Rock 'n' Roll (Motörhead album)

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Rock 'N' Roll
Studio album by Motörhead
Released	September 5, 1987
Recorded	1987 Master Rock Studios Redwood, London, UK
Genre	Heavy Metal
Length	46:33
Label	GWR
Producer(s)	Motörhead and Guy Bidmead
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Motörhead chronology
Orgasmatron (1986)	Rock 'n' Roll (1987)	No Sleep At All (1988)

The album Rock 'N' Roll is the first appearance of the four-piece Motörhead line up of Lemmy, Philthy Animal Taylor, Würzel 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 Motörhead's Top 40 chart hits.

The song Eat The Rich was used in 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."

Track five, The Wolf, features a recitation by Michael Palin.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Credits 3 Trivia 4 Notes 5 External links

[edit] Track listing

All tracks composed by Michael Burston, Phil Campbell, Phil Taylor and Lemmy Kilmister

1. "Rock 'N' Roll" – 3:49
2. "Eat the Rich" – 4:34
3. "Blackheart" – 4:03
4. "Stone Deaf In The U.S.A." -3:40
5. "The Wolf" – 3:28
6. "Traitor" – 3:17
7. "Dogs" – 3:48
8. "All For You" – 4:10
9. "Boogeyman" – 3:07

The CD re-issues have added tracks;

10. "Cradle To The Grave - (Eat The Rich 12" Single B-Side, bonus track)" – 4:05

11. "Just 'Cos You Got The Power - (Eat The Rich 12" Single B-Side, bonus track)" – 7:30

Except on the 2000 Castle Communication release which has;

10. "Cradle To The Grave (bonus track)"

11. "Just 'Cos You Got The Power (bonus track)"

12. "Untitled"

In 2006, the album was re-issued with a bonus CD, containing Motörhead's performance on the Monsters of Rock festival, recorded on August 16, 1986:

1. "Iron Fist"
2. "Stay Clean"
3. "Nothing Up My Sleeve"
4. "Metropolis"
5. "Doctor Rock"
6. "Killed By Death"
7. "Ace Of Spades"
8. "Steal Your Face"
9. "Bite The Bullet"
10. "Built For Speed"
11. "Orgasmatron"
12. "No Class"
13. "Motörhead"

[edit] Credits

• Lemmy Kilmister – bass, vocals
• Phil Campbell – guitar, slide guitar on "Eat The Rich"
• Würzel – guitar, slide guitar on "Stone Deaf In The USA"
• Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor – drums

• 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.

[edit] Trivia

• Joe Petagno had other ideas for the cover of this album:

"I had this great idea and nobody wanted to listen to me. The original Rock 'n' Roll sleeve was supposed to be going up. I said, "Look, the tongue goes up. This thing is lifting off... it was supposed to be rocketing. So it was like a bomb. A projectile of some sort. When I finished it, they said, "We can't have it going up, it doesn't make any sense". So it's coming down. Couldn't convince them. This fucking band...(laughs)" ^[1]

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Rock 'n' Roll on Amazon.com
• Motorhead official website

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Members
Lemmy Kilmister - Phil Campbell - Mikkey Dee
Former members: Larry Wallis - "Fast" Eddie Clarke - Brian "Robbo" Robertson - Michael "Würzel" Burston
Lucas Fox - Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor - Pete Gill - Tommy Aldridge
Discography
Albums: On Parole - Motörhead - Overkill - Bomber - Ace of Spades - No Sleep 'til Hammersmith - Iron Fist - Another Perfect Day - No Remorse - Orgasmatron - Rock 'n' Roll - No Sleep at All - 1916 - March ör Die - Bastards - Sacrifice - Overnight Sensation - Snake Bite Love - Everything Louder Than Everyone Else - We Are Motörhead - The Best Of - Hammered - Live at Brixton Academy - Inferno - BBC Live & In-Session - Kiss of Death
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Motörhead discography - Joe Petagno - Alan Burridge