Motörhead – Overkill

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Artist: Motörhead

Title: Overkill

Year: 1979

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Tracklist

  • 1. Overkill (5:11)
  • 2. Stay Clean (2:40)
  • 3. (I Won't) Pay Your Price (2:56)
  • 4. I'll Be Your Sister (2:52)
  • 5. Capricorn (4:08)
  • 6. No Class (2:38)
  • 7. Damage Case (3:02)
  • 8. Tear Ya Down (2:40)
  • 9. Metropolis (3:35)
  • 10. Limb from Limb (4:54)
  • 1. Louie Louie (2:44)
  • 2. Louie Louie - Alternative Version (2:50)
  • 3. Louie Louie - Alternative Version 2 (2:42)
  • 4. Tear Ya Down - B-Side - Louie, Louie Single (2:40)
  • 5. Tear Ya Down - Alternative Version (2:38)
  • 6. Tear Ya Down - Instrumental Version (2:36)
  • 7. Too Late Too Late - B-Side - Overkill Single (3:22)
  • 8. Like a Nightmare - B-Side - No Class Single (4:10)
  • 9. Like a Nightmare - Alternative Version (4:25)
  • 10. Louie Louie - BBC John Peel Session 1978 (2:43)
  • 11. I'll Be Your Sister - BBC John Peel Session 1978 (3:12)
  • 12. Tear Ya Down - BBC John Peel Session 1978 (2:36)
  • 13. Stay Clean - BBC In Concert 1979 (3:03)
  • 14. No Class - BBC In Concert 1979 (2:42)
  • 15. I'll Be Your Sister - BBC In Concert 1979 (3:36)
  • 16. Too Late Too Late - BBC In Concert 1979 (3:24)
  • 17. (I Won't) Pay Your Price - BBC Live In Concert 1979 (3:19)
  • 18. Capricorn - BBC In Concert 1979 (4:14)
  • 19. Limb from Limb - BBC In Concert 1979 (5:26)

Review

Dude, let's talk about Motörhead's "Overkill" - this beast of an album that came roaring out of the gates in '79 and basically drop-kicked the entire metal scene in the face. Jimmy Miller and Neil Richmond were at the helm, cranking up the dials and making sure every riff hit like a sledgehammer to the eardrums.

Lemmy's gravelly vocals are all over this thing, man. It's like he gargled with whiskey and razor blades before hitting the studio. And those tracks? "Overkill," "Stay Clean," "No Class" - they're not just songs, they're audio adrenaline shots straight to the heart. This is the album where Motörhead really nailed their sound, taking punk's middle finger attitude and welding it onto metal's titanium skeleton.

Kerrang magazine wasn't messing around when they slapped this bad boy on their "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time" list. It's the kind of record that spawned a whole new generation of headbangers - hell, it even inspired the name of the thrash metal band Overkill. And for the vinyl junkies out there, that limited edition green vinyl? Pure collector's catnip, man. "Overkill" isn't just an album, it's a freakin' institution in the Church of Metal. - Vince

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