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  • Artist: Motörhead
  • Rating: StarStarStarStar
  • Release Date: 1979
  • Total Time: 39:58
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: Rock

Review

Recorded in late summer 1979 and released by the end of the year, Bomber quickly followed up Overkill, Motörhead's landmark breakthrough album from earlier in the year. Bomber bears a lot in common with its fan-favorite predecessor. For starters, it features the classic Motörhead lineup: Lemmy (bass and vocals), "Fast" Eddie Clarke (guitar), and "Philthy Animal" Taylor (drums). Also like Overkill, Bomber features the production grace of Jimmy Miller, the man responsible for the Rolling Stones' late-'60s/early-'70s albums, including such masterpieces as Beggars Banquet, Sticky Fingers, and Exile on Main St. And the music here on Bomber explodes on song after song, thanks to the crazed performances of the aforementioned bandmembers as well as the well-overdriven, ear-rattling production perfection of Miller. Actually, there's only one marked difference between Overkill and Bomber that's worth noting: the songs. There are a couple killers here, namely "Dead Men Tell No Tales," "Stone Dead Forever," and "Bomber," but overall, the songs of Bomber aren't as strong as those of Overkill were. Granted, this is somewhat of a moot point to raise, as Bomber is still a top-shelf Motörhead album, one of their all-time best, without question. But it does fall just a notch or two below Overkill and Ace of Spades, the latter of which would follow a year later and catapult the band to further acclaim. Bomber kicks ass, in any event, and its best moments are as superlative as any Motörhead would ever record. The band was really on fire during this point in time and could seemingly do no wrong. ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Dead Men Tell No Tales "Fast" Eddie Clarke, Lemmy, Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor Motörhead (3:07)
Lawman "Fast" Eddie Clarke, Lemmy, Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor Motörhead (4:03)
Sweet Revenge "Fast" Eddie Clarke, Lemmy, Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor Motörhead (4:10)
Sharpshooter "Fast" Eddie Clarke, Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor, Lemmy Kilmister Motörhead (3:19)
Poison "Fast" Eddie Clarke, Lemmy, Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor Motörhead (2:54)
Stone Dead Forever (Lyrics) "Fast" Eddie Clarke, Lemmy, Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor Motörhead (4:54)
All the Aces "Fast" Eddie Clarke, Lemmy, Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor Motörhead (3:24)
Step Down "Fast" Eddie Clarke, Lemmy, Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor Motörhead (3:41)
Talking Head "Fast" Eddie Clarke, Lemmy, Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor Motörhead (3:40)
Bomber "Fast" Eddie Clarke, Lemmy, Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor Motörhead (3:43)

Credits

Motörhead (Main Performer), Jimmy Miller (Producer), "Fast" Eddie Clarke (Guitar), "Fast" Eddie Clarke (Vocals), Lemmy (Bass), Lemmy (Vocals), Lemmy (8-String Bass), Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor (Percussion), Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor (Drums), Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor (Human Beatbox), Trevor Hallesy (Engineer), Mickey Stevenson (Photography), Eddie Clarke (Guitar), Eddie Clarke (Vocals), Steffan Chirazi (Liner Notes), Curtis Evans (Design), Curtis Evans (Reissue Design), Mick Stevenson (Photography)
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Bomber
Studio album by Motörhead
Released October 27, 1979
Recorded July 7 – August 31, 1979
Roundhouse Studios
Olympic Studios
Genre Heavy metal
Length 36:48 (original)
54:46 (reissue)
Label Bronze Records
Producer Jimmy Miller
Professional reviews
Motörhead chronology
Overkill
(1979)		 Bomber
(1979)		 The Golden Years (EP)
(1980)

Bomber was the third studio album by the British heavy metal band Motörhead. It was recorded in 1979, the same year as Overkill. The album reached number 12 on the UK charts and brought some of Motörhead's most popular songs, like "Bomber", "Dead Men Tell No Tales" and "Stone Dead Forever".

Contents

Overview

During the recording of this album, the producer Jimmy Miller was increasingly under the influence of heroin, at one point disappearing entirely from the studio, later being found asleep at the wheel of his car. Ironically the album features the band's first anti-heroin song - "Dead Men Tell No Tales".[1]

This album caught Lemmy at his most ferocious, hitting hard at the police in "Lawman", marriage and how his father left him and his mother in "Poison", television in "Talking Head" and show business in "All the Aces". The title track was inspired by Len Deighton's novel Bomber. On one track, "Step Down", "Fast" Eddie Clarke is featured on vocals.[2]

The single "Bomber" was released on November 23, 1979, one month ahead of the album, the single's initial pressing of 20,000 blue vinyls were soon sold out and was replaced by black vinyl.[2] The 'Bomber Tour' followed, for which a forty foot aluminium tube replica of a Heinkel He 111 bomber was made. This lighting rig could fly backwards and forwards, and side to side - the first to be able to do so.[1] The album was released on October 27, 1979 and like the single was pressed in blue vinyl.[3]

A special double CD reissue of Bomber was released in June 2005 to coincide with Motörhead's 30th anniversary tour. The bonus tracks (bar one) on the second CD, however, have all previously been available.

Reception

One critic suggests that the album is well regarded by the fans, and packed full of essential Motörhead tracks, with "Dead Men Tell No Tales", "Stone Dead Forever" and the album's title track itself being phenomenally good metal songs. Going on to say that with the exception of the bluesy "Step Down", the tracks are full of the characteristic sound of the classic line-up of Lemmy, Clarke and Taylor, with Clarke’s solo in "All the Aces" described as "blistering" and Lemmy spitting out intentions to ‘poison his wife’ in the life-reflecting "Poison" making it a sound of metal-dripping brilliance.[4] Another critic reviewing the two-disc expanded edition of the album stated "Bomber is an often forgotten but is an absolute classic" and it featuring "a slew of classic Motor-boogie tracks".[5]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Ian Kilmister, Phil Taylor, Eddie Clarke except where noted.

Original album

  1. "Dead Men Tell No Tales" – 3:07
  2. "Lawman" – 3:56
  3. "Sweet Revenge" – 4:10
  4. "Sharpshooter" – 3:19
  5. "Poison" – 2:54
  6. "Stone Dead Forever" – 4:54
  7. "All the Aces" – 3:24
  8. "Step Down" – 3:41
  9. "Talking Head" – 3:40
  10. "Bomber" – 3:43

Bonus Tracks

  1. "Over the Top" – 3:21
    • Originally released as the B-side of Bomber.
  2. "Leaving Here" (Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, Edward Holland) [Live] – 3:02
  3. "Stone Dead Forever [Live]" – 5:20
  4. "Dead Men Tell No Tales [Live]" – 2:54
  5. "Too Late Too Late [Live]" – 3:21

Deluxe Edition

Disc 1

  1. "Dead Men Tell No Tales" – 3:07
  2. "Lawman" – 3:56
  3. "Sweet Revenge" – 4:10
  4. "Sharpshooter" – 3:19
  5. "Poison" – 2:54
  6. "Stone Dead Forever" – 4:54
  7. "All the Aces" – 3:24
  8. "Step Down" – 3:41
  9. "Talking Head" – 3:40
  10. "Bomber" – 3:43

Disc 2

  1. "Over the Top" - 3:20
  2. "Stone Dead Forever [Alternative Version]" - 4:34
  3. "Sharpshooter" [Alternative Version]" - 3:16
  4. "Bomber [Alternative Version]" - 3:35
  5. "Step Down [Alternative Version]" - 3:29
  6. "Leaving Here [Live]" (Dozier, Holland, Holland) - 3:02
  7. "Stone Dead Forever [Live]" - 5:31
  8. "Dead Men Tell No Tales [Live]" - 2:44
  9. "Too Late Too Late [Live]" - 3:20
  10. "Step Down [Live]" - 3:49

Credits

  • Adrian Chesterman - sleeve artwork
  • Joe Petagno - War-Pig logo
  • Recorded July 7 – August 31, 1979 at Roundhouse Studios and Olympic Studios
  • Produced by Jimmy Miller
  • Engineered by Trevor Hallesy
  • Tape operations by Darren Burn and Nigel Brooke-Hartz

References

  1. ^ a b Kilmister, Ian Fraser and Garza, Janiss White Line Fever (2002) — Simon & Schuster p133. ISBN 0-684-85868-1.
  2. ^ a b Burridge, Alan (April 1991). "Motörhead". Record Collector (140): 18. 
  3. ^ Burridge, Alan Illustrated Collector's Guide to Motörhead Published: 1995, Collector's Guide Publishing p70. ISBN 0-9695736-2-6.
  4. ^ "Bomber reviewed by Adam Harrold". Rock Something article. http://www.rocksomething.com/reviews/reviewMotorhead.html. Retrieved 2007-02-20. 
  5. ^ "Bomber 2-Disc Deluxe Expanded Edition reviewed by Dirt". Metal Dreams article. http://www.metaldreams.net/motorhead-bomber.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-20. 

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