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Overkill [Deluxe Edition]

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Overkill Motorhead CD
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  • Artist: Motorhead
  • Format: CD
  • Year: 2009
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • UPC: 602517855366
  • Item Number: SNC785536
  • Release date: 02/10/2009
  • 1. Overkill
  • 2. Stay Clean
  • 3. (I Won't) Pay Your Price
  • 4. I'll Be Your Sister
  • 5. Capricorn
  • 6. No Class
  • 7. Damage Case
  • 8. Tear Ya Down
  • 9. Metropolis
  • 10. Limb from Limb
  • 1. Louie Louie [Bonus Track]
  • 2. Louie Louie [Alternative Version][Alternate Take][Bonus Track]
  • 3. Louie Louie [Alternative Version][Alternate Take][Bonus Track]
  • 4. Tear Ya Down [Bonus Track]
  • 5. Tear Ya Down [Alternative Version][Alternate Take][Bonus Track]
  • 6. Tear Ya Down [Instumental Version][Bonus Track][Instrumental]
  • 7. Too Late Too Late [Bonus Track]
  • 8. Like a Nightmare [Bonus Track]
  • 9. Like a Nightmare [Alternative Version][Alternate Take][Bonus Track]
  • 10. Louie Louie [BBC John Peel Session '78][Bonus Track]
  • 11. I'll Be Your Sister [BBC John Peel Session '78][Bonus Track]
  • 12. Tear Ya Down [BBC John Peel Session '78][Bonus Track]
  • 13. Stay Clean [BBC Radio 1 In-Concert][Bonus Track]
  • 14. No Class [BBC Radio 1 In-Concert][Bonus Track]
  • 15. I'll Be Your Sister [BBC Radio 1 In-Concert][Bonus Track]
  • 16. Too Late, Too Late [BBC Radio 1 In-Concert][Bonus Track]
  • 17. (I Won't) Pay Your Price [BBC Radio 1 In-Concert][Bonus Track]
  • 18. Capricorn [BBC Radio 1 In-Concert][Bonus Track]
  • 19. Limb from Limb [BBC Radio 1 In-Concert][Bonus Track]
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Overkill [Deluxe Edition] by Motorhead on CD


Motorhead's landmark second album, Overkill, marked a major leap forward for the band, and it remains one of their all-time best, without question. In fact, some fans consider it their single best, topping even Ace of Spaces. It's a ferocious album, for sure, perfectly showcasing Motorhead's trademark style of no holds barred proto-thrash -- a kind of punk-inflected heavy metal style that is sloppy and raw yet forceful and in your face. Motorhead, the band's self-titled debut from 1977, had been rush-recorded, and its stripped-down, super-raw sound wasn't all that impressive, at least not relative to what would follow. Overkill is what followed, recorded in December 1978 and January 1979, and released not long thereafter. The band's sound is fully formed here, and it totally explodes right off the bat on the five-minute title track. A number of Motorhead standards follow, among them "Stay Clean" and "No Class." Produced by Jimmy Miller, who had helmed a number of classic Rolling Stones albums (Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main St., Goats Head Soup), Overkill sounds wonderful, especially on the numerous remastered editions of this album. The band's classic lineup -- Lemmy (bass and vocals), "Fast" Eddie Clarke (guitar), and "Philthy Animal" Taylor (drums) -- is well in place here, and they seem eager to rip loose wildly on every single song. This, in addition to the solid track listing and Miller's production, makes Overkill a perfect Motorhead album. Several great ones would follow, of course, but Overkill was the first of the great ones, and quite possibly the greatest of all. [Sanctuary Records reissued the early Motorhead albums in 2005/2006 (and again in 2009) as remastered double-disc deluxe editions. The Overkill volume includes an A-side ("Louie, Louie"), three B-sides ("Tear Ya Down," "Too Late, Too Late," "Like a Nightmare"), and five alternate versions of these songs. It also includes a pair of BBC sessions: a three-song John Peel session from 1978 and a seven-song In Concert session from 1979. There are also liner notes and excellent packaging, including booklet photos.] ~ Jason Birchmeier, Rovi
  • Artist: Motorhead
  • Format: CD
  • Year: 2009
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • UPC: 602517855366
  • Item Number: SNC785536
  • Release date: 02/10/2009
  • Label: Sanctuary
  • Genre: Pop/Rock
  • Style: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, British Metal, New Wave of British Heavy Metal
  • Album Time: 97:33

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Overkill Motorhead CD