OFF: recent Motorhead albums (was: Music as a drug)

[Jonathan Jarrett]

On Sat, 29 Jan 2011, Carl Edlund Anderson wrote:
> Oh, I think 1916 and Bastards are top notch; in with the best!  Sacrifice is excellent as well.  From that era, it is just March or Die for which I reserve a cocked eyebrow.

 	I waver about _1916_, there's a bit too much dead water towards 
the end and the production feels scritchy to me. _Bastards_ and 
_Sacrifice_ however, yes, for sure!

 	As to the more recent stuff, I'd hold a small torch for both 
_Hammered_ and _We Are Motörhead_ as being a cut above the rest in terms 
of killer-to-filler ratio, _Hammered_ having some surprisingly complex 
stuff hidden in its snarl. I'm open to the argument that everyone 
likes different ones from this era, though.

 	And, as to the question Mike originally asked, I haven't heard 
_Motörizer_ but I do own _Kiss of Death_ and would also put it `up there', 
and not just because of the song about the importance of history. I did 
notice that _Motörizer_ for some reason made press in a way that most 
other recent releases didn't, but I think I mainly take that to mean that 
Lemmy's moaning about SPV's lack of promotion got through to them and they 
sent it to more journalists than usual, most of whom hadn't heard any of 
the other recent stuff and were surprised to find Motörhead albums didn't 
suck by now. Yours,
 		   Jon

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       Jonathan Jarrett, Oxford       jjarrett at chiark.greenend.org.uk
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