Label: Sanctuary
Released 1980, reissued 2020
Ace Of Spades' - the title track of Motörhead's 1980 iconic, game changing album isn't just one of the greatest hard rock songs ever written - it has truly become a lifestyle anthem for several generations of rockers, metalheads, punks, bikers, athletes, rebels, outcasts, and freethinkers all around the world. Few songs in modern history can instantly ignite the adrenaline of music fans the way the song's opening dirty bass riff, and drum roll can. From zero to 100 mph in a matter of seconds. That speaker-destroying opening riff is unstoppable. And the song altered the course of hard rock... forever. Upon it's release in 1980, the 'Ace Of Spades' album was nothing short of a game changer for all forms of hard rock. Like lightning in a bottle, it perfectly captured everything great about hard rock, heavy metal, and punk, amped it all up to 11, and came racing out of the gates at what felt like a million miles an hour. Pushing at every musical boundary, nothing was harder, nothing was faster, and certainly nothing was louder. This deluxe triple LP album, 20 page book pack includes : - Ace Of Spades; brand new half speed master created from the original tapes. Pressed on 180g vinyl. - Double live album of a previously unreleased concert, recorded at Whitla Hall, Belfast on 23rd December 1981. - The story of Ace Of Spades told through previously unpublished interviews with the people who were there. Includes never seen before photos. - Original song lyrics.
Track Listing:
- Ace of Spades (40th Anniversary Master)
- Love Me Like a Reptile (40th Anniversary Master)
- Shoot You in the Back (40th Anniversary Master)
- Live to Win (40th Anniversary Master)
- Fast and Loose (40th Anniversary Master)
- (We Are) the Road Crew [Live at Whitla Hall, Belfast, 23rd December 1981]
- Fire Fire (40th Anniversary Master)
- Jailbait (40th Anniversary Master)
- Dance (40th Anniversary Master)
- Bite the Bullet (40th Anniversary Master)
- The Chase Is Better Than the Catch (40th Anniversary Master)
- The Hammer (40th Anniversary Master)
- Ace of Spades (Live at Whitla Hall, Belfast, 23rd December 1981)
- Stay Clean (Live at Whitla Hall, Belfast, 23rd December 1981)
- Over the Top (Live at Whitla Hall, Belfast, 23rd December 1981)
- The Hammer (Live at Whitla Hall, Belfast, 23rd December 1981)
- Shoot You in the Back (Live at Whitla Hall, Belfast, 23rd December 1981)
- Metropolis (Live at Whitla Hall, Belfast, 23rd December 1981)
- Jailbait (Live at Whitla Hall, Belfast, 23rd December 1981)
- Leaving Here (Live at Whitla Hall, Belfast, 23rd December 1981)
- Capricorn (Live at Whitla Hall, Belfast, 23rd December 1981)
- Too Late, Too Late (Live at Whitla Hall, Belfast, 23rd December 1981)
- (We Are) the Road Crew [Live at Whitla Hall, Belfast, 23rd December 1981]
- No Class (Live at Whitla Hall, Belfast, 23rd December 1981)
- Bite the Bullet (Live at Whitla Hall, Belfast, 23rd December 1981)
- The Chase Is Better Than the Catch (Live at Whitla Hall, Belfast, 23rd December 1981)
- Overkill (Live at Whitla Hall, Belfast, 23rd December 1981)
- Bomber (Live at Whitla Hall, Belfast, 23rd December 1981)
- Motorhead (Live at Whitla Hall, Belfast, 23rd December 1981)