Overnight Sensation

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Overnight Sensation
Overnight Sensation cover
Studio album by Motörhead
Released October 15, 1996
Recorded 1996
Ocean Studio
Track House Recording Studio
Genre Heavy Metal
Length 41:19
Label CMC International
Steamhammer (SPV) Records
Producer(s) Howard Benson
Duane Barron
Professional reviews
Motörhead chronology
Sacrifice
(1995)		 Overnight Sensation
(1996)		 Snake Bite Love
(1998)


Overnight Sensation is a 1996 album by the heavy metal band, Motörhead.

Following the departure of Würzel in 1995, the band returned to the same three man formula as "the classic Motörhead line up"; Bass Guitar/Vocals, Lead Guitar and Drums. This album is also the first, since Ace of Spades, to have a picture of the band on the cover. Despite being only a three piece, the band have a heavier style on this work than on their last album, Sacrifice.[1]

Lemmy recalls that amidst the touring, the record took about four weeks writing and four weeks in the studio.[2] Lemmy talked about the return to being a three piece:

...it went the same as a four-piece except one guy wasn't there! Or the same as the Everly Brothers plus one. It was a bit more fraught, but that was just because Phil, being the only guitarist, felt that there was a lot riding on his shoulders (which there was). So he was under added pressure, but he proved himself well. Overnight Sensation is a great album for him. Mikkey was his usual perfect self - he always finishes his drums tracks well ahead of schedule. This time around he did them in one day.[2]

Overnight Sensation was the band's first official record for CMC — Sacrifice was already partly in the States on import but the label proved itself with Overnight Sensation and it became the best-distributed record the band had for some time.[2]

The band being three piece was fine with some, who saw Würzel as a mediocre guitarist and thought that on this album, the band captured the heaviness and powerful sound present on Sacrifice and included some songs to slow down to the pace.[3]

Overnight Sensation begins with a tight speed metal song, "Civil War", "Crazy Like A Fox" is a fast paced song with an harmonica solo by Lemmy. "I Don’t Believe a Word" starts with a bass solo and is a slow paced and bluesy song with a strong riff. "Eat The Gun" is a fast metal song with prominent lead guitar, rolling bass lines and a tongue in cheek final line: "Your gun is so big, your gun is so big, Oh Wow". The title track, "Overnight Sensation", is a mid tempo song with a catchy chorus and consistent drum work. "Love Can't Buy You Money" has a heavy and sludgy riff with some humourous lyrics. "Broken" is a heavy mid tempo song with another good chorus. "Them Not Me" is a fast song with a thick and heavy main riff. "Murder Show" is similar but is a more catchy and repetitive. "Shake the World" is a heavy, slow tune with a sludgy riff. The final song, "Listen to Your Heart", has acoustic guitars over the riff and some happy sounding vocals from Lemmy.[3]

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Phil Campbell, Lemmy Kilmister, and Mikkey Dee, except where noted

  1. "Civil War" (Campbell, Kilmister, Dee, Max Ax) – 3:01
  2. "Crazy Like a Fox" – 4:32
  3. "I Don't Believe a Word" – 6:31
  4. "Eat the Gun" – 2:13
  5. "Overnight Sensation" – 4:10
  6. "Love Can't Buy You Money" – 3:06
  7. "Broken" – 4:34
  8. "Them Not Me" – 2:47
  9. "Murder Show" – 3:03
  10. "Shake the World" – 3:29
  11. "Listen to Your Heart" (Kilmister) – 3:45

[edit] Credits

  • Recorded at Ocean Studio and Track House Recording Studio
  • Produced by Howard Benson and Duane Barron
  • Co-produced by Ryan Dorn and Motörhead
  • Mixed by Ryan Dorn and Duane Barron
  • Assistant engineered by James Ornelas, Evan Levy, and Duane Barron
  • Mixed at The Gallery
  • Mastered at Digiprep by Dan Hersch
  • Cover photo by Annamaria DiSanto

[edit] References

  1. ^ Motorhead--Overnight Sensation (1996/CMC). Metal Reviews. Retrieved on 2007-03-08.
  2. ^ a b c Kilmister, Ian and Garza, Janiss White Line Fever (2002) — Simon & Schuster pp. 276—277 ISBN 0-684-85868-1.
  3. ^ a b Reviews for Motörhead's Overnight Sensation. Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved on 2007-03-09.

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Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister - Phil Campbell - Mikkey Dee
Former members: Larry Wallis - "Fast" Eddie Clarke - Brian "Robbo" Robertson - Michael "Würzel" Burston
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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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