The ‘No Sleep Til “No Sleep Til Hammersmith” Project’ Final Album – No Sleep ‘til Hammersmith (1981)

1. Ace of Spades
2. Stay Clean
3. Metropolis
4. The Hammer
5. Iron Horse/Born to Lose
6. No Class
7. Overkill
8. (We are) The Road Crew
9. Capricorn
10. Bomber
11. Motörhead

Well here we are, at the final album of my little project. This was Motorhead’s first live album and also it should be pointed out it’s the album that got to number one on the charts. Yes, a Motörhead album got to number one. Amazing huh? There’s a real rough and ready feel to the live recording on this, permeated with sounds of the crowd roaring their approval as the band, in the ‘classic’ line-up of Lemmy, Fast Eddie and Philthy, bolt through some great tunes starting off with the iconic ‘Ace of Spades’ and it just gets better from there with ‘No Class’, ‘(We are) The Road Crew’, ‘Bomber’ and ‘Motörhead’ being the songs that really come out well from being played live, more so than the others. The lasting image of this great album (although not the greatest live album they have done) is once the final song is over we are left with the crowds cheering over and over “Motörhead, Motörhead, Motörhead…”

The ‘No Sleep Til “No Sleep Til Hammersmith” Project’ Album 20 – The Wörld is Yours (2011)

1. Born To Lose
2. I Know How To Die
3. Get Back In Line
4. Devils In My Head
5. Rock ‘N’ Roll Music
6. Waiting For The Snake
7. Brotherhood Of Man
8. Outlaw
9. I Know What You Need
10. Bye Bye Bitch Bye Bye

This is their best album since ‘Inferno’ and another one where I think there is no bad song on it. ‘Born to Lose’ is a great pounding opener and this is followed up by the fast and furious ‘I know how to Die’ along with the heavy rock’n’roll number ‘get Back in Line’. The seventh track, ‘Brotherhood of Man’ is a spiritual sequel to ‘Orgasmatron’ and has a similar feel without just sounding like a copy. The final two songs on the album, ‘I know what you Need’ and ‘Bye Bye Bitch Bye Bye’ are superb and leave me, as ever, wanting more. A great, great album. Roll on 2013 for the next studio album.

Next: NO SLEEP ‘TIL HAMMERSMITH (1981)

The ‘No Sleep Til “No Sleep Til Hammersmith” Project’ Album 19 – Motörizer (2008)

1. Runaround Man
2. Teach You How To Sing The Blues
3. When The Eagle Screams
4. Rock Out
5. One Short Life
6. Buried Alive
7. English Rose
8. Back in the Chain
9. Heroes
10. Time Is Right
11. The Thousand Names Of God

This is another pretty strong album which does have a few not particularly great songs (‘One Short Life’ for instance) but this is more than made up by the handful of terrific numbers which include ‘Runaround Man’, the really catchy ‘English Rose’ and the album highlight ‘Rock Out’ which has a real fun vibe about it. A much less heavier sounding album than usual this is still very easy to listen to and a worthy addition to their discography.

Next Album: THE WÖRLD IS YOURS

The ‘No Sleep Til “No Sleep Til Hammersmith” Project’ Album 18 – Kiss of Death (2006)

1. Sucker
2. One Night Stand
3. Devil I Know
4. Trigger
5. Under The Gun
6. God Was never On Your Side
7. Living In The Past
8. Christine
9. Sword Of Glory
10. Be My Baby
11. Kingdom Of The Worm
12. Going Down

Another pretty decent album which has only one song I’m not a big fan of (‘Kingdom of the Worm’) but otherwise this is a strong collection of songs. The first three kick things off nicely and everything moves along very well including the fun ‘Be My Baby’ and the album closer ‘Going down’ is terrific. A much better album than I remember it.

Next Album: MOTÖRIZER

The ‘No Sleep Til “No Sleep Til Hammersmith” Project’ Album 17 – Inferno (2004)

1. Terminal Show
2. Killers
3. In The Name Of Tragedy
4. Suicide
5. Life’s A Bitch
6. Down On Me
7. In The Black
8. Fight
9. In The Year Of The Wolf
10. Keys To The Kingdom
11. Smiling Like A Killer
12. Whorehouse Blues

This is one of the best Motörhead released as far as I am concerned. Every song is fantastic and I don’t think it puts a foot wrong at all. The first three tunes are particularly awesome, ‘Killers’ being one of my favourite Motörhead songs and it ends with an acoustic blues number which is marvellous. An absolute classic album that I could listen to over and over.

Next Album: KISS OF DEATH

The ‘No Sleep Til “No Sleep Til Hammersmith” Project’ Album 16 – Hammered (2002)

1. Walk A Crooked Mile
2. Down The Line
3. Brave New World
4. Voices From The War
5. Mine All Mine
6. Shut Your Mouth
7. Kill The World
8. Dr. Love
9. No Remorse
10. Red Raw
11. Serial Killer

This is another mixed bag of an album, with some very good songs, such as ‘Brave New World’ and ‘Shut Your Mouth’, some okay ones, such as ‘Walk A Crooked Mile’, ‘Down the Line’ and ‘Dr Love’ and then some stuff that is just a bit ‘meh’. In case you’re wondering, that means you ‘No Remorse’ and ‘Serial Killer’, which is only noteworthy because pro-wrestler Triple H from the WWE provides back up vocals on the latter. There feels to be a more political edge to this album, or at least a rage against the politics of the government (whoever they may be) which is something a bit new but it just doesn’t sit right. Not one of the better albums in their discography although it will always have a special place in my heart as this was the first Motörhead album I ever bought.

Next Album: INFERNO

The ‘No Sleep Til “No Sleep Til Hammersmith” Project’ Album 15 – We Are Motörhead (2000)

1. See Me Burning
2. Slow Dance
3. Stay Out Of Jail
4. God Save The Queen
5. Out To Lunch
6. Wake The Dead
7. One More F*cking Time
8. Stagefright/Crash & Burn
9. (Wearing Your) Heart On Your Sleeve
10. We Are Motorhead

Another top album with some cracking songs on it. In fact I think there is only one song on this entire album that is only ‘OK’ and that is ‘(Wearing Your) Heart On Your Sleeve’. All of the other tracks including the great cover of The Sex Pistol’s ‘God Save The Queen’ and two of my favourites ‘Stay Out Of Jail’ and the awesome ‘We Are Motorhead’ are brilliant to listen to. Even the slower ballad ‘One More F*cking Time’ is terrific. This is now five consecutive albums that have been really good and it’s wonderful to hear.

Next Album: HAMMERED