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Free Music Review: Heavy, Punk, Speed and MOTORHEAD
Hit: 5 Stars
Well if you are a MOTORHEAD like me you just expect to be thrilled with a new album by the all mighty Motorhead. This album comes as a bit different however. Do I dare say dipping in mainstream just toes in though. Abou the only track I dont care for is English Rose similar to Christine on Kiss of Death but no where near as good. Although it will probablly grow on me. I would like to mention however i have given the album a good 40 listens so far. well lets start shall we. I think the album is somewhat similar to Kiss of Death overall I would say not as good but if you like Kiss of Death you'll like this one too.
1. "Runaround Man" more of a punk sound similar to "sucker" on Kiss of Death
2. "Teach you how to sing the blues" all I can say is absoultly amazing the riff in the chourus is just flat out filthy and catchy
3. "When The Eagle Screams" fast great solos
4. "Rock Out" I will admit to not being to fond of this the first listen but it grew on me. It just sounded a little to commercial at first but hey I now like it. You here a the bass line sounds very similar to that of Kingdom of the worm of Kiss Of Death.
5. "One Short Life" my personal favorite from the album and it has some pretty good lyrics too not to mention my favorite riffs off the album.
6. "Buried Alive" another track a remeber not really liking at first but grew on me and now one of my fav's good hard rockin out!!!
7. "English Rose" the killer for me I just dont like it I think the lyrics are something you wouldnt expect to hear from Lem my only real beef with the album "CHRISTINE" was a much better song and even "ONE NIGHT STAND"
8. "Back On The Chain" another rockin track pretty good solos
9. "Heros" has a little bit of a different sound to it but all for the better,,, a little slower paced but non the less a great song
10. "Time is Right" takes time to grow on you it took a few listens for me to like this but again with any metal/heavy album I think they need to be played thru a few times to make an anlyasis on them..
11. "Thousand Names Of God" a cool sound to it sounds a little similar to "Slow Dance" off We Are Motorhead
overall I would say that this will recieve a lot of spin time in the cd player however I like INFERNO and KISS OF DEATH better...... But there are some sure classics on this album that could make their set list
Cheers
Free Music Review: Completes the hat trick
Hit: 5 Stars
I recently saw Motorhead, who were touring to support this album [although, strangely, not playing more than one track from it--do they think we are that conservative--or was Another Perfect Day *that* traumatic?!]. Anyway, this completes a near-perfect trio of releases produced by Cameron Webb, that starts with Inferno and then includes Kiss of Death. It is not as innovative or powerful as Inferno, which is for me simply the best thing they have *ever* done. Ever. But it is a great piece of work. On this theme, let me correct something recently written by Alex Henderson, who offers this: "....the classic Motörhead sound prevails, and forceful, in-your-face tracks such as "Buried Alive," "Runaround Man," "When the Eagle Screams," and "Time Is Right" sound like they could have been recorded 25 years earlier... Motorizer falls short of essential and isn't quite in a class with Motörhead's best late-'70s/early-'80s output, but this album is definitely respectable -- and it is good to see this seminal thrash/speed trio still plugging away after so many years in metal's trenches". While his last comment is clearly correct, the rest is not. The difference between this and 'the old stuff' is threefold--the musicianship is better, the production is better, and the songs themselves are way better. Lemmy's lyrics could be pretty flimsy, but these days they are actually about something and either pretty funny or pretty thought-provoking. That's not always true--English Rose is a re-make of Christine, and that really didn't need re-working. But for the most part, this is an A- album that's streets ahead of most of the stuff in the genre.Free Music Review: Motorizer
Hit: 5 Stars
Motorhead-Motorizer ****1/2
Upon first listen Motorizer feels like just another Motorhead album. Yeah, a great motorhead album, well then again Motorhead never really made a bad album did they? Moving on...
As you give the album time it seems to grow better with each listen. As Lemmy's lyrics become more recognizable to you the songs seem better that usual. Lemmy really stepped up the lyrics for Motorizer; they are both very personal and intelligent. His bass playing is exception as well ('When The Eagle Screams') much better than usual. Philip Campbell shows his merit here as well. His Wah-Wah tone makes his guitar scream and his riffs are solid and his solos kill! Mikkey Dee proves once again that he just might be the very best drummer in rock n' roll today. This is really his album.
'Runaround Man' is classic Motorhead destined to be a fan favorite as is 'Rock Out.' The latter being very Ramones influenced adding an extra layer of awesome. 'English Rose' kills just about anything out today and 'The Thousand Names Of God' is among the strongest sets of lyrics Lemmy has ever set to paper. 'When The Eagle Screams' is by far the strongest track on the album. Both musically, and lyrically it destroys. Played and sung with passion; the guys really nailed it here.
Motorizer is among the very best Motorhead albums. Ace of Spades and Kiss of Death are the only who seem to surpass it.
Free Music Review: Top Shelf Rock
Hit: 5 Stars
I grew up with Motorhead. One of my first LPs was Ace of Spades (still got it). Saw them back in the 80s. Recently starting listening to more of my back catalogue the last couple of years, and realised how much I loved this band. Some of their CDs from the 90s were very patchy, but Bastards, Motorizer and We are Motorhead, contain just as many will be classics as their early 80s stuff. Plus, it's all recorded and mastered far better. And the current and longest standing trio plays a lot better and tighter than the 'classic' line up, if truth be told.
Motorizer sounds great sonically, and content wise. Runaround Man and Sing The Blues are massive standouts for this listener. This is still Motorhead as you may remember them, but better.
And God love Lemmy. I was a big Hawkwind fan, and it was only a couple of years into listening to them I sussed Lemmy was their bass man. Unsurprisingly, my favourite tracks contained some wicked bass lines and therein lies my fondness for Motorhead. Lemmy is 64 going on 21. God knows how he's still alive, never mind cranking out class metal and taking it around the world and back. While Keith Richards is sitting back counting his cash and preening his faux rock n roll cool, Lemmy is the real thing; a bottle of Jack a day, kicking audiences into next week at night.
Hopefully he got more of the same in him because this is quality rock n roll.
Free Music Review: Not Ace of Spades,but their best since
Hit: 5 Stars
There is nothing fancy, sophisticated or classy about Lemmy Kilmister but, in his own words, 'that's the way I like it baby, I don't want to live forever'. And so, whether you are a fan or not of him and his music, there is something fundamentally reassuring about the way in which he and Motorhead never seem to change. 'Motorizer' is as brutal and full of energy as any other Motorhead album over the years and if you've been a long term fan, you will simply lap this album up. Speaking however as someone that can appreciate the great man and his music rather than actually like a lot of it, I don't think that there are any individual tracks here to rival past glories such as 'Ace Of Spades', 'Bomber' or (my personal favourite) 'Killed By Death'. This said, 'The Runaround Man', 'Heroes' and the hilarious 'Rock Out' (with your cock out!) could all become favorites in time. That Lemmy and his band are still producing punishing, aggressive and 'dirty' rock and roll over 30 years into a musical career is a tribute to them and, let's face it, there's no-one that quite 'cranks up the volume' like Motorhead, is there? 'Motorizer' is a solid and consistent set, that delivers EXACTLY what you would expect it to.