Artist: MOTORHEAD
Album: ROCK 'N' ROLL REMASTERED (CD)

Release date: 1987/ 2004
EAN/UPS: 5050749206725
Media type: CD

The album Rock 'N' Roll is the first appearance of the four-piece Motorhead line up of Lemmy, Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor, Wurzel and Philip Campbell, which lasted from 1987 until 1992. Reaching only 34 in the UK charts, it was, in that respect, the worst performing of all of Motцrhead's Top 40 chart hits.

The song "Eat The Rich" was written for Peter Richardson's 1987 film Eat the Rich which starred the regular cast of The Comic Strip and Lemmy himself in a bit part as "Spider." A mock sermon by Michael Palin appears at the end of the song "Stone Deaf In The USA", which closed side one of the vinyl and cassette release.

One of the studios used to make Rock 'n' Roll was Redwood in London, which was co-owned by Michael Palin. The studio engineer helping Motorhead had worked on all the Monty Python records and played the band outtakes the Pythons never put out. Palin was asked to come down and do a recitation for the album and showed up dressed in a 1940s cricketer outfit — V-necked sweater, his hair all brushed to one side. Lemmy remembers Palin walking in and saying, "Hello, what sort of thing are we going to do now, then?" and answering "Well, you know in The Meaning of Life, there was this speech that began "Oh Lord —". Palin replied "Ah! Give me some cathedral" and went in and recorded the 'Oh Lord, look down upon these people from Motorhead' speech.

Lemmy states that Rock 'n' Roll has some great songs, like "Dogs", "Boogieman" and "Traitor", which they played 'for years', but overall it just didn't seem to work.

All tracks composed by Wurzel, Phil Campbell, Phil Taylor and Lemmy except where noted.

Joe Petagno - sleeve artwork
Produced by Motorhead and Guy Bidmead
Engineered by Guy Bidmead
Assisted by Roland Herrington, Arabella Rodriguez, Caroline Orme, and Phil Dane
"Eat the Rich" originally recorded by Bill Laswell and Jason Corsaro, remixed by Guy Bidmead
Mixed at Britannia Row, Eden Studios, and The Roundhouse, London.
Mastered at CBS Studios, London.

TRACKLIST:

"Rock 'n' Roll" – 3:49
"Eat the Rich" – 4:34
"Blackheart" – 4:03
"Stone Deaf in the U.S.A." – 3:40
"The Wolf" – 3:28
"Traitor" – 3:17
"Dogs" – 3:48
"All for You" – 4:10
"Boogeyman" – 3:07

The CD re-issues have added tracks (originally "Eat The Rich" 12" vinyl single B-sides):

"Cradle to the Grave" – 4:05
"Just 'Cos You Got the Power" – 7:30

LINE-UP:

Lemmy – bass, vocals
Phil Campbell – guitar, slide guitar on "Eat the Rich"
Wurzel – guitar, slide guitar on "Stone Deaf in the USA"
Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor – drums