Best Motörhead Album

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Will Ace Of Spades reign as it usually does or will a dark horse emerge as ILM's fave?

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Overkill	6
Bomber	6
Ace Of Spades	5
Orgasmatron	5
1916	4
On Parole	2
Another Perfect Day	0
Inferno	0
Hammered	0
We Are Motörhead	0
Snake Bite Love	0
Overnight Sensation	0
Sacrifice	0
Bastards	0
March Or Die	0
Motörhead	0
Rock 'n' Roll	0
Iron Fist	0
Kiss Of Death	0

― NYCNative, Friday, 13 April 2007 21:52 (eighteen years ago)

Orgasmatron got my vote even if I may be the only one...

― NYCNative, Friday, 13 April 2007 21:53 (eighteen years ago)

okay, you REALLY forgot one

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― scott seward, Friday, 13 April 2007 21:56 (eighteen years ago)

um:

http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005NHO3.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_V43084029_SS500_.jpg

― scott seward, Friday, 13 April 2007 21:57 (eighteen years ago)

cuz it really is a lot of people's favorite motorhead album.

― scott seward, Friday, 13 April 2007 21:58 (eighteen years ago)

I'm throwing down for 1916 as a dark horse (it's getting one vote, at least!).

― Jeff Treppel, Friday, 13 April 2007 22:04 (eighteen years ago)

It's LIVE... Alive! is a lot of people's favorite Kiss album too but that didn't count there.

― NYCNative, Friday, 13 April 2007 22:07 (eighteen years ago)

Hate to be predictable, but I really do love Ace best of all - where else can you find 2nd-tier songs as good as "Shoot You In The Back" and "Love Me Like A Reptile" and even "Dance" - what other metal band had the stones to release a PRO-dancing song in 1980?

Ace for me, despite the greatness of Motorhead and Orgasmatron and Hammersmith and Iron Fist. (Never heard On Parole or anything post-Sacrifice.)

― Myonga Vön Bontee, Friday, 13 April 2007 22:12 (eighteen years ago)

Here's where that "None of them" option from the Black Sabbath poll should have been.

― Geir Hongro, Friday, 13 April 2007 22:15 (eighteen years ago)

Geir you don't even like the song Ace Of Spades?
Ok now you shocked me.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Friday, 13 April 2007 22:23 (eighteen years ago)

Ace, just over Overkill. Tough choice between the two, actually.

Orgasmatron is very underrated. I like the wacky Laswell production. Can't discount Another Perfect Day, either.

― A. Begrand, Friday, 13 April 2007 22:32 (eighteen years ago)

You might like "1916", Geir!

― Myonga Vön Bontee, Friday, 13 April 2007 22:41 (eighteen years ago)

Geir you don't even like the song Ace Of Spades?

That's the only song by Motörhead that I know well enough to distinguish from everything else by them. And, btw, no, I hate it.

― Geir Hongro, Friday, 13 April 2007 22:43 (eighteen years ago)

I'm a big fan of 1916. It's the record that really got me into Motorhead. Great rockers, and probably their best (only?) ballad. Ace of Spades is great, don't get me wrong, but there isn't much in the way of what you would call "variety," even for Lemmy & Co.

Snakebite Love has some of the very best Motorhead songs ("Take the Blame" and "Dead and Gone"), but it's too uneven of an album overall.

― Jeff Treppel, Friday, 13 April 2007 22:45 (eighteen years ago)

One more vote for 1916. No Voices In The Sky could be the best metal song of all time.

― kornrulez6969, Friday, 13 April 2007 23:09 (eighteen years ago)

I'm probably the only On Parole voter so far. (Though I actually prefer Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers, which has most of the same songs, but that's not up there. My copy, on Milan Records from France 1982, is also not an "EP," despite every what every mention of Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers on the Internet, just about, seems to imply. It's definitely an album.)

― xhuxk, Friday, 13 April 2007 23:27 (eighteen years ago)

I was thisclose to choosing "On Parole", mostly due to my massive Larry Wallis fandom ... but I went with "Overkill"

― Stormy Davis, Friday, 13 April 2007 23:29 (eighteen years ago)

That's it - i gotta check out On Parole

― Myonga Vön Bontee, Friday, 13 April 2007 23:34 (eighteen years ago)

Also in favor of 1916: "Nightmare/the Dreamtime." Sends shivers down my spine more effectively than anything by [insert black metal band here].

― Jeff Treppel, Friday, 13 April 2007 23:45 (eighteen years ago)

Massively underrated: Another Perfect Day, Overnight Sensation and Rock 'n' Roll. My vote: Overkill, though APD almost gets it for "Back At The Funny Farm" alone.

― unperson, Friday, 13 April 2007 23:58 (eighteen years ago)

My favorite song on Another Perfect Day (which I always thought was nowhere near as underrated as Iron Fist) has always been "Shine."

― xhuxk, Saturday, 14 April 2007 00:08 (eighteen years ago)

On the 30th anniversary tour, Motorhead played two or three songs from Another Perfect Day. So clearly Lemmy is a fan.

― Jeff Treppel, Saturday, 14 April 2007 00:10 (eighteen years ago)

Don't all Motorhead albums intentionally sound the same to destroy such quibbling?

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Saturday, 14 April 2007 00:18 (eighteen years ago)

no, they don't all sound the same.

― scott seward, Saturday, 14 April 2007 00:35 (eighteen years ago)

Scott OTM.

If anything, they sound incrementally less "rock n roll" and more "metal" as time progresses. Sort of.

― xhuxk, Saturday, 14 April 2007 00:37 (eighteen years ago)

And Orgasmatron only sounds like itself.

― xhuxk, Saturday, 14 April 2007 00:38 (eighteen years ago)

oh, and i voted for bomber. even though i love all the early on parole era stuff as well. overkill and bomber are probably my fave albums. and no sleep till hammersmith.

― scott seward, Saturday, 14 April 2007 00:41 (eighteen years ago)

Saying that motorhead records all sound the same is like saying that AC/DC records all sound the same. It's an unfair statement. They all mine similar veins, certainly, but they each have their own unique quirks and qualities.

(Hey brigadier, I think we need an AC/DC poll. I'd actually be really interested in seeing the results of that one.)

― Jeff Treppel, Saturday, 14 April 2007 00:43 (eighteen years ago)

too hard to call. bomber and overkill pretty much tie for me, though overkill might just clinch it. then i'd go motorhead, on parole, no sleep..., ace of spades and iron fist in that order bearing in mind that i retired from buying motorhead records after iron fist came out. i second the love for beer drinkers and hellraisers and add the golden years ep to that love too.

― stirmonster, Saturday, 14 April 2007 02:08 (eighteen years ago)

and a shout-out to the completely awesome 10-inch that was:

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e127/righteousbabe06/3a67321d.jpg

― scott seward, Saturday, 14 April 2007 02:11 (eighteen years ago)

Yup, one of the best collaboration EPs ever recorded.

― Jeff Treppel, Saturday, 14 April 2007 02:13 (eighteen years ago)

I went for overkill in the end.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Saturday, 14 April 2007 02:25 (eighteen years ago)

and possibly best forgotten -

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/7/77/200px-Stand_By_Your_Man.jpg

― stirmonster, Saturday, 14 April 2007 02:31 (eighteen years ago)

Ride the Orgasmatron!!

― outdoor_miner, Saturday, 14 April 2007 02:58 (eighteen years ago)

My real vote would definitely have been "No Sleep Til Hammersmith." But since it wasn't on the list, I voted for "Overkill".

― novaheat, Saturday, 14 April 2007 05:18 (eighteen years ago)

i voted for overkill. that's the first one i bought and it pinned my ears back good.

I'm probably the only On Parole voter so far.

i was this close to voting for it - i love that album. tasty guitar and wallis vocals on a few songs. does beer drinkers have any additional tunes?

― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Saturday, 14 April 2007 07:33 (eighteen years ago)

OK, now the web is telling me this is a "bootleg". Which it may well be. (Then again, they're calling those Castle and Sanctuary CD reissues from a coupl years ago bootlegs too, which is news to me, which doesn't mean it may not be right.) I'm also guessing some if not all mixes and/or recordings may be different than the ones on On Parole despite similar titles; haven't played them back to back in years, and the historical backstory eludes me at the moment. But anyway, this is the setlist:

Beer Drinkers - France Bigbeat/Chiswick/Milan - PD120174
1982
LP MC
All songs that were recorded for the self-titled album.
Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers, On Parole, Vibrator, White Line Fever, City Kids, Instro, I'm Your Witchdoctor, Keep
Us On The Road, Lost Johnny, Motorhead

Here's that link:

http://www.mf-b.ru/m_bootlegs-eng.htm

― xhuxk, Saturday, 14 April 2007 12:15 (eighteen years ago)

Holy moley:

http://www.musicstack.com/album/motorhead/beer+drinkers

I remember frequently seeing another bootleg-or-not in German stores back in the '80s with a similarly similar tracklist of very early Motortoones and with some guy (a statue maybe?) with a hatchet through his head on the cover, but I never bought it, and I'm not finding it on line. Not sure what the title was. I also do remember being confused at the time by all that rabid song title redundancy.

― xhuxk, Saturday, 14 April 2007 12:20 (eighteen years ago)

Mine was 1916 as I am not a Motörhistorian.

― Dimension 5ive, Saturday, 14 April 2007 12:41 (eighteen years ago)

T'was close...

― NYCNative, Thursday, 19 April 2007 23:27 (eighteen years ago)

A fairly accurate outcome, all things considered.

― Jeff Treppel, Thursday, 19 April 2007 23:30 (eighteen years ago)

And no option for "i dont like motorhead"

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Thursday, 19 April 2007 23:42 (eighteen years ago)

No because anyone who doesn't like Motorhead can choose from the plethora of other threads and not darken MINE! :)

― NYCNative, Thursday, 19 April 2007 23:44 (eighteen years ago)

In retrospect, I should have put an option for "they all sound the same." Not that I believe that but it would have been funny to see how many people do. (Same for The Ramones and AC/DC!)

― NYCNative, Friday, 20 April 2007 00:14 (eighteen years ago)

Do the best AC/DC poll. That should be a good un. Back In Black vs the Bon Scott stuff.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Friday, 20 April 2007 00:16 (eighteen years ago)

Inferno is so underrated.

― BlackIronPrison, Friday, 20 April 2007 00:18 (eighteen years ago)

I was thinking about it. But as it turns out, I'm lazy. Maybe I will. That, and Van Halen. Those would be a good source for debate, I think.

And Inferno is great! But it sort of gets lost amongst the other great albums.

― Jeff Treppel, Friday, 20 April 2007 00:18 (eighteen years ago)

Go on do it. Start now and finishes next friday. Best date for polls to finish. You have a week to chat then it finishes on a friday so all the work people can see.

Also gives a lot of us the chance to play those albums and decide!

AC/DC and The Rolling Stones and The Beach Boys ,Bob Dylan need to be done. Then I guess we move away from the more celebrated canonical acts.
Might as well get the obvious ones done.

I'm disappointed there hasn't been more dance ,Jazz and hip hop polls.

Maybe i'll do a krautrock one sometime. I'd gladly do the jazz but I can't be arsed typing all that out haha!

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Friday, 20 April 2007 00:22 (eighteen years ago)

HI DERE!

― The Amazing Randy, Friday, 20 April 2007 13:06 (eighteen years ago)

All Ramones albums do not sound the same. Because all of them after the first one suck.

― Bill Magill, Friday, 20 April 2007 17:04 (eighteen years ago)

five years pass...

On Parole is so awesome.

― Yo Leon, what's this all about? (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 16 January 2013 10:20 (twelve years ago)

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