Motorizer

Motörhead | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 26, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Steamhammer / SPV
• ASIN: B001BWQAAA
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (49 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,921 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #99 in Music > Hard Rock & Metal > British Metal

Editorial Reviews

True pop culture icons. Unquestioned household name recognition. Purveyors of some of the finest hard rock and heavy metal on the planet. This is Motörhead! Motörizer is Motörhead s 24th album and gives listeners the feeling that they have not yet reached the peak of their musical output. Like the band themselves have stated: A kick ass motherf#cking record definitely one of the wider ranged Motörhead records ever released . The album was produced by Cameron Webb and the recording took place at Sage & Sound and Foo Fighter Dave Grohl s 606 studios in Los Angeles. Motörhead is embarking on a full-scale US tour together with Heaven & Hell and Judas Priest, already being hailed as the tour of the year`.

Customer Reviews

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "1, 2, 3, 4....", August 29, 2008

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"The Woj" (Downers Grove, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Motorizer (Audio CD)

Lemmy must have been into heavy doses of the Ramones while recording this album, because his love for the band is quite evident throughout "Motorizer". In fact there is a fast paced, "punk" rock vibe to many of the songs here in the "Goin' To Brazil" & "R.A.M.O.N.E.S" vein. "Rock Out" does exactly what it promises and then some. Mickey Dee's drumming propels the album from start to finish without pause (no slowed down ballads here). Dee is arguably the best drummer in rock/metal and he proves it here. And friggin' Phil, the man never ceases to amaze me; his playing just keeps getting better. Phil takes his own chops, blends in a wee-wee bit of Chuck Berry, a heavy dose of Thin Lizzy era Brian Robertson (Phil's wah wah pedal tone is killer on this album) and consequently churns out guitar solos and fills that are short, sweet and very wicked. Then you have Lemmy.....'nuff said. I am a longtime fan dating back to the vinyl days. I would hesitate to put "Motorizer" up there with classics like "Overkill" and "Ace Of Spades", but it is darn close.
A great place to start for a newcomer to the band and a definite "add to cart" for current Motorhead fans.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another great Motorhead album, August 26, 2008

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Y. Jossa (NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Motorizer (Audio CD)

It is just amazing, that after a 30+ year career, Lemmy & co. would release their 24th album, with no signs of slowing down or watering down their sound, with the same energy as if it was 1977!
At this point Motorhead have become an institution!

Motorheads' success is due to the fact that unlike most metal bands who have survived this long (and very few have), the band has NEVER sold out to current musical trends.. Motorhead has seen punk, NWOBHM, hair metal, grunge, nu-metal and punk come and go back again, and they have always sounded the same: as loud and heavy as ever.

Motorhead are as uncompromising as always, which is why they have everyone's respect and this is why they keep on touring and releasing new music!

The new album, Motorizer is not a groundbreaking by any manner, but this is not the reason why you listen to Motorhead in the first place.. what you get is what you expect: 11 pounding proto-metal Motorhead tracks loud enough to leave you deaf, with the always genial lyrics Lemmy has always written (hey, Ozzy wouldn't hire just anyone to write songs for him.. there is a reason why he hired Lemmy!)

Overall, Motorizer may not be as good a Motorhead's surprisingly successful 2004 album "Inferno", but it doesn't matter.. it is still good enough to enjoy, because nobody writes songs like Lemmy and nobody sounds like Motorhead!

This band re-invented and re-defined the way metal sounds forever (just ask Metallica!) and this album will be a great addition to any Motorhead fan's CD collection!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Motorizer, September 6, 2008

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Morton (Colorado) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Motorizer (Audio CD)

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.