Ace of Spades

Really good rock album

Ace of Spades and 10 songs that are almost Ace of Spades but I wish were Ace of Spades. Not as good as their live album, still amazing.

Every song sounds the same.

Essentially Ace of Spaces 12 times.

It may be one dimensional, but what a dimension. Loud and fast in the perfect way. I'm no metal-head, but this is my favorite kind of metal.

Sometimes you don't need to listen too deep to music. Sometimes you just need something to rock out to. Something in the car to tell with.
For those moments you go punk or you go Rock 'n' fucking Roll.
For the latter: There's Ace Of Spades

super repetitive and samey

jailbait damn near ruins the album

It’s a 4.5 that I’ll round up to a 5, but there is one very noticeable flaw. It’s Jailbait. It hasn’t aged well, and it’s morally reprehensible in its lyrics.

With that said, the rest of the album is a ball of energy that overwhelms that one track so much that the entire experience is fine without it. Just a ridiculous display of the guitar, great tempos (and really hard percussion, I would imagine), all anchored in by Lemmy’s voice, which sounds like it’s a cigarette away from falling apart at any given time, but somehow just works perfectly for this sound and this style.

I just really, really liked it; it clicked super well for me, and I feel good about giving it a 5. Never adding Jailbait, though.

Ace of spades goes pretty hard. The rest of instrumentals and vocals feel a little repetitive, nothing special here. 2*

I choose in my life to constantly make fun on the leading track, Ace of Spades, because Lemmy's voice is so unique its hard not to pay attention to that track. It wouldn't be a notable song without the delivery, but I understand that pulling people in. Lucky for those people, every single other song here is the exact same track but chopped up with different lyrics, some far more disgusting than others. Its fine in short bursts, but a whole album of it, even at only thirty minutes, can lead anyone to groaning every time a track starts and it sounds the exact same as the last one, two, three, etc, etc. I get why those looking for a pick me up would like the rough energy of this, but nearly everything about this has aged like milk, and it feels only like it passes due to the joy I feel singing "MY ASS IS GAY!" to the tune of "The ass of spades!" Its a cathartic experience, truly, and gives me some amount of pleasure, which I feel deserves it some indirect credit.

AND DON'T FORGET THE TOASTER

Gritty, raw, and hasn't aged well. Whilst the opener is of course in "stone-cold classic" territory, the rest of the album does feel a little samey. Not to deny the importance of the album in that "not quite metal, not quite rock" genre.

After listening to Ace of Spades. I can safely say that its the best album i have looked at so far. The songs were high energy, intense, and really fun to listen to. The pacing was also perfect by allowing the songs to have enough time to sink in without being too long. The vocals worked very well with the songs too. This was a really great album
Best Song: Live to Win
Worst Song: [We Are] The Roadcrew

This ripped.

Fantastic album - Especially considering it was released in 1980. I’m obviously not going to put it on repeat, but I now understand why they’re so famous and influential.

Well. I enjoyed the peppy beat. I couldn't understand a lot of the words, but some I sure did (jailbait!). Not terrible to listen to though. I never need to again, but I didn't hate it.

Så blev der skruet op til 11! Mangler mere Lemmy i mit liv. Rip

Don't forget the joker! Sabbath mashing the NOS, god damn this goes so hard.

LEMMY!!! I love me some Motorhead!! I've listened to this album many times before, and can't wait to listen again!

Motorhead are credited with influencing speed metal and thrash metal. They were on the forefront of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal in the late 70's - early 80's, and helped breathe life into a dying genre. Lemmy's coarse, gravelly voice helped push the hard and heavy feel of their music. Motorhead were also known to play super loud at their live shows, with Lemmy's phenomenal bass guitar taking a front seat, and hitting you right in the chest with sound!

Ace of Spades takes me back to my first year of university every time I hear it. I had a dorm-mate who would start his Friday night drinking escapades every week by blasting Motorhead and shotgunning a beer! I feel like Lemmy would be proud!!

The themes sung about on this record are a bit risque, but that epidimizes Motorhead's persona. They sang about substance abuse, promiscuous sex, and good VS evil.

Overall, a phenomenal album today. An instant 5 stars. I didn't even have to listen to it again to assign it that grade! It is just such an awesome album, and is very influential to the droves of acts that came after it!

Favourite songs: Ace of Spades, (We Are) The Roadcrew, The Hammer, The Chase is Better Than the Catch, Shoot You in the Back, Live to Win, Fast and Loose, Dance, Dirty Love, Love Me Like a Reptile, Jailbait, Bite the Bullet

Least favourite songs: Fire Fire

5/5

Pretty much what I expected really. Ace of Spades is great, but the rest of the album is just mindless monotony. Also Jailbait and the Chase are creepy AF

I enjoyed it more than I thought I would