Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
"Ace of Spades (live)" is a 1988 7-inch vinyl release of the song by Motörhead. The single has no picture sleeve; it was issued (and withdrawn) in a plain white paper cover. All three songs on the single appeared on the band's No Sleep at All live album, which was recorded at the Giants of Rock Festival in Hämeenlinna, Finland on 2 July 1988.
The albums reached 24 and 12 respectively in the UK, and both spawned UK top 40 singles in "Overkill" and "Bomber". [2] Motörhead improved further on their chart success with their next two studio albums, Ace of Spades and Iron Fist , which reached 4 and 6 respectively on the UK Albums Chart. [ 2 ]
Ace of Spades is the fourth studio album by English rock band Motörhead, released in October 1980 via Bronze Records.It is the band's most commercially successful album, peaking at number four on the UK Albums Chart and reaching gold status in the UK by March 1981.
The "Ace of Spades" single was released on 27 October 1980 as a preview of the Ace of Spades album, which followed on 8 November. [27] The single reached No. 15 and the album reached No. 4 on the UK charts, the latter being the highest position in the band's history. [33]
Despite the lack of radio exposure, on 1 May 1980 the band had managed to secure an appearance on the BBC TV's weekly chart show, Top of the Pops, to promote its upcoming release. Frontman Lemmy recalls in his autobiography, White Line Fever , that "the songs were pretty badly recorded, but the record got in the charts."
The track "Motorhead" would be released as a single and become the band's biggest chart hit, reaching number 6 in the UK. Bar "Iron Horse/Born to Lose", which was from a 1980 show, No Sleep 'til Hammersmith was recorded at Leeds and Newcastle shows during the Short Sharp Pain in the Neck tour.
The album was released on 12 October 1979 and like the single, was initially pressed on blue vinyl. [7] The Bomber Tour followed, for which a 40-foot (12 m) aluminium-tube "bomber" was made; this had four "engines", whereas the plane depicted on the album sleeve (which bore a resemblance to the Heinkel He 111 ) had two.
Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers is an EP by the band Motörhead, released in November 1980.The EP consists of four tracks recorded during sessions for their first album Motörhead, in 1977 at Escape Studios, Kent, England, but were previously unreleased. [2]