No Remorse (Motörhead album)

No Remorse
Compilation album by Motörhead
Released	September 15, 1984
Recorded	1977 to 1984
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	86:37
Label	Bronze
Producer	Vic Maile
Motörhead chronology
Another Perfect Day (1983) No Remorse (1984) Orgasmatron (1986)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	(A-)[2]

No Remorse is a 1984 compilation album by the British band Motörhead, covering their years under contract with Bronze Records and with four newly recorded tracks (plus two more added first as B-sides, and later to the CD remasters). This is the last album the band made for Bronze Records, and the first to feature the new line-up of Lemmy, Phil Campbell, Würzel, and Pete Gill.

History

Lemmy recalls that their trouble with Bronze started after Eddie Clarke left. The company did not like Brian Robertson and did not have much faith in the new lineup and wanted to do a compilation of the band's old songs. Lemmy said that was an indication that they were "readying the death knell" of the band and insisted the band record new material for it.^[3] The new lineup recorded six new songs at Britannia Row Studios, London: "Snaggletooth", "Steal Your Face", "Locomotive", two versions of "Under the Knife", and "Killed by Death". Four of these songs concluded each side of the vinyl release.^[4] Lemmy took charge of selecting the tracks for the album and wrote a commentary about each song.^[3]

In addition to the usual cardboard sleeve, the original LPs were also available in a leather effect sleeve which had silver on black artwork, completely reworked by Joe Petagno in much finer detail than the original with various differences (such as an iron cross). There was also a cassette version released in a leather pouch with wording mimicking the Government Health Warning often found on a cigarette packet, about the contents being potentially damaging to the health.

The band promoted the album with their 'No Remorse - Death on the Road' tour, conducted between October 24 and November 7, 1984. They also made a live appearance on October 26 on the ITV pop/rock music programme The Tube, playing "Killed by Death", "Steal Your Face" and "Overkill". However, the programme credits came up during "Steal Your Face", which faded out as the broadcast concluded: "Overkill" would eventually be broadcast some 20 years later, during a retrospective 'Best of the Tube' TV series.^[4]

There was also a television advert for the album, which featured a brief medley of several songs before Lemmy's voice was heard to declare, "No Remorse... go out and get it!"

Motörhead also released a song in 2002 called "No Remorse", which appeared on their Hammered album.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Ace of Spades" (Eddie Clarke, Ian Kilmister, Phil Taylor) – 2:48
2. "Motorhead" (Kilmister) – 3:37
3. "Jailbait" (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor) – 3:33
4. "Stay Clean" (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor) – 2:42
5. "Too Late, Too Late" (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor) – 3:26
6. "Killed by Death" (Michael Burston, Phil Campbell, Pete Gill, Kilmister) – 4:42

Side two

7. "Bomber" (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor) – 3:43
8. "Iron Fist" (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor) – 2:54
9. "Shine" (Kilmister, Brian Robertson, Taylor) – 3:11
10. "Dancing on Your Grave" (Kilmister, Robertson, Taylor) – 4:30
11. "Metropolis" (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor) – 3:37
12. "Snaggletooth" (Burston, Campbell, Gill, Kilmister) – 3:51

Side three

1. "Overkill" (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor) – 3:12
2. "Please Don't Touch" (Johnny Kidd, Guy Robinson) – 2:49
3. "Stone Dead Forever" (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor) – 4:54
4. "Like a Nightmare" (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor) – 4:28
5. "Emergency" (Denise Dufort, Kelly Johnson, Kim McAuliffe, Enid Williams) – 3:00
6. "Steal Your Face" (Burston, Campbell, Gill, Kilmister) – 4:31

Side four

7. "Louie, Louie" (Richard Berry) – 2:55
8. "No Class" (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor) – 2:41
9. "Iron Horse/Born to Lose" (Mick Brown, Guy Lawrence, Taylor) – 3:48
10. "(We Are) The Road Crew" (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor) – 3:12
11. "Leaving Here" (Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, Edward Holland) (Live) – 3:05
12. "Locomotive" (Burston, Campbell, Gill, Kilmister) – 3:25

Double CD bonus tracks

13. "Under the Knife" (Burston, Campbell, Gill, Kilmister) – 3:50
14. "Under the Knife" (Burston, Campbell, Gill, Kilmister) – 4:34
15. "Masterplan" (Richie Stotts, Rod Swenson) – 2:55 - performed by Kilmister and Taylor of Motörhead, and Wendy O. Williams and Richie Stotts of The Plasmatics
16. "No Class" (Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor) – 2:32 - performed by The Plasmatics
17. "Stand by Your Man" (Billy Sherrill, Tammy Wynette) – 3:06 - performed by Kilmister and Wendy O. Williams

The original single CD issue (on Castle in the UK (CLACD 121), and Roadracer (RRD 9354) in the US) omitted "Louie Louie", "Leaving Here" and the double CD bonus tracks.

Credits

• Lemmy (Ian Kilmister) – bass, vocals
• Phil Campbell – guitar
• Würzel (Michael Burston) – guitar
• Pete Gill – drums

With:

• Eddie Clarke – guitar
• Brian Robertson – guitar
• Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor – drums

NB: Lemmy appears on all tracks, the others appear on selected tracks only

• Joe Petagno - sleeve artwork

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Robert Christgau review
3. ^ ^{a b} Kilmister, Ian Fraser and Garza, Janiss White Line Fever (2002) — Simon & Schuster pp. 178-179. ISBN 0-684-85868-1.
4. ^ ^{a b} Burridge, Alan Illustrated Collector's Guide to Motörhead Published: 1995, Collector's Guide Publishing ISBN 0-9695736-2-6.

External links

• Motorhead official website