Artist: MOTORHEAD
Album: ACE OF SPADES DELUXE EDIT. (2CD DIGI)

Release date: 1980/ 2025
EAN/UPS: 4099964148534
Media type: CD

Ace of Spades is the fourth album by the British heavy metal band Motorhead. Released in 1980, it reached #4 on the UK charts and was the first of the band's album releases to feature a photo of the band on the cover.

The album has been described as "one of the best metal albums by any band, ever, period", and has become a significantly influential 'hard rock classic'. Despite the band always referring to their music as rock 'n roll in the same vein as their heroes Eric Clapton & Jimi Hendrix, the album, and particularly it's title track have been considered amongst the most influential in the development of thrash metal. The title track is, for many, the definitive Motorhead anthem.

TRACKLIST CD 1:

"Ace of Spades" – 2:49
"Love Me Like A Reptile" – 3:23
"Shoot You In The Back" – 2:39
"Live To Win" – 3:37
"Fast And Loose" – 3:23
"(We Are) The Road Crew" – 3:12
"Fire Fire" – 2:44
"Jailbait" – 3:33
"Dance" – 2:38
"Bite The Bullet" – 1:38
"The Chase Is Better Than The Catch" – 4:18
"The Hammer" – 2:48

TRACKLIST CD 2:

"Dirty Love" - 2:55
"Ace of Spades" (alternate version) - 3:03
"Love Me Like a Reptile" (alternate version) - 4:16
"Love Me Like a Reptile" (alternate version) - 3:31
"Shoot You in the Back" (alternate version) - 3:11
"Fast and Loose" (alternate version) - 3:06
"(We Are) The Roadcrew" (alternate version) - 3:24
"Fire Fire" (alternate version) - 2:41
"Jailbait" (alternate version) - 3:33
"The Hammer" (alternate version) - 3:11
"Dirty Love" (alternate version) - 1:02
"Dirty Love" (alternate version) - 2:51
"Fast and Loose" (BBC Session) - 4:18
"Live to Win" (BBC Session) - 3:33
"Bite the Bullet/The Chase Is Better Than the Catch" (BBC Session) - 6:05

LINE-UP:

Lemmy Kilmister - bass, lead vocals
"Fast" Eddie Clarke - guitar, lead vocals on "Emergency"
Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor - drums

Recorded August 4 – September 15, 1980 at Jackson's Studios, Rickmansworth, UK
Produced by Vic Maile
Sleeve photography by Alan Ballard
Design by Martin Poole