MOTÖRHEAD

"idem"
Year:  1977
Label:  Chiswick
Format:  CD, LP
Tracks:  12
Time:  36 min.
Genre:  rock
Style:        Heavy Metal

Originally released on September 24, 1977, this grouping assembles all variations of the "Motörhead" album as well as its re-releases and subsequent remastered versions (some also contain bonus tracks or feature alternate covers). Bootlegged versions are also grouped here.

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"overkill"
Year:  1979
 Label:  Chiswick
Format:  CD, LP
Tracks:  10
Time:  36 min.
Genre:  rock
Style:        Heavy Metal

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"another perfect day"

Year:  1983

Label:  Universl

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  10

Time:  40 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Heavy Metal

I poked fun at the whole "all Motörhead albums sound the same" fallacy in my earlier reviews, but there might actually be a kernel of truth to that. It's still reductive as hell, mind you. It's like saying all salesman sound the same. They might go through the same spiel with the same objective, but some try harder than others. Some are con-artists with a trenchcoat full of Bolex and Kucci, and others take enough pride in their salesmanship to give Arthur Miller night terrors. Prime example of this is Iron Fist versus its follow-up Another Perfect Day. One was a rushed, halfbaked piece of bologna that sounded like Motörhead through a McDonald's drive-thru, and the other is their zaniest and most ambitious album ever, trying its very damndest to sell you the merits of progressive blues metal.

Believe me, I hate how much I hate Iron Fist, because it was such a tragic, anti-climactic last hurrah for Fast Eddie. His ephemeral replacement would be Thin Lizzy virtuoso Brian 'Robbo' Robertson, meaning Motörhead was now a power trio consisting of a highfalutin prog rock guitarist and two dirty-minded speed metal reprobates. This sounds more like the pitch for a heavy metal sitcom than it does a full-length album. But somehow this inherent incompatibility managed to create a hot, buttery oil massage for your inner ears, defined by strident, bluesy movements with graceful melodies that aren't afraid to get dirty. Best example of this is 'Die You Bastard', which sounds like the font of inspiration for many modern heavy metal bands like Angel Sword and Lord Fist.

The spicy and eccentric chord progressions are hypnotic throughout 'Marching off to War' and 'Back at the Funny Farm'. Overtly melodic yet unspeakably raunchy, Another Perfect Day is a marriage of progressive rock trademarks and Motörhead's tried and true rock n' roll beatdowns, with neither detracting from the other. Exemplified by the fleetfooted cruiserweight 'Shine', Motörhead maintains every bit of its punching power despite being contorted into an unorthodox galloping time signature. Not to mention the sprightly shuffle and accompanying solo of 'Tales of Glory', which sounds like something out of Angel Witch - it's absolutely nuts.

The bass is still a hot honey barbecue, Lemmy is still croaking into your ear like the devil on your shoulder when you're wondering if you should pocket that wallet you've found, and Philthy Animal is still the king of snappy blues rhythms of both brisk and moseying varities. Practically all of the conventional Motörheadisms are present and accounted for, up to and including the obligatory ode to recreational sex in 'I Got Mine'. This is not only one of Motörhead's longest ever songs (at a whopping five and a half minutes!) but also one that seems to take cues from their original self-titled debut, featuring exuberant major scale passages and a phenomenally catchy blues change-up acting as its backbone. And yet this album was panned by critics upon release, because the band that always sounds the same didn't sound the same this time. Man, all music critics sound the same - stupid! Am I right or am I right? (*Review by Tanuki ).

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"bastards"

Year:  1993

Label:  Styx

Format:  CD, LP

Tracks:  12

Time:  50 min.

Genre:  rock

Style:        Heavy Metal

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"overnight sensation"
Year:  1996

Label:  Steamhammer

Format:  CD, LP
Tracks:  11
Time:  40 min.
Genre:  rock
Style:        Heavy Metal

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"we are motörhead"
Year:  2000
Label:  Steamhammer
Format:  CD, LP
Tracks:  12
Time:  40 min.
Genre:  rock
Style:        Heavy Metal








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"hammered"
Year:  2002
Label:  Steamhammer
Format:  CD, LP
Tracks:  11
Time:  45 min.
Genre:  rock
Style:        Heavy Metal







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"inferno"
Year:  2004
Label:  Steamhammer
Format:  CD, LP
Tracks:  12
Time:  40 min.
Genre:  rock
Style:        Heavy Metal








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"kiss of death"
Year:  2006
Label:  Steamhammer
Format:  CD, LP
Tracks:  12
Time:  40 min.
Genre:  rock
Style:        Heavy Metal








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"motörizer"
Year:  2008
Label:  Steamhammer
Format:  CD, LP
Tracks:  11
Time:  40 min.
Genre:  rock
Style:        Heavy Metal








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"the wörld is yours"
Year:  2010
Label:  Steamhammer
Format:  CD, LP
Tracks:  10
Time:  40 min.
Genre:  rock
Style:        Heavy Metal








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"aftershock"
Year:  2012
Label:  none
Format:  CD, LP
Tracks:  14
Time:  40 min.
Genre:  rock
Style:        Heavy Metal








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"bad magic"
Year:  2015
Label:  none
Format:  CD, LP
Tracks:  13
Time:  40 min.
Genre:  rock
Style:        Heavy Metal








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