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Another classic Motörhead release.-
Motörhead: Motörizer
Heavy Metal, Speed Metal
Steamhammer/SPV Records
August 26th, 2008
  1. Runaround Man - 2:58
  2. Teach You How To Sing The Blues - 3:04
  3. When The Eagle Scream - 3:44
  4. Rock Out - 2:08
  5. One Short Life - 4:05
  6. Buried Alive - 3:13
  7. English Rose - 3:38
  8. Back On The Chain - 3:25
  9. Heroes - 5:00
  10. Time Is Right - 3:14
  11. The Thousand Names Of God - 4:33
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Review Information
Release length: 39:02
Review posted on May 29th, 2009
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Original Score: 5/5

2011 Grading Scale: 9/10
Discography Discography covers all information available up to day of review and is updated if future albums are reviewed.
Full-Length(s): Motörhead (1977) | Overkill (1979) | Bomber (1989) | On Parole (1979) | Ace of Spaces (1980) | Iron Fist (1982)
Another Perfect Day (1983) | Orgasmatron (1986) | Rock 'n' Roll (1987) | 1916 (1991) | March or Die (1992)
Bastards (1993) | Sacrifice (1995) | Overnight Sensation (1996) | Snake Bite Love (1998) | We Are Motörhead (2000)
Hammered (2002) | Kiss of Death (2006) | Motörizer (2008) | The World is Yours (2010)
EP(s): The Golden Years (1980) | Beer Drinkers (1980) | Ace of Spades (1988) | Angel City and Other Cities Live 1991-1916 (1991)
'92 Tour EP (1992) | The Best Of (2000)
CD Single(s): White Line Fever (1977) | Motörhead (1977) | Louie Louie/Tear ya Down (1978) | Overkill/Too Late, Too Late (1978)
No Class/Like a Nightmare (1979) | Bomber/Over the Top (1979) | Ace of Spades/Dirty Love (1980)
Train Kept a Rollin' (1981) | Motörhead/Over the Top (1981) | Iron Fist/Remember Me I'm Gone (1982)
Stand By Your Man (1982) | I Got Mine/Turn You Round Again (1983) | Shine (1983) | Killed by Death (1984)
Deaf Forever (1986) | Eat the Rich (1987) | Rock 'n' Roll (1987) | Live in Athens (1988)
The One to Sing the Blues (1990) | It's Almost... 1916 (1991) | No Sleep 'til Spain (1991)
No Voices in the sky (1991) | The Better Late Than Never Fan Club Flexi (1991) | Bad Religion (1992)
Cat Scratch Fever (1992) | Hellraiser (1992) | You Better Run (1992) | Burner (1993)
Don't Let Daddy Kiss Me (1993) | Ace of Spades (The CCN Remix) (1993) | Born to Raise Hell (1994)
Sacrifice (Promo) (1995) | I Don't Believe a Word (1996) | Hump On Your Back (1996) | Love for Sale (1998)
See me Burning (2000) | God Save the Queen (2000) | Shut Your Mouth (2002) | Whorehouse Blues (2005)
R.A.M.O.N.E.S./Devil I Know (2006) | God Was Never On Your Side (2006) | Overkill/Tie Your Mother Down (2007)
Split(s): The Young & Moody Band/Motörhead (1981) | Stay Clean (1981) | St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1981)
Compilation(s): Beer Drinkers (1983) | The Best of Motörhead (1984) | No Remorse (1984) | Anthology (1985) | The Collection (1987)
Ironstrike - 14 Rock Hard Hits (1989) | Dirty Love (1989) | Best 20 (1990) | From the Vaults (1990)
Welcome to the Bear trap (1990) | Grind Ya Down (1991) | Meltdown (Box Set) (1991) | Headbangers (1991)
The Best Of (Dutch) (1992) | Spotlight (1992) | All the Aces: The Best of Motörhead (1992) | Ace of Spades (1993)
The Best of Motörhead (1993) | Aces High (1994) | Best of Vol. 2 (1994) | Fistful of Aces: The Best of Motörhead (1994)
Les Génies Du Rock (1995) | The Rock History - The Best Of (1995) | Ultimate Metal (1995) | Fast, Loose & Live! (1996)
Rock Masterpiece Collection (1997) | Stone Dead Forever (1997) | Protect the Innocent (1997) | Archive (1997)
Take No Prisoners (1997) | The Best Of - Deaf Forever (1998) | The singled Collection: The Bronze Years 1978-1984 (1998)
Today: The Encore Collection (1998) | The Early Years (1998)
Born to Lose, Live to Win (The Bronze Singles 1978-1983 (Box Set) (1993) | The Golden Years - The Alternate Version (1999)
Ace of Spades (1999) | Motörhead (2000) | The Best Of (2000) | Over the Top: The Rarities (2000)
The Chase is Better than the Catch: The Singles A's & B's (2000) | No Class (2002) | Tales of Sin (2002)
The Bronze Age (Box Set) (2002) | Tear Ya Down: The Rarities (2002) | The Very Best of Motörhead (2002)
Shoot You in the Back - The Early Years (2002) | Extended Versions (2002) | Aces (2002)| Rock Classix (2003)
The Complete Best of Motörhead (2003) | Hellraiser - Best of the Epic Years (2002) | Stone Deaf Forever (2003)
England (2004) | Essential Noize: The Very best Of (2005) | The Essential (2007) | Collections (2007)
Hellraiser - The Best of the WTG Years (2007) | The Early Years (Second Version) (2008) | Tales of Glory (2010)
Icon (2010) | You'll get Yours - The Best of Motörhead (2010)
Live CD(s): No Sleep 'til Hammersmith (1981) | What's Worlds Worth (1983) | No Sleep at All (1988)
Blitzkrieg on Birmingham '77 (1989) | The Birthday Part (1990) | Lock Up Your Daqughters (1990) | Live 1983 (1991)
Live at Manchester Apollo 10.6.83 (1994) | Live at Brixton '87 (1994) | King Biscuit Flower Hours (1997)
Everything Louder than Everyone Else (1999) | Live at Brixton Academy (2003) | BBC Live & In-Session (2005)
Live (2006) | Better Motörhead A Savage Symphony - The History of Annihilation (2010)
DVD(s): Live in Toronto (VHS) (1982) | Deaf Not Blind (VHS) (1986) | The Birthday Party (VHS) (1986)
Everything Louder than Everything Else (VHS) (1991) | Operation Rock & Roll (VHS) (1991)
Classic Albums - Motörhead: Ace of Spades (2005) | Inside Motörhead (2005) | Stage Fright (2005)
Motörhead - Videobiography (2007) | Overkill - 30th Anniversary Edition (2008) | Tales of Glory (2009)
Attack in Switzerland - Live 2002 (2010) | Rock in Rio 2010 (2010) | Lemmy - The Movie (2011)
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Review
Once again, Motörhead is back with another uncompromisingly heavy album. Motörizer continues the staple sound that has made the band so popular after all these years, and somehow has become heavier!

This album features some great tracks on it that any Motörhead fan will love. But, the real stand out issue about this release is the production quality. While their last effort, Kiss Of Death was a stellar release, it would definitely have benefitted from being a little heavier. The quality simply sounds clearer then previous works, and the best part is the distortion used on the guitars, which just gives it one hell of an edge. Just one listen to the opener "Runaround Man" and you'll be hooked on this album.

The music found on this release is what you would expect by now from Motörhead. You have your general catchy as hell heavy metal cuts, such as "Runaround Man" and "When The Eagle Screams", and then you have your old school speed metal tracks like "Rock Out", which is just a balls to the wall (pun intended) track in the vain of the classic "Ace Of Spades", as well as "Buried Alive". But then you have some of the slower, sludgier like tracks, like "One Short Life" and the very virtuous anthem "Heroes", which is just one of those types of rock songs that make you want to just lay back and break open a pack of smokes, even if you don't smoke in the first place.

The only negative aspect to this release. It all starts with the song "English Rose", which has Lemmy harmonizing his rough vocals with no music, which is something he shouldn't do. The song itself is great though, so don't let the vocals that sound forced fool you. But aside that, this is just your typical kick ass Motörhead album with a great productionq quality, and an amazing listen from the start to end. It's heavy, it's loud, it's infectious, and filled with catchy southern riffs to show that, with all the changes going on in metal today, Motörhead will always be there to rock you.
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Physical copy purchased for review with personal funds.

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