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Not a huge fan of live albums. Disc one was pretty tight however, and gives as good a noisy energy as a studio album would. Alright for an occasional listen. Heavy metal before it got pretentious and/or commercially slick. Give the album credit for that. Bonus star for Lemmy's facial hair.
I like that they insist to call their music "rock n' roll". And it is! Just played a bit faster with distorted guitars and double bass drums. I always thought that Guns n' Roses should also be called rock n' roll. And I learned it predated and influenced Metallica. Kudos to that. The album has great energy. I liked the more bluesy numbers. But the sound quality and that the songs sound "same same" even on the 2nd listen make it to a "won't listen to it again" album.
A decent live album. I am not that into motorhead though.
Onhan tämä meininkiä ja menoa! Ace of spadeeeeees!
Not found on apple music. Just as well, I wouldn't like it.
I think I only like these guys because of Tony Hawk Pro Skater but I enjoyed this.
Not my jam.
I kind of hold Mötorhead to a degree of respect, as in, I deeply respect how they helped developed heavy metal, but can’t say I’m crazy for them. I really can’t for the life of me recall another song outside Ace of Spades… or The Game (wrestling themes are music too). Though, let’s not pretend for a second this is music that’s needs merit. All they need to be is loud and my monkey brain neurons go “brrr”. But honestly, I think my main issue is that I don’t think this sounds any different live than in the studio. Live albums are the epitome of “you just had to be there”. It’s hard to really replicate the energy from the event. I don’t know man, they could have used the space here for a second Mötorhead album. It’s an interesting live album, but to me, it’s just a greatest hits album. And No Remorse exists as their best of, so…. yeah. Favorite track: Ace of Spades Other hits: Metropolis, Iron Horse/ Born to Lose, Overkill, (We Are) The Road Crew, Motorhead, Stay Clean
Most sounds the same. Lemmy's voice is very remarkable and uncanny
This album can best be summed up by how they introduce We Are The Road Crew. "And now, the loudest voice of any road crew - G R!" "Come on then Newcastle, let's hear it for the road crew! UUUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Loud, dirty, funny, self aware and confident, this stone-cold classic live album goes swinging, riffing and smashing its way through a set's worth of one of rock and roll's greatest bands at their absolute peak. Favourite tracks: Overkill, Iron Horse, Bomber, Road Crew, Metropolis
in love
460/1001
A very strong argument for the inclusion of live albums. And overkill is nuts
Ok Lemmy, ich dachte eigentlich keine Live-Alben hier, harter Stoff...c
3.75 I felt the loudness by proxy. good stuff
Excellent live album that captures the speed and ferocity of Motörhead perfectly. The versions on here sound better than their studio counterparts in most cases. Favorite track: Ace of Spades
These guys clearly "rock" and I may have enjoyed this more if I were younger and more into the trappings of rebellion.
Pretty noisy and samey.
One of the great live albums of rock and absolutely one of the greatest metal albums of all time, essentially a greatest hits on steroids, the best material played at breakneck speed and with relentless power. A landmark of rock that unfortunately launched a lot of awful bands.
Motörhead is repetitive hard rock that is still pretty fun, but man do I hate live albums. Just muddles the production and the crowd noise makes it harder to hear.
The irony of this album being named No Sleep 'til Hammersmith is that the supposed Hammersmith Odeon concert wasn't even documented; hell, it was never on the itinerary. Nevertheless, Motorhead continued to crank up the noise and supply the relentless speed on this landmark record. The best iteration of the band, playing some of their greatest hits, in a moment in time that would never be replicated again. No sleep makes demons of us all.
Overall: 8/10 I don't normally like rating live albums this highly but I'll give this one a pass for two reasons. 1. There's enough variety on here that it's not just "the album already in the list but live". 2. It sounds almost identical to the studio recordings, so it's essentially a "best of" album. Motörhead rocks, man. I love how dirty and gritty Lemmy's voice is, I love how their instruments always sound like they pulled them right out of a dumpster, I love that they don't care if one song sounds like the last one as long as people are having fun. Just a great band overall and this album captures the live energy they had. Fav Song: Overkill
Had never listened to Motorhead before, and don't see myself doing so again. Nothing against them, just not my thing.
Hell yeah brother.
Demasiado largo y por alguna razón deciden comenzar el disco con su mejor canción.
Fine band.
For someone predisposed to enjoy this music by his Dad, this is just ambient music. After head-banging to “Ace of Spades,” it all blurred into the background. No other song attracted my attention, for better and for worse.
*Awesome guitars and great live energy. *Ace of Spades is an all time great song *Awesome blend of metal and punk!
Excellent record!!
I don't think I had ever heard another Motörhead song apart from Ace of Spades. After listening to this album, I don't think I really needed to. I would describe the rest of these songs as like Ace of Spades but not as good. This album is some fine and probably influential metal, but it's not really for me.
It was marginal
What a massive album, granted the original track listing only went to the song Motörhead, but this was great in many ways. Heavy metal at it's finest
Pretty good, high energy, solid live performance. But I'm not that into Motörhead, just generally.
It’s a bit too heavy for my liking like more rock heavy than I prefer but they have a few great songs like Ace of Spades
Büro, Heidenheim, Deutschland. Nur Banger!
I like that Motorhead falls into that genre of rock bands where if you've heard one song you pretty much know already if you like the rest of their songs; small standard deviation. I really like the energy on this record, I'll bet it sounded amazing to be there in the crowd. 4/5
Many songs that seem like the same song. I just happen to like that song. 3.5/5
Head banging, face melting, eardrum piercing, unadulterated metal. A bit untextured. I liked how he introduced all the songs and even dedicated most of the songs. 4.4 outta 5
Hell yeah! Nothing to add
I'm not a live album type of person. Who needs a slight variation of a song with worse sound quality, and none of the energy from actually being at the show? At any rate, this album was pretty good with the qualifier "for a live album".
All sounds pretty samey to me.
Loud, fast no nonsense hard rock. Lyrics, if you make them out, are not going to win any poetry prizes. But that is hardly the point. If you are going to play this style of rock then compromise is fatal. Motorhead refuse to compromise. Enjoyed
I’m not a fan of Motörhead or live albums. I knew Ace of Spades, but I don’t like Lenny’s voice.
How can someone with a voice as bad as Lemmy decide to front a band? It worked I guess. I've always kind of been on the fence about Motorhead. I like the music but it always sounds sort of amateurish to me. This being a live album, even more so despite what I suspect are some pretty heavy overdubs. But goddamn the bass tone is fantastic. Super raw, super dirty, super aggressive. I may only be a casual fan of Motorhead but I can see why Lemmy gets the accolades he does. Simple, heavy music is always welcome. I liked this album a lot. This may not be an record that I would sit and focus on but playing in the background while doing something else, it just hits almost all the time. 4/5
Fucking hell what a way to start a gig, straight into Ace of Spades, and it doesn't really let up from there. This album goes HARD. Hard hitting. Fast playing. BIG sound. There's some great guitar work in here which I really love. Does it sound a bit samey at times...? Maybe, but it's a serious nit-pick. There's so much energy here, and they put on a serious show.
Comparing this to say a Metallica live album, this was not very good. It should not be on this list.
It was just pitiful and a major letdown
I’m so torn with this. On the one hand, I love the way they play. It’s hard. It’s fast. It’s loud. I like that. Kilmister’s voice though? Don’t love. In fact quite dislike. Really ruined this whole thing for me. So, do I give them a rating that reflects their musical/instrumental skills and my enjoyment of that, or do I give a rating reflecting my thoughts on the experience as a whole, which feels more honest? I dunno I’ll see how I feel in the morning.
meh. it all sounds the same. every track.
It's a similar review to the Ace of Spades album: enjoyable for a while, but so samey. The playing is tight and the sound is pretty crisp, but it's not even documenting a single continuous gig. I really don't see what this is bringing to the list that AoS alone wasn't. 2.5
One the one hand, I'm glad rock music has evolved beyond the sounds of 80s metal, as I would consider myself someone with a diverse taste in all musical genres, including rock subgenres. But goddamn, I cannot lie: this album fucking rules \m/ just raw, unfiltered, thunderous rock and roll. I'm just listening to this and envisioning myself in the pit as a young kid at this show and losing my fucking mind (and maybe a few limbs). This band was something special.
2 not my cup of joe, recording made the sound muddled.
The algorithm is trying to hand me a panic attack with this album.
🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
H: I liked this album a lot more than I thought I would. The energy was incredible and you felt like you were at the show. A lot of the songs sounded the same making it cohesive but slightly repetitive. Overall cool but would not put into my daily rotation. 6/10 H fav song: Ace of Spades Z: This is my first exposure to Motörhead with the exception of “Ace of Spades” (thank you Guitar Hero). I can only imagine the energy in the room at one of their shows; the live album does not let up for a second. They brake for no one. By the end, their sound was a bit repetitive (raspy and guttural vocals, uptempo drums, driven electric guitar riffs) but I enjoyed this far more than I thought I would. A really solid live album. 7/10 Z fav song: Ace of Spades
Super powerful, but live albums suck
You need to turn the volume up to at least 12 to fully appreciate this album. Opens with the manic "Ace of Spades", and includes "Overkill", plus the eponymous "Motörhead".
Mostly very meh, it just all sounds really similar with just a wall of guitars and thrashy drums. 4/10
pretty badass i guess. this list has too much lame old metal, wheres all of the barely listenable screechy death metal shit, im tryna hear some of that
Those sure were some sounds. I'd like to be able to tell them apart. I'm not a Motorhead fan, so I can't say how much of that is just their sound or or the fact it's a live album.
What can you say about motorhead, or more exactly lemmy, because lemmy was motherhead and motorhead was lemmy. Of course the drummers and guitarists who passed through rock and gave life to motorhead. Motohead was the rock 'n' roll lifestyle personified and influenced heavy metal and punk music then and to this day. I usually prefer studio over live but NSTH rocks hard! On my patented -100 to +100 scale if having an angry orgasm is +70 then NSTH is an exhibitionist having one in public: +90
My in laws knew Lemmy as they're from Benllech. They said he was nice. Would never have put this on if it weren't for the list. It's very metal. Didn't hate it, but I gave my ears a rest afterwards with The Who.
Нереальная энергия. Вспоминаем тебя каждый день, Лемми. Лучшая песня - Overkill.
2.7
ok
I like Motorhead, but I don't like live albums. The quality is very crappy. I will give it 3 stars just because it's Motorhead.
Amazing live album that captures the energy Motorhead brought. Made me feel like I was there and regret never having seen them perform. Fave Tune: Capricorn & Ace of Spades
Hard pass
I thought I would really dislike this but didn’t. Not my jam generally, but this was a fairly rock-based metal album compared to most of the noise in the metal genre. A great rhythm section helped out a lot. Don’t need to listen to more of the group but a solid 3.
This. Was. Awesome.
I'm not a fan of live albums, but this one isn't bad at all. They sound excellent live, very similar to the studio version but with like a raw edge, they sound huge and their versions here mostly add to the original tracks. "Ace Of Spades" is a classic track, "Iron Horse/Born To Lose" is excellent too here, and "Motorhead" is great.
Brash, unapologetic, greasy, stinky, and FUCKING LOUD. 5/5 would eat for breakfast.
Fast and frantic. If you've heard one Motorhead song (Ace of Spades) you've heard 'em all. Here is two hours of that.
3.2 2x (1x expanded edition 1h 49m)
Another metal album and this one I’m confused on. The instrumental are amazing on this guitar skills out of this world but the vocals are god awful ruining the whole album for me. There are still great moments and songs through out but tha one factor really drags the whole album down. There really isn’t any change either with most songs being alike. Overall it was an alright album being a solid 6/10 3/5
Nope. I hate live albums.
Мазафакеры реально добавили лайв альбом моторхэд, когда есть оверкилл или асе оф спадес. Моторхэд люблю но лайвы предпочитаю слушать ирл, слушать не буду. А так по блату 6/10 Highlights: Overkill; Ace of Spades; Stay Clean
big 3
Ace of spades may be the best opening song for an album ever
Great heavy metal album
It's standard Motörhead, not really improved or spoiled by being a live album. It's OK. Better than listening to Vernon Kay.
Great music, sound quality kind of sucks
VIOLENCE.
Still an amazing live show - basically a live greatest hits album from beginning to end. At this point the band were a touring monster and super tight. Album has a breakneck pace and the original version is the perfect length leaving you satisfied excited and perhaps wanting 1 or 2 more songs.
I just feel like a live album is never the best showing from any artist, even artists I really enjoy.
I understand why a live album can be considered a "must listen," I really do. But even if the performance was legendary, there is still something missing from just listening to the live recording. Actually physically being there for the show is a big part of the experience that no live album will ever capture. Any time one of these comes up, I feel like I am missing out.
I’ve never liked live albums and this is no exception. This wasn’t for me but I appreciate the talent.
Music for gimps and leather daddies, of which I am neither
Rock rocks! Fully taste based four stars , if the rock hits it hits. Ace of spades is legendary what else to say about it?
Not my bag. Perhaps a good example of its kind.
No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live) by Motörhead [1001 albums, live]: 7/10, Fun, high energy hard rock that's about as good as it gets without much substance. I don't have all that much to say about this album, aside from that it's pretty good and it's technically impressive. The songs sound similar enough to be cohesive but stand out just enough to have identities, mostly being just pretty good and above all else, fun and enjoyable. My personal favourite was Capricorn, especially considering how they said they were going to "slow it down" and then proceeded to play something very fast paced. This song does seem to have a level of substance and intrigue to it that's not present on the others and I appreciate that. The lead singer is charismatic and the performances are great, but the relatively simple songs hold them back from being really great.
Not my style. Solid lead guitar riffs, but they seemed to get repetitive
Motörhead is very specific. They have that 70's metal driven hardcore vibe. They are not mellow enough to be "classic rock" but otherwise fit the stereotype. They have a distinct sound, perhaps too distinct in a way, there is not a lot of range there. I get the sense, since this is a live album, that they know that and were not bothering to become something more or above that. They had their groove and that is what they gave the fans. While this groove is not my groove, I do understand their energy and fan base. Their style appeals to some primitive need for loud driven excitement without too much thinking. This can be a great thing, a great escape, and in THAT space they are really good.
“Ace Of Spades” is one of the best rock songs ever made and I’ll love Motörhead forever for making it. But Motörhead is like the poor man’s AC/DC, and I can only handle so much before I hit my limit. At least when I’m sober. I listened to just the 11 tracks from the original album, and there are like five songs that start exactly like “Ace Of Spades”. That might have been a fun tease if AOS was at the end of the album, but not when it's the very first track. Live albums usually aren’t great, and this one is no exception. I wonder if this album list attempts to use live albums in place of greatest hits albums so it can include influential bands who don’t have a standout album. In this case, the live album doesn’t standout either.
I don't like live albums. Motorhead is not my favorite. That equals 2
Rating: 1.6 Just as dumb as their non-live material and Lemmy is three times as mush-mouthed in person.
As soon as the recording starts off, we hear Ace of Spades and I knew I was in for a nostalgic trip. The energy is the same all throughout the live performance, which is awesome, but I'm sure for a lot of people it can be a little too repetitive. It's impressive, though, to hear such consistent clarity on a live performance, especially one with such a harsh energy. The vocal performance feels to me like what rock and roll should be. Rough but calculated, it carries an emotion that fits with the rest of the band to represent the rebellious, struggle-forward nature of what it means to be a rock star. Glad I heard it through! 3.3/5
If we are separating art from the artist, great fucking album. Jealous of whoever got to experience Ace of Spaces live tbh. Their sound, especially live, nothing like this. Fuck Lemmy though.
A great Motorhead live album
No jailbait this time. yayyy 85/100
Nie wiem kto się bardziej zmęczył - wokalista na koncercie czy ja słuchając tego albumu
Rodzaj metalu którego nie lubię. Każda piosenka brzmi tak samo. Może to dlatego że to nagranie koncertu idk
Love Motorhead, love live albums, good.
An band and an album with reputations. Reputedly the first ever live album to enter the charts at No. 1. And Lemmy a breed of rock musician that is dieing out. As albums go this is not a bad one, it does have iconic status. They were a no nonsense band and this is a no nonsense album, it does what it says on the can. If you like their music great album, if you don't it's not. I do so therefore it's a good album, is it worth a 5? We've had other live albums on here with much more atmosphere. Whether it's been mixed out.... (And I have seen them live enough times to believe it has)... or not, is up for debate. So not a 5, but a solid 4
What a fantastic piece of history captured here. There is so much more musicality than other metal bands and with Lemmy’s unique vocals they are a class apart. It’s rare for me to really enjoy ‘live’ albums, but this is exceptional stuff.
My first Motorhead album I've ever listened to. What can I say? Lots of energy going on, due to the excess usage of amphetamines I think. Nothing wrong with that. They must have put on a good show live, as you can feel the raw energy from the band. Did I enjoy it? Yes, it was a good Thrash and a fairly tuneful one at that. Great speed drumming too. Will I listen to them again? Not by choice.
Original review - "Great selection of songs from their vast array of bangers and they sound great live, but I just don’t do live albums. I didn’t listen to it all. Quality isn’t great, I would just rather listen to a collection or playlist of the studio recordings. I can’t give a 5 for that reason, but I can’t go lower than 4 ‘cos it’s Motorhead." I love Motorhead, but Motorhead or not, I'm not knocking it down to a 3. Live albums should not be on this list. :(
una polla como una olla
Dont hate the music but the album misses the mark. Bad recording quality should immediately disqualify an album on this list.
Vitun AWESOME ajaa autoo täysii ja kuunnella Motörheadii!
Sometime the choice of the albums on this list for me. It includes Ace Of Spades, but doesn't have Overkill and then there's live album which includes most important songs from both of these albums? Well, it's Motorhead, so I won't complain. One of the best heavy metal band in the world at their peak. Philthy's intro to Overkill sounds like WW3, Fast Eddie shreds even more than on the studio version of the songs and, well Lemmy is Lemmy. Legandary stuff. Turn it up!
No surprises here. This album will sound exactly like you expect it to.
I've always had this problem with Motorhead, where I think Ace of Spades is probably the single greatest Heavy Metal song ever written, but everything else by them just pales in comparison. The closest thing they have is Overkill, but besides that everything else just doesn't do much for me. Ace of Spades rips, and then every other song sounds like a slightly heavier version of ZZ Tops. Low 4.
Interesante selección, nunca habia escuchado un album en vivo de ellos. Clasico metal de una era que ya esta perdida, increíble que sea de 1981, no pense que tuvieran tantos años
Any album by Mötorhead is classic! I have been a fan for over 40 years and never get tired of their genius!! 🎸
Metal is one of my weakest genres. I only know some of the biggest hits and that’s about it. I enjoyed the drumming most on this album. The musicianship is outstanding. I just can’t get into the lead singer’s voice. The sound is incredible for a live album. I can’t imagine how insane it sounded in the venue; must’ve blown some people’s ears off!
This album went really freaking hard, would've loved to seen them live.
This is the first album I was assigned and I'm a little disappointed. Hard rock and metal are not my favorite genres to begin with. The songs are very similar. I cannot understand what they are saying. I had to read the lyrics as I listened. All the songs being live is an interesting idea but it gets old quickly. It is energetic and bold but in a way that became so overstimulating it circled back around to being background noise.
Started off promising with the first song. It just sounds like bad variations of the same song after.
I was shocked I knew a song from this album. Incredible that this band has the energy to do that live. Not my typical cup of tea, but I appreciated it.
This will be my first Motörhead full album. Wow, my phone autocorrected the dots over the o of Motörhead! This is pure energy! How can they do this every night? This is an album but it feels like it would be a 45 minute concert! Great time!
That version of Ace of Spades fucking SHREDS.
Not typically my cup of tea, but not bad.
One of the all-time greatest live albums.
My dad was a diesel mechanic growing up. He used to use this orange pumice hand cleaner to get oil and hydraulic fluid off of his hands. This album sounds like that.
I don’t know, I think this might be the first album on this list that I don’t care to finish. I made it almost all the way through and I guarantee there’s nothing in the last 5 songs that’s going to change how I feel about this. I can’t understand a word this man is saying. It’s all noise. It’s too fast. And frankly, it’s not even a great sounding live recording.
Fun but very samey. Best is of course Ace of Spades and also Overkill...which sounds exactly like Ace of Spades.
Not my thing, but quite enjoyed it initially, Ace of Spades is obviously a classic, but it got a bit repetitive towards the end - get why it’s popular especially amongst teens and young men, much better than AC/DC in my view
All starts to sounds a same-same after a few songs. Enjoyable though.
Not bad for a live album.
fine live album, nice and heavy, 5 out of 5 concert I would go to
just what you’d expect from a live motörhead album… loud, chaotic and frenetic. and the crowd just can’t seem to get enough. this is how you do a live album, kids. highlights: “ace of spades” “iron horse/born to lose” “(we are) the road crew” “motörhead”
Bangin’ son
This is a very solid live album from what I think is quite a mediocre band.
appreciate heavy metal so much but just cant do it on spotify a live mosh set could be lit tho
Didn’t finish listening but just not my preferred style of music
Raw metal. Great intense atmospheric live recording.
Enjoyed that. Great sound - especially for a live album. Vocals and riffs on point. Made me want to go to a Motörhead gig….until I remembered that I’d be very out of place and scared….and that Lemmy is dead.
Listened to - whilst trying to feel up the Mrs on the back in of a plane, drunk at 10am. Sound - Ideal for a live album. Good energy, quite short, and no guff between songs that you often get on live albums. Live albums are cheating a bit, as they should basically be a greatest hits up to that point, but loads of bands sounds shite on live albums. Motorhead are metal for punks. Short, sharp, songs, with guitar wankery, generally, capped at about 10 seconds. Relisten - Very likely.
All very good. No padding at all. Not sure a live album really counts as they aren’t playing their worst songs live but it was good all the same.
Should be 4 stars but a live album is cheating when greatest hits aren't allowed. Sting & The Police will be fuming.
This is a very weak sounding live album. Probably the definition of unessential.
It was some decent fun Rating: 2.5
Pretty much just a wall of noise spiced with croaking off-tune vocals. Ugh - two hours of my life I won't get back...
Agressivamente okay. Não tenho muito o que dizer. Não conheço tão bem assim esta banda, só os seus maiores hits. Por um lado, achei a sonoridade do disco bem impressionante considerando ser um álbum ao vivo. E simultaneamente, não achei as canções tão bundas quanto esperado do gênero. Mas admito que Rock mais pesado não é minha pira, salvo raras exceções. Acho que poderiam ter deixado Ace of Spades para um ponto mais avançado da tracklist. Foram um pouco prematuros abrindo o concerto com a canção que a maioria das pessoas concordam ser a melhor que a banda fez. Parece que o resto do disco eles estão tentando freneticamente alcançar aquele mesmo pico, em vão. Mas é um álbum bom. Me encontrei balançando a cabeça o tempo todo. A voz desse vocalista é sensacional e casa muito bem com os riffs energéticos e dilacerantes. Não sei se eles possuem um álbum de estúdio aqui na lista, mas eu espero que sim, pois creio que iria gostar de ver o studio output deles! 3/5
I can’t think of anything more rock and roll than Motörhead, a band that I definitely wish I had been able to see live. This is fantastic, I can’t quite go full five stars so I’m going to cheat and say 4.5 rounded up to 5.
Love it - how can you go wrong with live Motörhead?
Lemmy, Phil, and Mikkey! One of my favorite bands. Hard driving power trio.
Why LIVE albums!! I don't care if it sounds really good. I want well produced music with artists at their best which is in the studio. No matter, how cool would it be to see these guys live. lol.
Speed metal. Meh.
The coffee wasn’t helping this hangover. But this fucking Motörhead album certainly did. Fuck yeah!
Favorite Track: Motörhead
Makes me wanna snort rails of meth, in a good way.
Brilliant album for a number 1. One of my favourites of all time!
It's Motörhead. It's live. It hits like a weird, drunken maelstrom.
An alright album but I’m not convinced that a live recording of this was what should be put on the list. Definitely made me think about why live albums are recorded and then sold/put on streaming services but not in the best way.
Too long not sorry
Personally I‘m not a fan of live Albums at all and this was not able to change my opinion. Motörhead is good but recording studios exist for a reason.
Please Don't Touch
So the problem with Motörhead is all their songs sound like Ace of Spades. It’s a good sound, but I don’t need a dozen of it
Sweet
very energetic and good sounding songs, good performance and good energy, i probably wouldn’t listen again but i did enjoy it
Da scaricare per il viaggio
Motörhead plays fast and well while wasting only very few breaths between songs on this live record. If this was also the case for live shows, I will never know, because the album is stitched together from different concerts. 40 minutes is more than enough of this high octave heavy stuff, because variety was obviously not a main focus area for the band.
Löud and röwdy. Just how a Motörhead album should be. It’s more a collection of live songs, but it’s got the energy of an actual Motörhead concert. The variation is not that great, but why would it be when the formula works this well?
yeah, i'm too anxious for this
Rather annoying.
tonic
Listened to Ace of Spades
Cool album. I'd be bummed if a headliner act I went to see only played for 43 minutes though!
Nicht so gut als Hintergrund beim Arbeiten.
Sludgy sound, probably better if you were there
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Speed metal — it’s not my favorite. At all. But, I’ll give these guys their props as they seem to have been major innovators in the genre. They’re obviously talented, even though they use their talents to make unpleasing noise. I should give them a two (i don’t like it), but i can see why this should be part of a list of pop music that you “must hear before you die.” (Phew, glad I got that out of the way!). It’s a three, but speed metal that comes later will not fair so well.
This is one of those live albums that’s doesn’t carry over well.
Fun, balls out heavy metal!!
Not really my genre of music, but it makes for a pretty stirring live album. Basically it all thrashes away at a fast pace. The downside to that is that the tracks tend to sound pretty similar. I expect the original concerts were a blast.
Good for banging your head
Probably the best live recording of one of the greatest rock 'n' roll bands of all time at their peak. Every time I listen to Motorhead, I'm amazed by how powerful this sound is, played by just three instruments. Overkill is the moment when this reaches its highest level, in my opinion. I can be wrong, but I think the reason that it sounds like that, it's because Phil 'Animal' Taylor's drums sounds just like an atomic bomb. That's not a drum kit, it's a locomotive without brakes. Damn...
Ist fast 2h Motorhead. Fetzt schon krass aber wenn die musik nicht für einen ist klingt es großteils echt gleich. Die größte Abwechslung ist wenn die Gitarre mal ein bisschen im Hintergrund bleibt. 2h sind eine harte nummer für jemand der die musik nicht unbedingt mag. Ich verstehe definitiv warum man es mag aber es für mich ist es quasi 2 h das selbe Lied + outtakes davon... Aber wenn man iwann Lust hat was zu zerstören ist das perfekt 2/5
It's great Motorhead, but Motorhead is just a bit single-noted.
Rating: 7/10 Great energy and song selection, it all sounds the same after a while though.
Not my vibe but I’m sure it would be a concert. And too long
of course no sleep - they are so freaking loud!!!!
They have one trick, but it's a really good trick. This is just great metal. But it's live, and from the early 80s, so the quality is terrible. Even with that, you can feel the energy.
Five stars for the lead guitarist
Blegh. The studio album was okay but live heavy metal isn’t my thing at all.
The opening song is probably the best opener I’ve ever heard from a live album, just smacks you in the face with raw power. I actually can’t fault this, start to finish raw energy, doesn’t reinvent the wheel but I’m going to come back to this. What a man Lemmy was
Ace of spades is a classic. Cracking riffs but a bit repetitive of a genre I’m not that bothered about
- ich bin nie groß Motörhead Fan gewesen und dachte bei dem Anblick hier auch, dass ich nur kotzen würde, ABER erstmal ist die Live Aufnahme ganz gut. Dann sind Live Songs natürlich auch meistens eine Compilation aus den besseren Songs der Bands. Insgesamt ist einfach gut Druck dahinter und man wippt einfach die ganze Zeit mit. - dementsprechend deutlich unterhaltsamer, als ich es vorher erwartet habe
vier bis fünf
Rockin but all the songs feels very samey. Although it was probably fun show, that energy doesn't really transfer to the recording. Live albums don't really work out well here.
Rock ubija, ispocetka su mi se sve pjesme cinile kao da su na isti kalup, ali sada vec osjetim zvuk i vibru i nisu toliko losi
I recognize what they were at the time and respect them for what they are but not really for me. I did enjoy the bubble of tone they created that you could bob along to but the songs felt borderless and was confused to find myself 4 songs in when it felt like 2. A good time if you're into the party rock n roll sound.
The guy screamed himself hoarse. Sounds like you are in a train that is crashing.
Noise. Same ideas in multiple songs.
Lemmy is a legend, but this was not my thing.
Starting with Ace of Spades was a bold move. There were some high moments after that, but not enough. Motörhead mostly sounds the same to me and while that’s not always a bad thing, for a bad quality live recording it can be. I feel almost bad rating this a 3/5, but the album had no variability whatsoever. Perhaps I’d enjoy it live in person.
This is a vibrant and powerful live performance. Blood, sweat and tears ooze from every note.
I understand listing 1001 albums is a daunting task, but including live albums that are half comprised of songs that are already on other albums from the list feels lazy as hell. Especially fucking Motörhead of all bands
Этот альбом мне попался, когда я шел сонный на работу, и нет ничего лучше чем просыпаться под ace of spades!
Surely everyone likes The Ace Of Spades? Well, No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith sees Motörhead churn out a faithful live rendition of said track along with a selection of other songs which, for the most part, follow an almost identical template less effectively, while Lemmy barks vocals which swoop between the exact same couple of melodic intervals, relative to whichever key the given song happens to be in, also less effectively. Thankfully, unlike most metal acts of the era, Motörhead don't do pretentious 10-minute epics - the bulk of the tracks here are around the three-minute mark. That still doesn't prevent listening fatigue setting in after a just a handful of similar-sounding tracks, especially when they shot their load by opening with their most well-known (and best, by a country mile) song. I mean, as live albums go, this is loud and raucous and solid, and I'm sure this was/is a big hit among fans, but I'm not sure why it is on this list - it's not like the atmosphere is enhanced by the Lemmy's extensive repertoire of stage banter: "This next song is dedicated to ____________, it's called _________" bang! Evey single time. And it's not as if you get to see the famous lighting rig while listening to the album. I made the mistake of listening to the expanded version on Spotify, which reminded me the song Jailbait exists. Good lord. Enough. (As an interesting side note, the lettering on the album cover "No sleep'til Hammersmith" was actually created in 2018 by a Mrs Muriel Benson, aged 63, from Cleethorpes, using her evaluation copy of Microsoft Word, which she had used just once before to create a poster for a coffee morning taking place at her local parish church. In an utterly revolutionary technique, her design was then sent back in time through a wormhole to 1981 for Motörhead to use on their sleeve. It was not until the artwork was actually at the printers that someone noticed Muriel DIDN'T HAVE A SINGLE FUCKING CLUE about formatting text and possessed only the most rudimentary design skills and computer literacy. And by then it was too late to change...)
Motorhead is good in doses for me. This album did little to change that for me. I like some tracks but overall it wasn't great. Instrumentals are decent but the vocal wasn't for me.
It’s about what you’d expect from 3 hours of Motörhead. Great for ‘81 though, and you can clearly see the influence on Thrash Metal. That being said, I love the Ace of Spades, but hearing it then 2-3 songs eeriely similar isn’t the best. Fun album though.
- [ ] Motörhead - live albums are fun when they are good like this and have great energy throughout. Like Metallica heaviness and speed with Rolling Stones rock n roll vibes. Better sounding and feeling than the a lot of the other early 80s metal we’ve had. Drums are cool on overkill. Bass tone and solo on second song are super cool. Love how Lemmy says every song is a dedication. Maybe a 4 in real life for me but 5 for this list
Hell yeah sick vibes makes me wanna drink at duffs.
Hell yes
This made me feel mad
Standard motorhead.
Quick reminder that Lenny collects Nazi memorabilia. Anyway, the music is ok. 2.83
The rare band that I respect without necessarily liking all their songs. Tremendous energy in this live set!
More than their studio album, I thought I was listening to slight variations of the same song for 45 minutes. As a live album, I kept hearing the cuts that reminded me I was only hearing what was deemed the best; no continuation meant the majority of a show was not spectacular. Maybe a 3.5.
Having just listened to Back in Black, this feels very similar, just in a different subgenre of rock. If you like Ace of Spades, you won't hate the rest, even if you're craving more variety. Luckily for me, I love Ace of Spades and I'm glad I saw Lemmy before he died.
אלבום לייב מצוין! שיר מועדף - Ace of spades
This was great!
2 hours of a live rock album was just not necessary all sounded the same- mid
Ugh enough with the live albums
This does not need to be on the list.
3.5
At least it's not electronica. I am a bit skeptical about a band having an album and a live album in this book, as I feel there may be overlap that isn't necessary. That is especially true when the album from this book came out one year prior to the live album, as is the case for No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith. There are only 3 of 12 songs that come from Ace of Spades though, so my concerns are a bit abated here. There's no sleeping for the listener on this album either. It starts off with Ace of Spades and Stay Clean, then does not let up for the entire 40 minutes. I had not heard most of the songs on here but really liked: Iron Horse No Class Ace of Spades Stay Clean Overkill The Hammer Motorhead Even if you have heard Ace of Spades, I recommend this one too.
If you only heard the talking in between you’d think the singer was an 80 year old lol
Pretty fun if repetitive
meh
Kick off with Ace of Spades and just keep going. Every track slays, and they give every bit of it live. No dropoff! No soft-hearted jelly boys here! Punishment at eleven-scale! Thank god for Lemmy.
Never been a fan of live albums. This one is not an exception. I appreciate the band though.
Lemmy et al, blow the roof off various venues across the UK and deliver a key live album. If you know Motorhead, then you know what to expect. Yeah, they're a one trick pony - but what a trick! Best Tracks: Ace of Spades; Overkill; (We Are) The Roadcrew
Big fan of live albums, particularly if they are true classic rock and roll, which this is. I found myself making the "devil's horns" at my desk.
Let the record also show that Motorhead rule.
rock but too much roll
3.4
This is #day299 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… here's to some tight, loud rock'n'roll, baby. As heavy and speedy as it gets, right? Quite possibly my first album encounter with Motörhead, and it's a live album. Not sure that's the best way to meet a band, but here we are. I'm not a huge fan of '80s heavy metal, but I can try appreciating the band's role in the genre's development. I wouldn't mind if this came up on, say, a classic rock radio station, but not more than the length of a couple of songs. Let it be a 2 out of 5. Looking forward to, wow, #day300.
A great soundtrack to a session at the gym
Heb tweede Pinksterdag wel eens beter vormgegeven dan het inhalen van wat albums die een doorn in het oog waren. Na Queen was het tijd voor de pub-metal-rockers Motörhead, die over het algemeen meer liefde krijgen in Holten dan dat ik voor ze overheb. Maar ik moet zeggen dat ik dan ook niet écht veel meer ken van ze dan 'Ace of Spades'. Vind dat wel een banger eigenlijk, maar de esthetiek en het algehele genre van de gasten hebben er voor gezorgd dat ik nooit verder keek dan mijn neus lang was. Twee hoofdconclusies na deze toch wel wilde rit: 1) het is veel meer punk dan dat ik in mijn hoofd had, wat toch wel zorgde voor een hele aanstekelijke energie. 2) 'Ace of Spades' is de succesformule die door ongeveer alle nummers heen druipt. Op zich niet gek, en ook niet heel verkeerd, maar veel meer hebben ze niet in petto. De parodie van Ween op dit genre - en vooral Motörhead - genaamd 'It's Gonna Be a Long Night' vond ik altijd al een geinige song, maar na het luisteren van deze plaat zie ik in hoe accuraat hij is. Dat is echt alle nummers die ik afgelopen uur heb gehoord in één. Aanrader om even te checken. Al met al een dikke meevaller. Een live-plaat met karakter, en ondanks de eentonigheid toch wel goed gerockt. 7/10
Straight forward heavy rock. Poor recording, even for live.
One of the best live albums ever! Pure Rock 'n Roll!
It’s pretty simple, really…either you like good music or you don’t.
Ace of spades is a banger and have always loved it. A whole album of live motorhead gets a little stale after a while.
Ignore, if you can, that this creep proclaims he wants to bang 15 year old children during the song “Jailbait”, and you’ll find driving rhythm and bass, ripping guitar, and gritty vocals. All of which create a high energy don’t-take-shit-off-no one vibe that is appealing.
I dig Motorhead, but just not enough to "love" them.
LIVE ALBUMS GRRR
I bet being at this show was fucking amazing. Unfortunately, listening to it just ain't. 2/5
The Ace of Spades reminded me of playing a Tony Hawk Pro skater game on playstation 2, but the sound quality made me feel like it was coming out of a gameboy speaker. I would probably enjoy this live but as an album I could not get past the sound quality. 3/10
I was hoping this album would be a crystallizing moment for me and Motorhead. It wasn't a bad album by any means, but it didn't unveil new depths. It's fun, it's loud. I can smell the cigarettes through my headphones. It isn't quite for me. It's a little single-tone. If I skip through the record to random songs at random times, it's often hard to tell that the song has changed at all. I don't dislike it, but I only like it at very specific and infrequent times. I'll revisit this album during my midlife crisis, when me and Kit are riding our hogs down Route 1. 5/10
3.5 stars. Loud live heavy metal album. Precursor to thrash metal. They go hard and play all their hits.
Was I in the mood for a 2 hour metal live album? No. I like my dog way more than I like his namesake. Not terrible, but def not my jam.
Spotify’s description of Motorhead as “Overwhelmingly loud and fast” is dead on and exactly why I can’t stand this.
Just not my type of music and a live version is just the worst version of this type of music!
Motorhead sounds fine but once you've heard two songs you've heard the whole album.
Great live album, full of energy, though the middle third of the album is not as memorable as the other two-thirds. Good three-and-a-half record.
I don’t care for most live albums, mu ch less live metal.
A classic!
I went into my first Mötorhead album ready to dislike it, but I was pleasantly surprised by how fun their sound is! The album is cohesive, though the songs did blend together a bit. I’m not gonna come back to it, but I’m glad I listened to it and know what they’re about now.
Motorhead isn't great. Motorhead live is even worse.
Thinking about it, I may have only ever heard this version of Ace of Spades, what a great song. Not sure how I feel about a band leading off a concert with its biggest hit though. Feels like a mistake. Motorhead is an underrated band. A lot of their songs sound very similar. They make AC/DC look like the BeeGees. Other than Ace of Spades, Overkill is the best song so far. Considering the nature of the music, this is one of the best live recordings I've ever heard. The real stars of this album are the production crew.
Motörhead as they should be: loud, dirty and energetic.
Never even heard of this band, only metal I ever listened to was Iron Maiden. Didn’t expect any more or less, quite repetitive I wouldn’t call it noise, I think more than anything it’s not my thing. I do hope however, to listen to more of this artist I think they could do a lot better. 6.5/10.
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I’m not too sure what makes this album one of the best. The vocals are somewhat drowned out. I’ve heard much clearer live versions of music that aren’t on this list. From what I know of these guys, they sound the same live as they do in studio albums pretty much. This is straight forward metal/punk. Not everyone will enjoy this.
I like their raw, fast, punky version of heavy rock. Some great stuff here, Metropolis stands out, even though I'd never heard it before. That guitar sound is so good. Lemmy was a character, and a thinker too.
Bad live album and i didnt like them much anyway
Live albums are pointless. And Motörhead are just a bad AC/DC.
Let me tell you something. The world did not need nearly two hours of live Motörhead. Especially since a) the recording quality is super low and b) they blew their wad early by putting "Ace of Spades" as the very first track. It's 100% downhill from there with each track progressively sounding more and more similar. The end result is two hours of growling over a bed of fuzzy mess. 2⭐️
FUCK YEAH LEMMY It's got drive, it's got power, it's got some really interesting musicianship under the gruff exterior. Again, I wouldn't call it the greatest live album of all time, but it's essential early heavy
Unrelentingly loud and boring. Like the background music for the TV show "How It's Made," with lyrics.
Need to change the link to this for US folks https://music.apple.com/us/album/no-sleep-til-hammersmith-live-40th-anniversary-edition/1572238970
Sounds just like the album versions, deep cut Motörhead isn’t really my thing
Wow, from the first few seconds I thought I would not enjoy this album at all. I could not stop listening even though it was not my normal listen. Enjoyed this for sure and love how they made it sound appealing even though it is aggressive. 7.2/10
ace of spades is the best part tbh but it does rock
This next song is the same as the first except it's a little bit louder and a little bit worse.
This one is full of energy like a live album should be. A good 'best of' sampler if you like metal.
Fav: Stay Clean - Live In England 1981 Least Fav: Capricorn - Live In England 1981 They’ve got one thing they repeat, but the energy in each song makes me unable to hate it, even with Lemmy’s cigarette smoking raspy vocals
Nope. Too hard for me.
A pretty standard live album. I like Lemmy's voice but outside of the ace of spades and overkill I could not distinguish a song from the next. I bet this would be fun live, but not essential enough for me. 2.4/5 -> 2/5
Meh
Lots of good songs
There's an irony to the name of this album, because it's so boring it could put me to sleep. I already dislike live albums because the recording and mixing quality is very rarely there. Then add a band who's hits all sound the same and you end up with a slurry of heavy guitars and overpowering drums for minutes on end. There were multiple times I had to check to see if a new song had started because it sounded so similar to the song before it. And it cannot be overlooked that the mixing on this is truly awful. A good studio recording draws attention to different elements of a song as they happen. This album treats everything as equals, meaning the drums often overpower anything happening in the vocals or guitar. It really is a drag to listen to.
Not a big metal fan, but if I wanted to listen to metal this is what I would want -- straight ahead, driving, adrenaline
2,5
There really isn’t anything wrong with this, but it isn’t my thing and I just don’t like it very much. For me, most of the songs sound the same, and I quickly tire of the screaming vocal style. Two stars.
The first few tracks were cool. The rest sounded like one song on repeat.
Motörhead is a little same, but it’s still really fun
With the best live albums, the sound of the crowd really adds to the atmosphere of the recording, and you can hear that the band are all having a great time on stage. Sometimes you also get some cool extended soloing or jamming which can be quite fun to listen to This album had none of those features. I don't know what Motorhead's studio recordings sound like, but on this album it was hard to distinguish the instruments from each other, resulting in something better described as noise rather than music. The lead singer's voice is also horrid, and most of the songs sound the same as each other, with unintelligible screamed lyrics. I'd rather sit in silence than listen to this again
“Who’d win in a wrestling match, Lemmy or god?” “Lemmy?” “god?” “Wrong d*ckhead. Trick question. Lemmy IS god” -airheads
It takes balls to open up with your biggest song. Start strong / end strong, I guess. Almost a 2, but Lemmys mole made me give it a 3.
I like the idea of Motorhead more than the real thing. Ace of Spades is an all timer though.
Motörhead were famously one of the hardest working heavy metal bands of all time, touring relentlessly with a dressing room booze rider of heroic proportions. Traditionally the Hammersmith Odeon would be the last gig on the tour, but ironically on this 1981 outing they didn’t play there, so presumably they were very tired by the end. Anyhoo, this album does what it says on the tin. An absolutely blistering live set, starting with the iconic Ace of Spades and ending with Motörhead. There’s minimal banter between the tracks - just the name of the song and a quick dedication, and any crowd noise is not audible during the music. If you want live heavy metal, then this is the album for you.
It starts well -- hard not to opening with Ace of Spades but it kind of lose its momentum. It's kind of the problem with these albums (bestof, live): they are great if you love the band, but as an introduction or for someone who is not fully committed to it, it's too long and things starts to blur and just be one long moment. There's still lots of energy to it and we can hear that they were a band made for the stage.
Great album, will most likely listen to a bit more
3.5
If you like listening to Ace of spades for 2 hours straight then this is the album for you.
As much as I appreciate Motorhead, every song kinda sounds the same. It's great fun and all but not super exciting.
Ok listen. Very raw which I enjoyed.
NOG EEN LIVE ALBUM??? What are the fucking odds... Wel echt heeeeerlijk om gewoon te openen met Ace of Spades, dat is ballen hebben en zet wel lekker de toon ook. Jammer dat het daarna meteen iets inkakt? Het is zo ballsy om met zo'n ongelooflijke knaller te beginnen, hoe ga je dit nog overtreffen? Lemmy klinkt wel echt heerlijk doorrookt zeg, jezus wat had deze man toch een doorleefde stem... Moet wel zeggen dat het gewoon veel van hetzelfde is. De energie spat er van af, maar ik merk echt dat mn aandacht verslapt. Mn nek doet pijn van het vele headbangen en mn voet is moe door het vele meetikken. Eerlijk? Dit valt me alles mee, maar ik ben gewoon nog steeds geen groot fan van live albums. Wel hoor je vaker dat Motörhead een band is die je live moest horen, omdat hun albums gewoon niet de energie kon pakken die ze live hadden. Geloof ik meteen! En ik denk ook meteen dat ik dit als live album veel meer heb gewaardeerd dan wanneer het studiorecordings waren. Ze spelen ijzersterk, Lemmy klinkt vercrackt, maar dat is ook zn charme. Lastig album om te reviewen, ook omdat het een soort best-of is qua nummers, zonder dat er een focus is op een bepaald album of iets. Uiteindelijk, om het een cijfer te geven; het klinkt retestrak, nummers hebben weinig intro nodig en het is gewoon meer dan prima hardrock/metal/thrashmetal. Maar het is gewoon niet zo meer mijn ding, ik had het vetter gevonden als het net ff korter was, maar ruim een uur is gewoon te veel. Nu is het 3 sterren, keihard, supersnel, maar ik ben moegestreden man... FAVO: Ace of spades(Duh), No Class, Overkill, Bomber
I listened to the whole hour and 48 of this album. I recognize that it’s good music as far as sonics go. Like they are absolutely shredding, I can hear the command they have over their audience and I know it was one heck of a show just by hearing the outtakes. My knock is that it all sounds like one long ass song and that’s where I get lost. But I fully understand that if you’re enamored with this sound then this album is god like to you, which is why I can’t rate it lower than a 3. Unspectacular to me but I can hear how it could be spectacular to someone else.
Enjoy a bit of Motorhead - very good live album, still let down by that one track
AWESOME
Its ok, wish they had more rifts!
I've seen Motörhead live more than once and live their music so the songs aren't new to me. Having a live album on this list wasn't something I expected though. The quality of a live performance from 1981 is extremely good and the crowd yelling along adds to the feeling. The album is great, the band sounds just as good as when I saw them 20+ years later.
My head hurts. I’m sure this is fabulous head-banging material, but I just find it annoying. If the lyrics happen to be compelling, I couldn’t enjoy them because of the tone. Couldn’t wait for this to end. I don’t know a thing about Hammersmith, but if you can sleep there it means Motörhead has stopped playing. It must be a lovely place.
One hell of a live performance. It's insane to me that they didn't need any post production to clean any of that up. I don't really love metal but that's still wild. Very cool intricate work on guitar and drums. Felt a bit repetitive to me but I'm sure if you're in the middle of that mosh pit you don't really give a fuck.