Overnight Sensation

Motörhead | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 15, 1996)
• Original Release Date: October 15, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sanctuary Records
• ASIN: B000001Y9R
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #182,373 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Pleasant Surprise, February 2, 2005

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mousetrapx1 "MT" (Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA, The World) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Overnight Sensation (Audio CD)

Being very much into early Motorhead and the Fast Eddie period, I had ignored most of Motorheads albums after 1916, the album not the year. But this cd is honestly one of the bands best ever. Its both more thrashy and melodic...definitely more crafted in songsmanship than later albums like Sacrifice, but not as slick (a good thing to me) as Bastards. Its also got a very unified feel to it.

The best compliment I can make about Overnight Sensation is that I now have to add at least four or five songs from it to my running list/cd compiliation of Motorheads best songs. And its a testament to this bands greatness that their best stuff will not even fit on two 80 minute cds anymore. Not that I am complaining.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lemmy's mastery comes again, April 11, 2000

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This review is from: Overnight Sensation (Audio CD)

This is an album that i loved as soon as I put it in. The riffs stay in my head for days. Its simple and to the point. It sticks to the motorhead formula of hard and fast and rates as one of my favorite albums.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Stronger songs than Sacrifice, September 23, 1999

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This review is from: Overnight Sensation (Audio CD)

Ok, so you skip the last song. So what? Lemmy howls wickedly on every song. What more do you want? The disc opens up with both barrels smoking (the rock and roar of "Civil War" and "Crazy Like A Fox"). "I don't believe a word" is a brilliant ballad without any illusions. "Eat the Gun", "Overnite Sensation", and "Love Can't Buy You Money" deal with the topics of sex, money, and sex & money. "Them Not Me" is an ironic satire about who's to blame for all the world's troubles. The whole album thrusts along at the frenetic pace Motorhead is famous for. If your stereo can play loudly, feed it this CD!