Than The Catch. I wanted to enjoy the entire album but I really couldn't, it makes sense as to why the only released single from the album was the Ace of Spades. This album would've had a much higher rating from me only if the lyrical content was not so rapey. Best: Ace of Spades Worst: Jailbait; The Chase is Better than the Catch
Talented, hard-rocking stuff... but not for me. I don't listen to this kind of stuff enough to get the nuances, if their are any. To me, it sounds like the whole thing is played at one volume and at one level of anger.
Early metal, not really my thing though the first song isn't bad. By far the most popular song on the album. All else sounds pretty much the same. 5/10.
It’s fine…not particularly my thing.
First metal record on the list. Vocals were not as indiscernible as I would expect from stereotypical death metal, for example. Still pretty mediocre with the exception of the good guitar riffs. // Favs: Live To Win Score: Decent to Strong 2
Terrible. Didn't even finish listening. There's even a song about pedophilia. Terrible.
nicht so mein Fall