Motörhead - Motörhead
| Release date: | 24 September 1977 |
| Style: | Heavy metal |
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01. Motorhead [Hawkwind cover]
02. Vibrator
03. Lost Johnny [Hawkwind cover]
04. Iron Horse / Born To Lose
05. White Line Fever
06. Keep Us On The Road
07. The Watcher [Hawkwind cover]
08. The Train Kept A-Rollin' [Tiny Bradshaw cover]
09. City Kids [Pink Fairies cover] [bonus]
10. Beer Drinkers And Hell Raisers [ZZ Top cover] [bonus]
11. On Parole [bonus]
12. Instro [bonus]
13. I'm Your Witchdoctor [John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers cover] [bonus]
Top 20 albums of 1977: 12
Featured in "Getting Into: Motörhead"
02. Vibrator
03. Lost Johnny [Hawkwind cover]
04. Iron Horse / Born To Lose
05. White Line Fever
06. Keep Us On The Road
07. The Watcher [Hawkwind cover]
08. The Train Kept A-Rollin' [Tiny Bradshaw cover]
09. City Kids [Pink Fairies cover] [bonus]
10. Beer Drinkers And Hell Raisers [ZZ Top cover] [bonus]
11. On Parole [bonus]
12. Instro [bonus]
13. I'm Your Witchdoctor [John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers cover] [bonus]
Top 20 albums of 1977: 12
Featured in "Getting Into: Motörhead"
Guest review
Lyrics Fast Eddie - guitars, vocals
Philthy Phil - drums
Lemmy Kilmister - bass, vocals
Additional info
Produced by Speedy Keen.
Rating:
7.3
7.3
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Rating: 7.3 |
The motto was perfectly clear: ''to start the loudest and meanest rock 'n' roll band!'' stated Ian ''Lemmy'' Kilmister in 1975 shortly after being sacked from Hawkwind. Motörhead is one of those bands that, for some odd reason, it sticks to us, clinging in a way that makes you feel stronger, that makes you fell loyal to heavy metal as a whole. They have an up-lifting mood. Motörhead has that might since the very start. Funny thing is, this was a combo dubbed as ''the worst band in the world'' by British press, even before releasing anything, after a bad opening for Blue Öyster Cult. Later on, the band recorded the single ''White Line Fever'' through Stiff Records; although the arrangement was to record the whole full length debut, the company released only the single on their own in a restricted 10 record boxset and on a various artists compilation. Eventually, their first official single turned out to be ''Motorhead'', released in June 1977 through Chiswick Records, spawning the band, charting them for the very first time, and clearing the path for full length debuting two months later. Read more ›› |
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| Steffanopolus Posts: 2  |
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| Urban Cyclist Posts: 6  |
I'm sorry to see this album ranked so low. It deserves a higher rating than 20. Probably the most underrated Motörhead album.
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62020  |
What's difference between this and ''On parole'' album? I did On Parole version, and well I did not like it at 1th but it has classic tunes actually track list has same Motörhead is great song ... well will listen this one to soon , bad prodution, but its rock n roll album , but that bad quality works, analogue sound .... good one, I re open my eyes
---- I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens. Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die"  I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62020 |
What's difference between this and ''On parole'' album? I did On Parole version, and well I did not like it at 1th but it has classic tunes actually track list has same Motörhead is great song ... well will listen this one to soon , bad prodution, but its rock n roll album , but that bad quality works, analogue sound .... good one, I re open my eyes
---- I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens. Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die" I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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| M C Vice ex-polydactyl Posts: 3408  |
Written by Bad English on 30.04.2016 at 00:10 A couple of the songs are different, and it's a different lineup. Larry Wallis is the guitarist instead of Fast Eddie and Lucas Fox plays drums on some tracks.
---- "I'm here to nunchuck and not wear helmets. And I'm all out of helmets." "I'll fight you on one condition. That you lower your nipples." " 'Tis a lie! Thy backside is whole and ungobbled, thou ungrateful whelp!"
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62020 |
Written by M C Vice on 30.04.2016 at 14:42 I saw it, well funny that is not featured on MS
---- I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens. Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die" I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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| M C Vice ex-polydactyl Posts: 3408 |
Written by Bad English on 30.04.2016 at 14:57 It's here, just listed as a compilation.
---- "I'm here to nunchuck and not wear helmets. And I'm all out of helmets." "I'll fight you on one condition. That you lower your nipples." " 'Tis a lie! Thy backside is whole and ungobbled, thou ungrateful whelp!"
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| AndyMetalFreak A Nice Guy Contributor Posts: 5312  |
So this is where songwriter and bassist, Lemmy Kilmister, previously from Hawkwind, kickstarted his ultimate career move, and so Motörhead was born and the rest is history. This isn't the best if debuts imo, the production abd sound quality was pretty bad tbh, but what followed was Overkill, which is arguably Motörhead's best album. The only tracks that really stood out for me are the one's previously released by Hawkwind, "Motörhead", "Lost Johnny", and "The Watcher".
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| JoHn Doe Posts: 5101  |
Written by AndyMetalFreak on 22.05.2022 at 12:43 it actually started a year earlier with what will become the album On Parole, which was shelved for 3 years, released, obviously, because the band found an audience.
---- I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
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| AndyMetalFreak A Nice Guy Contributor Posts: 5312 |
Written by JoHn Doe on 22.05.2022 at 12:45 That's true, unfortunately that On Parole recording has slipped past me, originally it was intended to be their debut, not the self title. Apparently it was released without their permission following the success of Overkill and Bomber.
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| Boxcar Willy yr a kook Posts: 9157  |
Written by AndyMetalFreak on 22.05.2022 at 12:43 You’re not a fan of the self titled track? That’s by far the best one on the album IMO.
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| AndyMetalFreak A Nice Guy Contributor Posts: 5312 |
Written by Boxcar Willy on 22.05.2022 at 18:35 It's a decent song, after having a re-listen, I think I will swap it for "Keep Us On The Road", which I don't think is as good of a song, but I always preferred the original Hawkwind version of it though.
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| Metal Diogenes Posts: 1262  |
I thought this would be way worse, but it's actually pretty good. This is very genuine bare bones punky metal with sloppy musicianship and filthy lo-fi production. It's light years away from their later more polished stuff, still highly enjoyable. They already got the basic ingredients figured out.
---- You've got a lot of guts. Let's see what they look like!
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