Reviews (page 6 of 8)
Why do live albums exist? Especially if there's nothing musically interesting in it?
Ah good another chance to get skeeved out by 'Jailbait'. The 40 minutes of the original release somehow seemed to take forever to get through. Not really sure why this is here, Ace of Spades the album is already on the list, this is just a compilation album with shit audio. One of the greatest live albums of all time, my arse. The Telegraph talks nothing but shit, people should know better than to pay any attention to it.
The definition of Metal. The recording value on this is just superb.
Just great
I should like it more but Motorhead have never been a huge favorite. Once you've heard Ace of Spades you feel like you've heard a lot of this. Some really good solos though (eg, on Overkill) and the energy is obviously there. I'm digging the more midpaced groove on Metropolis too. Can't give it less than a 4 for sheer energy.
Badass head banging awesomeness. Love the live energy and lively tunes.
Ace of Spades is great but the problem is their music is formulaic. Same song on repeat.
I don't think any live album should really be on this list, and this one is no exception.
Every song is just Ace of Spades!
https://youtu.be/VLC5itS0THQ?si=qjwDXd39ip8n-mFE
I generally don't like live albums, but there are exceptions and this is one of them. It captures the energy of Motorhead really well, and it sounds great. You'd think they would back themselves into a corner by starting off with Ace of Spades, but the album is so consistently good, I never worried about it 4/5
3.7
This is how all live albums should be.
I used to think I don't like Motörhead. Attending a concert by my friend's Motörhead cover band changed my mind. They're a quintessential rock band and simply fun to listen to. In terms of production and sound quality, I will always prefer studio recordings over live recordings and the mere presence of live albums in this book is a peeve of mine. That said, the track list being mixed and matched from different sets saves us from too much annoying crowd dialogue, but it also feels less organic. As for the music itself, the bands' playing is extremely tight and they achieve an impressively full sound for a three-man outfit. The guitar work is fantastic, but the compositions would probably have benefited from a second rhythm guitarist. Would have to judge that properly with studio recordings though. A nice listen either way.
So Motörhead is a band I like, but I really have to be in the mood for them. As for this album, I really didn’t care much for it, and a lot of it is because I just don’t think they had the best recording quality for a live album. Either way, I would much rather listen to their studio albums than this one.
Sounded like "Ace of Spades" on repeat. I generally like Metal, but never was a fan of Motörhead.
Ace of Spades is solid, the crowd noise makes for a good atmosphere, but between a lot of this blending together and sounding the same and the fact that live albums just don't seem like a great introduction to most bands, this one just wasn't really hitting.
Great live album and great classic messy hard rock. Loved it.
Motorhead. 5 🤘
Rock!
This hurt my ears on mute.
Yuck 0/5
Not a big Motörhead fan. Ace Of Spades is fun, but the rest of it hums the same noise. Lemmy is a legend, mostly as a skirt chasing booze hound. Guys like him are getting rare, and I miss that.
Motörhead's great, but that's a lotta Lemmy. His voice sounds pretty worn by the end.
What is there to say... except "can't believe I hadn't listened to this album before. AMAZING ENERGY, that's what you get from this album, if several of the songs are almost carbon-copies of The Ace of Spades!
While there's not much tonal variation, it's good fun. Would rather have had a studio album than a live album though. Would switch out all the live albums for more proper albums tbh.
Everything you need a live album to do. The band sounds incredibly tight and the energy is through the roof.
I really like Motorhead, but the live versions of their songs are lacking. The album that should be on this list is one of their studio albums, not this.
I'd rate this higher if they didn't play the same song 18 times.
I think this is good hard rock/ metal. I don't really know. I played it in my car and loud and it was solid. Probably wont listen again but I get why people love it.
Ace of Spades 👍 (only song I knew). This got tedious after. Didn't bother listening to the 2nd disc in the Expanded Edition.
Motörhead rules. This was a great listen while fixing the stupid car I was driving today, I just wished that it was the studio versions of all the songs. I really don’t see how live albums are in this list; they’re almost always worse than the recorded stuff. There were a few songs I hadn’t heard before that I’ll have to listen to later on the studio albums. Except “jailbait”. For fucks sake Lemmy.
Who would win in a fight: Lemmy or God? This sounds real clean for a live album and acts as a greatest hits. Simple classic metal.
Yeah, it’s one song - but to be fair, it’s a pretty good song
Pretty cooooollll 3/5
Right from the opening this blows you away. I like the live versions of these songs better than the album versions.
I love Lemmy’s voice. The snarling growl is perfect for a rock/metal band. I wish I actually liked the music. It just does nothing for me. I have a bias against angry music mostly because I end up feeling agitated for the entire day after listening to it. I know that’s a me problem but it is my reality. 2/5
I like motorhead but this album isn't great. Its a live album and it never really gets there, you know? Its not bad, but I don't think its a "must-hear" album under any evaluation. 2/5
Du bon rock sale, mais quasiment 2 heures d’affilée ça devient vite répétitif
My favourite song was the one where a fast guitar riff was repeated for 3 minutes while the singer made guttural throat noises into the mic
Ace of Spades was ace, but it was a bit similar after that. Also they didn't go to the Apollo!
Probably an unpopular opinion but I don't really like Motorhead :/
I didnt like this album :(
I don't think I'll ever like Lemmy as a vocalist and Motorhead will always be overrated in my opinion, but this was a better offering that the stuff I've listened to previously. Top tracks: Metropolis, Iron Horse
I think they were highly influential to music and Lemmy is a rock star god. However I feel their music is good but not great. Ace of spades of course is a killer song.
Rockin’ rock! Fuckin’ rock! Aaaahhhhhh yeahhhhhhh! Etc, etc, etc. Fine for what it was I suppose but I feel like I need to be right in the fuckin’ rock mood for something like this.
Such a unique sound
6 / 10 Una vez has escuchado la primera canción el resto es todo el rato igual. Encima al ser en directo el sonido es bastante malo.
There is very little variation on the theme of short, loud and fast. Unimaginative metal. Prob great live if you are there though.
5 Stars. Absolutely awesome. Miss Lemmy.
Uggghhhhhhhhhhhh who gives a fuck about a live Motörhead album, not me especially when I already listened to and was underwhelmed by Ace of Spades a few weeks ago. The only good thing is Overkill is on here which has a fun gimmick. This album sucks, and is the first I can without a doubt say shouldn’t be on this list. Fuck off. And of course fucking Jailbait is on here again, disgusting.
Absolutely no need for what sounds like a bootlegged Motörhead concert on this list. Interesting that they open with Ace of Spades though 2.9/10
Motorhead is certainly a three-piece to be reckoned with. The exuberant and relentless energy on most of the songs here is undeniable to the point where it overflows to even some slower tracks like 'Iron Horse' (which isn't even conventionally "slow" per se). The speed matches the viscerality levels of most hardcore punk records (most evident in the song 'No Class'), and the fuzzier nature of the live recording makes both the guitar and bass feel like a wall of constant haze over these pummeling drums. Vocally speaking, Lemmy Kilmister is the perfect example of a vocalist who can be potent without needing to overpower the rest of the instruments. His vocals are lowkey, slurred, and raspy yet they manage to pierce through the mix effortlessly - helped by a set of consistently puzzling yet engaging lyrics. I don't know why but I love the more direct ode to his roadcrew on the aptly titled "(We Are) The Roadcrew" - maybe my favorite song here. Live performances like this must've been incredible to attend, but this recording still captures most of the chemistry and fire ignited on the day. I haven't listened to any Motorhead albums before this one so this was a great introduction.
4 or 5 killers, the rest is a little bit much.
I mowed the lawn to this and it was great. But I think Motörhead is a one trick pony when it comes to song writing. Points for playing so fast for 2 hours though.
Peak album from a band that was the best at what they did
I love the fact that there is a whole band built around one song so hard that they make an entire record of that one song over and over and it makes the 1001 best list. Dont get me wrong i love that song
On this journey of 1001 there have certainly been ups and downs and right angle turns. There is no question there is a lot of energy poured into this live album but the best ever? To me, there was not a lot of variety from one song to the next. Loud intro, screaming chords and vocals, guitar solo and a big flourish to wrap up the song.
Never really got into Motorhead, everyone knows that one song "Ace of Spades" (I knew it from an episode of The Young Ones, dating myself a bit) but I couldn't name another by them, so a long ass live album probably isn't the best way to ease yourself in... Hard rock but hard listening too.
The rough and boozy voice of Lemmy, the crazy, dirty, fast sound of the band. That's great fun. However, I'm not always in the mood for it. That's why I rarely listen to Motörhead. 3/5
All love and respect to the God Lemmy, but I would be checked out of a Motörhead concert after Ace of Spades
Eugh another live album
I fxcking love Motörhead!!! This is like a greatest hits with more energy and more rock 🤘Fly high Lemmy
blassic
great album. the Bassist is incredible.
Motörhead live in England, good stuff
To heavy for me
Fast, loud, metal! Love it! 5/5
I think this was the only Motörhead album to ever go number #1 in the UK or US for that matter. A really great snapshot of a Motörhead show on the Ace of Spades tour, in all their glorious loudness and frenetic energy.
wtf. More unlistenable.
Foundational Speed metal, biker metal sound. Pre-Punk metal, good sound and some hits came through
This was decent even though it's a live album and all Motorhead songs are basically the same. It's got a good energy to it (the first disc on Spotify at least)
RIP Lenny
sucked and managed to keep getting worse.
REMOVE ALL LIVE ALBUMS FROM THE LIST! It’s like the author had a ‘no greatest hits’ rule, but this is just a cop out. I enjoyed a few tracks but gave up pretty quickly. Every song is literally the same. It sounds like generic ‘rock 1’ music from an old video game. Daw naw naw naw naw naw, daw naw!
A little Motorhead is a good thing. More Motorhead is a better thing. A double live Motorhead is turning me into a Mushhead. One star for being a live album. If there was a category called 1001 live albums that I need to listen to before I die, I'd give it more than one star.
At some level this doesn't seem fair. The energy of a live recording is pretty awesome, and clearly they get to pick the best material from their first 5 albums to put together a tight 11 track set. There's a lot of really strong songs here, Ace of Spades being the obvious hit, but i enjoyed Iron Horse, Overkill and Road Crew quite a lot as well. Biggest complaint is the recording seems a bit muddy, i would have loved it to be brighter with a bit more fidelity.
Ace of Spades is a 5-star album that rips from start to finish and I'm sure it was a hell of thing to see Motorhead live, but I don't really see what's added by listening to a live recording of these songs - a bit faster and messier, even more energy, but a muddy sound that turns it all to mush.
Minus one for being a live album
fun metal that makes me feel like i'm in mad max or some shit.
It's been said that "Lemmy is god". If that's true then consider me an atheist. It's all he same song
idk yet
You'd have to be an avid fan to want to listen to the live version.
It was fine. I generally don't like heavy metal, but I didn't mind this. I don't think I'll listen to it again though
It was loud and I really didn't care for the main singer's (yeller's?) vocals. Instrumentals could have been interesting at times, but they got lost in the cacophony of the rest of the noise.
I think Motorhead is cool, and Ace of Spades is great, Lemmy is incredible... but this recording is not the best. The performance is pretty good though. If I'm being honest, this is more in line with that MC5 album... I'm thinking a 3.5 as much as I wish it was higher. If the recording was better I might bump it up... but it's all pretty muddy and repetitive.
Hey Motorhead, play that one that goes *hums the riff to Ace of Spades* Motorhead: yeah, you're gonna have to narrow it down
Live album with great energy despite the so-so mix. Faves: Ace of Spades, Iron Horse/Born To Lose, Bomber, and Motorhead.
Fun album and great recording. Always loved Motorhead and Lemmy.
They got their best song out of the way first. Then the rarest kind of sounded the same.
Pretty fun. Nice guitar work
They have some fun, quick songs - but after hearing 18 different Motorhead songs I felt like I heard 3? They all kinda sound the same - but it could also be the live environment? Pretty meh.
Just ok
Can't believe Lemmy still has a voice. Love the groups who seem fully committed.
Aceof Spades and Overkill are great songs, but the rest just blurs into hyperkinetic noise with Lemmy desperately shouting. Sorry.
Another overwhelmingly noisy album that doesn't keep my interest
Motörhead definitely don’t have the most variety in their songwriting, but their sound here is so good.
They rock. They rock hard and this was probably a great show to be at (just look at that plane crash stage set-up!). But I like my Motörhead studio.
Didn't fancy that one bit.
i hate this
Listening to this, I guess I'm not a Motörheadhead. Surprisingly, I liked this live album more than the Ace of Spades studio album that we listened to not that long ago. It's a 2.5, but I'm going to round down.
Well, I put off listening to this for a few days…just couldn’t muster the gumption. So, it definitely could have been worse. I think it helped my enjoyment level by not listening to the entire album in one sitting. Because if my day, it got broken into a couple of tracks at a time…made it tolerable, but not really enjoyable.
This wasn't the best day for loud, live, and muddy, but you get what you get when you get it. Not entirely my jam but closer to my jam than I expected.
I will say that after listening to the studio album Ace of Spades I was not looking forward to a live album. At least the original release of this did not include “Jailbait”. So that’s something… This was also not a day that I needed this music in my life. I listened to it and am happy to move on from the 44 minutes of muddled guitars and growling.
Not for me. 1/5
Ehhh I mean I already had their studio album, which was better than this. Songs all sound the same, and the layout was off, songs were choppy as there went from one to another
Lemmy is a legend when it comes to heavy metal music and his contributions can't be overstated. "Ace of Spades" will always be a banger and I enjoyed "Overkill" and "Motorhead" too. The rest of the album was too similar sounding for me, though. I give it a 2.6/5.
I got to Overkill and just couldn’t do it anymore. There was so much left after that. DNF
The sound quality is super shit. I can't make out what he's singing, sounds exactly the same as when there are drunks in front of my house screaming at each other I liked some melodies, but let's be real, this is unlistenable
surprisingly listenable yet shit
1. ace of zpadez - 1.5 2. ztay clean - 1 3. metropoliz - 1 4. the hammer - 1 5. iron horze - 0 6. no clazz - 1 7. overkill - 1.5 8. roadcreuu - 1 9. capricorn - 1 10. bomber - 1 11. motorhead - 1 12. over the top - 1.5 13. in the back - 1 14. jail bait - 1 15. living here - 1.5 16. fire fire - 1.5 17. too late - 1 18. bite the bullet - 1
Only cause this is ANOTHER live album...
This is music for people who wear wrap around sunglasses and leather jackets unironically, and it's 2 hours long.
Great speed metal. Later refined and tamed by Metallica. This is a monumental shift in rock. RIP Lemmy!
Almost quit it a few times. Like a drill to the brain of music.
Slept a bit …
Riding off of the success of Ace of Spaces, Motorhead (or their label) takes the opportunity to record a live album. This is a blistering live recording, in that they are playing so much faster here than on the studio recordings. Motorhead had developed a reputation of being fast and loud by this point, so of course the live album perfectly encompasses those qualities in spades. From the needle drop, the band bursts into a fury of sound with their bonafide hit Ace of Spades. At no point does the band let up, and that's for the best. This is the way that Motorhead was meant to be heard. Studio records kind of neuter the raw power that they had fostered in the late '70s and early '80s. Every punk and metal band can only aspire to a sliver of the sound that Motorhead had at that time; they were just that damn good.
epic live metal
Very intense live rock album by rock legends.
6/10 fun hard rock, idk
it’s all one song bro 2/10
Every song sounds fairly the same, lucky thing that song is banging
Motorhead is a fine band, but I've already had an album full of the best of these songs on here, these live versions not only fail to add anything to the music, but are also poorly recorded and mixed. I gave them two spades last time, only one this time.
Nothing I would ever choose to listen to. For once, however, I didn’t hate those fast, driving guitars. But how I did not like his voice. Lemmy count the ways.
It sounded like one VERY long song. But they played it well.
After disliking the studio album Ace of Spades as completely as I did, I was not looking forward to this one. Perhaps it's a product of low expectations, but live, Motorhead's relentless energy is more engaging, and the guitar work was solid. Lemmy gets hard to endure, the riffs start blending together, but I get the appeal of the band in this context.
I was enjoying this right up until the song Motorhead. Had the album ended there, I would have given this 4 stars. But no. I was only at the halfway point. Anyway, great playing, high energy. Yeah, it's all one song, but it's a pretty good song. It was just twice as long as it needed to be.
Well the only thing of note from this listen is that I answered the never-before-asked question of where one might not fall asleep first --- Hammersmith or Brooklyn. I felt angry, uptight, and confused listening to this. Literally could not tell where one song ended and another began. I so dislike this band and this sound even more than I dislike their misuse of the umlaut. I most certainly do not need to listen to this music before I die.
Motorhead being on this list once is generous. Being featured twice? Especially for a lackluster live album that features some of the same songs we've already heard? All of their songs sound exactly like worse version of Ace of Spades. I don't get it. Clearly the author of the 1001 Albums book grew up in the 70s and early 80s and is blinded by nostalgia.
I’m not sure what it would take got me to give an album one star. This one was definitely not my taste, but I can acknowledge some crazy guitar licks. That takes talent: dedication so two stars for that. It didn’t hurt my ears, but it felt repetitive, so I was more than ready for it to end before it did. So it can’t get three stars, which is what I give background music that I dan take or leave. This one I wanted to leave so two stars it is.
Fast and Loud.
Why would I listen to a fuzzy, muddy recording of a band with muddy ass fuzzy music anyways. All the depth and fidelity is gone
I never liked Lemmy's voice or his absurd distortion sound, but the energy on this is just so palpable. Easy to see why he was revered.
Yesterday, I was bemoaning the fact that I hadn't gotten any eighties albums in a while, and today, I was rewarded with this. Caveat emptor I guess. The only Motörhead song I know is "Ace of Spades," and it was a bit of a bummer that it was the only song on this live album that I was familiar with. It was even more of a bummer that it was the first song, and that after it ended, I was left with over 35 minutes of unfamiliar, live heavy-metal that basically all sounded the same to me. I'm not a huge fan of live albums, and this experience only solidified that feeling for me. I don't understand how an album that's so high energy and full of blasting guitars and pounding drums can still find a way to be so boring. Outside of "Ace of Spades," this album didn't really have a lot going on. I liked that the songs were short, but I hated that these songs weren't all from the same performance, because it stripped away the context of these songs being live in a sense. I really thought I would have enjoyed this more, but this album was a bit of a snooze, and I don't understand why it made this list.
Live album, ain't listening
Not my cuppa of tea but they're obviously good at what they do.
Never been huge on Motörhead, and it being live has reaffirmed by belief that they just replay one long song with the same sound. DNF.
It's Motorhead, so it's already got that in its favor. It's definitely one of the fastest live albums I've ever heard, seriously coming close to breaking the land speed record. I also think it sticks around just long enjoy it and not have it drag on. All of this is heavily dependant on whether you like or dislike Motorhead. In my opinion, they're one of the finest rock and roll bands to have ever existed. Favorite tracks: "Overkill", "Bomber", "We Are the Roadcrew", "Stay Clean"
A lot of people are reviewing anniversary/expanded/deluxe versions of albums and then complaining about the length or some crappy bonus track. Just listen to only the original album release after looking it up at musicbrainz.org or http://1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie.wikidot.com/index. For this one that saves you from having to listen to Jailbait again.
Yucky I didn’t like this. I understand that it was number 1 in UK but please never come near me. Just exactly the type of music I do not like. Sorrrrryhh.
I do enjoy the occasional Ace Of Spades and love the history and tales of Lemmy and company but beyond a handful of tracks at a time it's a lot to take.... definitely a direct line from here to the imminent thrash genre, although this has more a nod to hardcore and punk than anything else. Those genres aren't faves - although I do appreciate how tight this 3 piece was in a live setting and oddly despite its aural assault it's not that hard on the ears (although the album has a bootleg feel to it and is a little off-putting at times in headphones - almost sounds like it's in mono outside of drum fills and the crowd noise...?). Lemmy's Rickenbacker bass sound is dirty-great. Just don't love the tunes in aggregate so I'll enjoy a few cuts here and there but overall put it on the shelf only to be brought out for special occasions, dinner parties, etc. 5/10 2 stars
If you don't like Motorhead, you won't like this. I don't and I didn't. WHy this would be on here along with their other album with some of the same songs is a mystery. There's nothing groundbreaking or even different about them playing live.
not the best love album ( The Who Live at Leeds is # 1 imho) but this will do in a pinch. pretty much the oroginators of speed metal and in fine form on this album. Rest in Power Lemmy.
Makes me want to live off speed and JD.
I can live without listening to them
feel like i was in a mosh pit getting my ass kicked just from listening
Fun but rather same-y. I’m surprised that they started with their hit.
loved it
Motörhead is the cup of coffee that I never asked for nor wanted on this Thursday morning. A hybrid between punk and metal. And while I recognize their skill, I don't necessarily care too much for Lemmy's voice, who sounds like he started gargling razor blades when he was a child. This is definitely an acquired taste.
I liked this more than I thought I would. Pretty tight live band
Quality of the recording is quite poor, bootleg quality. The variety is quite limited and all have similar style. I suspect seeing them live would be good judging from the energy levels and speed of songs, but it doesn't translate well where I am, looking out on a cold morning with the trees swaying gently in the breeze.
Het is vette muziek, maar ik ben echt niet kapot van deze live versie waarbij de geluidskwaliteit relatief kut is en de livesfeer voor mij niet zorgt voor een leukere luisterervaring. Dat deden ze bij Thin Lizzy dan toch slimmer. Dit is een livealbum waarbij de live zorgt voor -2, misschien wel -3. Het lijkt een verkapte manier om een compilatiealbum in deze lijst te krijgen. Leuke muziek, maar in deze vorm luister ik er niet graag naar. Ik zie ook aardig wat mensen 5 sterren geven 'want Motörhead' maar daar ga ik niet in mee. Ik geef 2 sterren omdat ik merkte dat ik heel erg uitkeek naar het moment dat m'n huiswerk af was. Dat komt ook omdat ze met het hoogtepunt beginnen en daarna lijkt het grotendeels een herhalingsoefening met wat minder impact.
Amazing band! All the songs sound exactly the same, and they're all shit, but the band is still legendary (FOR WHAT? 0_o). And even though their studio takes are recorded like crap, one should listen to live album, which is recorded in the crappiest way of all possible. Quintessence of crap in one single release. First time here i regret that 1 star is minimum, cause it's definitely 0 out of 5.
There is no one like Lemmy. RIP. Great album, love that it is live. I agree with most of the other reviews that the songs all kind of sound the same, but you know what you are getting into with Motorhead. Top notch!
Rollo. Me parecen todas iguales.
Sounds like an awesome set, and I do enjoy Motorhead. However, this sucks in the same way as every other fucking live album ever has. It doesn’t really capture how it would’ve sounded if you were there, and instead leaves you feeling like you’re listening to music with cotton balls in your ears.
One overplayed but decent rock song followed by 17 more attempts at the same. And while I realize it was a different era, jail bait is gross. Also, love albums are only good for fans 90% of the time. This is one of those times.
RIP Lemmy. Coming out strong with Ace of Spades. The Who live album was surprising how clean it was. This is... not clean. But it works for Motorhead.
Odd selection for this list. I feel I can’t accurately judge a live album the same as a studio album because it’s essentially just a greatest hits. So I guess I’ll judge it on performance instead of composition. Motörhead is Motörhead. Simple songs to thrash to and that’s exactly what this was. However I feel like the sound quality of the album couldn’t adequately replicate the feeling of being at a Motörhead show.
Possibly the best album to choose to decide if you love Motörhead. I already knew the answer to this question, and already knew where I stood on this album. I just wish my speakers were 20x as loud.
Great energy. Heavy metal played at speeds that sometimes border on hardcore punk. The songs blurred together for me on this live album but I’d like to hear a Motörhead studio album.
Motörhead definitely deserves a spot on this list, and I keep going back and forth in my head about whether or not if it HAS to be only 1 entry on the list, if a live album is the best representation. Motörhead was famously an amazing band live, with unending energy. I think I got to see them once in New Jersey at some point around 2008-2013 but I can't totally recall, which is a shame since Lemmy passed in 2015 and they apparently won't ever tour again under that name without him. Lemmy is amazing, I mean I think the first "meme" I ever heard in my life was from the movie Airheads when someone asks "Who would win in a wrestling match, Lemmy or God? Trick question, Lemmy IS God!". That was funny silly shit that young headbangers would say to eachother as a rite of passage. A little bit of a secret handshake if you will. Do you know the answer to that question? Yea you're cool. Yea you can wear that Motörhead shirt and won't be told to take it off. All that being said, this album rocks. Motörhead has energy for days and is one of the most fun hard rock bands ever. It's amazing that you can still get melody and inflection and catchy hooks from Lemmy's grizzled ogre boom he called a voice. It's a strong 4/5 for me.
Wow... Tony Hawk Proskater vibes...
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Good live album - why start with your biggest hit? Solid but not an all time great, few live albums are in my opinion.
Solid rock album and a great live performance, but every song sounds just like Ace of Spades, so it did get a little boring towards the end.
Just not really my vibe. Could imagine bopping around to it live though I suppose. Simpson reference: No (only in the non-cannon comic books)
Awesome stuff. Need to listen to them more. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I liked it. ace of spades is a banger the rest are ok, still not a fan of the live albums
If I’m going to listen to a live album I want it to feel different to the album version which this album doesn’t really do. I think that’s an old school metal thing though. Despite that I mostly enjoyed it. Although Jailbait is a weird song and I did not enjoy that, far too close to the truth with rock bands.
There was The Ace of Spades, and then 11 much worse versions of The Ace of Spades. Gets a 3 though because the Ace of Spades does slap and Tony Hawk was a great game.
I’m not opposed to Motörhead, but I am opposed to live albums. Why is this included? It isn’t even all from the same show! The songs are good but this is a very weird pick.
Well - no surprises here, there's nothing but solid fast loud bass drums guitars, with the addition of crowd noises. It's a bit of a cheat code allowing live albums which let you add hits from lots of albums into one. Fortunately here the formula is all the same. Generous three stars, I was listening whilst exercising and it helped.
Otro directo. No me gustan. No suenan mal. Me doy cuenta que los directos eran muy populares y ahora no sé si se siguen grabando o si interesan. Nunca escuché a Motörhead con atención, pero me doy cuenta que Pearl Jam y el grunge le deben bastante en cuanto a ritmo de batería y rif/punteos de guitarras. Me ha gustado "Iron Horse" y "Capricorn".
3/5 Standouts: Ace of Spades
excellent whats not to love about lemmy and motorhead
No denying the energy
Impressive speed. I just can't take this much headbanging in one sitting.
I genuinely love Ace Of Spades - a five star song. The other stuff on here was fun too, but not in the same league. A strong 3 overall.
Not my kind of music
So much passion and rage. Time to go smash stuff.
Prime years of Motörhead. Typically Don’t love live even when I’m a huge fan, can’t deny how tight the band sounds here.
Just not for me.
Rockin! Enjoyed this way more than expected. The sound quality is a little lacking but I understand this was 1981. You have the feeling of being there an the speed and energy of the music is incredible.
Some really good tracks but melodically sounds the same. Pacing drums every song just merges into one. Vocals also lacking range. Still some fun tracks that would be awesome live. Light 6
Impressive playing and the pace is crazy. Whilst it sounds like it would be awesome live, I’m not sure why this live track is here instead of the actual album. Lead singer’s voice seemed to struggle to handle it at times but it sort of added to the rawness of it all. Strong 6
Legendary band, but they're a one trick pony. Ace Of Spades, Overkill, Bomber and Motorhead are all great songs but kind of boil down to the same stuff. The band deserves the credit, but it's not an essential live album, in my opinion. Standout tracks: Ace Of Spades, The Hammer, Overkill, (We Are) The Road Crew, Bomber, Motorhead 8 out of 10
I just cannot get into Motörhead. I appreciate that they were very influential for heavier genres of music like thrash. I just cannot get into the lead singer’s voice. This live album wasn’t the best. The sound quality is pretty muddy and I didn’t think the performances were too outstanding.
Standard Motorhead stuff - great in short doses to blow away the cobwebs, but not to listen to for very long. There almost no variation, so even in the gym, it gets repetitive very quickly.
I usually do not like live albums.
I’ve never been a big fan of live albums, and this one unfortunately did not change my mind. I’m sure the energy would have been fantastic live in person, but it did not translate on recording for me. I also found most songs to sound very similar, which I think is probably just Motörhead’s sound and not specific to this album. Highlights: Ace of Spades, Iron Horse.
DEAD FROM HEAVINESS
as a teenager I had a Lemmy poster without ever having listened to Motörhead that I loved to take edgy pictures with. seems like now I'm paying my dues.
Fantastic thrash rock album. If I'd heard this when it came out, my musical tastes might've been greatly altered.
5 plus
Not for me …
A decent album Top tracks: Ace of Spades, Over the Top
good just not really the stuff i listen to
Spotless performance by one of the most influential.bands ever
I love this. I didn't really start to listen to this style music until I was in my 40s, and even now, 25 years later it still feels really good to listen to.
My guess is this is one of the best examples of the type; it’s just not anything I was interested in…seems to be a lot of frustration and anger in there, much like punk and some New Wave; it’s just a different form of expression
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Highlights: Ace of Spades, Stay Clean. In a nutshell: dad rock/hard rock, but live. If given the choice between this and Motörhead’s fourth album The Ace of Spades, I’d pick No Sleep til Hammersmith. Motörhead sound like a band better heard live and in their prime. Overall: 5/10
Echoing many of the other reviews, this sounded like one song with different lyrics. It was fun the first few times, but then it became a background beat as I exercised and didn't draw my attention. It was a good exercise beat, but I couldn't tell what they were shouting most of the time.
Mindless, directionless energy. Not that there's anything wrong with that. I mean, it's Lemmy. What more can you WANT? I like the authenticity of a live album. Although many were overdubbed (which only recently I found out about), this one was not: "It still sounds good to me… We were in the middle of a 53-show tour, so by that time we were on automatic. We were tight, and you can hear that on the record… There are mistakes on there. There are always mistakes on a live album… that's life. Life ain't perfect, and I'm no different. I think I overdubbed a couple of lines of vocals on Hammersmith, but there's no false songs." -- Lemmy. The expanded version gives you the feel of a concert. I can't imagine a Motorhead concert going much more than like 90 minutes. Everyone would be exhausted. Still, the album was fun. And Lemmy is still God.
Hmmm, so what's the big deal about Motorhead live? Other than holy crap these guys can actually keep that pace for a whole show. Or wow, Ace of Spades sounds the exact same live as it does on their album. It's pretty polished for live and at times you can feel the energy of the crowd (though usually only at the start or end of songs). But in the end, it's like an early best of Motorhead, recorded live but not feeling like live. So enjoyable, yeah, but not quite sure its overall significance.
I expected to like this more, I think it’s just the fact that this is a live album that took the enjoyment out of this. Live albums are tough, I wasn’t there, I’d rather just listen to the studio album. This just sounded too muddy overall to get too into, still great energy overall though. 3 stars
NO MORE LIVE ALBUMS PLEASE
The whole album was very samey. Maybe I would've liked the songs a bit better if I had listened to the studio versions before but on this live albums all songs sounded the same. This kind if hard rock/heavy metal gets tiring after around 10 minutes...so it's not my jam.
Great album 💿 !!!
It was interesting, not my jam, but I could appreciate the talent involved and hadn't listened to Motörhead previously...at least not intentionally.
Ah, Another Motorhead album. The first one i looked at was very good and this one, No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith, is very good too. The songs still had that high energy I expected from Motorhead and the songs were all very high quality being played live. The songs do sound a bit more samey but not enough to ruin the album for me. While its not as good as Ace Of Spades. It is still a very good album Best Song: Iron Horse/Born to Lose Worst Song: (We Are) The Road Crew
Well you could tell it was Motorhead all the way through and in fact the tracks started to sound the same by the end. That's not to say that their most famous tracks aren't great 'cos they are ! High 3* I think
Would have been better if it wasn't a live album.
Just awesome, this is the best album so far. Lemmy has such a distinguishable voice and Motorheads sound can't be compared to any other band. It's crazy to think that this album came out over 40 years ago
It's the same picture!
Solid
Love me some Tony hawk pro skater but can’t save my love of mororhead goes much beyond that
Enjoyed this more than I though but pretty samey after a while
Slaps front to back
Pretty good hard rock (I won't call it heavy metal the guitars are not over the top enough). What it lacks in subtlety it makes up for inraw energy. Not really what I'm in to at this time in my life but if you're needing a dose of HARD RAWK! one could do much worse. 3.5 stars
I've never listened to much Motorhead outside of "The Ace of Spades", and yes it all sounds similar, but it never occurred to me that Motorhead was making this music in the mid-70s. This is arguably the birth of thrash metal, almost a decade before Metallica's first album. Good live version of Motorhead's material.
One trick pony 🐎 but sure it can rock
Not my taste.
Gutes Album, aber live ist nicht so meins.
I hadn't really listened to much of these guys but this show sounded awesome. More punk than expected. Will definitely be checking out more from them.
A solid hour+ of classic Motorhead tunes. RIP Lemmy.
I'm not typically into live albums as they usually just sound bad but Motorhead is made for live performances. Motorhead are legends with Lemmy's distinct snarl and the fast and aggressive sound that would have been out of this world for the 70's or even 1981 when this came out. Musicianship is tight, the songs are well crafted even if we don't get a lot of versatility. Anybody who is just getting into metal or wants something a little heavier from their normal rock rock music check out Motorhead.
Six albums after the Thin Lizzy live album, and I could cut an paste my comments from there. Decent energy and shorter than that aforementioned album. Was an ok listen
i don't understand how it's possible to have such poor quality with live albums, time after time! talk about unfortunate. but i suppose since plenty of other live albums have poor quality, i won't stress too much about it. regardless, i felt no sleep 'til hammersmith was lackluster. beginning with what's still their best performing song, the album was on the right track, but the rest of the songs offered nothing unusual or different. motörhead's energy is high, at least.
What needs to be said about this album has already been said, so I'm going to keep it brief. This is a low quality live album. There is nothing special about the production. You can't even really make out any audience engagement (and again, what is there is low quality). As far as the way I feel about live albums on this project goes, that's already three strikes. Now, about Motorhead's actual music. The songs all sound the same. "Ace of Spades" is their ace song -- pun intended. Everything else just sounds like a rehashing of that song. This album is definitely not a necessary inclusion. If anything, it's a tiresome inclusion.
Note: the original LP is 45 minutes. The links here seem to give you the extended versions which are really for the diehards. It’s quite a good record of the speed and noise of Motörhead at their peak. I prefer it to other metallers as it’s slightly more rock’n’roll, but it’s still pretty noisy! My taste is more AC/DC towards Iron Maiden in this area of hard rock.
I'm sure the songs are great - but you can't tell thanks to the awful sound quality...
Live albums don't do it for me. Think they have rightfully died off.
I don't know? Some of these songs kind of slap, I guess, but the sound is so muddy that I can't really grab hold of any particular melody, lyric, or instrumentation. This is a perfectly acceptable live record that I'm sure classic metal fans would enjoy. I can't say that I'd revisit it. But I'm glad I've heard it and have now heard more than one Motorhead song, which I guess is part of the point of this list.
a solid live performance of songs that are too noisy for me lol
Loved: the chaotic, high energy, face melting riffs and shredding. Powerful rhythm section carries the entire album like a locomotive freight train. Its plain to see why this was the basis for early british heavy metal. Didn't like: Lemmy's fuckin voice. Generic song structure, solos and lead sections are too short. Needs more flair and less edge.
Pretty fun, fast paced. A couple songs just sounded like Ace of Spades but I didn't hate it. Probably wouldn't go back and listen tho
This is Motorhead's first live album. They had released five studio albums and toured extensively at the time of this release. Motorhead had gained the polished confidence of a seasoned band. Their hard, driven style of rock helped create speed metal. While practiced, their songs lack significant range
Vor allem lauter heavy Metal. Wenig Genuss möglich.
A lot of it sounds a bit samey but it’s ok. I already knew Ace of Spades. Apparently this is one of the best live albums of all time. I can’t imagine the energy it would take to play this set! Listens: 1 Fave Track: Bomber Rating: 3
good rock, hard to listen to a whole album for me
- Motörhead (1977) - Overkill (1979)
The recording of this album is really hindering it, sounds like it was taken using a 10 dollar children’s microphone. Anyways just another grunge Brit band nothing crazy here. 1.8
Horrible vocals.
Why is this even on this list? Pointless
Not the best live album and the quality of the record is so-so. The good parts are that it's Motörhead and that the energy is insane as expected.
A quick muscular set
START OF ALBUM: I love Motorhead as a "thing", an ideal, a mythical representation of what rock 'n' roll should be, but I don't really listen to them enough. I remember listening to an album of theirs whilst walking along on a hot summers day a few years ago and being surprised at (1) how good / catchy it all was, and, (2) that they are more blues / rock than heavy metal. Okay, that might be a little bit of stretch. But for all the image of being the loudest band in the world and so heavy metal, "everything louder than everything else," etc, you couldn't really classify the music as thrash or death metal or anything. I think it sits nicely alongside bands like Deep Purple and Thin Lizzy. Anyway, a live album is sort of an excuse to have a "best of" compilation isn't it? So this must be all their best songs at the time, I imagine... END OF ALBUM: ...Okay, I've finished listening now and liked 9 songs out of 18, which is exactly half. The others seemed a bit samey. I was thinking back to my teenage years of getting into music and guitar and theorising that this album would be best listened to in the summer sun whilst smoking a cigarette (which I don't smoke anymore). It reminded me of what rock was about, simpler times, etc etc. And then the song "jailbait" came on and made me feel very uncomfortable. But still, ugh.
Don't like live albums much. Jailbait problematic.
Saw Lemmy live late in his life at Hyde Park gig and he did not disappoint - seeing them in their heyday on this tour though would have been epic. May sure you turn it up to 11!
that sure is some hard rock
Whatever. Way too long and would not listen again
Not my cup of tea, but a decent heavy metal live
Ég sárvorkenni Lemmy að syngja með röddina í þessu ástandi, en að öðru leyti kemur það mér óvart hvað þetta er í raun áheyrilegt. Það er meira segja skemmtileg ehoeffect á röddinni hans í Capricorn. Átti ekki von á góðu, en þetta var barasta ágætt.
Live metal isn't my favorite :/
I anticipate some poorly-recorded high energy nonsense! And I mostly right! All these songs sound the same!
Motörhead play punk and funk influenced metal for the drunks and the rebellious ones. Lemmy’s voice is half-singy and half-screamy and makes for the perfect jolt of energy in a live setting. This makes this live album a gem in my eyes. If I could, I would’ve seen Motörhead live in the 80s, much to my dad’s dismay. 4.3/5 Favorite Track: Stay Clean Least Favorite: Iron Horse
Best Song: Overkill. Will always be my favourite Motörhead track, because it has the most aggressive and blistering pace. Love the way it constantly feels like it's building to an explosion, even when you think they can't push it any harder. Worst Song: Capricorn. The worst Motörhead song will always be the slowest Motörhead song. Overall: Although I'm sure it was amazing to be there live, I feel like the live atmosphere here didn't add anything over the studio recordings (and actually detracted a bit in terms of sound quality). Beyond that, it's just a greatest hits collection. Still, these boys clearly know how to rock and put many of their popular contemporaries to shame.
I mean it's Motörhead live. If you like them you'll like this album if you don't then you won't. It's not that deep
You win some, lose some It's all the same to me
Tsja, als ik dit luister besef ik me vooral dat Ace of Spades hét nummer is, en de rest een beetje een slap aftreksel van dat. Alsnog prima, maar buiten dat nummer om niet interessant
Ovo nije loše.
Really good, would have loved to have seen this live
Niet mijn ding
I struggle to believe there are many live albums that are better than their studio counterparts, and this is definitely not one of them. All their songs sound like various iterations of the Ace of Spades, which is a great song.
It's so fun! So fast and fun!
Didn't love this outside of Ace of Spades
No thank you.
It was ok.
I get it. Just don't like it much.
Motörhead has Ace of Spades and variations on Ace of Spades. And that's ok! If you've got it, flaunt it.
Pretty good, Motörhead are always a good time
Fine for a live album, sounds good but the tracks are pretty samey. Motorhead overcome this by being an inherently great band though.
It's quite obvious at this point that I don't like heavy metal, either that or Motorhead is overrated.
Meh, live äänitalllenne ei tuo mitään lisäarvoa tämän bändin osalta.
En ymmärrä vieläkään hypeä
One of the very best live albums, as Motorhead flatten their own songs from the studio versions into noisescapes even more reliant on blast beats and pure speed.
What this live has to be in 1001?
I wouldn't call myself a huge Motorhead fan, I like Ace of Spades, but like every other song of theirs kinda just sounds the same but less good (a bit reductive, I know). But I have to say, I actually quite liked this live album. Explosive, energetic performances really elevate a lot of these songs. 3.5/5
I don't have much more to say about Motorhead, other than repeating my rather unfavourable opinion of their other record on this list. I'm not a fan of this band, and it feels like all the songs sound the same to me - one big variation of Ace of Spades. Not the worst ever, but I just cannot stand it.
Motörhead are loud. Motörhead are fast. It is that speed and that volume that are 100% why this love album experience works. The band sounds studio great here and that’s a high compliment since it was recorded over 5 different U.K. shows. Blisters and pops with sound and fury. A damn fine metal album.
The Metal! This concert would have been awesome to be at
Apparently the working title for this album was originally “Secondhand Smoke & Tinnitis” It doesn’t get much heavier or louder than this.
Freakin motorhead
I wasn't encouraged at the start with ace of spades sounding mostly identical to the album version, but my fears were quickly laid to rest as the next 40 minutes were everything a live rock album should be. Kinetic, fun, and loud. Getting hammered and going to this concert in 1981 had to be a life-changing experience as in you either had tons of fun innocently jamming out or got the shit kicked out of you during one of the epic guitar solos. Motorhead was probably my favorite since it was the original closer of the album and they went all out. Plus, the album was good enough to make me want to listen to the expanded edition songs which is always a good sign.
Too shouty. Did not like it.
Loud.
Good music for going to a concert but nothing I would ever listen to in any other situation.
Motorhead is a huge influence on a lot of the music I grew up listening to, but outside of Ace of Spades, I have never really dug in much. This album is great as a way to hear a bunch of the best songs from their peak. Everything kind of sounds the same, but its definitely a fun listen. That being said, I wish the sound was better as the live recordings aren't the best.
Honestly? Not my cuppa. High energy and well performed, just not for me.
I don't think I like hard rock...
I can respect but don't particularly enjoy this. Nothing wrong, just not my genre. It's certainly loud! Some interesting harmonic choices that caught my ear, they're definitely fantastic musicians.
I was never really a Motörhead marty, it goes hard but I don't think it's for me. It's one of those where I enjoy listening to it but I don't really have any desire to listen again when I'm done.
uhhh... I loved the first track. A sweaty, frantic, wailing first track. And then it just kept... going? Lost interest quickly. Nothing grabbed me, once the initial shock got in. I'd vastly prefer being at that venue than getting 1 hour of this album in my kitchen. a low 2, -1 "live album tax." 1/5
This is the second Motorhead album I've gotten in like two weeks. Really makes you wonder about lists like this. So you're telling me that of all the recorded music in history, if you were going to pick 1001 albums that everyone should hear... TWO of them would be from Motorhead? Come on. Granted, the song "Ace of Spades," is in the classic rock canon. But does a person b really need that deep a dive into Motorhead's discography? That said... This album. It's fine, good high energy rock. Lemmy isn't a great singer but his voice fits the songs. The musicians are tight, obviously super well rehearsed. The songs are good, though they start to sound a bit samey after a while. At one point, Lemmy introduces a song by saying, "This is a slow one, so you can all get mellowed out." Then the band starts into a song which is almost the same tempo, and basically sounds almost the same, as everything else. I guess the guitar riffs are less busy than usual, so that counts as a "slow one." The recording quality is kind of mediocre and muddy, which probably doesn't help. Overall I liked this better than the studio album Ace of Spades. I don't care about all the hours of content from the various expanded editions, I just listened to the track list from the original vinyl release. I think a person could just listen to that and learn everything they need to know about Motorhead. But I bet it was cool to be at these shows.
I think I would have like it more if it wasn't live
Listened Before? N An awesome live performance by a classic metal god? During their prime? Yes please. I felt like I was in the crowd, banging my head in '81. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Ace of Spades
The biggest problem I have with the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die list is that it has too many albums from the same artists. I have a bigger problem when live albums of the same artists are also included. I think this album is redundant, because it does not add anything new to the band’s discography. The songs are basically the same as the studio versions, except for some minor variations in tempo and vocals. The sound quality is also not very good, and the crowd noise is sometimes annoying. I have already rated Ace of Spades 4 stars out of 5, because it is a classic heavy metal album with catchy riffs and lyrics. But this album does not deserve more than 2 stars out of 5, because it is just a repetition of what they have already done before.
I'm still against the idea of live albums on this list. But, this is a solid performance by one of the OG metal bands.