Ace of Spades

What. An. Album! Explosive, catchy, headbanging, everything I love about this era of music

Wickedly cool record, like a louder, faster Back in Black.

The pleasure is to play ♠️

Repetitive. Ace of spades is an all time banger song though

Classic

We are gambling everything in Balatro with this one! (sorry kids, no real gambling on my sight). Great album with a lot of speed, energy and heavy distortion that is quite simple at its core. Other than they playing fast, screaming and having guitar solos (which don't really add much I'm my honest opinion), there is not really a lot more going on, as the song structures are very very rudimentary, almost feeling like they don't have choruses because they are very well blended with the verses and the guitars and voice stay very steady with not big changes. The true differences between songs are in the styles and rhythms. Songs like "Ace of Spades", "(We Are) The Roadcrew" and "The Hammer" have super fast relentless pace and riffs, while others feel more like normal hard-rock tracks, containing great energy but not as frenetic as the aforementioned ones. A couple examples would be "Shoot You in the Back" or "The Chase Is Better Than the Catch". Between these two styles, I do enjoy way more the first one than the second, and unfortunately I think the album leans more to the latter. Another aspect worth mentioning is that Lemmy's singing style can be a bit one-noted, but at least holds a lot of attitude, so it doesn't really bothers me. Overall, great album. Can't say I love it, yet the fun and energy is undoubtedly there, except in "Jailbait", which is very gross. Why the need to be so blatant about loving teenagers...?

First two songs: This is great, how have I never listened to this album? Fourth song: Ok, these are similar. Sixth song: How many songs are on this double album??? If you're in the mood for this, it is great. Not much variety at all. 3.8

#285 Heard Before? Yup. Notes: - as a reviewer, my first question is always "does this music succeed on its own terms?" the answer with Motörhead is, of course, FUCK YEAH! - but I'm not just a reviewer, I'm a listener, and my own feelings are more mixed. - the hilarious overuse of vibraslap on "shoot you in the back" was my favorite thing this time. - i always think I'm not really a lyrics guy until the lyrics are this terrible. then i realize i must have been hearing them all along. Verdict: Riff. Rock. Repeat. Listen Again? Probably not.

Easily one of the best rock 'n' roll albums of all time. Few bands sounded as visceral and cool all at once as Motörhead. "Ace of Spades" is more than just an anthem; it represents a lifestyle the band members themselves lived—especially Lemmy, the ultimate embodiment of rock 'n' roll. If I were to show a photo of Lemmy to someone who knows nothing about music, they’d say, "Oh, that's rock 'n' roll." Anyway, 5 stars.

As overplayed as the title track is, that's a great fucking song. "Love Me Like a Reptile" is fantastic too. Honestly this is just an amazing hard rock album. Fantastic riffs, frenetic drums, one of the most unique voices in rock history... An absolute treat. Only thing I can think to complain about is that it's a little bit samey. But it rocks too much for me to care. Other standouts: "(We Are) The Road Crew)", "The Hammer" It's not on this version of the album, but certain versions have "Dirty Love" on it - the original B-Side to "Ace" if I'm not mistaken - and that's probably my favorite Motorhead deep track, so I'm missing it here.

One of the easiest fives I've had on this project.

hell yeah

Everything good except vocal

As ever with Motörhead, I want to like this more than I actually do. They were iconic and excellent at what they did, but I find them formulaic. Even a short album like this felt a bit samey by the end.

So so bland

Haj

7/10 I'm halfway (again - the extra 12 landed since I first passed that milestone). Maybe that made me a bit generous, as this is a bit relentlessly heavy, with little space to breathe, compared to my normal fayre. However, it's got a good energy and Lemmy was a legend.

Second album proposé après 'No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith' que je connais et qui fait partie de mes albums préférés (noté 5/5). Ce nouvel album commence bien avec un 'Ace of Spades' bourré d'énergie, une section rythmique au top (j'adore ce son de basse) et des bons riffs/chorus de guitare. Et il continue sur cette lancée. Il fait partie de ma collection, mais il pas avec la note maximale : je lui préfère toujours le live, encore plus dynamique et avec des morceaux plus variés. =>4.5/5

Very heavy metal and rock

Lemmy as a person is far greater than Lemmy as a musician

It was quite repetitive but not unenjoyable. An OK album. Favorite songs: Ace of Spades

Note: I listened to a CD version (Castle Communications 1996 CD reissue), 15 total tracks, Starting with Ace Of Spades, ending with Emergency. Fuck yeah! All I can say to any nay-sayers: turn it the fuck up (to 11)!

It was good but a bit repetitive. And I don't love the lead singers voice much. I was glad that disc two was just alternative versions that I could just skip.

"Ace of Spades" is always great. The rest of the album doesn't offer much else, but it's still fun. At least I learned a few interesting things while listening to the album—for example, about the life of Wild Bill Hickock, his era, and the "Dead Man's Hand." I probably won't be listening to the album again anytime soon, though. 3/5

Another rock album starting on its biggest song (straight in after Metallica Black Album). Is there more to Motorhead? Saying that, you've got to admit that Ace of Spades with its 4 to the floor and frantic almost thrashy energy was quite ahead of its time. There's something of ZZ Top in Motorhead, though Motorhead isn't quite so locked in. I'm always shocked to remember Motorhead are English. Ugh Jailbait is nasty... Best track (new to me) - Live to Win 3 stars

classic, very good opener one of those albums where every song sounds kind of the same but in a satisfying way

Perfectly fine but not very interesting

This thing came out the gate throwing punches but ran out of steam quickly and at the end of the double album was over in the corner in the fetal position just wanting to give up. They could have done a single album and it would have been a better product.

2.92

All the songs sound almost the same. But I like the song.

TIP: Be sure to listen to the original and not the expanded the edition. While I wasn't in favor of their Live album appearing on the list, this album absolutely belongs. Younger listeners probably won't understand how influential Motörhead was on many, if not most of the bands in hard rock, metal, and punk from the late 70s and all through the 80s. The Spaghetti Western album cover deserves a chef's kiss. Repetitive, but the album propels quickly through its 36 minute duration. My only complaints, is that while I enjoyed Lemmy's entertaining personality, I was never a fan of his vocal performance. I always wished that he just remained the bass player and some dedicated front person sang. Second, "Jailbait" is quite a bit more alarming these days. Then again, the album cover tells that they are portraying Desperados on this album, so what did I expect?

Vitun AWESOME ajaa autoo täysillä ja kuunnella Motörheadii. ACE OF SPADES! ACE OF SPADES!

There are like 4 tracks here that I actually really liked (with the title track being the best obviously) and some that are just okay, but oh boy does "Jailbait" really doc a bunch of points from this album! I'm giving this a 2

Ace of spades is a ripping song from the Tony hawk pro skater soundtrack. The rest of this album is a worse version of Alice Cooper’s schools out played 11 times in a row, one of which is aggressively pedophilic. I was excited to hear Lemmy’s SICK bass tone or whatever I’ve always been told but this is just the same song over and over and over. That jailbait song is a crime against music.

I definitely liked this, good hard rock from the 70s/80s. Nothing outstanding but overall above average.

I thought this was a pretty fun heavy rock album! There wasn’t anything mind blowing, but some catchy tunes nonetheless!

I was always wondering what those older rocker type people were listening to, well now I know. Sounds cool , a bit repetitive, though I don't think 'Jailbait' has aged particularly well. Kinda ruining the mood here for no reason.

High energy, but dulls after a while.

Never quits

Rock'n'roll baby

Een ster voor elk nummer dat niet op een ander lijkt. Live moet dat wel iets geweest zijn

🤘

ace of spades, such a banger... then a countdown of 13 more songs

64

Ace of Spades is a pretty cool song but the rest of the album is just far inferior versions of the same thing. Too grating by the end. 1.5

Hog crankin tunes

A bit repetitive but heavy and fun Standout songs: Ace of Spades We are the Roadcrew The Hammer

eh. It's Motorhead

Shocking quality. Was not expecting that.

Ace of Spades rocks but then the rest of the album sounds sounds like the same song over and over. Hard to decide between a three and a four. Guess I have to give it a four

For the first couple of songs I was fairly certain this would be an unexpected five star album for me, but the relentlessness of the sound really started to grate. Then Jailbait happened and, look, yeah, the 80s were a different time, but the song is disgusting and it couldn't help but colour my feelings towards the rest of the album. There are real bangers on here but I'd listen to them in isolation rather than going through the whole album again.

As someone who listened to It’s Gonna Be a Long Night by Ween first, this sounds just like It’s Gonna Be a Long Night.

Хороший, хотя и весьма однотипный альбом 7/10

A killer banger to kick it off, and then a lot of the same afterwards. Not a terrible thing though…

Lemmy, the lead singer and bassist of the band, is the very definition of rock n roll. The first song on the album, Ace of Spades, is the very definition of rock n roll.

So fucking good.

Snudd på olyssningsbart. Kommer på mig att vid upprepade tillfällen skratra uppgivet. Det är hopplöst tramsigt, som Spinal Tap scenen med elva på förstärkaren fast på allvar och i albumformat. Det är egentligen inte roligare än den gamla vanliga trista bluesrocken men den är spelad på fel hastighet med genomsmutsig nål. Hemskt!

Ace of Spades är en av historiens bästa rocklåtar. Må vara att inget annat når upp till riktigt samma nivå här. Men inget är heller dåligt. Motörhead skapade en egen musikgenrer mitt emellan hårdrocken och punken och var jäkligt konsekventa i sitt sound. Intensiv, svettig rock med fullt ställ. Lemmys kärva stämband är en viktig ingrediens för att få det att koka.

Ett av hårdrockens största problem är att den inte är hård. Mötorhead är ett undantag som bekräftar regeln. Eller kanske mest beroende på att de snarare är hård rock än hårdrock. Titelspåret är förstås en rökare av högsta klass. Sen maler det på med samma intensitet, men inte riktigt samma finess. Bristen på nyanser ligger också albumet i fatet. Uganda tid att hämta andan blir det svårare att uppskatta öset. Å andra sidan ett Mötorhead som inte har gaspedalen i botten vore inte Mötorhead. Landar i en stabil, rent av stark trea.

12 låtar på 36 minuter. Fullt ös från början till slut. Det är så här bluesrock ska låta. Alla rockmyter prickas av. Det kanske är att Lemmy är basist som gör att antalet gitarrsolon är begränsade. Det är en klar fördel när punkigheten står i centrum snarare fingerfärdighet. Någonstans mellan trea och fyra.

I'm all for 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it' but sometimes a little tweak might be nice.

Excellent rhythm, raspy gritty vocals, fantastic guitar work. This is a top notch album. Very high energy. Would have been amazing to have seen them play live. I only know that Lemmy was supposed to be a super nice and approachable guy.

Ok. Not a favourite

Tough to open an album with a better track than THE ACE OF SPADES, THE ACE OF SPADES. Which also kind of works against the rest of it but oh well. Pretty sure (We Are) The Road Crew was in Guitar Hero?

motorhead meh. Merle's sang tho💔

Respect the d-beat, proper booze music

I hecking love motörhead

It’s like if the concept of dive bars were an album

It’s fun, it’s motorhead

sorry man this SUCKS

I love Motörhead

god do i need a cigarette

Absolutely not. “Jailbait” more like jail time for both the quality and the content of this Playlist add: “Ace of Spades” since something had to go

I mean its ok

I was ready to give this album a somewhat decent rating based on the music. But the lyrics…between Fast and Loose and Jailbait, I just can not. I’m no longer forgiving these sick fucks that thought during anytime it was ok to make songs about women curing your sexual desires or songs about having sex with underage women. See Fast and Loose and Jailbait for examples.

Yuk

Мотёрые ребята производят какой-то дефолт рок Прослушивание было таким же бессмысленным как умляут в названии группы

Приятно удивился, много классных рифов, есть определенное разнообразие местами, звучит хорошо и по рок-н-рольному заебато. Наш слоняра.

Шок, но всегда нравилось.

Пиздато

на многих повлиял конечно альбом, НО я не фанат, из уважения скорее проставлю 3.5 и округлю в меньшую сторону

It’s so fixing good, but then they start singing about having intimate relations with underage girls. Uhhh

#274/1001 🇬🇧♠️ My 3rd metal album in a row after ACDC and Venom, and whilst its a genre that i love, this has been pretty depressing. Musically its fast paced stuff and pretty relentless. It starts with an all time classic in the title track, but then goes downhill pretty quickly in the shape of Love me like a Reptile. Lyrically, the record is horrible and reaches a real low point in the inexcusible Jailbait. Best Track: Ace of Spades.

Zu krass metal für mich aber eig guet Find gitarre teil top aber de gesang nöd

I enjoyed this one. Not perfect, and the songs sounded a little samey, but overall quite enjoyable. I'd give this a 3.5, and will round it up to 4

Gritty, slaying and thrashing. Such a pure representation of metal that showcases talent, musicianship and production quality. This record is solid.

I had a headache this morning and I had to listen to this, but despite it being relatively tasteless, I did sort of get into it? Hm. It's a trashy bop.

Almost 600 days ago, I got Motörhead's live album No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith. It was pretty underwhelming on account of all the songs sounding near identical. I will say, the more polished recorded version here easily overshadows their live record, since you can actually make out the sonic differences between songs even if they're very similar on paper. It doesn't help that the singing is godawful, with extremely little range and a thick, scratchy, mumbly voice that feels like a parody of a parody of passable rock. Okay, I admit it. That title track is good. Great, even. The main guitar lick, high and heavily distorted, is extremely catchy, and the guitar solo roars with energy. Love Me Like a Reptile is also excellent. Another solid guitar part, this time mainly in the low register, and tons of distortion to sate even the most hardcore hair metallurgist. The riff at the end stands out, as does the overactive drumming. I have no idea what the song title or lyrics are yaffing on about, Lemmy (the lead singer) doesn't explain himself particularly well. "He's gonna / He's gonna shoot you in the back, hey" – big if true. Shoot You In the Back is a bit forgettable but I love the conviction with which Lemmy sings these positively goofy lyrics. After three consecutive tracks with very similar moods, I'm seeking out a ballad, a different time signature, a new instrument/texture, or heck, even a different tempo. But nope – Motörhead aren't beating the allegations. At least not with Love to Win. In Fast and Loose, though, we get a lighthearted swing rhythm that blows the other tracks out of the water. I'm 50-50 on (We Are) The Roadcrew, but the deciding factor is that dang guitar solo. Very skilfully done. Fire Fire has such a great intro that it balances against the mediocre remainder. Extremely questionable subject matter in Jailbait (yep, it's what you think it is) with a riff that, strangely enough, reminds me of early Led Zeppelin. Think Dazed and Confused. The strong riffs continue with Dance, a track which despite being somewhere in the middle of the pack quality-wise, I'm surprised to see with lower streams than all but one track. After a wildly forgettable Bite the Bullet, The Chase Is Better Than the Catch grabs you by the ear and demands compliments (as long as you ignore the vocals, which are still pretty crap). We end with a punky little ditty, The Hammer. A two-note melody, terrible singing, and decent instrument playing. 3/5 Key tracks: Ace of Spades, Love Me Like a Reptile, The Chase Is Better Than the Catch

Motörhead – Ace of Spades (Album) | 2/10 The album feels like they’re trying way too hard to sound rock and roll. Most of it just sounds like a bunch of random noise thrown together rather than actual cohesive music. Every song sounded practically identical, with the same aggressive vocals, fast-paced instruments, and chaotic energy throughout. There was barely anything to distinguish one track from another, making the album feel repetitive and exhausting. It wasn’t completely terrible, and I can understand why some people might enjoy that style, but nothing stood out to me. Overall, it’s not an album I’d ever go out of my way to listen to again.

This is really good and well done. The lyrics can be cringe, but overall this music rocks. It starts to feel similar throughout, but I enjoy this so much Liked Songs: "Love Me Like a Reptile" , "Shoot You in the Back" , "Live to Win" , "Fast and Loose" , "(We Are) The Road Crew" , "Dance" , "The Road Crew"

This could have been an email. But then, it probably would have been flagged as spam. Seriously though, everything worth hearing was covered in the title track. An entire album of this was redundant.

I was so bored with this. This all sounded the same to me.

Anything Motorhead ... should be 5 Stars

Motörhead may be the coolest sounding band ever. Sonically they just sound like ass-mockery. Great straight forward rock. When I think of thrash metal this is what I want. Though it may not technically fit that genre (or maybe it does, Metals weird) it’s loud, hard, and fast in the perfect way that combines what I like about Metal and punk. I had this thought with the Ramones once where “every Ramones song sounds the same - therefore every Ramones song is awesome” Motörhead is similar. Some might see sounding the same as bad or formulaic- but if you’ve get the right sound and the high quality shit - it works. I prefer Overkill and would probably give that 4 - but this is still very good.

The immortal ace of spades not withstanding this is very formulaic. Thudding guitars and drums and uncompromising vocals. It works for 10 minutes then it can be a stodgy pudding

EXTREMELY UNHAPPY THAT I HAD TO LISTEN TO THIS. WAS WORKING HAPPILY UNTIL JAILBAIT CAME ON. GROSS! GROSS! GROSS! GROSS!

A worrying number of albums on this list include songs about girls under the age of consent, sung by middle aged men. What's up with that? Even putting that disturbing aspect aside, all tracks blended into one, and I tuned out for most of it. Unimpressed.

Its classic

Fun album. The driving guitar riffs really elevate the album. The lyrics aren't anything to write home about, but they're enjoyable party rock'n'roll lyrics. Of course there is also the track "Jailbait," which made me go "nah" throughout the whole thing. But I am positive on the album overall.

Ace of Spades is a great track. The rest felt like a wash of hard rock grunge without much punctuation. Loses a star for the gross objectifying vibes on some of the tracks though. 4/10