Everything Louder Than Everything Else: Your Top Ten Motörhead Albums

[Jack the Stripper]

^^^
Bit surprised about that making your list...It's not that widely liked album I think. I personally found it bit lacking...Robbo's guitarplaying doesn't fit Motörhead's style at all..The thunder and drive is missing.
That being said, I just ordered the Deluxe Edition of it yesterday though!!

I like it so much because of its point of difference to everything else yet it still has that Motörhead grunt to it. Have always loved Robbo’s playing especially on this album. It has a lot of guitar solos, in particular quite a few extended solos.

[Zzzptm]

Another Perfect Day has some great, great songs on it, "I Got Mine" and "Dancing on Your Grave" are very close to my heart. The sharp difference in guitar style leads to discussions on the level of Bolin vs Blackmore in DP circles. It's basically a one-off lineup that had some incredible creativity, but wasn't meant to last more than one album.

Looks like I'll need to spin Aftershock after I finish 1916.

[Charger]

Yeah...it without a doubt the most melodic album in the bands history. I do enjoy some of the extended solos...but what I don't like is the guitar tone. It's just not gritty enough.

Back At The Funny Farm, I Got Mine, Marching Off To War and Dancing On Your Grave are the good tracks and the ones I really enjoy.

The comparison to Bolin led Purple is a valid one. Neither album is horrible just very very different.

[Zzzptm]

With that, I rank Come Taste the Band as one of my top 10 Motorhead albums!

Just kidding, of course...

[Zzzptm]

OK, Aftershock is a most awesome album. Thank you to Charger for touting it!

Bastards and Motorizer should come next for my excursion into post-1988 Motorhead. Thank you to Jack for starting this off and getting me to catch up on that info!

[Vyn]

4. Bomber

[Zzzptm]

4. Bomber

THAT one, I'm quite familiar with. "Dead Men Tell No Tales" is a great opener.

[Jack the Stripper]

#4

Bomber





An obvious classic! Not quite as strong as the two classics it’s sandwiched between but still one of their best albums. By all reports Lemmy and co weren’t all that happy with the final release though. Most of the songs were written on the road while touring the Overkill album and they were given little time to rehearse and fine tune them before heading straight into the studio to record the album at tours end. Also, producer Jimmy Miller was apparently strung out on heroin for most of the sessions which wouldn’t have helped matters.

The title track is an obvious standout and one of Motörhead’s greatest  songs as is “Stone Dead Forever” Other  favourites include “Dead Men Tell No Tales”, “Poison”, “All The Aces” and the heavy blues driven “Step Down” with Eddie Clarke on lead vocals. “Over The Top” the b-side to the Bomber single is a great track also and should’ve been included on the original release.

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

Bomber will probably be nearer the bottom of my 10 but it will be there.

[Charger]

I'm glad I turned you on Aftershock ZZ! Great stuff indeed...


#4

ORGASMATRON

The first album to feature the immense talent of Phil Campbell on guitar who became the longest serving member of the band besides Lemmy and also the first to feature Michael "Würzel" Burston on lead guitar.
The dual guitar onslaught brought a whole new depth and drive to the band and made the songs heavier than ever before. It also gave Lemmy some more room to add bass parts that weren't possible before.
Orgasmatron was the heaviest Motörhead album to that point and it started something of a second coming for the band.
There really aren't any weak tracks on the album but the absolute highlights are the crushing opener Deaf Forever, Ain't My Crime, the gritty and brilliantly named Claw, the fast rocker Mean Machine, the live favourite Doctor Rock and ofcourse the bonecrushingly heavy title track which is without a doubt the second best Motörhead title track ever.

 

[Jack the Stripper]

^^^No Remorse was actually the first album to feature Phil Campbell and Würzel.

Orgasmatron was the hardest one for me to leave out. It’s probably the closest in sound to the classic lineup. I thought long and hard about it and really wanted to squeeze it in but just couldn’t choose one to leave out.. The muddy production hurts it a little.

[Charger]

No Remorse was not an album...it was a compilation with a couple new tracks!

I felt the same way about leaving Bomber out, but it just doesn't have enough good tracks compared to March Or Die or Bastards.

The muddy production is a bit much but they did manage to fix some of it on the remaster.

[Jack the Stripper]

No Remorse was not an album...it was a compilation with a couple new tracks!

They actually recorded 6 new songs for it in which 4 were on the album and the other 2 were different songs both called “Under the Knife” that ended up on the  b-side of “Killed By Death” No Remorse was still the first album they played on though 

[Charger]

Don't think I've heard Under The Knife...name doesn't sound fimilar...not sure.

Gotta check it out on youtube I think.

[Jack the Stripper]

You can hear them on the deluxe version of No Remorse. I like the faster Under the Knife best.