Track Listing

1. Motorhead
2. Vibrator
3. Lost Johnny
4. Iron Horse/Born To Lose
5. White Line Fever
6. Keep Us On The Road
7. Watcher
8. Train Kept A Rollin'
9. City Kids
10. Beer Drinkers And Hell Raisers
11. On Parole
12. Instro
13. I'm Your Witch Doctor

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10357 in Music
• Released on: 2001-04-02
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

CD Description
In the late 1970s, it was unheard-of to merge punk with heavy metal. But then came Motorhead--up on stage blasting out high-energy three-chord punk rock with a metallic edge, all the while looking like longhaired bikers from hell. Most heavy metal front men of the era came off like pretty boys withtheir poses and good looks, but Motorhead leader Lemmy Kilmister was a glaring exception, with a face only a mother could love--unkempt facial hair, warts, crooked teeth, and shoulder length greasy hair.
Motohead's 1977 self-titled debut includes the same buzz-saw punk metal that the trio would soon take to the top of the U.K. charts, and which would make them one of rock's most influential outfits. Included are such classic cuts as the title track, "Iron Horse/Born To Lose", "Lost Johnny", and "The Watcher".

Customer Reviews

Top!
Motorhead did it first. Motorhead did it best - this album proves it. I've ALWAYS owned "Motorhead" in one form or another (I still have my original LP on White Vinyl). "Lost Johnny" and "Iron Horse" are as good as it gets! If you're a 40 something, buy it now and remember how good it was the first time you heard it. If you're young, buy it now and further your education!

Rough and ready - turn it up to 11!
The first 'real' Motorhead album, the whole thing was supposedly recorded in one take, 'No Sleep 'Til it's Finished' style, this is what its all about. Worth the price for the bass on 'Keep Us On The Road', contains THE biker (real or dreamer) anthem 'Born To Lose' ( we don't get to Live To Win 'til several years later, do we?) A couple of tracks written while the man still worked as a night hawk (if only the 'Wind versions were as good as these...) and just a load of mad rock 'n' roll. Bon Jovi it ain't! Put your precious White Vinyl Fever copy away somewhere safe, stick this in the hole, crank the volume up to 11 and disappear into a Smirnoff/ Marlboro powered nightmare. Motorhead, Remember Me....someone pass the Listerine, I've just got to join in.....

The original and the best
This CD is the very first Motorhead album, digitally remastered. It has all eight original tracks plus the the b-side "City Kids" from the single "Motorhead", and four extra tracks from the session which were released in 1980 as the "Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers" EP. The packaging is normal jewel case, one disc. Liner notes are by Ted Carroll, who was the big cheese at Chiswick records, the label the original release was on. The history is well observed and written, detailing the evolution of the band leading up to the release of the album. The music? Blistering. This is what started all the hard loud, what's happened to my stereo? rock. This is music that appealed at the time to anybody with an open mind. If you liked Sabbath, The Ramones, Zeppelin, The Pistols. You loved Motorhead. It's the same now. Korn, Papa Roach, Limp Bizkit, Slayer? Forget it. This sets the standard. The opening bass rumble of "Motorhead", The lyric "Sunrise/Wrong side of another day". You are in seventh heaven. The sound on remastering? No digital sheen here. Every dirty chord is revealed, giving the listener more of the experience. On vinyl I was completely swept up. On this remaster I'm in the music.And I don't wanna leave!