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The thing is, if you've heard Ace of Spades than you've pretty much heard the album because they had - I think the polite term is - "consistency of style". You certainly know what you're getting with Motörhead. The template is: thunderous bass; flailing about on the drums; some medium skill level guitar shredding; some screamy, shouty vocals in a voice that sounds like it could give out at any moment. For variety they play the template slow, or fast, or really fast. That's about it. They're not about to bust out a 20 minute suite of modal funk jazz fusion. Simple but effective.
Day963 - starting a concert with ace of spades is like being shot out of a cannon. buckle up it’s about to get real loud real fast
only listened to the original tracklist, not the looong extended edition
I thought oh great not another live album, but this was a burner
4/5
Fun. Favorite track: Capricorn.
Good music. Too old for it though
I like Motorhead. Their music has an energy that I can't help but be influenced by.
Quality
I like it and it gets to be too much at the same time.
I like Motörhead quite a bit, and this is a really good live album. i can hear why this is on the list, but i just wouldn’t listen to this that often.
you have to be joking
Du bruit pour du bruit
Honestly pretty good.
Un poco pesadillo, no puedo decir nada malo más allá de que no es nada mi estilo.
After a couple of songs, metal fatigue kicks in and I don’t mean the material physics kind. 3/5
Good metal but the low quality really affects my enjoyment
Not really into it
Excellent live album from Motörhead.
No notes, 5 stars.
Impressive how close the live performances are to the studio ones. While I bet they out on good shows, having the live and studio albums both on the list seems redundant
Did not listen at all has 53 songs in the album... Hell no!!!!!!!
Live albums dont get higher than a 3 since they are compilations. I did like this though. Great live guitar playing. Lots of energy. I bet if you like metal and motorhead, you love this
# Album Name: No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live) # Artist: Motorhead # Rating: 4/5 # Comments: This album definitely blows its load early by opening with ace of spades. But the energy, bass and double kick drum blows it away. Good live album imo. Would have been great to see. Not sure if this should be on the list. # Top Tunes: Ace of spades # Would I listen to it again? Yes
Das scheppert mal ordentlich ;-) Motörhead live ist ein Erlebnis, Rock/Metal pur. Braucht man das jeden Tag? Nicht unbedingt. Aber gut ist es schon. 3-4/5
Motorhead makes one song, and it's a great song, and I do suppose it's either best listened to live or in a live recording. But the recording quality isn't great here and I don't think I've once wanted to sit down to listen to 45 minutes of Motorhead. Maybe when I'm driving. But bless em, sprinkle in one of these songs in a hard rock playlist, and I'll be head banging with the rest of you. Great band, Lemmy RIP, they don't make rockstars like you anymore.
Ace of Spades
I read Jason's review before writing my own, and I have nothing rise to add.
Definitely captures Motorhead at their peak. The whole crowd whistling thing is distracting to me, because I just keep thinking about Pink Floyd, but Christ do these gents just rock out. The album makes me want to dig out my oldest jeans jacket and some black boots and go fuck.some shit up.
I’m always open to spending 40 min with Lemme. I don’t think this album sounds great, though, especially the bass drum. It’s either not audible or distracting like on Overkill. I’ll take a couple of their records over this one.
This is around my ceiling for this kind of metal, but for that: it's very good.
3/5 - I like that one song Motorhead wrote, which is basically every Motorhead song.
Fun jamming live album
Great album, lots of hits Only loses a star because,' as a live album, the production quality is lower than a studio album but it doesn't manage to catch the excitement of the live gig (which I image was awesome)
With it being a live album it almost feels like a greatest hits but as far as hard rock goes this is one of the all time great live albums.
Sorry, can't stand the genre, even if I try.
Motörhead definitely seems like an amazing band live, their stamina is very commendable. It's not too different from their studio stuff but it definitely has the energy live stuff needs
An okay album, i liked Ace of Spades and No class the most
Listen, you gotta love Lemmy and you know what you’re going to get when you listen to a Motörhead live album. That said.. the entire second album is redundant, the songs get monotomous and Jailbait aged terribly. No pun intended.
🤘🤘 Rock 'n Roll. Loved this album!
I listened to 2 songs, I hate live versions of albums. Songs are good but I hate live versions
Definitely not the best live album ever.. imo
Ace of Spades - 8,5/10 Stay Clean - 8,5/10 Metropolis - 6,5/10 The Hammer - 7/10 Iron horse / Born to lose - 7/10 No Class - 8/10 Overkill - 8/10 (We are) the road crew - 9/10 Capricorn - 8,5/10 Bomber - 7/10 Motorhead - 9/10 Over the top - 7,5/10 Gostei bastante do álbum. As músicas parecem a trilha sonora de alguém que vive no limite, é rebelde, não se prende a convenções sociais e enlouqueceu. Entretanto, todas as músicas são bem semelhantes. Favoritas: We are the road crew, Motorhead, Stay Clean, Ace os Spades
2. 1 star for the first song. 1 more for every song after it that sounded exactly the freaking same.
Wow. Two live albums in a row. I struggle with live albums from artists I'm not too familiar with. Of course, I know Motörhead but they're not really a band I have listened to a lot. This performance is pretty good, very fun a energetic, but I feel I'm missing what makes this a classic live record. Either way, I'm sure I would enjoy it more if I knew the songs better.
I haven't listened to Motorhead before, so I didn't really have a frame of reference for some of these tracks. It sounded pretty good, but I would have liked to listen to a studio album first. Favourite Track(s): Ace of Spades Least Favourite Track(s): Stay Clean
After Ace of spades, every song sounds like every other song
Only heavy and hard vibes.
motörhead is a band that döes öne thing and döes that thing very well. and that thing is play blistering röck n' röll. the öriginal album is tight, but i alsö really like the bönus tracks thru "bite the bullet"/"the chase is better than the catch", (ör "the chase is better than the crabs" as lemmy calls it ön the album, löl) beföre it starts rehashing with the same tunes fröm different nights. sölid.
Pretty excellent album. Yes, it helps promote the GOAT rock and roll band, because they're loud, fast, loud, reckless and because Lemmy. It suffers a bit, ironically, because I was served up Ace of Spades recently (though, somehow because that album makes such an impression, two months ago feels really recently) and this didn't feel all that different than that. Is it a GOAT live album? I'm actually on the fence about that. It's loud, fast, loud, reckless, and Lemmy, but really the sound is merely "good enough" and it doesn't feel like a very dynamic performance, because it's always fast and the needle is always in the red. So it's probably not an album I'd put on my own must-listen list, but I'm not sure I'd dispute its inclusion in this list of 1000+.
makes me wanna motör my head
A blistering set featuring Motorhead at the height of their powers. Who needs more?
Too much rawk
Kovaa paahtoa alusta loppuun. En kuitenkaan tiedä lisäisinkö tätä levyä listalle, sillä monet näistä biiseistä kuullaan myös Ace of Spadesilla. Myös äänenlaatu voisi olla parempi, mutta onhan kokonaisuus silti ehdottomasti plussan puolella.
Motorhead deserves 5 stars, live albums deserve 0.
A fun live album with motorhwad doing their thing and being awesome. Could have done without the outakes disc making the whole album an hour 48 on spotify though
I've always kinda thought that Motorhead was a lot like Metallica, mostly cause I thought they were from the same era and like general scene, so I was really surprised by this. But honestly I don't think it's for me, I feel like there's not a very heavy emphasis on like recognizable or enjoyable riffs. Like even when thrash is faster, there's something recognizable or fun to hold onto, but this just kinda blurred by. I also don't find him a very compelling vocalist, I thought it was just kinda ok. Favorites: Ace of Spades, Iron Horse, Motorhead
Rating: 5.0/5 Short Review: Fast, filthy, and completely relentless. Motörhead sounds less like a conventional metal band here and more like a machine running past its safe operating limit. The live setting makes everything louder, rougher, and more dangerous. Favorite Track: “Ace of Spades.” It sounds even better live: faster, meaner, and built for a crowd losing its mind.
Pour du live c'est très fort niveau justesse, après c'est un best-of quoi
A fun noisy bang through the hits.
FINALLY SOME GOOD FUCKING MUSIC. FUCK. Motörhead is awesome. Ace of spades is a certified classic, Tony hawk banger. High energy, sounds great live. Good ass shit. Little bit long tho, but it’s live so it is what it is.
Rock n’ freakin’ ROLL. Great live album! I don’t know much about this band but they sound pretty damn awesome, probably even better live. Likely will revisit
A really solid live album, made me appreciate these guys even more than I do. They still do sound a little bit too derivative for me, that’s the only thing stopping at five. But it’s stellar live album.
Покойся с миром , старина Лемми
I dig the heavy rock, but my opinion is that live albums acting as “greatest hits” compilations should not be included in this 1001 project.. and I feel the need to lower my ratings accordingly
No, not my cup of tea. One star...
Classic early metal/hard rock. You can hear the quality of their live performance (assuming there aren't too many studio overdubs - looking at you Thin Lizzy!!) Otherwise it's just fine background noise. Overkill is like an Ace of Spades clone. Best track - Overkill 3 stars
Fine, pretty much the same throughout.
Still not a huge fan of live albums but this wasn’t bad.
Favorite Track: Ace of Spades
I do love “ Ace of spades” and “Motörhead” songs live, and I loved Lemmy - great frontman,
Great. Probably Motörhead at their prime.
Let's be real here, why does this exist? Like, surely this particular performance can't have been that good that they just *had* to make a live album out of it. If this really is Motörhead performing at their peak, then what a disappointing live act they must be. But if it isn't their peak performance, then why the hell is this of all performances a live album? Like there's nothing wrong with the actual music itself, it's just that they are one of those bands who have a format that works, and they just do that over and over again. And in a live setting it just sounds even more underwhelming than normal.
These guys suck
I did not enjoy this music at all. Couldn’t even get through the double album. It all sounded the same, and not that interesting, just loud
Full of energy but it all sounds very similar.
Never listened to this. Opener is great. Ok, so I came around to Motörhead later than most. Listening to this album, Lemmy was right all along. They are Motörhead and they play Rock n Roll. Great album.
Sorry did not listen and likely never will
It felt like being electrocuted by a small appliance.
Like a haiku - there is elegance, beauty and wisdom within the simplicity - perhaps because of the simplicity. And also because of the amphetamines. No sleep indeed.
I don't really like hard rock, especially when the lead singer is growing or adding distortion to his voice.
I am a metal fan. But even I have to say every some sounded exactly alike. This. And was cool cause punks and metalheads liked them. Lemmy transcended genres and labels.
Meh
You're not going to force me to like a live album, are you? Fucking Motorhead??? Look, the only part I know about Motorhead's live performance, is he says, "We are Motorhead, we're going to kick your ass" and he doesn't even do that. Can we just listen to a Motorhead album? Alas, here we are, listening to what sounds like poor studio recordings of classic Motorhead songs. This list is truly baffling. If it's not British and stinky, it's British and live. Man, just leave the house. Read about studio albums. This record was good, mostly on the strength of the songs. The fact that this was a live performance did nothing but detract from the record, and while we spent time with this, several other motorhead albums wait in the wings, as well as the entirety of death metal. I will not stop my noble crusade. 3 HIGHLIGHTS: Man, I really got nothing today.
I was not excited about listening to a live double album. Probably would be a sick concert but was repetitive af to listen to.
I have tried and I just can't hear any difference between the songs.
Heard Before? Nope. I don't typically go for live albums. Notes: - recording quality is garbage, which means it's equal or better than the studio albums. - i can't hear anything particularly special about this. but Motorhead really only wrote one song and they play it consistently, so that's not a surprise. - the rowdy crowd noise certainly sounds like it belongs, although splicing different shows together is always a bad decision. - while I'm one of the few who prefers Hawkwind-Lemmy, here he's obviously the embodiment of the rock and roll ethos. - they will never be my favorite band, but while this is playing, I'm in its grip. - you should really see the Toxic Avenger reboot, for the best use of this music in a movie. Verdict: There are many kinds of stupid fun. This is one of mine. Listen Again? Most likely! This seems like it might be my go-to Motorhead.
I would have enjoyed seeing Motörhead in person. This is not a way to sell it to a new listener. A fan-service release.
Tight as a snare drum - Kilmister/Clarke/Taylor era at its live peak. If you’re not a fan already this isn’t likely to change your mind, but it gives a great impression of the intensity their gigs had. If you are a fan then this is a must must-listen.
This isn’t my favorite thing I’ve ever listened to but let’s be clear, it rocks
I sometimes vibed with the guitar on some of the songs. Just a bit much for me
Some of the greatest music I've ever listened to in my damn life. Growing up, my ears picked up some of their songs over the years. Ace of Spades, most prominently, of course. When I pressed play, it started with that and I thought huh, it starts at the peak of the energy. It'll settle down eventually, have some fluctuations, whatever. I was damn near in cardiac arrest for almost two hours. Unbelievable. 6/5. 6/5
They just don't write 'em like "The Chase is Better Than the Crabs" anymore.
This list has given me more of an appreciation for Motörhead. I didn't know much about them and never made an effort to find out. I'm willing to go the extra distance to put the umlaut in their name from now on.
со всем уважением, я такое слушать не могу)
A fun album to make thai curry to! Not the worst live album on here.
A double album never is a hit
The sound isn't amazing on this album. However its tremendous fun what can be heard. From start to finish one of the better rock albums
I'm a fan of Motorhead, I'm a fan of the energy, but the recording quality really is dogshit.
It’s stuff like this that means I have to turn the volume on the TV up a bit louder than it should be these days. Legendary.
Leuk maar veel hetzelfde
I don't listen to Motorhead much, but this is a great package that has all the songs I want, like a greatest hits compilation. The live mix compresses the sound and makes it seem a little flat to me. I'd rather listen to the studio versions.
Really enjoyed this one, as I did the last Motörhead album to come up. Top tier hard rock performed well. I enjoyed a lot of disc 2, especially 'No Class'
The only way to feel the noise is when it’s good and loud …. No sleep starts with what was considered the fast heaviest song ever the ace of spades . It’s fast and loud but not great . The guitar is too low in the mix A good performance of some great songs but suffers from being a live album . All I am left with is wanting to listen to the original songs Best song on it is surprisingly “we are the road crew”( apart from the cringe opening)
If someone typed a prompt into AI and said I want you to make the worst garbage UK rock band, Skynet would spit out Motörhead.
Another live album that doesn’t do anything that a studio album couldn’t do better. Play it loud.
I kind of like Motorhead, but I also don't understand why (almost) any live album is on this list. Live albums are almost always inevitably worse versions of the album songs, with the added irritation of feedback, crowd noise, and inane "banter" between songs. As live albums go, this on is pretty decent, and it's always shocking to me that someone heard Lemmy sing and though, "yeah, we should record that," but it definitely works for him.
Fast and furious. Great energy and song selection for this album. Outstanding live album.
Motorhead pionieri del trash e speed metal, e questo live è una bella sintesi dei loro lavori in studio
That is some hi energy RnR punk metal , not my favorite and i am also not crazy about live albums
It is going to be hard to sit through the whole of this album because a) I hate live albums, and b) even if I consider myself a metalhead I've never enjoyed listening to Motorhead (or other similar bands) It ended up being better than I expected, at least the first half an hour or so, then it becomes extremely repetitive and outtakes fest.
Don't really like them
Great live album. Never been huge on them but I had a lot of fun listening to it.
515/1089 - It's loud, it's fast, and sounds like ass :)
I slightly dreaded this as I usually do when a live album comes up on here - but this is just immense.
Sure it would be great live but a little of Motorhead's songs blend into one
Good guitars and drums Nothing special about the vocals Solid rock band, nothing really memorable about this album. I had it on in the background. If it weren't for the audience cheers. I wouldn't have recognized when we were into a new song
It's grooving, nice classic feeling rock and roll.
Same songs, too long. Legends as they are
Decent from Lemmy
OKAYYYY, TWO SONGS IN, THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUTTTTTT Update: I really liked the instruments in these but the vocals on the other hand.... There was a song called Capricorn and I kinda felt like it was for me but other than that, the songs weren't particularly appealing.
Look I’m a certified metal head. I can argue about the snare on St. Anger. I can discuss the best vocalist for Sabbath for hours. I know Slipknot should have stopped 4 albums ago. So when I say that this album is same I hope I can be shielded from the metal intelligentsia telling me “I just don’t get it”. I do. I get it. And Motörhead just suck. This album is like someone asked 15 chefs to cook Ace of Spades from memory. Sure they’re technically different songs but it’s just the same ingredients slightly recoiled. That’s the same vocal delivery. That’s the same drum beat. That’s the same guitar tone. The only song that comes close to some variety is the bass in Bite the Bullet/ The Chase and the melody in Capricorn, small sparks of uniqueness that suggest that if Lemmy stopped spending time defending his indefensible use of Nazi regalia he could write some interesting music. And like most of these on the list: you don’t need to bother with the second disc, so like I said to her: don’t let the length distract you, you’ll only get half the promised time anyway
- Over the top
mmm muy metal je
Good plane music, also i think this genre is maybe the best for live actually as i wrote that im not sure i agree coz the more intimate live albums are great also anyway 3/5
“This is a slow one to mellow out to” cut to another wall of drums and guitar, kind of obsessed with that energy
Perfectly fine background noise
thankfully this wasn’t the start of another reign of terror of 70s/80s live albums. Just one is enough for my month. And looking this up there seems to be like 10 different live albums they’ve recorded
I like the fast ones ok— that guitar of Lemmy’s can really go chugga chugga.
Frickin awesome. I don’t really love live albums and would rather listen to a Motörhead studio album.
No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith es una obra de arte atemporal del rock directo y una de las capturas en vivo más viscerales de la historia que ha envejecido bien gracias a su autenticidad sin filtros. Ingresando al álbum reconociendo inicialmente solo la mítica "Ace of Spades", la escucha completa se revela como una experiencia límite que oscila entre un asalto sonoro abrasivo y una manifestación de energía pura sincronizada donde el bajo distorsionado, la guitarra y la batería se entretejen muy bien a velocidades de vértigo, logrando una claridad de ensamble asombrosa dentro de su aparente caos. Desde una perspectiva formal, el disco me remite a la música concreta por su brillante integración del entorno: escuchar al público ovacionando llena de energía la grabación, transformando los gritos de la multitud y los acoples en elementos estéticos vivos que dialogan con la banda. La voz de lija de Lemmy Kilmister destila la honestidad del rock en su estado más puro, proyectando una fuerza y autoridad superior que prescinde de posturas comerciales para sonar conmovedor, crudo y real. Es un manifiesto eléctrico de gran potencia sónica, cuya trepidante sensación de paz y fluidez rítmica lo vuelve una herramienta excepcional para múltiples usos en actividades de alta intensidad como el ejercicio o la carretera.
ta bien, muy metal
I know Motörhead is cool, but their songs sound all the same to me.
Didn't really care for it.
ANOTHER motörhead album? someone on this platform sure loves this group. released only about a year after ace of spades, this right here will be their first ever live album. also yes, seems like the beastie boys got inspired by the title of this album. history lesson over, let's get to the review. it's more... motörhead. really it's very similar to the last album i heard by these guys. it's fast, it's aggressive, a whole bunch of sweaty guys just thrashing their bodies in unison as the lead singer sings and almost spits into the mic. it's a VERY good live album!! i liked it better than ace of spades. i think just the only thing preventing me from a higher rating here is personal preference.
I like the energy and life this live album has. 7/10 would listen again
This was a drag. I’m just not a fan of heavy metal or hard rock.
Not really my style, but I appreciate the energy.
★★★⯨☆ (3,5) Le pongo 3 estrellas por ser en vivo, algo que no me gusta mucho, no disfruto de escucharlo grabado, pero sinceramente me gustaron las canciones del álbum, así que terminé bordeando el 4, pero es en vivo, no lo vale. Es un 3 para mí, pero me gustó y no conocía más de una canción de Motörhead, algo que ahora estoy subsanando...
Live albums seem like cheating. I guess the point of the list is essential records, however issued. In terms of the "art of records,” it seems like only studio should count, but that is a debate for another time. I actually prefer their studio albums as the cleaner sound allows me to fully enjoy their ferocious assault. Live things get a bit muddled. Plus, unlike most bands, there is no way that Motorhead could play their material any faster, louder and pounding than the studio versions. You do get most of their best material from the first records. The band is incredibly tight and as stripped down to the bones as any outfit in rock. They play with Ramones like-intensity, but with the chops of a prog rock band. These guys have layers even if they reduce rock to its most basic qualities. The absolute mayhem in the best sense of the word that the music presents cannot be overstated. A glorious, controlled racket.
They certainly have a formula they like.
Solid first album
Fast, fun rock and roll. It sounds like a bootleg recording though.
Motörhead are still Slade on speed. Arguably more so live.
Groupe connu, et l'album fait partie de mes préférés. Un concentré d'énergie, les morceaux sont bien plus dynamiques en live que sur les albums studio. Et ce son de basse, un vrai plaisir. En plus le choix des morceaux est particulièrement bien fait. Je ne m'en lasse pas depuis que je l'ai découvert ! =>5/5
I am kind of fucking with the fact that this is a live album. I’d definitely have enjoyed this more if I was a late 80s dad speeding down a Texas interstate at 120mph—but it’s high energy and I respect that.
It sure is Motörhead. fav song: Iron Horse/Born To Lose
Not bad but not for me.
Not exactly clean living easy listening. It went on too long, too hard, and with too much aggressive energy. I guess that's the point.
I'm actually not a huge fan of Lemmy's voice and the overdriven mushy guitar sound.
Enjoyed this way more than I expected...
I went and found a non-expanded edition, instead of the default Spotify link. It made this one a much more manageable album. I don't typically like live albums, honestly. This had good energy and I mostly enjoyed it but I'm not sure it was that special.
This album is way too fucking long and it all sounds the same. Stand-outs - Ace of Spades
love lemmy, can't stand live albums
Good cleaning music.
Started off really strong then fell off with the repetitive sound. This live album should not be included on the list but I’d be open to hearing more Motörhead in small doses.
You know... you're not supposed to listen to the 2 hours with all the bonus tracks. Just listen to the original release 1. Click the Wikipedia link 2. Click "Track listing" on the sidebar link 3. Listen to the "Original edition". No need for bonus tracks!
I didn’t mind the studio Motörhead album I got in this project but I found this one very one-dimensional and hard to differentiate songs. The audio quality wasn’t great, maybe it was because I listened mainly in my car. Would rather listen to the studio stuff than revisit this one.
I nearly saw Motorhead not long after this lp was released. I was 14 and they played the Palace Lido in Douglas Isle of Man, a vast old dance hall that received new life in the 60's hosting the big rock bands of the day during the seaside summer. Gradually though the tourists stopped coming and the bands stopped playing. So by the time of my youth it was a lazer disco and now its a car park. Except during the TT race fortnight when it hosted a big metal band and Miss Wet T-Shirt Contests and 3000 drunken bikers. On the day of the gig me Dad rang the venue to find out when to pick me up afterwards (parents didn't take their kids to gigs in the eighties they dropped the, off and picked them up afterwards but never went in). Then he casually asked if there was an age limit - there was 15! I couldn't go. A year later I'd grown out of Heavy Metal and was an indie kid and far too cool to go. It's appropriate that this should pop up now since it's TT fortnight again and I tell you there won't be a band as good as this playing. Most of the metal albums on this list are pretentious noodling nomarks but there's no bollocking about with Motorhead. It's proper rock 'n' rool like garage or punk and all the better for it.
Motorhead is an acquired taste, even amongst rock fans, so I completely understand if someone doesn't like them. I tend to place Motorhead in a similar category as AC/DC: this is rock and roll distilled to its base form, simple songs, hard riffs, and gravelly-voiced singers. Their songs aren't complex or groundbreaking in any way, but they're fun in small doses. Everyone gravitates to 'Ace of Spades', but I preferred 'Overkill' on this live cut. I will give Lemmy credit, he sounds exactly the same live as he does on the albums. As far as live albums go, this is pretty good as there is no crowd banter, just one song introduced into the next. I'll rate this a high 3/5, as a lot of the songs sound VERY similar, I still liked them, but nothing really elevated the material past the hits.
Good old fun rock and roll, Motörhead style
That is an album!!, loud, proud and pure adrenalin it's an unbelievably great album. Motorhead always stood out amongst the Metal bands as core rockers without the gimmickry, poodle perms and soft rock of others they just let loose and that, for me, makes them the greatest of all the metal bands Lemmys ghost for president 🍺 🏍️ 🎸
This was a lot of the same song. I just do not enjoy Motorhead. I get Motorhead from an intellectual and musical perspective, but they're not for me ⭐⭐.49
Trick question dickhead, Lemme IS God
3.0 - Ok
Feel like I have heard these songs with better quality on the non-live album. 5/10
I'm not really sure why we have two Motorhead albums in this collection, especially given the overlap with "Ace of Spades", but either way I'll give full credit to them for clearly putting on a great live show night after night. Even for a metal live album, the recording/production quality isn't all that great, but you can hear how...committed...these guys were to a blistering show (so much more so than that Deep Purple live show). Much like my reaction to "Ace of Spades" (the album), I'm hard-pressed to distinguish between various songs, and didn't even really try to make out the lyrics. I'm glad, though, to have finally heard the (title) inspiration for the Beastie Boys, and give them full credit for banging their heads *so* much harder than the hair metal bands that would follow.
Love "Ace of Spades" and then it all sort of drops off for me.
not a big metal guy, but you can’t deny the energy here. yes it’s mostly the same song every time, but it didn’t start to grate on me until half an hour in
Pure energy and powerful riffs. I sure do like Motorhead a lot more when they are not singing about jailbait. The live album really lets the band shine showing a side of metal that is all gas no brakes. Favorite Track - Ace of Spades Least Favorite Track - Capricorn ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
idk.. not for me
Its OK.
When I want to listen to something monotonous I'd rather have it be less aggro.
Metally
i enjoyed a lot of songs more than i thought,,, but 2h is simply too long and the fact it was live didn’t really help its case- they all started to sound the same towards the end
Like all the other decent live albums, this sounds like it was a good time. Favorite track: Overkill 3.5/5
Didn't care for this at all. Very muscular singing though!
Sounded a bit the same overall. Great energy fast paced rock n roll. Impressive 3 piece great sound. Probably still a 2 though from me.
Unrelentingly loud and played at a breakneck pace, this is definitely a live album that benefits from being played with the volume cranked a little too high. The tracklist functions as a Motörhead best-of, featuring most of the Overkill album (their peak if you ask me.) Most of the songs included are nearly equal to the studio versions, with the simple, no-frills renditions really translating just how damn loud this band even as a 3 piece. This is a powerful live document that proves every bit of the band's now-legendary reputation for hard living and for playing everything louder than everyone else.
2.7 I think we can all agree that live albums shouldn't be on this list. The only exception I'll allow is albums which showcase songs in a different light, or entirely new songs altogether. The Unplugged series as an example. However, yet another 70s/80s rock album, with terrible fidelity, with minimal difference to the studio version, is just not the one. "Here is a greatest hits album but it's hard to hear it clearly" is not a great sell. Cherry in the cake was actually going to save down Overkill to a playlist and then the adding was a load of nonsense chatter and shrieking. Good one guys. I like Motorhead, I've seen them live, but even I know people don't really need to hear this before they die.
Who would win in a fight? Lemmy or God? Trick question. Lemmy IS God.
Metal and me are not a fit
Classic early metal
Overall, not a bad album. I am not a huge fan of live albums, but this wasn't too bad. The Ace of Spades is my favourite song of theirs, and the rest were alright having in the background.
This is more Motörhead than I ever listened to before. I knew Ace of Spades (of course), happy with the live version. Track after track is solid, not blowing my mind with surprising chords, but rocking hard, very full sound for a live three-piece. After a read of their bio, I'm feeling positive about Kilmister's insistence that they were always a rock and roll band, not a metal band. I don't know if he or critics said they had plenty in common with punk bands, I certainly hear energy and attitude (do or die), as well as stuff that's pretty close to thrash. In short, I like it a lot more than I expected to, it's Good, 7/10.
This was fun. I don't think it's quite converted me to a Motorhead fan outside of a few of their singles but after this, I can see why people love them.
Kings of speed. What a mad, frenetic gig.
Every Motorhead song sounds the same to me. I have never loved them. This live album has put them.in a new light for me. The live energy is contagious and I get them a little bit more after listening to this. I bet being there live was electric.
Surprisingly enjoyable. Hard rock/heavy metal. Lead singer has a unique voice. The drums are very samey on every song. Not generally a huge fan of live albums, but this one isn’t too bad.
Okay they really are just "Ace of Spades and then a bunch of songs which aren't Ace of Spades but are trying to be". I'm sure this was great live. However halfway through it went from "yeah this is alright" to "ugh why won't this goddamn end".
*1981. *Don't care for this. I can tolerate it, but all the songs sound like the same to me. *It sounds like Van Halen, but bad? I expected them to be more metal, but I guess 80s metal is a different story. RATING - 4.5/10
*no music, only banging instruments and screaming vocals
Was hard to listen to while thing!
Sounds very samey to me.
Only knew Ace of Spades going in, but this whole thing is great. Amazing power that helps convert the fact that there's probably not huge variety in the songs. But even so, very influential and still able to stand up in its own right
Heard one Motörhead song you’ve heard them all
Quite good.
01) Ace of Spades - 8,0 02) Stay Clean - 6,0 03) Metropolis - 6,0 04) The Hammer - 6,0 05) Iron Horse/Born to Lose - 6,5 06) No Class - 5,5 07) Overkill - 5,0 08) (We Are) The Road Crew - 5,5 09) Capricorn - 5,5 10) Bomber - 5,0 11) Motörhead - 5,0 TOATL: 5,82 (58/100) Now what's the point of live albums on this list? What makes this version of "Ace Of Spades" different than the one I listened on an original album?
The magic of live music is virtually impossible to capture on recording. I have to say this album was no exception to this. The fact it was a double album and I had to listen to it twice really made this one a bit of a slog…I’m sure the songs are great and people had a nice time at the concert; I, however, did not have a nice time listening to it after the fact.
Joyous rock and roll. Lemmy sounds brilliant and the guitar line in The Hammer kills it. Glad this exists. A rogue one for kitchen dancing but maybe it’ll get thrown on in the future.
Another album that I bought on vinyl as a teenager, played it to death and loved it. I'm not much of a metalhead these days, but Motörhead were always a great live band, delivering top notch rock 'n' roll and this album is a perfect testament to their no nonsense, all guns blazing approach.
Great songs, great concert. Love when a band sounds as good live as they do on their albums.
I like when he says “thank you” at the end of a song, but it just sounds like he’s sneezing.
I don’t care for this type of music which is too heavy, loud, fast, intense, and noisy. The yelling vocals don’t help. Having said that, it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be and I did get through it, but would never want to listen to it again. It has to sit at a 2 for me.
When I was 14, I wanted to see a concert in the festival "Rock am Ring" from my favourite band Linking Park in a live stream. So I stayed up until 11pm on a school day when they supposedly should play. Instead of showing the concert in stage one, Rock am Ring decided to stream the concert of stage two which was Motörhead. I turned it off and went angry to bed. Ironically thanks to linking Park I started to listen to more Metal and less Nu including Lemmy and his Motörgang. This Album reminded me of this times. Rest in peace Lemmy.
i liked the atmosphere that is brought form the recording
Snakk om å gi jernet. En greatest hits plate med ekstra energi og tut og kjør.
Ha meg unnskyldt. Hørte på plate en og følte at samme sangen gikk på repeat i en time. Har ingen grunn til å tror at plate to ville være annerledes. Tøft, for all del.
Det rockes hardt. Sikkert kult å være der, men lydkvaliteten er ikke helt på høyde.
I think I'll start listening to Motorhead.
I said yesterday that Khaled only had one flow- Motörhead made a career out of having a very defined, instantly recognizable sound, even if that meant every song sounded a bit like the last. A lot like the last, even. I would go so far even as to say that Slayer stole Motörhead’s formula: make a classic album, then just keep making that same thing over and over. As long as people keep buying it (Motörhead 25m record sales) and keep going to shows (toured until the death of Lemmy in 2015) then you’re doing something right. Ride it to the grave. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Oh yeah that's the good shit! Pedal to the metal balls out take no prisoners cause it'll set you free baby!
A menos de que esté empastillado hasta la médula y amenazado por un gordo metal no escucho ni 30 segundos
Awesome, loud, good combination of metal and punk, sick as hell.
I've recently been getting more into hard rock and glam metal, so I think this came at the perfect time for me to properly enjoy it. I love a live album, so this was an especially fun one to listen too!
Indecipherable lyrics and the songs all sound so similar.
alright fine music: acknowledged. (⌐♠_♠)
Rocks, but it made me sad because I had multiple opportunities to see Motörhead live and didn’t take them, and that was a big mistake. This is a good live recording but it can’t possibly actually give a sense of what it sounded like in the room.
No me gustó nada. Ni como sonó ni la música. Será que ya estoy es muy lejano a mí Nota: 1.7
You know why they're called speed metal right?
Generally not a live album guy, but if I want one this is one of the few I’ll reach for.
Lo escuché. Costó pero estaba bueno. No es mi onda, pero tenía unos bueeenos temas.
It’s just noise really
I have never listened to this before but it is great energy! Lemmy forever!
Ace of spades Puis 11 musiques identiques à mes oreilles J'ai passé un moment moment sans être marquant
Live recordings really do justice to the greatness of Motörhead. Dudes will hear this and say hell yeah. It’s me, I am dudes. They pretty much have one song, but when that one song kicks so much ass it’s hard to complain.
This was fun. Don't know if I'd ever willingly choose to listen to it again. Very metal. Didn't dislike it though.
I feel like I have been pretty generous to live albums, but this one just wasn't for me. The sound feels really muddy, and a lot of the identity of the tracks gets lost in the noise. Sounds like people are having fun, though. Favorite track: "Iron Horse/Born to Lose"
I respect the band in all ways but unfortunately this type of music is not for me.
banger muziek ma de live irriteert mij
Great live album. Captures the Motörhead sounds with fantastic live vibes. If I close my eyes, it almost feels like it’s ‘81 and I’m in the room — almost. 3.4/5.0
Nice
It's fair to say Motorhead only really have one trick, but it's a trick that rocks, to be fair. For some reason I'd always assumed they'd be a bit dodgy live, maybe because Lemmy was such a piss head. They sound good though. My only issue is that the songs all kinda sound the same, but I bet it was fun to be at one of their shows
Oh fuck yes that ruled, amazing intense energy
Opening with the undoubtable classic that is Ace of Spades, seems a brave choice. This is quickly confirmed by the next few tracks that are just plodding filler for non-Motorhead fans. Bomber and Motorhead is already knew and whilst above the rest of the post Ace of Spades tracks are hardly exciting
Aside from being utterly baffled at Motörhead appearing again, I didn’t enjoy this as much. It is a tight, lively album but the criticism of their last entry remains the same - it all sounds just the same after a while. “Ace of Spades” obviously sounds great, and opening with it is quite the choice. I still enjoy “(We Are) The Roadcrew”, but generally I was not as much of a fan of this.
It was only a few albums ago I was saying Motörhead were fun but variety was not their strong suit. So this is basically that, but live. I am still of the opinion that live albums are, in general, not really all that great - I love experiencing live music in person, but a recording of that is just not the same. Unless it's a band I already know I adore, in the comfort of my own home, I'm going to want to listen to a studio recording over a live album. I gave Ace of Spades 2/5 but would have given it 2.5 if half stars were a thing. As this is that, but not quite as enjoyable for me, it's a genuine: 2/5
It's Motorhead! I think this would have been an amazing concert to be at. Electric, engaging, entertaining. The only detractors for me are his voice and some of the guitar solos (just not my thing).
The shit version of great songs. This is a must listen to album so you can see how crap live recording was in the 80s. Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.
I'm not a big fan of live albums in general, but honestly this doesn't sound too much different from their albums as they're quite a raw band anyway. It does seem to be a bunch of variations of the same sort of song though. I mean, if it aint broke, and all that.
Heavy metal, but listenable
Not the best live album but some great tracks.
Why. Overkill just sounds like Ace of Spades. 1.3/5
I actually did enjoy the album, and listen to it on repeat in the background. However, I could not tell between any one song and wasn't specifically drawn into any one of them.
Is the live version a 1001 album?
I can glimpse the greatness of Motorhead in this album. But I had to look past my unfamiliarity of the material and the poor production of the live performance. Honestly, except for that glimpse, it's a lot of noise. I'm happy to check out a studio album of theirs, tho. 2/5
Decent, high-energy live album with great guitar tone throughout. Simple but not simplistic, Motörhead's power trio approach packs a lot of punch on this record. Only downside is the uneven quality of the songs - "Ace Of Spades" is an astounding opener but some of the other tunes pale in comparison to that track.
I simply can't stop imagining Lemmy as a Muppet character.
This recording finds the band's classic lineup at the top of the game. The mixing is solid and the performance is great.
I wish I could have had a beer with Lemmy!
Рёв, грохот и скрежет.
yeah it's mtotrhead if your in the mood then it's great otherwise i prefer the things they influenced more
From all meat/rock records, I think this is a strong one. Classic tracks, honest playing, got to respect it.
Ugh. I can’t. The lead’s voice is so shredded and ugly, the music assaultive and not good. I turned it off during track 3. Automatic 1
Et live-album fra hard rock/heavy metal-gutta i Motörhead, spilt inn i 1981. Har lytta til et par av deres album før, og noen av de samme låtene er å finne her. Ekstremt energisk, nærmest punk-aktig musikk. Imponerende fra A til Å. Top 3: Ace of Spades, No Class, Overkill
I anticipated a lot of metal but this is really just some good old fashioned rock and roll. I appreciate that much more.
Very annoying - I just had to gradually keep turning down my speaker to avoid a headache.
Kind of the same song over and over
Ya quisieran ser Motörhead, amachense
6.5/10
Even more samey than the last one. But still some decent stuff
Great live album, like a construction site arguing with a jet engine
Every song is just the Ace of Spades. I got very bored of this
Solid live album. And Motorhead is legendary in the rock world. Rip Lemey
Very good live rock album. My only complaint is that it was a touch long, but that wasn't that big of a deal because I liked the music. I could see someone critiquing the fact that all the songs are kinda similar, but if you like that style, you're in for a feast.
Fooooda, a primeira música já me lembra meus 10 anos jogando Tony Hawk. Pqp, que sentimento bom que dá ouvir essa música. O resto do álbum é ROCK bão, mas não muito meu estilo. The Daily Telegraph rated it the best live album of all time. Fico pensando como avaliam isso, ser parecido com o álbum, energia do show, galera berrando. Interessante. Realmente tocaram muito bem ao vivo. Só não vou dar 4 estrelas por que não chega nesse marco como outros albums chegaram, de tocar meu coração, mas muito bom.
superasna, w chuj dluga, nie podoba mi sie ze to live ale ok
1 hour 48 minutes… As a live album it’s good, but that’s to be expected when every song is effectively the same.
This lost didn’t need a Motörhead live album but it certainly does rock hard.
Favorite Song: Ace of Spades
Good Motörhead. Live. Fast and furious a loud band and lively.
At the risk of being an old fuddy duddy, please pass me my ear plugs 😐
What a terrible day to have ears.
Lemmy!
A five star balls out rocknroll/punk/metal live album. Very like AC/DC in that this is a band that has a style and they stick to it. Hard to think of a hit or album that does not sound like any of the others but i never get bored listening to them. And this live performance is a great showcase why. You’ve got the same straight up blues/rocknroll base of AC/DC but delivered a bit more frenetically. The sensibulity is your straight 50’s 60’s rock and normally the drums and bass would align but here you’ve got a drummer playing more of a punk hardcore precursor style with a dose of heavy metal swagger and a bass player strumming away at power chords on the bass which created a kind of motorbike revving type drone over the song, then a guitar playing fast blues infused rock often with lots of distirtion. There is a shrt path from Jerry Lee Lewis through this band to countless metal, punk, grunge, rock bands. They may not have directly birthed thes e and more genres but they definitely spread their seed and thw seed of their roadies around.
Поважаю Моторхед, але я не можу їх довго слухати. Їхня прямолінійність, яка межує з одноманітністю, починає трохи втомлювати мене. Тут в принципі виключення не було, але драйв у гурту не відняти.
Не мій гурт, але я розумію в чому шарм моторхед та їхнього прямолінійного та навіть дещо тупорилого (в гарному сенсі) року. Якщо і слухати цей гурт, то мабуть у концертному варіанті, як тут. В принципі норм, хай буде 3.
Live Lemmy! They're kinda like a lo-rent British Metallica (no disrespect).
"Ace of Spades" was the only highlight. If we're gonna have live albums on here, can they at least have a higher recording quality than this? The bootleg recording of the Bob Dylan concert sounded better than this.
I suppose it put motorhead on the map
This! This is the good stuff. A good metal song imo is one of the peaks of music, and almost every song here is GREAT. Just absolutely fantastic. From the window to the wall just absolutely insane performances. Feels like a precursor to a lot of the stuff rites of spring would go on to do, and every song just fucking rips. Every. Single. One. Not much more I can say. Just listen to it. 10/10
Your first record of an artist’s discography should generally not be a live album. This is very true for me and Motorhead. The only thing that comes through this mix is loud guitars and Lemmy’s vocals, neither of which give me satisfaction. Sorry, Motorhead fans, I’ll pass. It’s not awful, just not pleasing to the ears. 2 stars
It's a live album alright. I opted for the original release and not the 2 hour extended version this website links to. 44 minutes was more than enough of this. I'm sure it was a good show, but live albums almost unanimously don't translate to a recorded format to anywhere near the experience of the live show. They're more nostalgic than they are transformative, important, or incredible. They completely lack the visual and physical experience that make live shows what they are. A very select few of the live albums on this list deserve to be here, and this isn't one of them. 2.3/5
Good fun but not hugely listenable for me. I think they sound like a fun live act for sure but I think I'd rather listen to their studio records. There's the loss in fidelity that you'd expect from a real live environment and I don't think the atmosphere gives you much in return. They also felt a bit samey, but I don't know if the nuances of different tracks comes through better on studio records. It was definitely fun to listen through though. They seem like a really fun band
Ace of spades is good but this sound gets a bit repetitive. If you can’t get enough of this sound I am sure it is great but it just didn’t connect with me enough to tie it above 3 stars.
Not crazy but can see a value here.
Turns out I dig Motorhead. No t a big live album fan, but great album overall.
One of the greatest rock and roll bands live, what's there not to love? Motorhead is firing on all cylinders, especially on Metropolis. If you like hard rock and metal, you'll love this album.
Can’t say I need a Motörhead live album, especially the extended version. Don’t mind them, their place in history and was probably fun being there but it is all very much one note from start to finish as a recorded experience. Really don’t need this 2 Star.
Overkill is very apt, cause that’s exactly how this feels. All the songs blend into one speedy fuzzy blur. Not for me.
The greatness of “Ace of Spades” camouflaged the strength of the rest of the set for a playthrough, but a second run shows the band had depth as well as heft. Smashing, Lemmy’s bass and voice are equally thunderous.
You really had to be there, I think. Epic lighting rig.
- I liked this - they are like a better Metallica - good live recording too - would probably listen again
I did not know Brits were allowed to go off! Unfortunately a bit repetitive for much of the album. Highlights: "Ace of Spades", "Overkill"
Pretty repetitive and lengthy, but a lot of energy. Pretty conflicted about this album
I respect Motorhead but I've never really gotten overly into them, barring a handful of songs. I'll listen to them sometimes if they come up on shuffle, but I've never really sat down to specifically listen to them. I did have the fortune to see Motorhead once before Lemmy passed. That was a great experience. I'm also not usually a fan of listening to live albums. If I can watch a video, that's fine, and I love attending concerts in person. But live audio recordings rarely interest me. I'd much rather listen to a nice studio recording. This is fine. The production is OK for a live album. You can tell they're a fun live experience. It just doesn't really do much for me, like most live albums.
Why a live album?? Seems they have a big back catalogue and some good tunes. Were they just bad at albums? Crowd noise and inane chat between songs is just annoying, not endearing.