Another Perfect Day [Extra tracks, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

Motörhead | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 11, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Sanctuary Records
• ASIN: B00005NQIH
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,856 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Back at the Funny Farm

2. Shine

3. Dancing on Your Grave

4. Rock It

5. One Track Mind

6. Another Perfect Day

7. Marching off to War

8. I Got Mine

9. Tales of Glory

10. Die You Bastard!

11. Turn You Round Again [*]

12. (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man [Live][*]

13. (Don't Need) Religion [Live][*]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Lost Treasure, December 5, 2001

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M. Mallio (Winchester, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Another Perfect Day (Audio CD)

"Another Perfect Day", in my very humble opinion, is one metal's great lost treasures. After the departure of "Fast Eddie" Clarke, Lemmy and Phil called upon ex-Thin Lizzy guitarist Brian Robertson who, for this album, gave Motorhead a new melodic direction without compromising any of their crushing power. Robertson offers axework on tunes like "Back at the Funny Farm", "Shine", "Dancing on Your Grave", "I Got Mine" and "One Track Mind" that's nothing short of searing. Of course, Lemmy and Phil put in some of their best performances, contrasting with Robertson's more melodic style with rock-solid, take-no-prisoners bass and drums. Not to mention Lemmy's trademark growl. The live version of "Hoochie Coochie Man" alone is worth the price of the CD. Plus, there are excellent liner notes on Robertson's short stay with Motorhead. Alas, (or thankfully, depending on your point of view) this was to be Robertson's only album with the band. Fans didn't quite take to him, and Robertson didn't go out of his way to endear himself to them or the band. Too bad.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Perfect Album, February 18, 2004

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barna_d "barna_d" (Hungary) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Another Perfect Day (Audio CD)

It was another perfect day, though there had been many changes happening the day-before. After the departure of guitarist Fast Eddie Clark, Lemmy recruited Brian 'Robbo' Robertson who made his name with Thin Lizzy at the end of the '70s.

If you are familiar with some M'head albums, it will surely astonish you at first, like it did that to me. It takes a while to appreciate it, cause it's more abstract, more elaborated than anything M'head created before and since then. Not as if it wasn't direct like all works in the manner of the trademark M'head style of Rock'n'Roll, no, the songs are 3 and 4 minutes long blasts to the ears as usually.

But the speciality of this album is the way how the artistic, virtuoso, sometimes bizarr playing style of the Scotch guitarist is laid upon the raw'n'rough bass of Lemmy and the simple'n'wild drumming of Philthy Animal Taylor. Robbo is a really unique guitarist, he created some solos, some passages that leave the listeners with jaws on the floor and with their ringings in the ears. This is an extravagant album in its kind although it's not so hit-like as the CDs of the previous era. And the cover features one of the best-ever Petagno paintings, 'the Motörhead melting in lava' or something like that..

The beginning is in the pattern of the previous two records - a poundering bass strikes in, but as the guitar sounds, one can immediately hear it's something different. I would point up the fast rhythm'n'blues of 'Shine' (the most lasting live favourite off this album); 'Dancing On Your Grave' with its magnificient arpeggios and solos; the hard-drivin' title track yet full of subtle and sensual guitar playing. 'Marching off to War' is the first serious piece on war themes, about which Lemmy later created such masterpieces like 'Deaf Forever', '1916', 'Death or Glory' or 'Voices from the War'.
The final track, 'Die You Bastard' is one of my favourites with its cruel riffs, yet prefaced with an unusual intro.
And finally the odd-one-out: the 6-minutes long 'One Track Mind' is one of the longest songs of M'head - a heavy, thundering blues. Here Robbo offers us two incredible solos which - especially the one minute long blistering at the end - are among the greatest guitar solos on Earth.

Finally this line-up and this record proved to be a temporary adventure. Robbo had to go, which was explained by that he had behaved like a guest musician, not willing even to play some older hits. Imo it's a pity that he left cause he was the best guitar player in M'head ever.
It was another perfect day, but though the day-after saw Lemmy quickly putting up a completely new band, despite its promising start legal and label problems left them waiting with arms at attention for two years.

Even if Another Perfect Day was generally overlooked by the contemporary rocker public, eternally it shines like a diamond in the Motörhead catalogue.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dancing on your turntable!, July 15, 2005

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Mr.Vengeance (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Another Perfect Day (Audio CD)

(My review scale: 1- Bad, 2- Average, 3- Good, 4- Very Good, 5- Excellent/Classic)

Another Perfect Day! A better title couldn't have been found for this wonderful Motorhead jewel. I immediately picked this up on vinyl way back in 1983, after hearing the amazing "I Got Mine". Brian Robertson of Thin Lizzy is in to replace Fast Eddie Clarke, and he fills in admirably, if only for this one album (I'm not even sure if he made it through the tour). Photo shoots for this release were hilarious! Lemmy and Philthy Animal Taylor, all drunk and unshaven, looking like criminals on the lamb, alongside Robertson, clean cut, thin, and wearing a RED HEADBAND!!!!!! But, the unlikely combo made what I consider to be Motorhead's finest album. The world's loudest band- trust me, I've seen them twice- take advantage of Robertson's virtuosity to put together an album that is not only as heavy as a ton of bricks, but melodic and adventurous. All the songs are just terrific, the best being the afformentioned "I Got Mine", along with "Shine", "Dancing on Your Grave", "Marching off to War", "One Track Mind" and "Rock It".

This album was widely overlooked at the time of it's release and has remained one of those albums that a lot of long time Motorhead fans won't warm up to, because of Robertson's presence. I don't see why...this is classic Lemmy bass pounding, with some good vocal work from the man. Robertson provides some nice, intricate guitar work on some songs, while showing he can keep up with Lemmy and Philthy Animal.

Good stuff! Buy it!